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James Franklin Ailshie (1868-1947) —
also known as James F. Ailshie —
of Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., June 19,
1868.
Son of George Washington Ailshie (1846-1925) and Martha (Knight)
Ailshie (1848-1918).
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1900,
1916,
1932;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1903-14, 1935-47; resigned 1914;
died in office 1947; chief
justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1907-09, 1913-15, 1939-41,
1945-46; U.S.
Attorney for Idaho, 1925.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died May 27,
1947 (age 78 years, 342
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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Andrew Lamar Alexander (b. 1940) —
also known as Lamar Alexander —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Maryville, Blount
County, Tenn., July 3,
1940.
Republican. Lawyer; law
clerk for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Minor
Wisdom in New Orleans, 1965; campaign manager for Winfield
Dunn for Governor, 1970; Governor of
Tennessee, 1979-87; defeated, 1974; president
of the University of Tennesee, 1988; U.S.
Secretary of Education, 1991-93; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1996,
2000;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 2000;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 2003-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 2004.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Edwin Crawford Alexander (b. 1879) —
also known as E. C. Alexander —
of Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn., February
23, 1879.
Son of Dr. James H. Alexander and Senorita V. (Lutz) Alexander.
Republican. Banker; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian. Member, Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Hill Anderson (b. 1930) —
also known as Charles H. Anderson —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., June 16,
1930.
Son of Ray Anderson, Sr. and Lois (Entrekin) Anderson.
Lawyer;
associate general counsel, Life & Casualty Insurance
Co.; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1969-77.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1977.
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Hugh Crump Anderson (1851-1915) —
also known as Hu C. Anderson —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in McNairy
County, Tenn., February
2, 1851.
Son of William Taylor Anderson and Mahala (Wisdom) Anderson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1879-81, 1881-83; mayor of
Jackson, Tenn., 1884-1908; president, Peoples Savings Bank,
1889-1915; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1915; died in office 1915; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1915; died in office 1915.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 1,
1915 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Taylor Anderson and Mahala (Wisdom) Anderson; married to
Helen Bond (1855-1878), Emma Burdette (1863-1899) and Ellen Bond
(1854-1918); father of Hugh
Carmack Anderson. |
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James Bacchus (b. 1949) —
also known as Jim Bacchus —
of Florida.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 21,
1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1991-95 (11th District 1991-93, 15th
District 1993-95).
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Howard Henry Baker (1902-1964) —
also known as Howard H. Baker —
of Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., January
12, 1902.
Son of James Frances Baker and Helen (Keen) Baker.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1929-30; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1940; board chairman, First National Bank of
Oneida; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1951-64; died in
office 1964.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital,
Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., January
7, 1964 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Sherwood
Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, Tenn.
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Howard Henry Baker, Jr. (b. 1925) —
also known as Howard H. Baker —
of Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn.
Born in Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn., November
15, 1925.
Son of Dora (Ladd) Baker and Howard
Henry Baker.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1967-85; defeated, 1964; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1972;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
White House Chief of Staff, 1987-88; Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 2000;
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 2001.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi Kappa
Phi.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1984.
Still living as of 2009.
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Joseph Pearson Baldwin (1869-1940) —
also known as Joseph P. Baldwin —
of Hebron, Thayer
County, Neb.
Born in Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., May 26,
1869.
Son of William Wiley Baldwin (1836-1921) and Nancy Matilda Ann
(Pearson) Baldwin (1845-1909).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Thayer
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-15; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hebron, Thayer
County, Neb., February
22, 1940 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Hebron Community Cemetery, Hebron, Neb.
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William Francis Barry, Sr. (1861-1935) —
of Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Saundersville, Sumner
County, Tenn., July 20,
1861.
Son of John Nichol Barry and Caroline Fletcher (Franklin) Barry.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1927-31.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks.
Died in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., May 15,
1935 (age 73 years, 299
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Union City, Tenn.
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Charles Edward Bennett (1914-1987) —
also known as Charles E. Bennett —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
14, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president, Sally Lou Food Co.;
vice-president, Tasty Foods Inc.;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1948-50; member of Colorado
state senate, 1958.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Beta
Theta Pi; Humane
Society; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Reserve
Officers Association.
Died July 22,
1987 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Fort
Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Tyler Berry (b. 1882) —
of Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., September
16, 1882.
Son of Cabell Rives Berry and Mary McKendree (Oden) Berry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1915-17; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1916.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Marsha Blackburn (b. 1952) —
of Brentwood, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born in Laurel, Jones
County, Miss., June 6,
1952.
Republican. Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1998-2002; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 2003-; defeated,
1992; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 2008.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Thomas Blair (b. 1871) —
also known as James T. Blair —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Loudon, Loudon
County, Tenn., November
11, 1871.
