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William Robert Anderson (1921-2007) —
also known as William R. Anderson —
of Waverly, Humphreys
County, Tenn.; Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Bakerville, Humphreys
County, Tenn., June 17,
1921.
Son of David Hensley Anderson and Mary (McKelvey) Anderson.
Independent candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1962; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1965-73.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets.
Commanded the U.S.S. Nautilus on the first
under-ice crossing of the North Pole, 1958.
Died in Leesburg, Loudoun
County, Va., February
25, 2007 (age 85 years, 253
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ross Bass (1918-1993) —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., March 17,
1918.
Son of Rev. William Arch Bass and Ethel (Shook) Bass.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; florist; soft drink
bottler; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1955-64; defeated,
1976; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1964-67.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died January
1, 1993 (age 74 years, 290
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, 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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Wilburn Cartwright (1891-1979) —
of McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Georgetown, Meigs
County, Tenn., January
12, 1891.
Son of J. R. Cartwright and Emma (Baker) Cartwright.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1915-18; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1927-43; major in the
U.S. Army during World War II; secretary of
state of Oklahoma, 1947-51; Oklahoma
state auditor, 1951-55.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Acacia;
Lions;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., March 14,
1979 (age 88 years, 61
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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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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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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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.
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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Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. (b. 1948) —
also known as Al Gore; "Ozone Man";
"Sundance" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March 31,
1948.
Son of Albert
Arnold Gore and Pauline (LaFon) Gore (1912-2004).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1977-85 (4th District 1977-83, 6th
District 1983-85); U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1985-93; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1988;
Vice
President of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for President
of the United States, 2000.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2007 for his work on global warming.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert
Arnold Gore and Pauline (LaFon) Gore (1912-2004); married, May 19,
1970, to Tipper Aitcheson; second cousin of Mary Benton Gore (who
married Gordon
Evans Dean). See Gore
family of Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Gore
Vidal |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — votes
in Congress from the Washington Post — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Al Gore: Earth
in the Balance : Ecology and the Human Spirit
(1993) |
| | | Books about Al Gore: David Maraniss &
Ellen Nakashima, The
Prince of Tennessee : The Rise of Al Gore — Bill
Turque, Inventing
Al Gore: A Biography — Bob Zelnick, Gore
: A Political Life — Joseph Kaufman, The
World According to Al Gore : An A-to-Z Compilation of His Opinions,
Positions, and Public Statements — Alexander Cockburn
& Jeffrey St. Clair, Al
Gore : A User's Manual — Roger Simon, Divided
We Stand : How Al Gore Beat George Bush and Lost the
Presidency — Rebecca Stefoff, Al
Gore : Vice President (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Al Gore: Bill
Sammon, At
Any Cost : How Al Gore Tried to Steal the Election —
Bernard Goldberg, 100
People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is
#37) |
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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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John Thomas Hicks, Sr. (1925-2000) —
also known as John T. Hicks —
of Tennessee.
Born in Davidson
County, Tenn., August 5,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives 60th District, 1967-77; member of
Tennessee
state senate 20th District, 1977-93.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 19,
2000 (age 74 years, 227
days).
Interment at Hermitage
Memorial Gardens, Nashville, Tenn.
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Myron M. Lehman (1889-1977) —
of Elgin, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Elgin, Kane
County, Ill., June 22,
1889.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Elgin, Ill., 1931-43, 1951-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Died in Whitehaven, Shelby
County, Tenn., August 7,
1977 (age 88 years, 46
days).
Interment at Bluff
City Cemetery, Elgin, Ill.
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Thomas Jefferson Murray (1894-1971) —
also known as Tom J. Murray —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., August 1,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Madison County Democratic Party, 1924-33; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1928,
1932,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1943-67 (8th District 1943-53, 7th
District 1953-67).
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., November
28, 1971 (age 77 years, 119
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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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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James Henry Quillen (b. 1916) —
also known as James H. Quillen; Jimmy
Quillen —
of Kingsport, Sullivan
County, Tenn.
Born near Gate City, Scott
County, Va., January
11, 1916.
Son of John A. Quillen and Hannah (Chapman) Quillen.
Republican. Newspaper
publisher; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1992;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1963-97.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose.
Director, Kingsport National Bank,
1961-82.
Still living as of 1998.
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Shelby A. Rhinehart (1927-2002) —
of Spencer, Van Buren
County, Tenn.
Born in White
County, Tenn., May 5,
1927.
Pharmacist;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1959-60, 1971-2002.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
19, 2002 (age 75 years, 137
days).
Interment at Town
Cemetery, Spencer, Tenn.
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