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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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Jesse Bledsoe (1776-1836) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., April 6,
1776.
Democrat. Secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1808-12; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1817-20; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1820;
state court judge in Kentucky, 1822.
Disciples of Christ.
Died near Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., June 25,
1836 (age 60 years, 80
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Martin Dies (1900-1972) —
of Orange, Orange
County, Tex.; Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex.
Born in Colorado City, Mitchell
County, Tex., November
5, 1900.
Son of Martin
Dies (1870-1922) and Olive (Cline) Dies.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1931-45, 1953-59 (2nd District
1931-45, at-large 1953-59).
Disciples of Christ.
Died in Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex., November
14, 1972 (age 72 years, 9
days).
Interment at Garden
of Memories Mausoleum, Lufkin, Tex.
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George Washington Hardy (1900-1967) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., 1900.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1932-34; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court
of Appeals, 1942-67.
Disciples of Christ.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1967
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John T. Johnson (b. 1856) —
of Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., January
9, 1856.
Democrat. County judge in Texas; district judge in Oklahoma, 1907-15;
justice
of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1919-25; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-25.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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James Ivey Phelps (b. 1875) —
also known as James I. Phelps —
of El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Newton, Newton
County, Tex., June 20,
1875.
Son of Elza V. M. Phelps and Mary A. (Simmons) Phelps.
Democrat. Lawyer; Canadian
County Judge, 1901-07; district judge in Oklahoma 13th District,
1919-25; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1925-29, 1935.
Disciples of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Kiwanis.
Burial
location unknown.
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Anson Rainey (1848-1922) —
of Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., March 1,
1848.
Son of Christopher Columbus Rainey (1824-1854) and Nancy Blake
(Baker) Rainey (1826-1898).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1881-82; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; Judge, Texas Court of
Appeals, 1893.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., August 6,
1922 (age 74 years, 158
days).
Interment at Waxahachie
City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Tex.
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