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Arthur Lambert Adams (b. 1889) —
also known as Arthur Adams —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in La Crosse, LaPorte
County, Ind., January
1, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; Arkansas
Democratic state chair, 1944-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Lions; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Vollie Alexander, Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Bill Alexander, Jr. —
of Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
16, 1934.
Son of William V. Alexander and Spencer (Buck) Alexander.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary; Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Joshua Allen (1829-1901) —
also known as William J. Allen —
of Metropolis, Massac
County, Ill.; Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.; Cairo, Alexander
County, Ill.; Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., June 9,
1829.
Son of Willis
Allen.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate, 1855; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1855-59; circuit
judge in Illinois 26th Circuit, 1859-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1860,
1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1880,
1884;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Williamson and
Johnson counties, 1862; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862-65 (9th District 1862-63, 13th
District 1863-65); delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District,
1869-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1887-1901;
died in office 1901.
Died, of "grippe" (influenza),
in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., January
26, 1901 (age 71 years, 231
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Joseph Ira Alley (1868-1930) —
also known as J. I. Alley —
of Mena, Polk
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas, January
26, 1868.
Son of Stephen Alley (1826-1899) and Henrietta Viola (Brown) Alley
(1846-1893).
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1928.
Died in Polk
County, Ark., September
16, 1930 (age 62 years, 233
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Linnie Martha Pirtle (1872-1955). |
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David L. Armstrong (b. 1941) —
also known as Dave Armstrong —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August 6,
1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; Jefferson
County Commonwealth's Attorney, 1976-83; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1984-88; candidate in primary for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1987; Jefferson
County Judge-Executive, 1989-99; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1999-2003.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2007.
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Morris Sheppard Arnold (b. 1941) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
8, 1941.
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.
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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William Hendrick Arnold (b. 1861) —
also known as William H. Arnold —
of Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark.
Born in Lisbon, Union
County, Ark., February
15, 1861.
Son of David S. Arnold and Temple L. (Arnold) Arnold.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1892,
1904,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); mayor
of Texarkana, Ark., 1892-94.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David S. Arnold and Temple L. (Arnold) Arnold; married, October
13, 1887, to Jessie Cook (died 1900); married, March 17,
1903, to Kate Lewis. |
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William Elrie Atkinson (1852-1935) —
of Rosston, Nevada
County, Ark.; Prescott, Nevada
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark.
Born in Shelby
County, Ala., July 24,
1852.
Son of William Wiley Atkinson and Barbara (Wilder) Atkinson.
Democrat. Lawyer; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1889-93.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
8, 1935 (age 83 years, 107
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Ulysses S. Balentine (1900-1956) —
also known as U. S. Balentine —
of Klamath Falls, Klamath
County, Ore.
Born in Stone
County, Ark., March 17,
1900.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Oregon
state senate, 1936-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1938.
Member, Eagles.
Died February
12, 1956 (age 55 years, 332
days).
Interment at Klamath
Memorial Park, Klamath Falls, Ore.
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Harry F. Barnes (b. 1932) —
of Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 14,
1932.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1982-93; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1993-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Joe Clifford Barrett (1897-1980) —
also known as Joe C. Barrett —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., March 29,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1936,
1940;
Arkansas
Democratic state chair, 1941-44.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died October
7, 1980 (age 83 years, 192
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Clinton Rogers Barry (b. 1883) —
also known as Clinton R. Barry —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Randolph
County, Ga., April 2,
1883.
Son of Osgood Andrew Barry and Elizabeth Jane (Allison) Barry.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1934-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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Burrill Bunn Battle (1838-1917) —
of Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Hinds
County, Miss., July 24,
1838.
Son of Joseph J. Battle and Nancy (Stricklin) Battle.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1871; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1885-1910.
Died December
21, 1917 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Relatives:
Married 1871
to Josephine A. Witherspoon (died 1899). |
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John Baxter (1819-1886) —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Henderson, Vance
County, N.C.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Rutherford
County, N.C., March 5,
1819.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1842-43, 1846-48, 1852-57; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1877-86; died in
office 1886.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 2,
1886 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Michael Dale Beebe (b. 1946) —
also known as Mike Beebe —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.
