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John Quincy Adams (b. 1900) —
also known as John Q. Adams —
of Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., June 7,
1900.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Lions; Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jean Baptiste Adoue, Jr. (1884-1956) —
also known as J. B. Adoue, Jr. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
4, 1884.
Son of Jean Baptiste Adoue and Mittie N. (Simpson) Adoue.
President, Dallas National Bank of
Commerce, 1924-56; chairman, Gulf Insurance
Company; chairman, Universal Life and Accident Insurance
Company; director, Graham-Brown Shoe
Company; director, First Texas Chemical
Company; director, Cosmopolitan Hotel
Company; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1951-53.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Rotary; Phi
Delta Theta; Newcomen
Society.
Died, from a heart
attack, while working at his
bank, in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
17, 1956 (age 72 years, 13
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Lem B. Allen (b. 1941) —
of Kingsbury, Guadalupe
County, Tex.
Born in Luling, Caldwell
County, Tex., March 4,
1941.
Son of Louis Fulshear Allen and Frances (Gardien) Allen.
Democrat. Farmer; chair of
Guadalupe County Democratic Party, 1966-80; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1975-78.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1983.
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Van Henry Archer, Jr. (b. 1940) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
13, 1940.
Son of Van Henry Archer, Sr. and Dorothy (Richey) Archer.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972,
1976,
1980;
member of Texas
Republican State Executive Committee, 1983.
Episcopalian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1983.
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Relatives:
Married 1962
to Edna Myrick. |
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Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927-2008) —
also known as Anne Armstrong; Anne Legendre; Mrs.
Tobin Armstrong —
of Armstrong, Kenedy
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
27, 1927.
Daughter of Armant Legendre and Olive (Martindale) Legendre.
Republican. Member of Texas
Republican State Central Committee, 1961-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1968,
1972
(speaker);
vice-chair
of Texas Republican Party, 1966-; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1968-73; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1976-77; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1992.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987.
Died, of cancer, in
a hospice
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 30,
2008 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., March 26,
1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966, 1972; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1978-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1978-80; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1980-2001; took senior
status 2001.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of lymphoma,
in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
23, 2004 (age 68 years, 181
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium, Little Rock, Ark.
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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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Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
21, 1890.
Son of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund
C. Shields, 1931; chair of
Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of
Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; charged
on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting
bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case
collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles
F. Hemans, refused to testify.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Burial
location unknown.
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Gwen Barnett (b. 1925) —
of Texas.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
8, 1925.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1960-.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Still living as of 1967.
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Christopher Bell (b. 1959) —
also known as Chris Bell —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, November
23, 1959.
Democrat. Journalist;
lawyer;
member Houston City Council, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Texas 25th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2004.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Leonard Julius Benckenstein (1894-1966) —
also known as L. J. Benckenstein —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 5,
1894.
Son of Leonard Frederick Benckenstein and Genevieve (Peterson)
Benckenstein.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Texas
Republican State Executive Committee, 1928; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Alpha
Chi Rho; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in October, 1966
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) —
also known as William P. Blocker —
of Hondo, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Hondo, Medina
County, Tex., September
30, 1892.
Son of Vincular Harwood Blocker and Daisy D. Blocker.
Democrat. School
teacher; salesman;
U.S. Vice Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack, on board
the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on which he had been scheduled
to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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George Blow, Jr. (1813-1894) —
of Norfolk,
Va.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., May 5,
1813.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Virginia,
1870-86.
Episcopalian.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., May 2,
1894 (age 80 years, 362
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
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Charles Albert Boynton (1867-1954) —
also known as Charles A. Boynton —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in East Hatley, Compton County, Quebec,
November
26, 1867.
Son of Alpheus S. Boynton and Jane Grannis (Cook) Boynton.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1896,
1900,
1904,
1908;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1906-13; candidate
for Governor of
Texas, 1918; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1924-47; took
senior status 1947.
Episcopalian.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
12, 1954 (age 86 years, 320
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clay Stone Briggs (1876-1933) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., January
8, 1876.
