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Anson Rainey (1848-1922) —
of Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., March 1,
1848.
Son of Christopher Columbus Rainey (1824-1854) and Nancy Blake
(Baker) Rainey (1826-1898).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1881-82; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; Judge, Texas Court of
Appeals, 1893.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., August 6,
1922 (age 74 years, 158
days).
Interment at Waxahachie
City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Tex.
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Robert Minter Rainey (1882-1971) —
also known as Robert M. Rainey —
of Atoka, Atoka
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., September
29, 1882.
Son of Jesse G. Rainey and Annie Elizabeth (Moore) Rainey.
Lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1907-08; district judge in
Oklahoma, 1909-15; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1917-20; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1920-21.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died April 3,
1971 (age 88 years, 186
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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William F. Ramsey (b. 1855) —
of Cleburne, Johnson
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Bell
County, Tex., October
25, 1855.
Son of John J. Ramsey and Nancy (Clark) Ramsey.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
Presidential Elector for Texas, 1884;
Judge
of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1908-11; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1911-12; candidate in primary for Governor of
Texas, 1912; board chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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Irma Rangel (1931-2003) —
of Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex.
Born in Kingsville, Kleberg
County, Tex., May 15,
1931.
Daughter of P. M. Rangel and Herminia L. Rangel.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1977-2003; died in
office 2003.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
In 1976, was the first
Mexican-American woman elected to the Texas House.
Died, of brain
cancer, in Brackinridge Hospital,
March
18, 2003 (age 71 years, 307
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn (1882-1961) —
also known as Sam Rayburn —
of Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex.
Born in Kingston, Roane
County, Tenn., January
6, 1882.
Son of W. M. Rayburn and Martha (Waller) Rayburn.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1907-13; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1911-13; U.S.
Representative from Texas 4th District, 1913-61; died in office
1961; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1940-47, 1949-53, 1955-61; died in office 1961;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1956.
Died of cancer, in
Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex., November
16, 1961 (age 79 years, 314
days).
Interment at Willow
Wild Cemetery, Bonham, 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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Samuel Alexander Roberts (1809-1872) —
also known as Samuel A. Roberts —
of Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex.
Born in Putnam
County, Ga., February
13, 1809.
Son of Willis Roberts and Asenath (Alexander) Roberts.
Whig. Classmate of Jefferson
Davis at the U.S. Military Academy; lawyer; law partner of
James
W. Throckmorton and Thomas
J. Brown; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1841; delegate to Whig National
Convention from Texas, 1852.
Died in Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex., August
18, 1872 (age 63 years, 187
days).
Interment at Inglish
Cemetery, Bonham, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married to Lucinda Mary Reed. |
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Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson (1820-1879) —
of Salado, Bell
County, Tex.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., August
23, 1820.
Son of Sterling
Clack Robertson and Frances (King) Robertson.
Democrat. Texas
Republic Postmaster General, 1839; lawyer; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; delegate to
Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Methodist.
Died in Salado, Bell
County, Tex., October
8, 1879 (age 59 years, 46
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Bell County, Tex.
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Clarence Robinson (b. 1875) —
of Tecumseh, Pottawatomie
County, Okla.
Born in De Leon, Comanche
County, Tex., December
11, 1875.
Son of M. V. Robinson and Maria L. (Williams) Robinson.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Mayor, Tecumseh, Okla., 1917-18; Pottawatomie
County Probate Judge, 1919-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial
location unknown.
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James W. Robinson (1790-1857) —
Born in Hamilton
County, Ind., 1790.
Lawyer; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Nacogdoches, 1835;
Provisional
Governor of Texas, 1836; served in the Texas Army during the
Texas War of Independence.
Died in San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., 1857
(age about
67 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Byron Giles Rogers (1900-1983) —
also known as Byron G. Rogers —
of Bent
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., August 1,
1900.
Son of Peter Rogers and Minnie M. (Gentry) Rogers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-35; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1933; Colorado
state attorney general, 1936-40; Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1951-71; defeated,
1940.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Lions; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a hospital
in Denver,
Colo., December
31, 1983 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lindo Cemetery, Near Tiny Town, Jefferson County, Colo.
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Walter Edward Rogers (1908-2001) —
also known as Walter Rogers —
of Pampa, Gray
County, Tex.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born in Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark., July 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1951-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
He was in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when
President John
F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a hospital
in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., May 31,
2001 (age 92 years, 316
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Irving Rosenman (1896-1973) —
also known as Samuel I. Rosenman —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
13, 1896.