Born in Amagon, Jackson
County, Ark., December
28, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1983-2002; Arkansas
state attorney general, 2003-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 2004,
2008;
Governor
of Arkansas, 2007-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma Pi.
Still living as of 2011.
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Roswell Beebe (1795-1856) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
22, 1795.
Lawyer; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1849.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1856 (age 60 years, 274
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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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.
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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James Henderson Berry (1841-1913) —
also known as James H. Berry —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born in Jackson
County, Ala., May 15,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
wounded at the battle of Corinth, Miss., October 4, 1862, and lost a
leg; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1866, 1872-74; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1874; circuit judge
in Arkansas, 1879-83; Governor of
Arkansas, 1883-85; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1885-1907.
Died in Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark., January
30, 1913 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Knights
of Pythias Cemetery, Bentonville, Ark.
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Edwin Bevens (b. 1875) —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas, February
14, 1875.
Son of William E. Bevens and Virginia Bevens.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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Luther Lee Bohanon (b. 1902) —
also known as Luther Bohanon —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1940;
U.S.
District Judge for Oklahoma, 1961-74; took senior status 1974.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Samuel Marcus Bone (1887-1969) —
also known as S. M. Bone —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Izard
County, Ark., June 29,
1887.
Son of James P. Bone and Mary A. (Screws) Bone.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate 6th District, 1919-22; district judge in Arkansas
3rd District, 1926-40; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1969
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Batesville, Ark.
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Thomas Meade Bowen (1835-1906) —
also known as Thomas M. Bowen —
of Del Norte, Rio Grande
County, Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born near Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, October
26, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1856; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1864;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1866; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1867-71; Governor of
Idaho Territory, 1871; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1873; district judge in Colorado, 1876-80;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1882-83; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1883-89.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., December
30, 1906 (age 71 years, 65
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Ben D. Brickhouse —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Lawyer; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1919-25.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Nathan Browning (1850-1921) —
also known as J. N. Browning —
of Clarendon, Donley
County, Tex.; Mobeetie, Wheeler
County, Tex.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., March 13,
1850.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1883-88, 1891-92;
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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Stephen Brundidge, Jr. (1857-1938) —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.
Born in Searcy, White
County, Ark., January
1, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
Democratic State Central Committee, 1890-1901; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1897-1909 (6th District 1897-1903,
2nd District 1903-09); candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1912;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1918.
Died in Searcy, White
County, Ark., January
14, 1938 (age 81 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Searcy, Ark.
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Winston Bryant (b. 1938) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Donaldson, Hot Spring
County, Ark., October
3, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
war; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John
L. McClellan, 1968-71; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives 36th District, 1973-77; secretary of
state of Arkansas, 1977-79; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1978; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1981-91; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1996, 1998 (primary).
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Dale Bumpers (b. 1925) —
of Charleston, Franklin
County, Ark.
Born in Charleston, Franklin
County, Ark., August
12, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; Governor of
Arkansas, 1971-75; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1975-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Franklin D. Burgess (b. 1935) —
Born in Eudora, Chicot
County, Ark., 1935.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1994-2005;
took senior status 2005.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Festus Orestes Butt (1875-1972) —
also known as Festus O. Butt; F. O. Butt —
of Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born near Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1875.
Son of William Alvin Butt.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives; member of Arkansas
state senate.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 30,
1972 (age about 96
years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Thomas Franklin Butt (1917-2000) —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., March 26,
1917.
Son of Festus
Orestes Butt.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; district
judge in Arkansas, 1950-2000; candidate for justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1968; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979.
Had the longest tenure on the bench of any judge in Arkansas history.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., May 20,
2000 (age 83 years, 55
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Henry Clay Caldwell (1832-1915) —
of Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Marshall
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
4, 1832.
Son of Van Caldwell and Susan (Moffit) Caldwell.
