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Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) —
also known as Aris T. Allen —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
27, 1910.
Son of James Allen and Maryetta (Whitby) Allen.
Republican. Physician;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1969-73; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1972
(delegation chair).
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Medical
Association; American Legion; NAACP.
Died February
8, 1991 (age 80 years, 43
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James V. Allred (1899-1959) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Bowie, Montague
County, Tex., March 29,
1899.
Son of Renne Allred and Mary (Hinson) Allred.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Texas
state attorney general, 1931-35; Governor of
Texas, 1935-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1939-42,
1949-59; died in office 1959; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1942.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Optimist
Club.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., September
24, 1959 (age 60 years, 179
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Tex.
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Clinton S. Bailey (b. 1890) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1890.
Son of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
Texas Republican Party, 1923-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1926, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Gamma Delta; Theta
Nu Epsilon; American Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Alice Mae Nicholson. |
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Phillip Benjamin Baldwin (b. 1924) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., December
23, 1924.
Son of John B. Baldwin and Lucille (Jones) Baldwin.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Harrison County Democratic Party, 1962-67; Judge of
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1968-82; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Still living as of 2000.
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Thomas Harry Barton (1881-1960) —
also known as Thomas H. Barton; T. H.
Barton —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in Marlin, Falls
County, Tex., September
20, 1881.
Son of Thomas Killebrew Barton and Mary Estelle (Johnson) Barton.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; one of the
founders of the Natural Gas and
Fuel Corporation; president and director of Lion Oil Company;
owner of radio and
television stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1940;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1940; candidate in primary for
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1944.
Member, Newcomen
Society; American Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died December
24, 1960 (age 79 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, El Dorado, Ark.
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. (1921-2006) —
also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
11, 1921.
Son of Lloyd M. Bentsen, Sr. and Edna Ruth (Colbath) Bentsen.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984;
speaker, 1988;
president, Lincoln Liberty Life
Insurance Company; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1976;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu; Elks.
Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke, in
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 23,
2006 (age 85 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Kearie Lee Berry (1893-1965) —
also known as K. L. Berry —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Denton
County, Tex., July 6,
1893.
Democrat. Adjutant
General of Texas, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1948.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Shriners;
American Legion; National Rifle
Association.
Died in April, 1965
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Interment at Fort
Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Myron Geer Blalock (1891-1950) —
also known as Myron G. Blalock —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Harrison
County, Tex., January
3, 1891.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1913-18; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
state court judge in Texas, 1932; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1937; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion.
Died in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., December
28, 1950 (age 59 years, 359
days).
Interment at Grange
Hall Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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Lyle H. Boren (1909-1992) —
of Seminole, Seminole
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., May 11,
1909.
Son of Mark Lattimar Boren and Nannie Mae (Weatherall) Boren.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 1937-47; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II.
Church
of Christ. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
American Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 2,
1992 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jack Bascom Brooks (b. 1922) —
also known as Jack B. Brooks —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La., December
18, 1922.
Son of Edward Chachere Brooks and Grace (Pipes) Brooks.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1953-95 (2nd District 1953-67, 9th
District 1967-95); defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Evans Burney (1893-1969) —
also known as William E. Burney —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Hubbard, Hill
County, Tex., September
11, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1940-41; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
executive.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Forty and
Eight.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
29, 1969 (age 75 years, 140
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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George Herbert Walker Bush (b. 1924) —
also known as George Bush; "Poppy";
"Sheepskin";
"Timberwolf" —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 12,
1924.
Son of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush (1901-1992).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1971-73; Chairman of
Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison to China, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,
1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
Vice
President of the United States, 1981-89; President
of the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Skull and
Bones; Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: First
cousin thrice removed of David
Davis; son of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush (1901-1992); married, January
6, 1945, to Barbara Pierce; father of George
Walker Bush and John
Ellis Bush. See Bush
family of Massachusetts. |
| | | Cross-reference: Caspar
W. Weinberger — John
H. Sununu — Don
Evans — James
C. Oberwetter |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by George H. W. Bush: All
The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings
(1999) — Looking
Forward (1987) — A
World Transformed (1998) |
| | | Books about George H. W. Bush: John
Robert Greene, The
Presidency of George Bush — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,
George
H. W. Bush (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about George H. W. Bush:
Kevin Phillips, American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush — Kitty Kelly, The
Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty |
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Vincent Waggoner Carr (1918-2004) —
also known as Waggoner Carr —
of Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Fairlie, Hunt
County, Tex., October
1, 1918.