Son of Solomon Rosenman and Ethel (Paler) Rosenman.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1922-26; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1934-43; resigned 1943;
special counsel to presidents Franklin
Roosevelt and Harry
Truman, 1943-46.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1973
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Morgan Gurley Sanders (1878-1956) —
also known as Morgan G. Sanders —
of Canton, Van Zandt
County, Tex.
Born near Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt
County, Tex., July 14,
1878.
Son of Levi Lindsey Sanders and Sarah Francis (Smith) Sanders.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1903-06; Van
Zandt County Attorney, 1910-14; District Attorney 7th District,
1914-16; U.S.
Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1921-39.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died January
7, 1956 (age 77 years, 177
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Canton, Tex.
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Max A. Sandlin (b. 1952) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark., September
29, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1986-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1997-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Edward Lee Saner (b. 1871) —
also known as Robert E. Lee Saner —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark., August 9,
1871.
Son of John Franklin Saner and Susan Crawford (Webb) Saner.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Texas Democratic Party, 1899-1901.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Allan Douglas Sanford (b. 1869) —
also known as Allan Sanford —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn., July 3,
1869.
Son of William Sanford and Elizabeth (Douglas) Sanford.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Draper Sayers (1841-1929) —
also known as Joseph D. Sayers —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., September
23, 1841.
Son of David Sayers and Mary Thomas (Peete) Sayers.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1873; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1875-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1885-99 (10th District 1885-93, 9th
District 1893-99); Governor of
Texas, 1899-1903.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 15,
1929 (age 87 years, 234
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bastrop, Tex.
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John Phillips Saylor (1908-1973) —
also known as John P. Saylor —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Conemaugh Township, Somerset
County, Pa., July 23,
1908.
Son of Tillman
K. Saylor and Minerva (Phillips) Saylor.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1949-73 (26th District 1949-53,
22nd District 1953-73, 12th District 1973); died in office 1973;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church; later United
Church of Christ. Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets; Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Eagles.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
28, 1973 (age 65 years, 97
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Johnstown, Pa.
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Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Wheatville, Morris
County, Tex., May 28,
1875.
Son of John
Levi Sheppard.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st
District 1903-13); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died April 9,
1941 (age 65 years, 316
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Ebenezer J. Shields (1778-1846) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., December
22, 1778.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1835-39;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1840.
Died near La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex., April 21,
1846 (age 67 years, 120
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jerry Edwin Smith (b. 1946) —
also known as Jerry E. Smith —
Born in Del Rio, Val Verde
County, Tex., 1946.
Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. District Judge Halbert
O. Woodward, 1972-73; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1987-.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lamar Seeligson Smith (b. 1947) —
also known as Lamar S. Smith —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
19, 1947.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1987-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988.
Christian
Scientist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Stuart Robertson Smith (1867-1937) —
also known as Stuart R. Smith —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., October
6, 1867.
Son of Edward Willis Smith and Jonnie (Robinson) Smith.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1920,
1932.
Died in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., September
14, 1937 (age 69 years, 343
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Kenneth Winston Starr (b. 1946) —
also known as Kenneth W. Starr —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Vernon, Wilbarger
County, Tex., July 21,
1946.
Lawyer; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1983-89; U.S. Solicitor General,
1989-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Phi Epsilon; Federalist
Society.
Independent counsel appointed to investigate President Bill
Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater land deal and the Monica
Lewinsky scandal.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jesse Franklin Stout (1846-1936) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in 1846.
Lawyer; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1890-92.
Died in 1936
(age about
90 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Asa Evans Stratton, Jr. (1844-1921) —
also known as Asa E. Stratton —
of Brazoria
County, Tex.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Panola
County, Miss., January
13, 1844.
Son of Asa Evans Stratton (1798-1877) and Amanda Ann (Gibbons)
Stratton (died 1847).
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Brazoria
County Judge; Brazoria
County Attorney; member of Texas
state senate 10th District, 1880-84; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1884-85; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1888;
candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1906; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in April, 1921
(age 77
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Asa Evans Stratton (1798-1877) and Amanda Ann (Gibbons) Stratton
(died 1847); married, February
7, 1867, to Louisa Henrietta Waldmann (died 1895); married, September
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Robert E. Talton (b. 1945) —
of Pasadena, Harris
County, Tex.