Lawyer; Van
Buren County Prosecuting Attorney, 1856-58; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1859-61; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1864-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1864-90; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1890-1903; retired
1903.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1915 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Son of George
Calhoon and Louisiana (Brandenburg) Calhoon.
Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate to
Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (1871-1931) —
also known as Thaddeus H. Caraway —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Stoddard
County, Mo., October
17, 1871.
Son of Dr. Tolbert F. Caraway and Mary Ellen (Scales) Caraway.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1913-21; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1921-31; died in office 1931.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Died, from heart
disease, in a hospital
at Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
6, 1931 (age 60 years, 20
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Reece Arnold Caudle (1888-1955) —
also known as Reece A. Caudle —
of Russellville, Pope
County, Ark.
Born in Hector, Pope
County, Ark., June 16,
1888.
Son of Lewis Monroe Caudle (1860-1906) and Martha Elizabeth (Price)
Caudle (1866-1938).
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1952.
Died in Pope
County, Ark., June 21,
1955 (age 67 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Monroe Caudle (1860-1906) and Martha Elizabeth (Price)
Caudle (1866-1938); married, December
23, 1915, to Floy McAlister (1892-1919); married 1921 to Era May
Burgess (1896-1981). |
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serve." |
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William Edgar Chapman (b. 1877) —
also known as William E. Chapman —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Mt. Pisgah, White
County, Ark., February
1, 1877.
Son of Charles Arnold Chapman and Alice (Blevins) Chapman.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Nogales, 1917; Guaymas, 1917; Mazatlan, 1917-25; Sault SAINTE Marie, 1925-26; Torreon, 1926; Monterrey, 1927; Cali, 1928-30; North Bay, 1930-32; Bilbao, 1932-38.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Burial
location unknown.
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Francis Adams Cherry (1908-1965) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., September
5, 1908.
Son of Haskille Scott Cherry and Clara Bell (Taylor) Cherry.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Arkansas, 1942; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1944;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died July 15,
1965 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Charles F. Cole (b. 1871) —
of Beebe, White
County, Ark.; Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Wharton, Wyandot
County, Ohio, June 13,
1871.
Son of D. D. Cole and Mary C. (Bell) Cole.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1896;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1920, 1924; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1922-30; director,
First National Bank of
Batesville; director, Citizens Bank and
Trust Co., Batesville.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial
location unknown.
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William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) —
also known as William B. Cravens; Ben
Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., January
17, 1872.
Son of William Murphy Cravens and Mary Eloise (Rutherford) Cravens.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton grower; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; died
in office 1939.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
13, 1939 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Interment at Oak
Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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William Fadjo Cravens (1899-1974) —
also known as Fadjo Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., February
15, 1899.
Son of William
Ben Cravens and Carolyn (Dyal) Cravens.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., April 16,
1974 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Eugene Cypert —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.
Son of Jesse
N. Cypert and Sarah Harlan (Crow) Cypert.
Democrat. Lawyer; White
County Judge, 1898-1905; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918.
Presbyterian.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jay W. Dickey, Jr. (b. 1939) —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.
Born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., December
14, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1993-2001; defeated,
2000, 2002.
Methodist.
Agent for National Basketball
Players Association, 1990.
Still living as of 2009.
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Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (1850-1930) —
also known as Hugh A. Dinsmore —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Cave Springs, Benton
County, Ark., December
24, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1884;
U.S. Minister to Korea, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1893-1905 (5th District 1893-1903,
3rd District 1903-05).
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 2,
1930 (age 79 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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William Joshua Driver (1873-1948) —
also known as William J. Driver —
of Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark., March 2,
1873.
Son of John B. Driver and Margaret (Bowen) Driver.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1897-99; circuit judge in
Arkansas, 1911-18; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1921-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark., October
1, 1948 (age 75 years, 213
days).
Interment at Violet
Cemetery, Osceola, Ark.
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Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914) —
of Forrest City, St. Francis
County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.; Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
3, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1858; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1879-89.
