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Jo Abbott (1840-1908) —
also known as Joseph Abbott —
of Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex.
Born near Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., January
15, 1840.
Son of William Abbott and Mary Abbott; married, December
15, 1868, to Rowena W. Sturgis (1843-1908).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1869-71; district judge in Texas,
1879-84; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1887-97.
Abbott, Texas is named for
him.
Died in Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex., February
11, 1908 (age 68 years, 27
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex.
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Walter Acker, Sr. (born c.1845) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Mississippi, about 1845.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1883, 1925-29.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jed Cobb Adams (1876-1935) —
also known as Jed Adams —
of Kaufman, Kaufman
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Kaufman, Kaufman
County, Tex., January
14, 1876.
Son of Z. T. Adams and Elizabeth (Ratliff) Adams; married, December
1, 1897, to Allie Nash.
Democrat. Lawyer; Kaufman
County State's Attorney, 1898-1902; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1904;
Presidential Elector for Texas, 1908;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1919.
Methodist.
Died January
29, 1935 (age 59 years, 15
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Thurman W. Adkins (born c.1906) —
of LaFayette, Upshur
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1906.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 4th District, 1929.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Baylor Lewis Agerton (b. 1887) —
also known as Baylor L. Agerton —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Jonesboro, Coryell
County, Tex., December
29, 1887.
Son of Melissa Jane (Montgomery) Agerton.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Copenhagen, 1917-19.
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Anthony Boyce Akers (1914-1976) —
also known as Anthony B. Akers —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born near Charlotte, Atascosa
County, Tex., October
19, 1914.
Son of Ambrose B. Akers and Margaret (Long) Akers; married, November
28, 1942, to Jane Pope.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1954, 1956, 1958;
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1961-63.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Federal
Bar Association.
Died, probably from a heart
attack, in Wrightsville Beach, New Hanover
County, N.C., April 1,
1976 (age 61 years, 165
days).
Interment at Berkeley
Chapel Churchyard, Middletown, R.I.
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William Hays Alford (b. 1866) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Bowie
County, Tex., September
14, 1866.
Son of Benjamin Michael Alford and Josephine M. Alford.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1893; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1894; California
Democratic state chair, 1896.
Burial
location unknown.
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Ebenezer Allen (1804-1863) —
of Orono, Penobscot
County, Maine; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Newport, Sullivan
County, N.H., April 8,
1804.
Lawyer; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1844-45, 1845-46; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1844-45; Texas
state attorney general, 1850-52; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Allen, Texas is named for
him.
Died in the Civil
War in Virginia, 1863
(age about
59 years).
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; married, June 20,
1927, to Jo Betsy Miller (1905-1993).
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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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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Raymond Douglas Anderson (b. 1927) —
also known as Raymond Anderson —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Lincoln
County, Ky., November
3, 1927.
Son of Thomas Whitley Anderson and Caroline (Otto) Anderson; married,
September
5, 1953, to Lois Powell.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Bowie County Republican Party, 1967-70, 1972-73; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1973.
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Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) —
also known as Robert B. Anderson —
of Texas.
Born in Burleson, Johnson
County, Tex., June 4,
1910.
Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie"
Anderson; married, April 10,
1935, to Ollie Mae Rawlins (died 1987).
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal
of Freedom in 1955; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Order of the
Coif.
Pleaded
guilty in 1987 to charges
of evading
taxes by illegally operating an offshore
bank; sentenced
to jail, house
arrest, and probation;
disbarred
in 1988.
Died, of complications from surgery on cancer
of the esophagus, in New York
Hospital, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., August
14, 1989 (age 79 years, 71
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Michael Allen Andrews (b. 1944) —
also known as Michael A. Andrews; Mike
Andrews —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
7, 1944.
Son of Frank M. Andrews and Jonnie (Allen) Andrews; married 1971 to Ann
Bowman.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 25th District, 1983-95; defeated, 1980;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1994.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Reynolds Archer, Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as Bill Archer —
of Hunters Creek Village, Harris
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., March 22,
1928.
Father-in-law of Wayne
Parker.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1971-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972,
1988.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Morris Sheppard Arnold (b. 1941) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
8, 1941.