Son of Samuel Tate Blair (Confederate cavalryman) and Louise Matlock
(Osborne) Blair.
Democrat. College
professor; president,
Obion College, 1895-96; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1899-1901; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1915-24; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1921-22.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Blount (1749-1800) —
Born in Windsor, Bertie
County, N.C., March 26,
1749.
Son of Jacob Blount and Barbara (Gray) Blount.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1781, 1783; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-83, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1788; Governor of
Southwest Territory, 1790-96; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1798-1800; died in office 1800; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1798-99.
Presbyterian.
Became involved in a conspiracy
to turn Florida over to British control; when this plot was uncovered
in 1797, was expelled
from the U.S. Senate; afterwards, on July 7, 1797, he was impeached,
but the Senate dropped the matter for lack of jurisdiction.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., March 21,
1800 (age 50 years, 360
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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James La Fayette Bomar, Jr. (1914-2001) —
also known as James L. Bomar, Jr. —
of Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn.
Born in Raus, Bedford
County, Tenn., July 1,
1914.
Son of James L. Bomar and Aetna (Hix) Bomar.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1943-44, 1949-50, 1953-63; Speaker of
the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1953-55; member of
Tennessee
state senate, 1947-48, 1963-64; Lieutenant
Governor of Tennessee, 1963-65.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Elks; Moose.
Died June 25,
2001 (age 86 years, 359
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Henry Amzi Bradshaw (b. 1883) —
also known as H. A. Bradshaw —
of Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala.
Born in Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., January
10, 1883.
Son of Robert S. Bradshaw and Sarah (Caldwell) Bradshaw.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1916.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Emerson Brock III (b. 1930) —
also known as Bill Brock —
of Lookout Mountain, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Maryland.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., November
23, 1930.
Son of William E. Brock, Jr. and Myra (Kruesi) Brock.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1963-71; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1971-77; defeated, 1976; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1972;
Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1977-81; U.S. Trade
Representative, 1981-85; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1985-87; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1994; co-chairman, U.S.-Canada Partnership
for Growth.
Presbyterian. Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Eugene J. Bryan (b. 1889) —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., June 25,
1889.
Son of Daniel Bryan and Carrie (Burg) Bryan.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1915; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1921-25; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1923-25; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1939; secretary, member
board of trustees, Baroness Erlanger Hospital.
Presbyterian. Member, Civitan.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March 19,
1860.
Son of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896).
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan (1834-1896);
married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird (1860-1930); cousin of William
Sherman Jennings; brother of Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (1873-1962; who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown. See Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
|
| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan |
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John Catron (1786-1865) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, January
7, 1786.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1824-34; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-65; died in office 1865.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died May 30,
1865 (age 79 years, 143
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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B. Howard Caughran (b. 1890) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., November
6, 1890.
Son of William Hamilton Caughran and Hazeltine (Ashby) Caughran.
Democrat. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1940-50.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Richard Cheatham (1799-1845) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn., February
20, 1799.
Whig. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1825-33, 1843-45; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834; Presidential
Elector for Tennessee, 1836;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 11th District, 1837-39.
Presbyterian.
Died near Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn., September
9, 1845 (age 46 years, 201
days).
Original interment at Old
City Cemetery, Springfield, Tenn.; reinterment in 1952 at Elmwood
Cemetery, Springfield, Tenn.
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Richard Boone Cheatham (1824-1877) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn., December
8, 1824.
Son of Richard
Cheatham.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1859-61, 1869-71; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1860-62.
Presbyterian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 7,
1877 (age 52 years, 150
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Keaton Christenberry (1899-1973) —
also known as Robert K. Christenberry —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
27, 1899.
Son of William Calvin Christenberry and Rebecca Arminta (Keaton)
Christenberry.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; lost his
right hand and wrist in a grenade explosion; U.S. Vice Consul in
Vladivostok, 1919; hotel
manager and executive; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1957; New York City postmaster, 1958-66.
Presbyterian. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Jesters.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two months later, in Methodist Hospital,
Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April 13,
1973 (age 74 years, 76
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeremiah Watkins Clapp (1814-1898) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., September
24, 1814.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., September
5, 1898 (age 83 years, 346
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Jere Cooper (1893-1957) —
of Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn.
Born near Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn., July 20,
1893.
Son of Joseph W. Cooper and Viola May (Cooper) Cooper.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1929-57 (9th District 1929-33, 8th
District 1933-43, 9th District 1943-53, 8th District 1953-57); died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kappa
Sigma; Maccabees.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 1957 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Dyersburg, Tenn.