Died in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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James Thomas Elliott (1823-1875) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Monroe
County, Ga., April 22,
1823.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Mississippi, Ouachita and Red
River Railroad,
1858; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1869; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1870; district judge in Arkansas 9th District,
1872-74.
Died in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., July 28,
1875 (age 52 years, 97
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Camden, Ark.
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Clyde Taylor Ellis (1908-1980) —
also known as Clyde T. Ellis —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born near Garfield, Benton
County, Ark., December
21, 1908.
Son of Cecil Oscar Ellis and Minerva Jane (Taylor) Ellis.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1980 (age 71 years, 50
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Michael Everett (1948-2004) —
also known as Mike Everett —
of Marked Tree, Poinsett
County, Ark.
Born in Morton, Cross
County, Ark., 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1991-2002.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of liver
cancer, at Marked Tree, Poinsett
County, Ark., September
15, 2004 (age about 56
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Edward Finley (1861-1917) —
also known as David E. Finley —
of Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C.
Born in Trenton, Phillips
County, Ark., February
28, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1890-91; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1892-96; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1899-1917; died
in office 1917.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
26, 1917 (age 55 years, 333
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
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Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., June 12,
1816.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1850; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1852;
district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office
1875.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., October
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 133
days).
Original interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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John Charles Floyd (1858-1930) —
also known as John C. Floyd —
of Yellville, Marion
County, Ark.
Born in Sparta, White
County, Tenn., April 14,
1858.
Son of John Wesley Floyd and Eliza Jane (Snodgrass) Floyd.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1905-15.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Yellville, Marion
County, Ark., November
4, 1930 (age 72 years, 204
days).
Interment at Layton
Cemetery, Yellville, Ark.
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John Albert Fogleman (1911-2004) —
also known as John A. Fogleman —
of Marion, Crittenden
County, Ark.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ark., November
5, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
justice
of Arkansas state supreme court, 1967-79; chief
justice of Arkansas state supreme court, 1980-81.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died March 10,
2004 (age 92 years, 126
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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James William Fulbright (1905-1995) —
also known as J. William Fulbright —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Sumner, Chariton
County, Mo., April 9,
1905.
Son of Jay Fulbright and Roberta (Waugh) Fulbright.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1943-45; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948,
1956.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary.
Died of a stroke, in
Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1995 (age 89 years, 306
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Claude Albert Fuller (1876-1968) —
also known as Claude A. Fuller —
of Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Prophetstown, Whiteside
County, Ill., January
20, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1936,
1940,
1952,
1956,
1960;
prosecuting attorney, 4th circuit, 1910-15; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1929-39.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., January
8, 1968 (age 91 years, 353
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Junius Marion Futrell (1870-1955) —
also known as J. Marion Futrell —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Greene
County, Ark., August
14, 1870.
Son of Jeptha Futrell and Arminia Futrell.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1897-99, 1901-03; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1913-17; Governor of
Arkansas, 1913, 1933-37; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1922;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1936.
Died June 20,
1955 (age 84 years, 310
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Paragould, Ark.
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Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) —
also known as Augustus H. Garland —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tipton
County, Tenn., June 11,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1860;
delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
Senator
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1868;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1874-77; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85; U.S.
Attorney General, 1885-89.
Died suddenly while arguing a case before the Supreme
Court, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1899 (age 66 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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David Delano Glover (1868-1952) —
also known as David D. Glover; D. D.
Glover —
of Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark.
Born in Prattsville, Grant
County, Ark., January
18, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1909-11; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1929-35.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 5,
1952 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Interment at Shadowlawn
Cemetery, Malvern, Ark.
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Nathan Green Gordon (b. 1916) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark., September
4, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1947-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1960.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action in Kavieng Harbor in the Bismarck Sea,
February 15, 1944.
Still living as of 1967.
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Junius Foy Guin (born c.1883) —
also known as J. Foy Guin —
of Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala.
Born in Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala., about 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Alabama
Republican State Executive Committee, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1924,
1928,
1944,
1948,
1952.
Church
of Christ.
Interment somewhere
in Russellville, Ala.