Great-grandson of John
Levi Sheppard; grandson of Morris
Sheppard; brother of Richard
Sheppard Arnold; first cousin of Connie
Mack III.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1985-92; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1992-.
Still living as of 2004.
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Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., March 26,
1936.
Great-grandson of John
Levi Sheppard; grandson of Morris
Sheppard; first cousin of Connie
Mack III; brother of Morris
Sheppard Arnold.
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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George Sublett Atkinson (1892-1967) —
also known as George S. Atkinson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky., November
17, 1892.
Son of Harry W. Atkinson and Lizzie (Sublett) Atkinson.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1924; chair of
Dallas County Republican Party, 1925-29; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 1928,
1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American Bar
Association.
Died in 1967
(age about
74 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Morris Atlas (b. 1926) —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
25, 1926.
Son of Sam Atlas and Bertha (Cohen) Atlas; married 1947 to Rita
Wilner.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
director, McAllen General Hospital,
Texas Commerce Bank;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968,
1972;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1968-80.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Epsilon Pi; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1983.
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Nancy Friedman Atlas (b. 1949) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 20,
1949.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1995-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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William Hawley Atwell (1869-1961) —
also known as William H. Atwell —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Sparta, Monroe
County, Wis., June 9,
1869.
Son of Capt. Benjamin D. Atwell and De Emma (Greene) Atwell; married,
December
7, 1892, to Susie Snyder.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1898-1913; candidate
for Governor of
Texas, 1920; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1923-54; took
senior status 1954.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died December
22, 1961 (age 92 years, 196
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, 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; married
to Alice Mae Nicholson.
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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Joseph Weldon Bailey (1863-1929) —
also known as Joseph W. Bailey —
of Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., October
6, 1863.
Father of Joseph
Weldon Bailey, Jr..
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1884;
Presidential Elector for Texas, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1891-1901; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1901-13; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1920.
Died in a courtroom
while defending a client, in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April 13,
1929 (age 65 years, 189
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.
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Joseph Weldon Bailey, Jr. (1892-1943) —
also known as Joseph W. Bailey, Jr. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex., December
15, 1892.
Son of Joseph
Weldon Bailey and Ellen (Murray) Bailey; married, November
6, 1924, to Roberta Lewis.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Texas at-large, 1933-35; served in the U.S.
Marine Corps during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Died
in military service, of pneumonia
following injuries he suffered in a collision,
in the military hospital
at Camp Howze, near Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex., July 17,
1943 (age 50 years, 214
days).
Original interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.; reinterment in 1958 at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Moseley Baker (1802-1848) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin
County, Tex.; Galveston
County, Tex.; Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
20, 1802.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;
candidate for Texas
Republic Senate, 1842.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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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; married 1949 to Mertie
Juanita Bellamy.
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 Ball (b. 1836) —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bay View, Northumberland
County, Va., December
10, 1836.
Son of Thomas Ball and Maria Louise (Hurst) Ball; married, February
27, 1878, to Lalla Gresham.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Texas
state senate, 1876.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Henry Ball (1859-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Ball —
of Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., January
14, 1859.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1912
(speaker),
1924,
1928;
U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1903 (1st District 1897-1903, 8th
District 1903); candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1914.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1944 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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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; married, February
16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek.
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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W. S. Barron (born c.1889) —
of Bryan, Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1889.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 26th District, 1925-29; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married, November
12, 1889, to Harriet Fiquet Boak.
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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James Andrew Beall (1866-1929) —
also known as Jack Beall —
of Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex.
Born near Midlothian, Ellis
County, Tex., October
25, 1866.
Son of Richard Beall and Adelaide (Pierce) Beall; married 1898 to
Patricia Martin.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1892-94; member of Texas
state senate 10th District, 1895-98; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1903-15.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
11, 1929 (age 62 years, 109
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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Carlos Bee (1867-1932) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Saltillo, Coahuila
of American parents, July 8,
1867.
Great-grandson of Thomas
Bee; grandson of Barnard
Elliott Bee; son of Hamilton
Prioleau Bee.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1904,
1908;
member of Texas
state senate, 1915-19; U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., April 20,
1932 (age 64 years, 287
days).
