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Joseph Forney Johnston (1843-1913) —
also known as Joseph F. Johnston —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Lincoln
County, N.C., March 23,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1884;
Governor
of Alabama, 1896-1900; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1907-13; died in office 1913.
Died August 8,
1913 (age 70 years, 138
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) —
also known as Oscar W. Underwood —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1862.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1895-1915 (9th District 1895-1909,
7th District 1909-11, 9th District 1911-15); candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1912,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1915-27.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1929
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1927) —
also known as Braxton B. Comer —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Old Spring Hill, Barbour
County, Ala., November
7, 1848.
Son of John Fletcher Comer and Catherine Lucinda (Drewry) Comer.
Democrat. Farmer; miller; cotton
manufacturer; Governor of
Alabama, 1907-11; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1920.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
15, 1927 (age 78 years, 281
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Francis Shelley White (1847-1922) —
also known as Frank S. White —
of West Point, Clay
County, Miss.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Prairie Point, Noxubee
County, Miss., March 13,
1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1875, 1882-83; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1914-15; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August 1,
1922 (age 75 years, 141
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Russell McWhorter Cunningham (1855-1921) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Mt. Hope, Lawrence
County, Ala., August
25, 1855.
Son of Moses Winslow Cunningham and Nancy Caroline (Russell)
Cunningham.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1880-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1896-1900; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1903-07; Governor of
Alabama, 1904-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1908.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died June 6,
1921 (age 65 years, 285
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Huddleston (1869-1960) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., November
11, 1869.
Son of Joseph Franklin Huddleston and Nancy (Sherrill) Huddleston.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died February
29, 1960 (age 90 years, 110
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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William Henry Denson (1846-1906) —
also known as William H. Denson —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.
Born in Uchee, Russell
County, Ala., March 4,
1846.
Son of Augustus Russel Denson (1812-1871) and Elizabeth (Ivey) Denson
(1819-1899).
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1876; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1885-89; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1885-89; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1893-95.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
26, 1906 (age 60 years, 206
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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George Huddleston, Jr. (1920-1971) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 19,
1920.
Son of George
Huddleston and Bertha Baxley Huddleston.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1955-65 (9th District 1955-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1971 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Luther Patrick (1894-1957) —
of Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., January
23, 1894.
Son of Francis Marion Patrick and Nancy Lucretia (Cobbs) Patrick.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; radio
commentator; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1937-43, 1945-47;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Junior
Order; Eagles; Lions.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 26,
1957 (age 63 years, 123
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Clarence William Allgood (1902-1991) —
also known as Clarence W. Allgood —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
12, 1902.
Son of Robert Venable Allgood and Patricia (Robertson) Allgood.
Lawyer;
trustee, Crippled Children's Hospital;
counsel, American Hospital
Association; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1961-73;
took senior status 1973.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar
Association; Elks; Blue
Key; Civitan.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
30, 1991 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Sydney Johnston Bowie (1865-1928) —
also known as Sydney J. Bowie —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala., July 26,
1865.
Son of Andrew W. Bowie and Nannie McHenry (Bowdon) Bowie.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1894-1900; chair of
Talladega County Democratic Party, 1896-99; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1901-07; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1920;
automobile
dealer; director, First National Bank of
Talladega; American Trust and Savings Bank;
Industrial Savings Bank.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 7,
1928 (age 62 years, 286
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Jesse Francis Stallings (1856-1928) —
also known as Jesse F. Stallings —
of Greenville, Butler
County, Ala.
Born near Manningham, Butler
County, Ala., April 4,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1893-1901; president,
Lincoln Reserve Life
Insurance Co., 1912-28.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 18,
1928 (age 71 years, 349
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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John Parks Newsome (1893-1961) —
also known as John P. Newsome —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
13, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1943-45.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
10, 1961 (age 68 years, 270
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Theophilus Eugene Connor (1897-1973) —
also known as Bull Connor —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Son of Hugh King Connor Connor and Molly (Godwin) Connor.
Democrat. Sports
reporter on Birmingham radio;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1935-37; Birmingham Commissioner
of Public
Safety, 1936-52, 1956-63; candidate in primary for Governor of
Alabama, 1940, 1954; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
arrested
on December 26, 1951, on being found having a tryst
in a hotel room with his secretary, Christina Brown; convicted
of adultery,
fined
and sentenced
to jail, but
the conviction was overturned in 1952; member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1960-63; an ardent white
supremacist; his use of police dogs and fire hoses against civil
rights demonstrators in 1962-63 provoked national outrage;
candidate for mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1963.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March 10,
1973 (age 75 years, 242
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Albert Lee Smith, Jr. (1931-1997) —
also known as Albert L. Smith, Jr. —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
31, 1931.
Republican. Insurance
agent; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1984;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1981-83; defeated,
1978, 1982; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1984.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
12, 1997 (age 65 years, 346
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Henry Lafayette Anderton (c.1887-1955) —
Born about 1887.
Democrat. Candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1926.
Baptist.
Member of the "dry" faction which advocated alcohol prohibition; his
slogan was "Drier than talcum powder in the Sahara desert.".
Died in 1955
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Campaign slogan:
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Truman Heminway Aldrich (1848-1932) —
also known as Truman H. Aldrich —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
17, 1848.
Son of William F. Aldrich.
Republican. Banker; mining engineer;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1896-97; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
postmaster.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., April 28,
1932 (age 83 years, 194
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Art Hanes, Sr. (1916-1997) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
19, 1916.
Mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1961-63.
In December 1962, ordered that all city parks be closed, rather than
allowing them to be desegregated.
Died May 8,
1997 (age 80 years, 201
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Besie Beddow (1893-1975) —
also known as Marietta Margaret MacLeod; Mrs. Roderick
Beddow —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born February
27, 1893.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Alabama, 1936.
Female.
Died July 1,
1975 (age 82 years, 124
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Martin Mortimer Baldwin (b. 1873) —
of Alabama.
Born in Fitzpatrick, Bullock
County, Ala., August
26, 1873.
Member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1900-01; state court judge in
Alabama, 1906.
Episcopalian.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Frank Bainbridge —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Pattie Ruffner Jacobs —
also known as Mrs. Solon Jacobs —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama; delegate to
Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Female.
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war
and lost his
right leg; delegate to
Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Hugh Smith (1826-1899) —
also known as William H. Smith —
of Wedowee, Randolph
County, Ala.
Born April 26,
1826.
Republican. Governor of
Alabama, 1868-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1880;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1880-85; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1880-85.
Died January
1, 1899 (age 72 years, 250
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (1834-1895) —
also known as Goldsmith W. Hewitt —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Alabama, 1834.
Democrat. Member of Alabama state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1875-79, 1881-85.
Died in 1895
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Oscar Richard Hundley (1855-1921) —
also known as Oscar R. Hundley —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Limestone
County, Ala., October
30, 1855.
Son of Orville M. Hundley and Mary E. Hundley.
Republican. Lawyer;
division counsel, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway,
1884-1907; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1887-90; member of Alabama
state senate, 1891-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1896; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1907-09;
resigned 1909; president and general counsel, Sun Life
Insurance Company, Birmingham, Ala., 1913.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
22, 1921 (age 66 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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William Cochrane Fitts (1866-1954) —
also known as William C. Fitts —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born January
29, 1866.
Son of Philip Augustus Fitts and Sophia Holland (Cochrane) Fitts.
Lawyer;
Alabama
state attorney general, 1894-98; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1954 (age 88 years, 28
days).
Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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