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Julius Caldeen Gunter (1858-1940) —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., October
31, 1858.
Son of Thomas
Montague Gunter and Marcella (Jackson) Gunter.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Colorado 3rd District,
1889-95; Judge,
Colorado Court of Appeals, 1901-05; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1905-07; Governor of
Colorado, 1917-19.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
26, 1940 (age 81 years, 361
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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James Rude Harris (b. 1912) —
also known as James R. Harris —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., August
20, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1946.
Methodist.
Member, Amvets; American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Oren Harris (1903-1997) —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in Belton, Hempstead
County, Ark., December
20, 1903.
Son of Homer Harris and Bettie (Bullock) Harris.
Democrat. Lawyer; prosecuting attorney, 13th Circuit, 1936-40;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1941-66 (7th District 1941-53, 4th
District 1953-66); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
District Judge for Arkansas, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died February
5, 1997 (age 93 years, 47
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, El Dorado, Ark.
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George Floyd Hartje (1889-1959) —
also known as George F. Hartje —
of Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark.
Born in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., February
23, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1944.
Died in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., November
22, 1959 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Crestlawn
Memorial Park, Conway, Ark.
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Robert Harvey (1914-2001) —
also known as Bob Harvey —
of Arkansas.
Born in Swifton, Jackson
County, Ark., May 22,
1914.
Farmer;
lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1947-56; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1957-79.
Methodist.
Called "the voice of fiscal responsibility" in the Arkansas
legislature.
Injured in a fall, and
died two weeks later, in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., May 19,
2001 (age 86 years, 362
days).
Interment at Swifton
Cemetery, Swifton, Ark.
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Lewis Wardlaw Haskell (1868-1938) —
also known as Lewis W. Haskell —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Pastoria, Jefferson
County, Ark., December
2, 1868.
Son of Langdon Cheves Haskell and Ella Coulter (Wardlaw) Haskell.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1902-06; U.S. Consul in
Salina Cruz, 1910-12; Hull, 1912-13; Belgrade, 1913-15; Geneva, 1915-24; Algiers, 1926; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, 1929-32.
Died in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., April 29,
1938 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Wirt Hastings (1866-1938) —
also known as William W. Hastings —
of Tahlequah, Cherokee
County, Okla.
Born in Benton
County, Ark., December
31, 1866.
Son of Yell Hastings and Louisa J. Hastings.
Democrat. Lawyer; Attorney General for Cherokee Nation,
1891-95; national attorney for Cherokee tribe, 1907-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1915-21, 1923-35;
defeated, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died April 8,
1938 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Tahlequah, Okla.
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John H. Hawthorne (b. 1879) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas, September, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1928.
Burial
location unknown.
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Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) —
also known as Brooks Hays —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; North Carolina; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in London, Pope
County, Ark., August 9,
1898.
Son of Adelbert Steele Hays and Sallie (Butler) Hays.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1932-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1943-59; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., October
11, 1981 (age 83 years, 63
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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George Henry Heinke (1882-1940) —
also known as George H. Heinke —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born near Dunbar, Otoe
County, Neb., July 22,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Otoe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-23, 1927-35; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1939-40; died in
office 1940.
Injured in an automobile
collision during a snowstorm,
and died a week later in a hospital
at Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark., January
2, 1940 (age 57 years, 164
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
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Samuel Billingsley Hill (1875-1958) —
also known as Samuel B. Hill; Sam B. Hill —
of Waterville, Douglas
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin, Izard
County, Ark., April 2,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Douglas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; superior court judge in
Washington, 1917-23; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1923-36; defeated,
1922; judge, U.S. Board of Tax Appeals (Tax Court), 1936-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 16,
1958 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. (b. 1928) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Newport, Jackson
County, Ark., August
20, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1977-79; appointed 1977.
Still living as of 1998.
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William Judson Holloway (1888-1970) —
also known as William J. Holloway —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Arkadelphia, Clark
County, Ark., December
15, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1919-26; Lieutenant
Governor of Oklahoma, 1927-29; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1929-31.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., January
28, 1970 (age 81 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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James H. Howard (b. 1838) —
of Pike
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, 1838.