Interment at Confederate
Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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David Owen Belew, Jr. (b. 1920) —
of Texas.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., March 27,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1979-90; took
senior status 1990.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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Fortunato Pedro Benavides (b. 1947) —
also known as Fortunato P. Benavides —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
3, 1947.
Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1981-84; Judge, Texas Court of
Appeals, 1984-91; Judge of
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1991-92; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1994-.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2000.
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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; married, April 15,
1917, to Elaine Lock.
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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Sterling D. Bennett (b. 1888) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark., February
24, 1888.
Son of Henry Swan Bennett and Sarah J. (Pratt) Bennett; married, March 6,
1911, to Avie Shaver.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1931-36; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1936.
Christian.
Burial
location unknown.
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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;
married, November
27, 1943, to Beryl
Ann Longino; uncle of Kenneth
E. Bentsen, Jr..
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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Ebb Aaron Berry (b. 1879) —
also known as E. A. Berry —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Madison
County, Tex., September
22, 1879.
Son of Watson A. Berry and Mary (McGee) Berry; married to Jessie
Lindley.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1908;
district judge in Texas 12th District, 1917-19; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1924-25.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Ramsey Beverley (1894-1967) —
also known as James R. Beverley —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex., June 15,
1894.
Son of William Beverley and Clara (Hendricks) Beverley; married, June 20,
1925, to Mary Smith Jarmon.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1929, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in June, 1967
(age about
73 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Frederick Biery, Jr. (b. 1947) —
of Texas.
Born in McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex., November
11, 1947.
Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1983-88; Judge, Texas Court of
Appeals, 1989-94; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1994-2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Jesse Francis Bingaman, Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Jeff Bingaman —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., October
3, 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
Mexico state attorney general, 1979-83; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1983-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Claude Vivian Birkhead (1880-1950) —
also known as Claude Birkhead —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Phoenix, Jackson
County, Ore., May 27,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1910-12; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
19, 1950 (age 70 years, 176
days).
Interment at Fort
Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Eugene Black (1879-1975) —
of Clarksville, Red River
County, Tex.
Born near Blossom, Lamar
County, Tex., July 2,
1879.
Son of Alexander Wesley Black and Talula Ann 'Lulu' (Shackelford)
Black; married, March 15,
1903, to Mamie Coleman.
Democrat. Lawyer; wholesale
grocer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1915-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 22,
1975 (age 95 years, 324
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Norman William Black (1931-1997) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
6, 1931.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1979-96; took
senior status 1996.
Died in Silverthorne, Summit
County, Colo., July 23,
1997 (age 65 years, 229
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957) —
also known as Thomas L. Blanton —
of Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
25, 1872.
Son of Thomas Lindsay Blanton ; brother of Annie
Webb Blanton; married to May Louise Matthews.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas 42nd District,
1908-16; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1917-29, 1930-37 (16th District
1917-19, 17th District 1919-29, 1930-37).
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Died in Albany, Shackelford
County, Tex., August
11, 1957 (age 84 years, 290
days).
Interment at Albany
Cemetery, Albany, Tex.
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Harold E. Bledsoe (1896-1974) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., August
29, 1896.
Son of William Bledsoe and Mattie (Smith) Bledsoe; married to Mamie
Geraldine Neal.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; Presidential Elector for
Michigan, 1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1940;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1948;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
11th District, 1961-62.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March 26,
1974 (age 77 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas R. Bond (born c.1872) —
of Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1872.
Lawyer; farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jim D. Bowmer (b. 1919) —
of Temple, Bell
County, Tex.
Born in Temple, Bell
County, Tex., May 4,
1919.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2004.
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John Calvin Box (1871-1941) —
also known as John C. Box —
of Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex.
Born near Crockett, Houston
County, Tex., March 28,
1871.
Son of John J. W. Box and Susan A. (Morris) Box; married, June 1,
1893, to Mina Hill.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1898-1901; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1919-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex., May 17,
1941 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Tex.
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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; married,
November
1, 1897, to Laura Bassett Young.
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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Searcy Bracewell (1918-2003) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
19, 1918.
Son of J. Searcy Bracewell (1891-1965) and Lola (Blount) Bracewell
(1896-1985); married to Elizabeth Weaver (1920-2009).