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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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Edwin Sheddan Cunningham (b. 1868) —
also known as Edwin S. Cunningham —
of Maryville, Blount
County, Tenn.
Born in Sevier
County, Tenn., July 6,
1868.
Son of Maj. Ben A. Cunningham and Jane A. (Sheddan) Cunningham.
U.S. Consul in Aden, 1898-1901; Bergen, 1901-06; Durban, 1906-10; Bombay, 1910-12; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1912-14; Hankow, 1914-19; Shanghai, 1920-32.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
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.
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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Relatives:
Married, January
30, 1929, to Elizabeth (Keith) Caldwell (died
1932). |
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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.
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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Samuel St. Clair Early (1824-1882) —
of Indiana.
Born in Blount
County, Tenn., November
3, 1824.
Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1857-59.
Presbyterian. Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died in Brownstown, Jackson
County, Ind., January
15, 1882 (age 57 years, 73
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).
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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Robert Ashton Everett (1915-1969) —
also known as Robert A. Everett —
of Union City, Obion
County, Tenn.
Born near Union City, Obion
County, Tenn., February
24, 1915.
Son of Charlie Everett and Lelia (Ashton) Everett.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; administrative
assistant to U.S. Senator Tom
Stewart, 1946-49, and to Gov. Gordon
Browning, 1950-52; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1958-69; died in
office 1969.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Farm
Bureau.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
26, 1969 (age 53 years, 337
days).
Interment at East
View Cemetery, Union City, Tenn.
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Thomas Clyde Ferguson (1898-1969) —
also known as Thomas C. Ferguson —
of Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky.
Born in Jasper, Marion
County, Tenn., January
7, 1898.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in 1969
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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.
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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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).
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 Harrison Frist (b. 1952) —
also known as Bill Frist —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
22, 1952.
Republican. Physician;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1995-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Elmer Everett Gabbard (1890-1960) —
also known as Elmer E. Gabbard —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Buckhorn, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Ricetown, Owsley
County, Ky., October
9, 1890.
Son of John L. Gabbard and Jaley (Reynolds) Gabbard.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Witherspoon College, Buckhorn, Ky., 1935-56; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1942, 1944; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons.
Died July 17,
1960 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at Berea
Cemetery, Berea, Ky.
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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.
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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Bruce Haldeman (b. 1862) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
5, 1862.
Son of Walter Newman Haldeman and Elizabeth (Metcalfe) Haldeman.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; delegate to
Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Keith Hampton (b. 1911) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Jasper, Marion
County, Tenn., July 16,
1911.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to
Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1953; Presidential
Elector for Tennessee, 1960.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2000.
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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.
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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Bill Haslam —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Business
executive; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 2003-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2004.
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John Thilman Hendrick (b. 1876) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., November
12, 1876.
Son of David Stewart Hendrick and Pattie (Warfield) Hendrick.
Democrat. Member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1920-21; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1920-21.
Presbyterian. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Chi
Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Lloyd Imes (1889-1986) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
29, 1889.
Son of Benjamin A. Imes and Elizabeth (Wallace) Imes.
Minister;
Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; president,
Knoxville College, 1943-47.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry.
Died in 1986
(age about
96 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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
|
| | | 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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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.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer;
Chancellor, Western Division of Tennessee, 1847-54.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Norman Kindness (b. 1929) —
also known as Thomas N. Kindness —
of Ohio.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
26, 1929.
Republican. Mayor
of Hamilton, Ohio, 1964-67; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1971-74; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1975-87; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1986.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1998.
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Ira Landrith (1865-1941) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Ellis
County, Tex., March 23,
1865.
Son of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith.
Presbyterian
minister; president,
Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12; president,
Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance
Council, 1928-31.
Presbyterian. Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dick Latta Lansden (1869-1924) —
also known as Dick Lansden —
of Sparta, White
County, Tenn.; Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Bakers Crossroads, White
County, Tenn., May 15,
1869.
Son of Hugh Hill Lansden (1837-1902) and Lee Ann (McGee) Lansden
(1840-1934).
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1910-16.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died August
10, 1924 (age 55 years, 87
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Albert Hamilton Latimer (c.1800-1877) —
also known as Albert H. Latimer —
of Texas.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., about 1800.
Son of James L. Latimer and Jane (Hamilton) Latimer.
Republican. Lawyer; planter; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Red River, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-42; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state senate, 1849-51; Texas state
comptroller, 1865-66; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1869; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869; district judge in Texas 8th District,
1870-72.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Clarksville, Red River
County, Tex., January
27, 1877 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Clarksville
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Latimer and Jane (Hamilton) Latimer; married 1828 to Elritta
Smith; married 1833 to
Elizabeth Richey; married 1857 to Mary
Gattis. |
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John McCormick Lea (1818-1903) —
also known as John M. Lea —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., December
25, 1818.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1842-44; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1848-50; circuit judge in Tennessee.