Shoemaker;
lawyer; Pike
County Clerk, 1862-68; member of Arkansas
state senate 17th District, 1871-73.
Burial
location unknown.
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Webster Lee Hubbell (born c.1949) —
also known as Webster L. Hubbell —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born about 1949.
Lawyer; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1979-81; resigned 1981; chief
justice of Arkansas state supreme court, 1983.
Pleaded
guilty in December 1994 to federal mail fraud and tax
evasion charges
connection with his handling of billing at the Rose Law Firm; sentenced
in 1995 to 21 months imprisonment;
indicted
in 1998 on additional federal tax
evasion and conspiracy charges;
pleaded
guilty to one charge pending judicial review; following a Supreme
Court ruling in his favor, the indictment was dismissed in October,
2000.
Still living as of 2003.
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Simon P. Hughes (1830-1906) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn., August
14, 1830.
Son of Simon P. Hughes and Mary Hughes.
Lawyer; sheriff;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1866-67; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1874-77; Governor of
Arkansas, 1885-89; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1889-1904.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., June 29,
1906 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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W. Asa Hutchinson (b. 1950) —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born in Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark., December
3, 1950.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1982-85; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1986; candidate for Arkansas
state attorney general, 1990; Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1990-95; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1997-2001; resigned
2001.
Baptist.
Director of Drug Enforcement Administration since 2001.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Noah Ivie (b. 1873) —
also known as William N. Ivie —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ark.; Rogers, Benton
County, Ark.; Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ark., September
20, 1873.
Son of Bachus Ivie and Jane (Litterell) Ivie.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1906, 1914; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1920;
Register, U.S. Land Office, Harrison, Ark., 1909-15; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1930-34.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Burial
location unknown.
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Henderson Madison Jacoway (1870-1947) —
also known as Henderson M. Jacoway; Hence
Jacoway —
of Dardanelle, Yell
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Dardanelle, Yell
County, Ark., November
7, 1870.
Son of William D. Jacoway (judge) and Elizabeth Davis (Parks)
Jacoway.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1911-23.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., August 4,
1947 (age 76 years, 270
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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James Douglas Johnson (1924-2010) —
also known as James D. Johnson; Jim Johnson;
"Justice Jim" —
of Crossett, Ashley
County, Ark.; Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark.
Born in Crossett, Ashley
County, Ark., August
20, 1924.
Son of Thomas William Johnson and Maudie Myrtle (Long) Johnson.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate 22nd District, 1950-54; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1956 (primary), 1966; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1959-66; candidate in Democratic
primary for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Diehard segregationist.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., February
13, 2010 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Daniel Webster Jones (1839-1918) —
also known as Daniel W. Jones —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Bowie
County, Tex., December
15, 1839.
Son of Dr. Isaac N. Jones.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 1876,
1880;
Arkansas
state attorney general, 1885-88; Governor of
Arkansas, 1897-1901.
Died December
25, 1918 (age 79 years, 10
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Guy Hamilton Jones, Sr. (1911-1986) —
also known as Guy H. Jones, Sr.; Mutt
Jones —
of Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark.
Born in Faulkner
County, Ark., June 29,
1911.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1952-60, 1964-74; candidate in primary for Governor of
Arkansas, 1954.
As a state senator, he was instrumental in securing many state
agencies for Conway and Faulkner County. Convicted
in 1973 on federal
tax charges;
expelled
from the Arkansas Senate in 1974.
Suffered heart
attacks and a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., August
10, 1986 (age 75 years, 42
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Scipio Africanus Jones (c.1867-1943) —
also known as S. A. Jones —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tulip, Dallas
County, Ark., about 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arkansas, 1908,
1912,
1928,
1936,
1940;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., March 2,
1943 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Haven
of Rest Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Robert H. Keefe (c.1941-2000) —
of California.
Born in Bauxite, Saline
County, Ark., about 1941.
Lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1994-98; superior court
judge in California, 1998-2000.