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947; member of Texas
state senate, 1950.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died May 13,
2003 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Charles Louis Brachfield (1871-1947) —
also known as Charles L. Brachfield —
of Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
10, 1871.
Son of Benjamin Brachfield and Henrietta 'Yetta' Brachfield.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate 8th District, 1903-04; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1916;
Rusk
County Judge.
Jewish.
Died in Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex., June 6,
1947 (age 76 years, 147
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
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Rolland Bradley (born c.1897) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Michigan, about 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 19th District, 1929; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Son of Lee Thomas and Crenner (Hawkins) Thomas; married, May 4,
1941, to Ethel Mae Arnold.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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William Oscar Braecklein (1920-2001) —
also known as William O. Braecklein; Bill
Braecklein —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
20, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
Texas
state house of representatives, 1966-72; member of Texas
state senate 16th District, 1972-78.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at Presbyterian Village North nursing
home, Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
14, 2001 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Sam Gilbert Bratton (1888-1963) —
also known as Sam G. Bratton —
of Clovis, Curry
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Kosse, Limestone
County, Tex., August
19, 1888.
Son of C. G. Bratton and Emma Lee (Morris) Bratton; married, January
25, 1908, to Vivian Rogers.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1916,
1932;
district judge in New Mexico 5th District, 1919-22; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1923-24; resigned 1924; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1925-33; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1933-61; took senior
status 1961.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., September
22, 1963 (age 75 years, 34
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Leo Brewster (1903-1979) —
of Texas.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., October
16, 1903.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1961-73; took
senior status 1973.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., November
27, 1979 (age 76 years, 42
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; married, August
17, 1927, to Lois Slayton Woodworth.
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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David Briones (b. 1943) —
of Texas.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1943.
Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1991-94; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1994-.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Charles Robin Britt (b. 1942) —
also known as Robin Britt —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 29,
1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Guilford County Democratic Party, 1979-81; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1980;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1983-85;
defeated, 1984, 1986.
Still living as of 1998.
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John Robert Brown (1909-1993) —
also known as John R. Brown —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Funk, Phelps
County, Neb., December
10, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,
1952;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1955-84; took
senior status 1984.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
23, 1993 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Paul Neeley Brown (b. 1926) —
also known as Paul N. Brown —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Grayson
County, Tex., 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1959-60; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1985-2001; took
senior status 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Thomas Jefferson Brown (1836-1915) —
also known as Thomas J. Brown —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., July 24,
1836.
Son of Ervin Brown and Matilda (Burdett) Brown; married, August 7,
1859, to Louise T. Estes.
Lawyer; law partner of James
W. Throckmorton and Samuel
A. Roberts; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1889-92; district judge in Texas,
1892; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1893-1911; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1911-15; died in office
1915.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., May 26,
1915 (age 78 years, 306
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Willie L. Brown, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Mineola, Wood
County, Tex., March 20,
1934.
Married 1958
to Blanche Vitero.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1964-96; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1981-95; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California, 1968;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1996-2004; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Nathan Browning (1850-1921) —
also known as J. N. Browning —
of Texas.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., March 13,
1850.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1883-89, 1891; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1898-1902.
Died November
9, 1921 (age 71 years, 241
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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David Ezekiel Bryant (1849-1910) —
also known as David E. Bryant —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Larue
County, Ky., October
19, 1849.
Son of Anthony Bryant; married 1879 to Arizona
Thompson; father of Randolph
Bryant.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1890-1910; died
in office 1910.
Died in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., February
5, 1910 (age 60 years, 109
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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John Wiley Bryant (b. 1947) —
also known as John W. Bryant —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Lake Jackson, Brazoria
County, Tex., February
22, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1974-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1976,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1983-97; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Randolph Bryant (1893-1951) —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., May 2,
1893.
Son of David
Ezekiel Bryant and Arizona (Thompson) Bryant; married, April 27,
1918, to Julia Hoard.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1922-31; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1931-51; died
in office 1951.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks.
Died April 24,
1951 (age 57 years, 357
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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William Curtis Bryson (b. 1945) —
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., 1945.
Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Henry
Friendly 1973-74, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood
Marshall, 1974-75; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1994-.