Presbyterian.
Died in Monteagle, Grundy
County, Tenn., September
21, 1903 (age 84 years, 270
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Mitchell Long (b. 1889) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., November
15, 1889.
Son of William B. Long and Eliza (McGoldrick) Long.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1924; chair of
Knox County Democratic Party, 1926-28; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1928,
1944;
Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1937.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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James McCallum (1806-1889) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Robeson
County, N.C., October
3, 1806.
Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1861-63; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., September
16, 1889 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Kenneth Douglas McKellar (1869-1957) —
also known as Kenneth D. McKellar —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Richmond, Dallas
County, Ala., January
29, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1904;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908,
1920,
1936,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1911-17; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1917-53.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died October
25, 1957 (age 88 years, 269
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.; statue at Tri-Cities
Regional Airport, Near Blountville, Sullivan County, Tenn.
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John B. Nees (1804-1882) —
also known as John B. Neese —
of Clay
County, Ind.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., December
8, 1804.
Farmer;
merchant;
sheriff;
member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry. Member, Grange.
Died in Poland, Clay
County, Ind., May 19,
1882 (age 77 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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S. Watkins Overton (b. 1894) —
also known as Watkins Overton —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 5,
1894.
Son of Watkins Overton and May (Hill) Overton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1925; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1927; mayor of
Memphis, Tenn., 1928-39, 1949-53.
Presbyterian. Member, Order of the
Coif; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herron Carney Pearson (1890-1953) —
also known as Herron C. Pearson —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex., July 31,
1890.
Son of John Lafayette Pearson and Annie (Herron) Pearson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1935-43.
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., April 24,
1953 (age 62 years, 267
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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James Knox Polk (1795-1849) —
also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory";
"Napoleon of the Stump" —
of Tennessee.
Born near Little Sugar Creek, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
2, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th
District 1833-39); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of
Tennessee, 1839-41; President
of the United States, 1845-49.
Presbyterian or Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cholera,
in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 15,
1849 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1891 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Nephew by marriage of Thomas
Jones Hardeman; third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk; first cousin of William
Polk Dobson; married, January
1, 1824, to Sarah Childress; fourth cousin of Trusten
Polk; brother of William
Hawkins Polk; second cousin by marriage of George
Davis; uncle and adoptive father of Marshall
Tate Polk; second cousin twice removed of Frank
Lyon Polk. See Polk-Ashe
family of North Carolina. |
| | | Cross-reference: Aaron
V. Brown — John
Charles Frémont |
| | | Polk counties in Ark., Fla., Ga., Iowa, Minn., Mo., Neb., Ore., Tenn., Tex. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Knox Polk Hall
— James
P. Latta
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.
Haynes, James
K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.
Bergeron, The
Presidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard, James
K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — Eugene
Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War
1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career
1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — John Seigenthaler, James
K. Polk: 1845 - 1849 |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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James H. Robinson (born c.1907) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., about 1907.
Liberal. Minister;
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allan Douglas Sanford (b. 1869) —
also known as Allan Sanford —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn., July 3,
1869.
Son of William Sanford and Elizabeth (Douglas) Sanford.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Burial
location unknown.
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Herbert Sanford Walters (1891-1973) —
also known as Herbert S. Walters —
of Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn.
Born in Leadvale, Jefferson
County, Tenn., November
17, 1891.
Son of John Milo Walters and Lula (Franklin) Walters.
Democrat. Engineer
for railroads;
general
contractor; banker;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1933; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1934-47; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1936,
1940,
1944;
Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1940-44, 1953-55; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1945-47, 1956-67; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1963-65; appointed 1963.
Baptist
or Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
17, 1973 (age 81 years, 273
days).
Interment at Jarnagin
Cemetery, Morristown, Tenn.
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Samuel Estill Whitaker (b. 1886) —
of Riverview (unknown
county), Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., September
25, 1886.
Son of Madison Newton Whitaker and Florence Jarrett (Griffin)
Whitaker.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1939-64.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Newton Harris White (b. 1860) —
also known as Newton H. White —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., September
2, 1860.
Son of Newton White (1814-1891) and Courtney Sivils (Gordon) White
(born 1825).
Democrat. Farmer;
member, Tennessee Railroad Commission, 1897; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1899; Speaker of
the Tennessee State Senate, 1901-03, 1913-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1924.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Junior
Order.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Thomas
K. Gordon; son of Newton White (1814-1891) and Courtney Sivils
(Gordon) White (born 1825); married, August 3,
1883, to Halle May Gardner. |
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