Died, from complications of leukemia,
at USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
3, 2000 (age about 59
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alfred Beard Kittredge (1861-1911) —
also known as A. B. Kittredge —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., March 28,
1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1889-92; member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1901-09.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., May 4,
1911 (age 50 years, 37
days).
Interment at Conant
Cemetery, Jaffrey, N.H.
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Roy C. Lewellen —
also known as Bill Lewellen —
of Marianna, Lee
County, Ark.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate.
Refused to take a blood-alcohol
test following a November 1998 accident in which he struck a
woman with his Cadillac, dragging her 55 feet; his driver's license
was suspended
for six months. A charge of driving
while intoxicated
was dismissed.
Still living as of 2000.
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Daniel Haden Linebaugh (1878-1940) —
also known as D. Haden Linebaugh —
of Atoka, Atoka
County, Okla.; Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., November
4, 1878.
Son of Rev. Daniel Haden Linebaugh (1831-1901) and Margaret Elizabeth
(Sweets) Linebaugh (1837-1902).
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1908
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1913-17.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in Atoka, Atoka
County, Okla., December
17, 1940 (age 62 years, 43
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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Robert Bruce Macon (1859-1925) —
also known as Robert B. Macon —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born near Trenton, Phillips
County, Ark., July 6,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1883-87; prosecuting attorney,
1st Circuit, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1903-13.
Died in Marvell, Phillips
County, Ark., October
9, 1925 (age 66 years, 95
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Vannoy Hartrog Manning (1839-1892) —
also known as Van H. Manning —
of Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 26,
1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1877-83.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., November
2, 1892 (age 53 years, 99
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Ellis Martineau (1873-1937) —
also known as John E. Martineau —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Clay
County, Mo., December
2, 1873.
Son of Gregory Martineau and Sarah Hettie (Lamb) Martineau.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; chancellor, 1st Circuit,
1907-27; Governor of
Arkansas, 1927-28; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1928-36.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died March 6,
1937 (age 63 years, 94
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Barak Thomas Mattingly (1901-1957) —
also known as Barak T. Mattingly —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., March 15,
1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1937-39; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1940-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Died July 18,
1957 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Little McClellan (1896-1977) —
also known as John L. McClellan —
of Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark.; Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Sheridan, Grant
County, Ark., February
25, 1896.
Son of Isaac Scott McClellan and Belle (Suddeth) McClellan.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
prosecuting attorney, 7th Judicial District, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1935-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940,
1944,
1948;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1943-77; died in office 1977.
Baptist.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
28, 1977 (age 81 years, 276
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Harold Clement McGugin (1893-1946) —
also known as Harold McGugin —
of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born near Liberty, Montgomery
County, Kan., November
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1927; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1931-35; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
While in military service in France during World
War II, contracted an incurable
disease; died in the Army and Navy Hospital,
Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., March 7,
1946 (age 52 years, 105
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kan.
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Sidney Sanders McMath (1912-2003) —
also known as Sid McMath —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born near Magnolia, Columbia
County, Ark., June 14,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Arkansas, 1949-53; defeated, 1952; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1954; major general, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of heart
failure, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
4, 2003 (age 91 years, 112
days).
Interment at Pinecrest
Memorial Park, Near Alexander, Saline County, Ark.
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Thomas Chipman McRae (1851-1929) —
also known as Thomas C. McRae —
of Prescott, Nevada
County, Ark.
Born in Mt. Holly, Union
County, Ark., December
21, 1851.
Son of Duncan L. McRae and Mary Ann (Chipman) McRae.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1877-79; Presidential Elector for
Arkansas, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1885-1903; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1896-1900; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; Governor of
Arkansas, 1921-25.
Died June 2,
1929 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Interment at De
Ann Cemetery, Prescott, Ark.
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Hubert Jennings Meachum (1920-2001) —
of Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Lake City, Craighead
County, Ark., November
3, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1951-57; municipal judge in
Arkansas, 1959-79.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
15, 2001 (age 80 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Batesville, Ark.