Born June 27,
1945.
Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1972;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1992-; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 2004.
Still living as of 2007.
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Frank Mariano Tejeda (1945-1997) —
also known as Frank Tejeda —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
2, 1945.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1977-86; member of Texas
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Texas 28th District, 1993-97; died in office
1997; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died of brain
cancer and pneumonia,
in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
30, 1997 (age 51 years, 120
days).
Interment at Fort
Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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George Whitfield Terrell (1803-1846) —
also known as George W. Terrell —
of Texas.
Born in Nelson
County, Ky., 1803.
Son of Col. James Terrell.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1829-36; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1841-44.
Died May 13,
1846 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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David Smith Terry (1823-1889) —
also known as David S. Terry —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Stockton, San Joaquin
County, Calif.
Born in Christian County (part now in Todd
County), Ky., March 8,
1823.
Son of Joseph Royal Terry (1792-1877) and Sarah David (Smith) Terry
(1793-1837).
Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension of
slavery to California; justice of
California state supreme court, 1855-59; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.
Senator David
C. Broderick in a duel
near San Francisco in 1859; tried for
murder,
but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidate
for Presidential Elector for California, 1880;
his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir of
wealthy U.S. Senator William
Sharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejected
by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen
J. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), she
and Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and were jailed
six months for contempt
of court.
Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Field
and slapped him in the face; he was then shot
through the heart and killed by
U.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in the train
station dining
room at Lathrop, San Joaquin
County, Calif., August
14, 1889 (age 66 years, 159
days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but later
released on the demand of the U.S. government.
Interment at Stockton
Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape (1814-1904) —
also known as W. C. A Thielepape —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wabern, Hesse, Germany,
July
10, 1814.
Son of Werner Philipp Thielepape and Elisabeth (Thompson) Thielepape.
Engineer;
architect;
mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1867-72; lawyer.
German
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August 7,
1904 (age 90 years, 28
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Albert Thomas (1898-1966) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., April 12,
1898.
Son of James Thomas and Lonnie (Langston) Thomas.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1937-66; died in office
1966.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1966 (age 67 years, 309
days).
Interment at Houston
National Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Thaddeus Austin Thomson (1853-1927) —
also known as Thaddeus A. Thomson; Thad A.
Thomson —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Burleson
County, Tex., January
17, 1853.
Son of Thomas Coke Thomson and Mary Jane Thomson.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter; rancher;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912;
U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1913-16.
Methodist.
Member, Navy
League.
Died January
21, 1927 (age 74 years, 4
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Homer Thornberry (1909-1995) —
also known as W. Homer Thornberry —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
9, 1909.
Son of William Moore Thornberry and Mary Lillian (Jones) Thornberry.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1937-40; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1949-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1963-65; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1965-78.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died December
12, 1995 (age 86 years, 337
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William McClellan Thornberry (b. 1958) —
also known as Mac Thornberry —
of Clarendon, Donley
County, Tex.
Born in Clarendon, Donley
County, Tex., July 15,
1958.
Republican. Rancher;
lawyer; legislative counsel to U.S. Rep. Thomas
G. Loeffler, 1983-85; chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Larry
Combest, 1985-88; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1995-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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James Webb Throckmorton (1825-1894) —
also known as "Old Leathercoat" —
of Texas.
Born in Sparta, White
County, Tenn., February
1, 1825.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
lawyer; law partner of Samuel
A. Roberts and Thomas
J. Brown; member of Texas state legislature, 1851; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Governor of
Texas, 1866-67; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1875-79, 1883-87 (3rd District
1875-79, 5th District 1883-87); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1888.
Died April 21,
1894 (age 69 years, 79
days).
Interment at Pecan
Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Tex.
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William Barret Travis (1809-1836) —
also known as William B. Travis —
of Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala.; Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex.
Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (now Saluda
County), S.C., August 9,
1809.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835;
colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 26 years, 210
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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Melvin Alvah Traylor (1878-1934) —
also known as Melvin A. Traylor —
of Malone, Hill
County, Tex.; Ballinger, Runnels
County, Tex.; East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born, in a log
cabin near Breeding, Adair
County, Ky., October
21, 1878.