Son of Vincent Carr and Ruth (Warlick) Carr.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Lubbock
County Attorney, 1948-50; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1951-61; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1957-61; Texas
state attorney general, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1966; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1968.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Breakfasted with Pres. John
F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on the morning of his
assassination, November 22, 1963.
Died, of cancer, in
Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
25, 2004 (age 85 years, 147
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
Son of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter.
College
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive
secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor of
Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP;
American Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to Edna
Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson (died 1972). |
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Francis Adams Cherry (1908-1965) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., September
5, 1908.
Son of Haskille Scott Cherry and Clara Bell (Taylor) Cherry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1944;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died July 15,
1965 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) —
also known as Tom C. Clark —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
23, 1899.
Son of William H. Clark and Jennie (Falls) Clark.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1945-49; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles; Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1977 (age 77 years, 263
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Thomas William Creighton (1927-1997) —
also known as Tom Creighton —
of Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto
County, Tex.
Born in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto
County, Tex., February
26, 1927.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1961-81.
Member, American Legion.
Died April 28,
1997 (age 70 years, 61
days).
Interment at Woodland
Park Cemetery, Mineral Wells, Tex.
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Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988) —
also known as Price Daniel —
of Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex.
Born in Dayton, Liberty
County, Tex., October
10, 1910.
Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1939-45; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1943-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940,
1948,
1964;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Texas
state attorney general, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1953-57; Governor of
Texas, 1957-63; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1971-; appointed 1971.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from a stroke, in
Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., August
25, 1988 (age 77 years, 320
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
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Eligio de la Garza II (b. 1927) —
also known as E. 'Kika' de la Garza —
of Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex.; McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Mercedes, Hidalgo
County, Tex., September
22, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1952-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1965-97.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Catholic
War Veterans; Kiwanis;
Delta
Theta Phi.
Still living as of 1998.
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George Clifton Edwards, Jr. (1914-1995) —
also known as George Edwards —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August 6,
1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for mayor of
Detroit, Mich., 1949; probate judge in Michigan, 1951-54; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-56; appointed 1954; resigned
1956; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1956-62; appointed 1956; resigned
1962; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1963-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons;
American
Judicature Society.
Died in 1995
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) —
also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower;
"Ike" —
Born in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., October
14, 1890.
Son of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower (1862-1946) and David Jacob
Eisenhower (1863-1942).
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president
of Columbia University, 1948-53; President
of the United States, 1953-61.
Presbyterian.
German
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Loyal
Legion.
His portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar
coin, 1971-78.
Died, after a series of heart
attacks, at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., March 28,
1969 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Eisenhower
Center, Abilene, Kan.
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke, in
a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Burris C. Jackson (1906-1967) —
of Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex.
Born January
27, 1906.
Son of William E. Jackson and Willie (Hall) Jackson.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1932,
1936;
chair
of Hill County Democratic Party, 1932-38; postmaster;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Protestant.
Member, American Legion; Lions.
Died December
25, 1967 (age 61 years, 332
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex.
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Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) —
also known as Beauford Jester —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., January
12, 1893.
Son of George
Taylor Jester.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Texas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Lions.
Jester Center at the University of Texas is named for
him.
Died, aboard a Pullman railroad
car, near Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 11,
1949 (age 56 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Son of La Fayette D. Johnson and Evalyn (Carlin) Johnson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) —
also known as Lyndon B. Johnson; "L.B.J.";
"Landslide Lyndon"; "Preacher
Lyndon"; "The Accidental President";
"Volunteer"; "Light Bulb
Johnson" —
of Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex.
Born near Stonewall, Gillespie
County, Tex., August
27, 1908.
Son of Samuel Ealy Johnson and Rebekah (Baines) Johnson.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1937-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1949-61; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1956,
1960,
1968;
Vice
President of the United States, 1961-63; President
of the United States, 1963-69.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Legion.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.
