The Political Graveyard: Heflin family of Alabama

Heflin family of Alabama

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Robert Stell Heflin (1815-1901) — of Wedowee, Randolph County, Ala. Born near Madison, Morgan County, Ga., April 15, 1815. Uncle of James Thomas Heflin. Republican. Member of Georgia state senate, 1840; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1849; member of Alabama state senate, 1860; state court judge in Alabama, 1865; U.S. Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1869-71; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1880. Died January 24, 1901. Interment at Masonic Cemetery, Wedowee, Ala.
- See also Heflin family of Alabama
- See also: congressional biography.
James Thomas Heflin (1869-1951) — also known as J. Thomas Heflin — of Lafayette, Chambers County, Ala. Born in Louina, Randolph County, Ala., April 9, 1869. Nephew of Robert Stell Heflin; son of Dr. W. L. Heflin and Lavicie Catherine (Phillips) Heflin; married, December 18, 1895, to Minnie Kate Schussler; uncle of Howell Thomas Heflin. Lawyer; mayor of Lafayette, Ala., 1893-94; member of Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee, 1896-1902; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1897-1900; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; secretary of state of Alabama, 1903-04; resigned 1904; U.S. Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1904-20; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1920-31; defeated (Independent), 1930. Died April 22, 1951. Interment at Lafayette Cemetery, Lafayette, Ala.
- See also Heflin family of Alabama
- See also: congressional biography.
Howell Thomas Heflin (1921-2005) — also known as Howell T. Heflin — of Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala. Born in Poulan, Worth County, Ga., June 19, 1921. Nephew of James Thomas Heflin; son of Marvin Rutledge Heflin and Louise D. (Strudwick) Heflin; married 1952 to Elizabeth Ann Carmichael. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; chief justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1971-77; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1979-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1996. Methodist. Member, Lambda Chi Alpha. Died in Sheffield, Colbert County, Ala., March 29, 2005. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.; statue at Colbert County Courthouse Grounds, Tuscumbia, Ala.
- See also Heflin family of Alabama
- See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
- Books about Howell Heflin: John Hayman, Howell Heflin : An Affirmation of America

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