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Frank Baldwin (born c.1892) —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Iowa, about 1892.
Newspaper editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives 97th District, 1929.
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Henry Bonilla (b. 1954) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
2, 1954.
Son of Enrique Bonilla and Anita Bonilla.
Republican. Journalist; television
reporter; U.S.
Representative from Texas 23rd District, 1993-.
Baptist.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Son of Samuel S. Brooks (newspaper editor).
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
newspaper editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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Relatives:
Married 1852
to Mary Ann Bray (1833-1903). |
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John Cardwell (1837-1890) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., January
28, 1837.
Newspaper editor; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1885-89.
Died, of heart
disease, in Richmond, Fort Bend
County, Tex., April 17,
1890 (age 53 years, 79
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Gordon Chalmers (1803-1847) —
also known as John G. Chalmers —
of La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex.
Born in Halifax
County, Va., August
25, 1803.
Son of James Ronald Chalmers and Sarah Lanier (Williams) Chalmers.
Newspaper editor; member of Virginia state legislature; Texas
Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1841.
During a fight with Joshua Holden, he was Stabbed
and mortally
wounded; he died soon after, January
1, 1847 (age 43 years, 129
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) —
also known as Oscar B. Colquitt —
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.
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; member, U.S. Board of Railway Labor
Mediation.
Methodist.
Died March 8,
1940 (age 78 years, 83
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Britton Cranfill (1858-1942) —
also known as James B. Cranfill —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Parker
County, Tex., September
12, 1858.
Son of Eaton Cranfill and Martha Jane (Galloway) Cranfill.
Physician;
newspaper editor; Baptist
minister; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892.
Baptist.
Died December
28, 1942 (age 84 years, 107
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives:
Married 1878
to Ollie Allen. |
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Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988) —
also known as Price Daniel —
of Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex.
Born in Dayton, Liberty
County, Tex., October
10, 1910.
Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1939-45; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1943-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940,
1948,
1964;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Texas
state attorney general, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1953-57; Governor of
Texas, 1957-63; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1971-; appointed 1971.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from a stroke, in
Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., August
25, 1988 (age 77 years, 320
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
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John Edgar Green, Jr. (b. 1880) —
also known as John E. Green, Jr. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., April 19,
1880.
Son of John Edgar Green and Susan Morgan (Bridges) Green.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, 1914-19; attorney
for oil
companies.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Bradshaw Griffith, Jr. (1927-2001) —
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., 1927.
Son of James
Bradshow Griffith.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1968;
Wyoming
state treasurer, 1971-75; Wyoming
state auditor, 1975-87.
Died in 2001
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Lusk
Cemetery, Lusk, Wyo.
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James L. Harle —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1875-77.
Burial
location unknown.
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Greenbury Horras Harrison (1811-1856) —
also known as Greenbury H. Harrison; G. H.
Harrison —
of Houston
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Warren
County, Tenn., 1811.
Son of Joseph D. Harrison and Rachel (Lockhart) Harrison.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; newspaper editor
and publisher; shipmaster.
Died in 1856
(age about
45 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) —
also known as J. C. Harrison —
of Cherokee
County, Tex.
Born in Alabama, October
3, 1822.
Son of Joseph D. Harrison and Rachel (Lockhart) Harrison.
Newspaper publisher; insurance
agent; hotel
operator; livery
business; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855.
Methodist.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
9, 1855 (age 33 years, 37
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) —
also known as Oveta Culp —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Killeen, Bell
County, Tex., January
19, 1905.
Daughter of I. W. Culp and Emma (Hoover) Culp.
Democrat. Served in Women's Army Corps in World War II; president,
editor and publisher of Houston Post newspaper;
director, radio
station KPRC; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Died, from a stroke, in
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
16, 1995 (age 90 years, 209
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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William Pettus Hobby (1878-1964) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Moscow, Polk
County, Tex., March 26,
1878.
Son of Edwin
Hobby and Dora (Pettus) Hobby.
Democrat. Newspaper editor and publisher; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1914-17; Governor of
Texas, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1940.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., June 7,
1964 (age 86 years, 73
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Emil Hurja (1892-1953) —
of Breckenridge, Stephens
County, Tex.; Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich., January
22, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a heart
attack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club, Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1953 (age 61 years, 128
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ernest James Istook, Jr. (b. 1950) —
also known as Ernest J. Istook, Jr. —
of Warr Acres, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
11, 1950.