Still living as of 2004.
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Jerry Buchmeyer (b. 1933) —
Born in Overton, Rusk
County, Tex., 1933.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1979-2003;
took senior status 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Raymond Elliot Buck (1894-1971) —
also known as Raymond E. Buck —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., July 13,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
insurance
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1944
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died March 27,
1971 (age 76 years, 257
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Carl Olaf Bue, Jr. (b. 1922) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1970-87; took
senior status 1987.
Still living as of 1987.
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Lucius Desha Bunton III (1924-2001) —
also known as Lucius Bunton —
of Odessa, Ector
County, Tex.
Born in Del Rio, Val Verde
County, Tex., December
1, 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney, 83rd District, 1954-60;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1979-92; took
senior status 1992.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
17, 2001 (age 76 years, 47
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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George Farmer Burgess (1861-1919) —
also known as George F. Burgess —
of Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex.
Born in Wharton
County, Tex., September
21, 1861.
Son of Dr. C. H. A. Burgess; married, December
28, 1888, to Marie Louise Sims.
Democrat. Lawyer; Gonzales
County Attorney, 1886-89; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1892;
U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1901-17 (10th District 1901-03, 9th
District 1903-17); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916.
Died in Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., December
31, 1919 (age 58 years, 101
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.
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Albert Sidney Burleson (1863-1937) —
also known as Albert S. Burleson —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in San Marcos, Hays
County, Tex., June 7,
1863.
Grandson of Edward
Burleson; son of Edward
Burleson, Jr. and Emma (Kyle) Burleson; married 1889 to Adele
Steiner.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1899-1913 (9th District 1899-1903,
10th District 1903-13); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1913-21.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
24, 1937 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Charles Pope Caldwell (1875-1940) —
also known as C. Pope Caldwell —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born near Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., June 18,
1875.
Son of Charles G. Caldwell and Mary (Hill) Caldwell; married, July 20,
1907, to Frances Morrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from New York 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate in
primary for borough
president of Queens, New York, 1925.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sunnyside, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., July 31,
1940 (age 65 years, 43
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Edwin O. Call (1859-1918) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, April 7,
1859.
Lawyer; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1902-05.
Died, in a sanitarium
in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., November
16, 1918 (age 59 years, 223
days).
Interment at Dresden
Cemetery, Dresden, Tex.
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John Lafayette Camp (1828-1891) —
of Gilmer, Upshur
County, Tex.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ala., February
20, 1828.
Father of John
Lafayette Camp, Jr..
Democrat. Planter;
lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1872;
member of Texas
state senate, 1875-78; district judge in Texas, 1878-84.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 16,
1891 (age 63 years, 146
days).
Interment at Dignowitty
Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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John Lafayette Camp, Jr. (1855-1918) —
Born in Gilmer, Upshur
County, Tex., September
15, 1855.
Son of John
Lafayette Camp.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1887-91; state court judge in Texas, 1897-1912; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1913-18.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
10, 1918 (age 62 years, 329
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Mitchell Campbell (1856-1923) —
also known as Thomas M. Campbell —
of Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex.
Born in Rusk, Cherokee
County, Tex., April 22,
1856.
Son of Thomas D. Campbell and Racheal (Moore) Campbell.
Democrat. Lawyer; receiver, and later general manager,
International and Great Northern Railroad;
Governor
of Texas, 1907-11; defeated in primary, 1902; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died, in John Sealy Hospital,
Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., April 1,
1923 (age 66 years, 344
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
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W. C. Carpenter (born c.1871) —
of Bay City, Matagorda
County, Tex.
Born in Alabama, about 1871.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 21st District, 1921-23, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married, December
21, 1941, to Ernestine Story.
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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John R. Carter (b. 1941) —
of Round Rock, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
6, 1941.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1981-2001; U.S.
Representative from Texas 31st District, 2003-.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Randolph Casey (1915-1986) —
also known as Bob Casey —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Joplin, Jasper
County, Mo., July 27,
1915.
Son of Samuel R. Casey and Mabel Caywood Casey; married, August
13, 1935, to Hazel M. Brann.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1948-49; county judge in Texas,
1951-58; U.S.
Representative from Texas 22nd District, 1959-76.