Died from a heart
attack, on a
plane en route to a hospital, near San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
22, 1973 (age 64 years, 148
days).
Interment at LBJ
Ranch, Stonewall, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Ealy Johnson and Rebekah (Baines) Johnson; married, November
17, 1934, to Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor (1912-2007); father
of Lynda Bird Johnson (who married Charles
Spittal Robb). |
| | | Cross-reference: Roger
Kent — Irvine
H. Sprague — A.
W. Moursund |
| | | Campaign slogan (1964): "All the Way
with L.B.J." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books about Lyndon B. Johnson: Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Lyndon
Johnson and the American Dream — Robert Dallek, Flawed
Giant : Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973 — Sean
J. Savage, JFK,
LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Michael A. Schuman, Lyndon
B. Johnson (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Lyndon B. Johnson:
Robert A. Caro, Years
of Lyndon Johnson : The Path to Power — Robert A.
Caro, Years
of Lyndon Johnson : Means of Ascent — Robert A. Caro,
Years
of Lyndon Johnson : Master of the Senate — Lance
Morrow, The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power |
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John Marvin Jones (1882-1976) —
also known as Marvin Jones —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.
Born near Valley View, Cooke
County, Tex., February
26, 1882.
Son of Horace K. Jones and Dosia J. Jones.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1917-41 (13th District 1917-19, 18th
District 1919-41); Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1940-43, 1945-64.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Died March 4,
1976 (age 94 years, 7
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) —
also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K.";
"Lancer" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 29,
1917.
Son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy (1890-1995).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
received a 1957 Pulitzer
Prize for his book Profiles in Courage; President
of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Legion; Elks.
Shot
by a sniper,
Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a
motorcade, and died in Parkland Hospital,
Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
22, 1963 (age 46 years, 177
days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.
Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963. His portrait appears on the U.S. half
dollar (50
cent coin).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at John
F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy (1890-1995);
brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (1921-2009; who married
Robert
Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford, Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy (who married Virginia
Joan Bennett); married, September
12, 1953, to Jacqueline Lee 'Jackie' Bouvier (step-daughter of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; step-sister of Eugene
Luther Gore Vidal, Jr. and Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III); step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore
Auchincloss (who married Newton
Ivan Steers, Jr.); uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger), Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1967-); father of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.. See Kennedy
family of Massachusetts and New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: John
B. Connally — Henry
B. Gonzalez — Henry M.
Wade — Walter
Rogers — Gerry
E. Studds — James
B. McCahey, Jr. — Mark
Dalton — Waggoner
Carr — Theodore
C. Sorensen — Pierre
Salinger — John
Bartlow Martin |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Books about John F. Kennedy:
Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, JFK
: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek, An
Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — Michael
O'Brien, John
F. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage, JFK,
LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke, Ask
Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed
America — Thomas Reeves, A
Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —
Shelley Sommer, John
F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:
Seymour Hersh, The
Dark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow, The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky, JFK:
the Man and the Myth |
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Gregory H. Laughlin (b. 1942) —
also known as Greg Laughlin —
of West Columbia, Brazoria
County, Tex.
Born in Bay City, Matagorda
County, Tex., January
21, 1942.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1989-97; defeated, 1986
(Democratic), 1996 (Republican primary).
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Rotary.
Still living as of 2009.
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Fontaine Maury Maverick (1895-1954) —
also known as Maury Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
23, 1895.
Son of Albert Maverick (1854-1947) and Jane Lewis (Maury) Maverick
(1858-1954).
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1935-39; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Coined the word "gobbledygook," during World War II, for pompously
worded directives.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 7,
1954 (age 58 years, 227
days).
Interment at San
Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Tex.
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Thomas Gayle Morris (b. 1919) —
also known as Tom Morris —
of New Mexico.
Born in Eastland
County, Tex., August
20, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1953-58; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1959-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1960.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American Legion; Elks; Lions.
Still living as of 1998.
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Stanley Mosk (1912-2001) —
of Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
12, 1912.
Son of Paul Mosk and Minna (Perl) Mosk.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
California, 1943-58; California
state attorney general, 1959-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1960-64; justice of
California state supreme court, 1964-2001; appointed 1964; died
in office 2001.