Republican. Lawyer;
journalist; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1987-93; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1993-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Son of La Fayette D. Johnson and Evalyn (Carlin) Johnson.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Robert C. Lanier (b. 1931) —
also known as Bob Lanier —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Baytown, Harris
County, Tex., 1931.
Newspaper reporter; lawyer; mayor of
Houston, Tex., 1992-98.
Still living as of 2002.
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Frank P. Lockhart (b. 1881) —
of Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex.
Born in Pittsburg, Camp
County, Tex., April 8,
1881.
Son of Francis Asbury Lockhart and Lida (Pruitt) Lockhart.
Newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul General in Hankow, 1925-31; Tientsin, 1931-35; Shanghai, 1940-42.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Looney (1865-1947) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock Island
County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Son of Patrick Looney and Margaret Looney.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1947
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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James Lowe (born c.1954) —
of Lampasas, Lampasas
County, Tex.
Born about 1954.
Republican. Newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; Public Ownership
candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota, 1908;
founder and editor, Minnesota Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, St. Anthony, Minn.
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Clinton Dotson McKinnon (1906-2001) —
also known as Clinton D. McKinnon —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
5, 1906.
Son of John McKinnon and Tennie McKinnon.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from California 23rd District, 1949-53; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from California, 1952
(alternate), 1956;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from California, 1952.
Member, Rotary.
Died in La Jolla, San Diego
County, Calif., December
29, 2001 (age 95 years, 327
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Medill (1823-1899) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born near St. John, New
Brunswick, April 6,
1823.
Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune newspaper; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,
1869-70; mayor of
Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 16,
1899 (age 75 years, 344
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Dan Michalski (b. 1972) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born October
16, 1972.
Libertarian. Journalist; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 2002.
Still living as of 2002.
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Laura Miller —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Newspaper reporter and columnist;
mayor
of Dallas, Tex., 2002-.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Manley Leonidas Misenheimer (1883-1962) —
also known as M. L. Misenheimer —
of Madison, Rockingham
County, N.C.; Commerce, Hunt
County, Tex.; Pittsburg, Pittsburg
County, Okla.
Born in Concord, Cabarrus
County, N.C., May 24,
1883.
Son of William Andrew Misenheimer and Emma Caroline (Mitchell)
Misenheimer.
Newspaper editor; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1922 (Socialist, 3rd District),
1924 (Farmer-Labor, 4th District).
Died in 1962
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, McAlester, Okla.
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Relatives:
Married 1907
to Florence Payne (1890-1968). |
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John Patterson Osterhout (1826-1903) —
of Bellville, Austin
County, Tex.
Born in Lagrange, Wyoming
County, Pa., May 8,
1826.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
newspaper editor; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; district judge in Texas 34th District, 1870-76; postmaster;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1884.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Belton, Bell
County, Tex., 1903
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Junia Roberts (died 1897). |
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Leonidas Johnson Rountree (1868-1923) —
also known as Lee J. Rountree —
of Texas.
Born in Dripping Springs, Hays
County, Tex., July 15,
1868.
Newspaper publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-23; died in office 1923.
Died of a stroke,
after giving a passionate speech in the House of
Representatives, in the Texas Capitol,
Austin, Travis
County, Tex., May 2,
1923 (age 54 years, 291
days).
Interment at Bryan
City Cemetery, Bryan, Tex.
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Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) —
also known as Hal H. Sevier —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March 16,
1878.
Son of Theodore Francis Sevier and Mary (Douglas) Sevier.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus
Christi Bank
and Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1940
(age about
62 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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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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Carlton Weaver (1881-1947) —
Born in Mt. Vernon, Franklin
County, Tex., August
25, 1881.
Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; Speaker of
the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, 1930-31.
Lake Carlton in Oklahoma, is named for
him.
Died in Wilburton, Latimer
County, Okla., August
17, 1947 (age 65 years, 357
days).
Interment at Robbers
Cave State Park, Near Wilburton, Latimer County, Okla.
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