Son of James Milton Traylor and Kitty (Harvey) Traylor.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
14, 1934 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Byron M. Tunnell (c.1926-2000) —
of Texas.
Born about 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1956-64; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1963-64; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964;
Texas
railroad commissioner, 1965-73.
Died, of cancer, in
Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., March 7,
2000 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Henry M. Wade (1914-2001) —
also known as "The Chief" —
of Texas.
Born in Rockwall
County, Tex., November
11, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
Dallas
County District Attorney, 1951-86; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1956.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif.
As District Attorney, he prosecuted Jack Ruby in 1964 for the murder
of Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John
F. Kennedy. Also in his role as District Attorney, he was the
named defendant in the Supreme Court's landmark 1973 abortion
decision, Roe v. Wade. The Henry Wade Juvenile Center in Dallas is
named
for him.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March 1,
2001 (age 86 years, 110
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Benjamin Richard Wall (1876-1955) —
also known as B. R. Wall —
of Grapevine, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Grapevine, Tarrant
County, Tex., May 7,
1876.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher and columnist;
mayor
of Grapevine, Tex., 1912-14, 1916-17, 1919-20, 1933-46.
Died in 1955
(age about
79 years).
Statue erected 2004 at City
Hall Grounds, Grapevine, Tex.
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Bill White (b. 1953) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born July 15,
1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1995-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 2000;
mayor
of Houston, Tex., 2004-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2005.
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Robert Lee Williams (1868-1948) —
also known as Robert L. Williams —
of Durant, Bryan
County, Okla.
Born near Brundidge, Pike
County, Ala., December
20, 1868.
Son of Jonathan Williams and Sarah Julia (Paul) Williams.
Democrat. Methodist
minister; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Indian Territory, 1900;
member of Democratic National Committee from Indian Territory,
1904-07; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1907-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1915-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-37; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1937-39.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
The Durant public library is named for
him.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Wilson N. Jones Hospital,
Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April 10,
1948 (age 79 years, 112
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Durant, Okla.
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Joseph Franklin Wilson (1901-1968) —
also known as J. Frank Wilson —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., March 18,
1901.
Son of Jodie J. Wilson and Willie (Cole) Wilson.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Dallas County Democratic Party, 1942-45; district judge in Texas,
1943-44, 1955-68; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1947-55.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
13, 1968 (age 67 years, 209
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Corby Windham (b. 1969) —
of San Marcos, Hays
County, Tex.
Born April 24,
1969.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Steven Wolens —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives.
Still living as of 2004.
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James Hollins Woods (1858-1931) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Coffee
County, Tenn., April 30,
1858.
Lawyer; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1898-1900; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1911-19; member of Texas
state senate, 1919-23.
Methodist.
Died in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., May 23,
1931 (age 73 years, 23
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Halbert Owen Woodward (1918-2000) —
also known as Halbert O. Woodward; Hal
Woodward —
of Coleman, Coleman
County, Tex.
Born in Coleman, Coleman
County, Tex., April 8,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
land
title supervisor, Humble Oil and
Refining Company, 1945-49; member, Texas State Highway
Commission, 1959-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1968-86; took
senior status 1986.
Methodist.
Died in Brownwood, Brown
County, Tex., October
3, 2000 (age 82 years, 178
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 13,
1847.
Lawyer; bank
president; mayor of
Austin, Tex., 1909-19.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., September
8, 1930 (age 83 years, 148
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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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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Harry McLeary Wurzbach (1874-1931) —
also known as Harry M. Wurzbach —
of Seguin, Guadalupe
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., May 19,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Guadalupe
County Attorney, 1901-02; Guadalupe
County Judge, 1905-12; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Texas, 1912
(alternate), 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1921-29, 1930-31;
defeated, 1928; died in office 1931.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
6, 1931 (age 57 years, 171
days).
Interment at Military
Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Archibald Wynns (1809-1858) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, 1809.
Lawyer; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1841-42.
Died in 1858
(age about
49 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Henderson Yoakum (1849-1909) —
also known as C. H. Yoakum —
of Emory, Rains
County, Tex.; Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Tehuacana, Lincoln County (now Limestone
County), Tex., July 10,
1849.
Lawyer; Rains
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876; District Attorney 8th
District, 1886-90; member of Texas
state senate 5th District, 1893-94; U.S.
Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., January
1, 1909 (age 59 years, 175
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Cemetery, Ennis, Tex.
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