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Jim R. Alexander (b. 1946) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Denton, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Era, Cooke
County, Tex., August
16, 1946.
Son of Gordon L. Alexander and Esther (Sherrill) Alexander.
Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1980.
Protestant.
Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Rotary.
Still living as of 1982.
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Relatives:
Married 1968
to Mona Sue Beeler. |
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Rafael Anchiá —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; member of Texas
state house of representatives 103rd District, 2004-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
Member, Lions.
Suffered minor injuries in the automobile accident which killed State
Rep. Joe
Moreno, May 6, 2005.
Still living as of 2008.
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Richard Keith Armey (b. 1940) —
also known as Dick Armey —
of Arlington, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Cando, Towner
County, N.Dak., July 7,
1940.
Republican. University professor; U.S.
Representative from Texas 26th District, 1985-2003.
Presbyterian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2009.
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Francisco Antonio Balmaseda (b. 1935) —
also known as Francisco A. Balmaseda —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Camagüey, Cuba, August 8,
1935.
Son of Francisco Fidencio Balmaseda and Zoila Fé
(Nápoles) Balmaseda.
Democrat. School
teacher; college instructor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1972.
Lutheran.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American
Historical Association.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Married 1955
to Eileen Bahnsen. |
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Robert Lynn Batts (1864-1935) —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., November
1, 1864.
Son of Andrew Jackson Batts and Julia (Rice) Batts.
Lawyer;
law professor; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1917-19; resigned
1919; general counsel, Gulf Oil Corp.,
Gulf Refining Co.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died May 19,
1935 (age 70 years, 199
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
19, 1870.
Daughter of Thomas Lindsay Blanton and Eugenia (Webb) Blanton.
Democrat. College professor; Texas
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-23.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi; Pi
Lambda Theta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Order of the
Eastern Star; Maccabees.
First
woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas.
Died October
2, 1945 (age 75 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Robert Granville Caldwell (b. 1882) —
of Texas; Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, August
31, 1882.
Son of Milton Etsil Caldwell and Susanna (Adams) Caldwell.
Democrat. College professor; historian;
U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1933-37; Bolivia, 1937-39.
Member, American
Historical Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1915
to Edith Jones. |
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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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Ramsey Clark (b. 1927) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Son of Thomas
Campbell Clark and Mary Jane (Ramsey) Clark.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law professor; Democratic
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Still living as of 2009.
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Michael Ference, Jr. (1911-1996) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., November
6, 1911.
Democrat. University professor; scientist;
vice-president for research, Ford Motor
Company; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-63; defeated, 1963.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 24,
1996 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Mary Elizabeth Fox (b. 1912) —
of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Tex.; Granger, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born in Granger, Williamson
County, Tex., June 2,
1912.
Democrat. University professor; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Delta
Delta Delta.
Still living as of 1950.
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James Kenneth Galbraith (born c.1952) —
also known as James K. Galbraith —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born about 1952.
Son of John
Kenneth Galbraith and Catherine (Atwater) Galbraith.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972;
economist;
university professor.
Member, American
Economic Association; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2009.
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George G. Garver (b. 1932) —
of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born June 1,
1932.
Son of Pauline (Turner) Garver (1904-1987) and Bernard C. Garver
(1916-1982).
Superintendent
of schools; academic dean, Arizona State University West;
mayor
of Georgetown, Tex., 2008-.
Baptist.
German
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Grandnephew of Abraham
Reuben Garver; son of Pauline (Turner) Garver (1904-1987) and
Bernard C. Garver (1916-1982); married, October
3, 1953, to Alice Louise VanderWeel. |
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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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Tom Haywood (1939-2001) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
30, 1939.
Republican. University professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1990; member of Texas
state senate 30th District, 1995-2001; defeated, 1992; died in
office 2001.
Methodist.
Suffered from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), similar to Parkinson's
disease; died, of a heart
attack, in Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., July 12,
2001 (age 61 years, 285
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert Charles Krueger (b. 1935) —
also known as Bob Krueger —
of New Braunfels, Comal
County, Tex.
Born in New Braunfels, Comal
County, Tex., September
19, 1935.
Democrat. University professor; U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1975-79; U.S. Ambassador
to , 1979-81; Burundi, 1994-95; Botswana, 1996; Texas
railroad commissioner, 1991-93; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1993; defeated, 1978; appointed 1993;
defeated, 1993.
On June 14, 1995, he survived an assassination
attempt in Burundi.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Henry Madonne (b. 1896) —
also known as John H. Madonne —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born, of American parents, in Mornas, France,
April
3, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; construction
worker; college instructor; U.S. Vice Consul in Warsaw, 1929-32; U.S. Consul in Beirut, 1938; Berne, 1943-47.
Burial
location unknown.
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Covey Thomas Oliver (1913-2007) —
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., 1913.
University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1964-66.
Member, American
Society for International Law; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
Died, of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, near Easton, Talbot
County, Md., February
22, 2007 (age about 93
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Barbara Hauer. |
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John Robert Silber (b. 1926) —
also known as John R. Silber —
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
15, 1926.
Democrat. University professor; president
of Boston University, 1971-96; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1990.
Still living as of 2009.
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Herbert John Spiro (b. 1924) —
also known as Herbert Spiro —
of Washington,
D.C.; Texas.
Born in Hamburg, Germany,
September
7, 1924.
Son of Albert John Spiro and Marianne (Stiefel) Spiro.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; university professor; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, 1975; Equatorial Guinea, 1975; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1992; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1993.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1993.
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Relatives:
Married, June 7,
1958, to Elizabeth Anna Petersen. |
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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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