Christian.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April 17,
1986 (age 70 years, 264
days).
Interment at Memorial
Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Joaquín Castro (b. 1974) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
16, 1974.
Son of Jesse Guzman Castro and Rosie Castro; twin brother of Julián
Castro.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 125th District, 2003-10; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2004.
Still living as of 2011.
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Julián Castro (b. 1974) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
16, 1974.
Son of Jesse Guzman Castro and Rosie Castro; twin brother of Joaquín
Castro.
Lawyer; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 2009-.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Barzillai J. Chambers (1817-1895) —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.
Born in Montgomery
County, Ky., December
5, 1817.
Son of Walker Chambers and Talitha Cumi (Mothershead) Chambers;
married 1852
to Susan Wood; married 1854 to Emma
Montgomery; married 1861 to Harriet
A. Killough.
Surveyor;
lawyer; Greenback candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1880.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
16, 1895 (age 77 years, 285
days).
Interment at Cleburne
Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler.
Republican. Cowboy; school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated, 1922, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March 16,
1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Jim Chapman (b. 1945) —
of Sulphur Springs, Hopkins
County, Tex.
Born in Washington,
D.C., March 8,
1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1985-97; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1996; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1996.
Still living as of 2009.
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Oscar F. Chastain (born c.1873) —
of Eastland, Eastland
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1873.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 106th District, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joe William Christie (b. 1933) —
also known as Joe Christie —
of Canutillo, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Rising Star, Eastland
County, Tex., June 28,
1933.
Lawyer; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives, 1964; member of Texas
state senate 29th District, 1966.
Member, American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1969.
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Edward Clark (1815-1880) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 1,
1815.
Nephew of John
Clark.
Lawyer; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1846; member of Texas
state senate, 1847; secretary of
state of Texas, 1853-57; Governor of
Texas, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died May 4,
1880 (age 65 years, 33
days).
Interment at Marshall
Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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Edward Clark (b. 1906) —
also known as Ed Clark —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in San Augustine, San
Augustine County, Tex., July 5,
1906.
Son of John David Clark and Leila (Downs) Clark; married, December
27, 1927, to Anne Metcalfe.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; secretary of
state of Texas, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1960;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1965-67.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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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; married, April 16,
1949, to Georgia Welch.
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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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; married, November
8, 1924, to Mary Jane Ramsey; father of Ramsey
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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David Keith Cobb (b. 1962) —
also known as David Cobb —
Born in San Leon, Galveston
County, Tex., December
24, 1962.
Green. Lawyer; candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 2002; candidate for President
of the United States, 2004.
Arrested,
in St. Louis, Mo., on October 8, 2004, along with Libertarian Party
presidential nominee Michael
Bednarik, while protesting
their exclusion from presidential debates.
Still living as of 2004.
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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; married
1939 to Creighton
R. Coleman.
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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Ronald D'Emory Coleman (b. 1941) —
also known as Ronald D. Coleman —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., November
29, 1941.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1973-82; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1974; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1983-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Wilbourne B. Collie (born c.1902) —
of Eastland, Eastland
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate 24th District, 1933.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) —
of Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex.; Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., December
16, 1861.
Son of Thomas Jefferson Colquitt and Ann Elizabeth (Burkhalter)
Colquitt; married, December
9, 1885, to Alice Murrell.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; oil
business; member of Texas
state senate 9th District, 1895-98; Governor of
Texas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916.
Methodist.
Died March 8,
1940 (age 78 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Jesse Martin Combs (1889-1953) —
also known as Jesse M. Combs; J. M. Combs —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Center, Shelby
County, Tex., July 7,
1889.
Son of Frank Combs and May (Beck) Combs.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas 75th District,
1923-25; Judge, Texas Court
of Appeals, 1933-43; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1945-53.
Died in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., August
21, 1953 (age 64 years, 45
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917-1993) —
also known as John B. Connally —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born near Floresville, Wilson
County, Tex., February
27, 1917.
Son of John Bowden Connally, Sr. and Lela (Wright) Connally.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964;
Governor
of Texas, 1963-69; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1980.
Methodist.
Shot
and wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley of
gunfire that killed President John
F. Kennedy. Prosecuted
for bribery
conspiracy in connection with milk price supports; acquitted.