Jewish.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 19,
2001 (age 88 years, 280
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.; statue at Capitol
Grounds, Sacramento, Calif.
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William Brooks Oliver (b. 1895) —
also known as Brooks Oliver —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Douglassville, Cass
County, Tex., August
31, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1940-50.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Lions.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alvin Mansfield Owsley (1888-1967) —
of Denton, Denton
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Denton, Denton
County, Tex., June 11,
1888.
Son of Alvin Clark Owsley and Sallie (Blount) Owsley.
Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1912-14; Denton
County District Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1933-35; Ireland, 1935-37; Denmark, 1937-39.
Christian.
Member, American Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Lions; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1967
(age about
79 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John William Wright Patman (1893-1976) —
also known as Wright Patman —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Hughes Springs, Cass
County, Tex., August 6,
1893.
Son of John Patman and Emma (Spurlin) Patman.
Democrat. Cotton farmer; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1929-76; died in office
1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1976 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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James Richard Perry (b. 1950) —
also known as Rick Perry —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Paint Creek, Haskell
County, Tex., March 4,
1950.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1985-90; Texas
commissioner of agriculture, 1991-98; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1999-2000; Governor of
Texas, 2001-; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 2008
(delegation chair).
Methodist.
Member, American Legion.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Robert Poage (1899-1987) —
also known as William R. Poage; Bob Poage —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., December
28, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1925-29; member of Texas
state senate, 1931-37; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1937-78; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Temple, Bell
County, Tex., January
3, 1987 (age 87 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, Tex.
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Willard Lloyd Rambo (1917-1984) —
also known as W. L. Rambo —
of Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La.
Born in Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La., March 22,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oilfield
drilling contractor; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1952-60; defeated, 1968, 1976;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1964-68.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
28, 1984 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, La.
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Byron Giles Rogers (1900-1983) —
also known as Byron G. Rogers —
of Bent
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., August 1,
1900.
Son of Peter Rogers and Minnie M. (Gentry) Rogers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-35; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1933; Colorado
state attorney general, 1936-40; Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1951-71; defeated,
1940.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Lions; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a hospital
in Denver,
Colo., December
31, 1983 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lindo Cemetery, Near Tiny Town, Jefferson County, Colo.
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John Phillips Saylor (1908-1973) —
also known as John P. Saylor —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Conemaugh Township, Somerset
County, Pa., July 23,
1908.
Son of Tillman
K. Saylor and Minerva (Phillips) Saylor.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1949-73 (26th District 1949-53,
22nd District 1953-73, 12th District 1973); died in office 1973;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church; later United
Church of Christ. Member, Elks;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Eagles.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
28, 1973 (age 65 years, 97
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Johnstown, Pa.
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Clark Wallace Thompson (1896-1981) —
also known as Clark W. Thompson —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., August 6,
1896.
Son of Clark Wallace Thompson and Jessie Marilla (Hyde) Thompson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1933-35, 1947-67 (7th District
1933-35, 9th District 1947-67); served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Redmen.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
16, 1981 (age 85 years, 132
days).
Interment at Galveston
Memorial Park Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) —
also known as John G. Tower —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
29, 1925.
Son of Rev. Joe Z. Tower (1898-1970) and Beryl Tower (1898-1990).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(delegation chair), 1980;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid
allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.
Killed in the crash of
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the
runway of Glynco Airport,
near Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., April 5,
1991 (age 65 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Francis Eugene Worley (1908-1974) —
also known as Eugene Worley —
of Shamrock, Wheeler
County, Tex.
Born in Lone Wolf, Kiowa
County, Okla., October
10, 1908.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1935-40; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1941-50; resigned 1950;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1950-59.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., December
17, 1974 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) —
also known as Ralph W. Yarborough —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Chandler, Henderson
County, Tex., June 8,
1903.
Democrat. District judge in Texas, 1936-41; candidate for nomination
for Texas
state attorney general, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; candidate in primary for Governor of
Texas, 1952, 1954, 1956; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957-71; defeated in primary, 1970, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1980.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Acacia.
Died January
27, 1996 (age 92 years, 233
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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