Son of George Dempster Briggs and Olive (Branch) Briggs.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1906-08; district judge in Texas
10th District, 1909-19; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1919-33; died in office
1933.
Episcopalian.
Died of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., April 29,
1933 (age 57 years, 111
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Michael C. Burgess (b. 1950) —
of Highland Village, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., December
23, 1950.
Republican. Physician;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 26th District, 2003-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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Earle Cabell (1906-1975) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas
County, Tex., October
27, 1906.
Son of Ben E. Cabell and Sadie (Pearre) Cabell.
Democrat. Mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1961-64; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1965-73; defeated, 1972.
Episcopalian. Member, Elks.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
24, 1975 (age 68 years, 332
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) —
also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie
Stallings —
of Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich.
Born in Forney, Kaufman
County, Tex., June 24,
1914.
Daughter of Leslie C. Stallings and Agnes (Huther) Stallings.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1973-82; resigned 1982; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1979-82.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Junior
League; Altrusa;
American
Legion Auxiliary; American
Association of University Women; Beta
Sigma Phi; Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Omicron Pi.
Died, of cancer, in
Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., November
27, 2001 (age 87 years, 156
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Oakridge
Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.
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Steven Boghos Derounian (1918-2007) —
also known as Steven B. Derounian —
of Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria,
April
6, 1918.
Son of Boghos Derounian and Eliza Derounian.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from New York, 1953-65 (2nd District 1953-63, 3rd
District 1963-65); delegate to Republican National Convention from
New York, 1956
(alternate), 1960
(alternate), 1964;
Justice
of New York Supreme Court, 1969-81.
Episcopalian. Armenian
ancestry.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., April 17,
2007 (age 89 years, 11
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson (1875-1961) —
also known as Ma Ferguson; Miriam Amanda
Wallace —
of Texas.
Born in Bell
County, Tex., June 13,
1875.
Daughter of Joseph Lapsley Wallace and Eliza (Garrison) Wallace.
Governor
of Texas, 1925-27, 1933-35.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Died of heart
failure. June 25,
1961 (age 86 years, 12
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Joseph Pellegrin Garcia (b. 1892) —
also known as Joe P. Garcia —
of Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex.
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., November
18, 1892.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Eagles; Woodmen of
the World.
Burial
location unknown.
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Hampson Gary (1873-1952) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., April 23,
1873.
Son of Franklin Newman Gary and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary.
Democrat. Lawyer;
vice-president, Royall National Bank;
director, Guaranty State Bank;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908;
U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1917; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1919-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died April 18,
1952 (age 78 years, 361
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Philip Gramm (b. 1942) —
also known as Phil Gramm —
of College Station, Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Benning, Chattahoochee
County, Ga., July 8,
1942.
University
professor; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1978-83, 1983-85;
resigned 1983; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1985-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) —
of Texas.
Born near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
31, 1788.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of Texas
Republic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died January
15, 1854 (age 65 years, 349
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1937 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) —
also known as Oveta Culp —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Killeen, Bell
County, Tex., January
19, 1905.
Daughter of I. W. Culp and Emma (Hoover) Culp.
Democrat. Served in Women's Army Corps in World War II; president,
editor and publisher of Houston Post newspaper;
director, radio
station KPRC; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Junior
League.
Died, from a stroke, in
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
16, 1995 (age 90 years, 209
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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William Pettus Hobby, Jr. (b. 1932) —
also known as William P. Hobby, Jr.; Bill
Hobby —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
19, 1932.
Son of William
Pettus Hobby and Oveta
Culp Hobby.
Democrat. Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1973-91; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1980,
1984.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 1995.
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Michael Huffington (b. 1947) —
of Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
3, 1947.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1993-95; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1994.
Episcopalian. Bisexual.
Still living as of 2009.
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Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison (b. 1943) —
also known as Kay Bailey Hutchison; Kathryn Ann Bailey;
Kay Parks —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., July 22,
1943.