Died of pulmonary
fibrosis, in Methodist Hospital,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 15,
1993 (age 76 years, 108
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue at Sam
Houston Park, Houston, Tex.
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Thomas Terry Connally (1877-1963) —
also known as Tom T. Connally —
of Marlin, Falls
County, Tex.
Born near Hewitt, McLennan
County, Tex., August
19, 1877.
Son of Jones Connally and Mary E. (Terry) Connally; married, November
16, 1904, to Louise Clarkson (died 1935); married, April 25,
1942, to Lucile (Sanderson) Sheppard; step-grandfather of Connie
Mack III; step-great-grandfather of Connie
Mack IV.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-04; Falls
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1917-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1920,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1929-53.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1963 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Marlin, Tex.
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Samuel Bronson Cooper (1850-1918) —
also known as Samuel B. Cooper; Sam Bronson
Cooper —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born near Eddyville, Lyon
County, Ky., May 30,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Attorney, 1872-80; member of Texas
state senate, 1881-85; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1893-1905, 1907-09.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
21, 1918 (age 68 years, 83
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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Guy Cordon (1890-1969) —
of Roseburg, Douglas
County, Ore.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., April 24,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 1940;
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1944-55; defeated, 1954; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-54.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1969 (age 79 years, 45
days).
Interment at Roseburg
Memorial Gardens, Roseburg, Ore.
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John Cornyn (b. 1952) —
also known as "Big John" —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
2, 1952.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1984-90; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1990-97; Texas
state attorney general, 1999-2002; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 2002-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 2008.
Church
of Christ.
Still living as of 2009.
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W. R. Cousins (born c.1881) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate 4th District, 1921-24, 1929-33.
Burial
location unknown.
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Arnold Wilson Cowen (b. 1905) —
also known as Wilson Cowen —
of Texas.
Born near Clifton, Bosque
County, Tex., December
20, 1905.
Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1935-38; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1964-.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2004.
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Martin McNulty Crane (1855-1943) —
also known as M. M. Crane —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Grafton, Taylor
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
17, 1855.
Son of Martin Crane and Mary (McNulty) Crane; married, January
22, 1879, to Eulla Olatia Taylor.
Democrat. Lawyer; Johnson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1885; member of Texas
state senate 21st District, 1890-92; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1893-95; Texas
state attorney general, 1894-98; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1928;
chief counsel, board of managers, impeachment of Gov. James
C. Ferguson, 1917.
Died August 3,
1943 (age 87 years, 259
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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Rentfro Banton Creager (1877-1950) —
also known as R. B. Creager —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., March 11,
1877.
Son of Frank A. W. Creager (1835-1912) and Katharyn (Rentfro) Creager
(1850-1928); married to Alice Terrell (1878-1958).
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1909; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1924,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1924-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Died October
28, 1950 (age 73 years, 231
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Brownsville, 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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Henry Cuellar (b. 1955) —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., September
19, 1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1987-2001; secretary of
state of Texas, 2001; U.S.
Representative from Texas 28th District, 2005-; defeated, 2002;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2009.
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Charles Allen Culberson (1855-1925) —
also known as Charles A. Culberson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., June 10,
1855.
Son of Eugenia (Kimball) Culberson and David
Browning Culberson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Texas
state attorney general, 1890-94; Governor of
Texas, 1895-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1896,
1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1899-1923.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., March 19,
1925 (age 69 years, 282
days).
Interment at East
Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Calvin Maples Cureton (b. 1874) —
of Meridian, Bosque
County, Tex.
Born near Walnut Springs, Bosque
County, Tex., September
1, 1874.
Son of William E. Cureton and Mary (Odle) Cureton; married, April 28,
1901, to Nora Morris.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1909-12; Texas
state attorney general, 1919-21; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1921-36.
Member, American Bar
Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Lewis Wesley Cutrer (1904-1981) —
also known as Lewis W. Cutrer —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Osyka, Pike
County, Miss., November
5, 1904.
Lawyer; mayor of
Houston, Tex., 1958-63; defeated, 1963.
Died in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1981 (age 76 years, 183
days).
Interment at Memorial
Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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