Republican. Banker; television
journalist; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1988
(alternate), 2008;
Texas
state treasurer, 1991; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1993-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Flora Cameron Kampmann (born c.1926) —
also known as Flora Cameron; Mrs. Ike S. Kampmann,
Jr. —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., about 1926.
Daughter of William Waldo Cameron and Helen Emelyn (Miller) Cameron.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1960,
1964;
member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1960-68.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Junior
League; Colonial
Dames.
Still living as of 1968.
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Frank Melvin Karsten (1913-1992) —
also known as Frank M. Karsten —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
7, 1913.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. John
J. Cochran, 1934-46; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1947-69 (13th District 1947-53, 1st
District 1953-69).
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma Nu
Phi.
Died May 14,
1992 (age 79 years, 128
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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John Heddens Kingston (b. 1955) —
also known as Jack Kingston —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Bryan, Brazos
County, Tex., April 24,
1955.
Republican. Business
executive; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1985-93; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1993-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Samuel Winfield Lewis (b. 1930) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
1, 1930.
Son of Samuel Winfield Lewis and Sue Roselle (Hurley) Lewis.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Florence, 1955-59; U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1977-85.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Virginia B. Macdonald —
of Arlington Heights, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Republican. Chair of
Cook County Republican Party, 1964; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1969-70.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Kappa
Kappa Gamma.
Still living as of 1970.
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Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (1861-1947) —
also known as Joseph J. Mansfield —
of Eagle Lake, Colorado
County, Tex.; Columbus, Colorado
County, Tex.
Born in Wayne, Wayne
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
9, 1861.
Son of Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (Confederate officer, killed in
battle 1861).
Democrat. Lawyer; Colorado
County Attorney, 1892-96; Colorado
County Judge, 1896-1916; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1917-47; died in office
1947.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 12,
1947 (age 86 years, 153
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Tex.
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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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Leland Burnette Morris (1886-1950) —
also known as Leland B. Morris —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Fort Clark, Kinney
County, Tex., February
7, 1886.
Foreign Service officer; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Smyrna, 1914-17; U.S. Consul in Salonika, 1919-22; Cologne, 1926; Athens, 1927-29; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1932; U.S. Minister to Iceland, 1942-44; U.S. Ambassador to Iran, 1944-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in 1950
(age about
64 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Sandra Day O'Connor (b. 1930) —
also known as Sandra Day —
of Paradise Valley, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., March 26,
1930.
Daughter of Harry Alan Day and Ada Mae (Wilkey) Day.
Republican. Member of Arizona
state senate, 1969-75; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1972;
superior court judge in Arizona, 1975-79; Judge,
Arizona Court of Appeals, 1979-81; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-2006.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Order of the
Coif.
Still living as of 2009.
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Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) —
Born in Franklin
County, Tenn., July 19,
1813.
Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1859; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died of typhoid
fever in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 8,
1868 (age 54 years, 294
days).
Original interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1938 at Brookside
Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Son of John Reily and Nancy (Hunter) Reily.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in SAINT Petersburg, 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April 14,
1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) —
also known as Hal H. Sevier —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March 16,
1878.
Son of Theodore Francis Sevier and Mary (Douglas) Sevier.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus
Christi Bank
and Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1940
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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E. Carlyle Smith, Jr. (c.1939-2003) —
of Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., about 1939.
Son of E.
Carlyle Smith.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1975.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary; Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of complications from a brain
tumor, in Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Tex., June 29,
2003 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Old
Southland Cemetery, Grand Prairie, Tex.
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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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Richard Crawford White (1923-1998) —
also known as Richard C. White —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., April 29,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member
of Texas
state house of representatives, 1955-58; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1965-83.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American Bar
Association.
Died February
18, 1998 (age 74 years, 295
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank Wilson Wozencraft (1892-1966) —
also known as Frank W. Wozencraft; "The Boy
Mayor" —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 7,
1892.
Son of Alfred Prior Wozencraft and Virginia Lee (Wilson) Wozencraft.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Texas, 1916;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1919-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1924;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in a hospital
at Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
3, 1966 (age 74 years, 88
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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