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John Elvis Miller (1888-1981) —
also known as John E. Miller —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.; Melbourne, Izard
County, Ark.
Born in Aid, Stoddard
County, Mo., May 15,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1931-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1937-41; Judge of
U.S. District Court, 1941-67.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died January
30, 1981 (age 92 years, 260
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Sheffield Nelson —
of Arkansas.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1990, 1994.
Still living as of 2003.
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William Frank Norrell (1896-1961) —
also known as William F. Norrell —
of Monticello, Drew
County, Ark.
Born in Milo, Ashley
County, Ark., August
29, 1896.
Son of I. F. Norrell and Elvie Norrell.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1939-61; died in
office 1961; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions.
Died in 1961
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Monticello, Ark.
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Isaac Charles Parker (1838-1896) —
also known as Isaac C. Parker; "Hanging
Judge" —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barnesville, Belmont
County, Ohio, October
15, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; circuit judge in Missouri, 1868-70; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1871-75 (7th District 1871-73, 9th
District 1873-75); U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1875.
As judge, sentenced more than 160 people to death, of whom 79 were
hanged.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., November
17, 1896 (age 58 years, 33
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Tilman Bacon Parks (1872-1950) —
also known as Tilman B. Parks —
of Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark.; Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.
Born near Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark., May 14,
1872.
Son of William P. Parks and Mattie (Douglass) Parks.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1901-04, 1909-10; Presidential
Elector for Arkansas, 1904;
prosecuting attorney; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 7th District, 1921-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Elks; Lions.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1950 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Marian Penix (c.1924-1991) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., about 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1972;
Judge,
Arkansas Court of Appeals, 1979.
Female.
Methodist.
Died September
21, 1991 (age about 67
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Finis Philips (1834-1919) —
also known as John F. Philips —
of Georgetown, Pettis
County, Mo.; Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Thralls Prairie, Boone
County, Mo., December
31, 1834.
Son of John G. Philips.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to
Missouri state constitutional convention, 1861; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1868;
mayor
of Sedalia, Mo.; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1875-77, 1880-81; Judge, Missouri Court of
Appeals, 1885-88; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1888-1910.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., March 13,
1919 (age 84 years, 72
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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John Pope (1770-1845) —
also known as "One-Arm Pope" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Springfield, Washington
County, Ky.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., 1770.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1800,
1820;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802, 1806-07; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1807-13; secretary of
state of Kentucky, 1816-19; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1825-29; Governor of
Arkansas Territory, 1829-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1837-43.
Lost
his right arm as a youth.
Died in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., July 12,
1845 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Ky.
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David Hampton Pryor (b. 1934) —
also known as David H. Pryor —
of Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.
Born in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., August
29, 1934.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1961-66; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966-73; Governor of
Arkansas, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1979-97; defeated in primary, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1996;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas, 2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Mark Lunsford Pryor (b. 1963) —
also known as Mark Pryor —
of Arkansas.
Born in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., January
10, 1963.
Son of David
Hampton Pryor.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1991-94; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1999-2002; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 2003-.
Still living as of 2012.
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Joe Edward Purcell (b. 1923) —
also known as Joe Purcell —
of Benton, Saline
County, Ark.
Born in Warren, Bradley
County, Ark., July 29,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
municipal judge in Arkansas, 1959-66; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1967-71; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1975-81; Governor of
Arkansas, 1979; defeated in primary, 1970.
Still living as of 1981.
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H. Heartsill Ragon (1885-1940) —
of Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark.
Born in Logan
County, Ark., March 20,
1885.
Son of A. J. Ragon and Ann (Heartsill) Ragon.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1923-33; resigned
1933; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1933-40;
died in office 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., September
15, 1940 (age 55 years, 179
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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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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Henry Massey Rector (1816-1899) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 1,
1816.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate; elected 1848; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives; elected 1854; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1859-60; Governor of
Arkansas, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to
Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., August
12, 1899 (age 83 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Charles Chester Reid (1868-1922) —
also known as Charles C. Reid —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark., June 15,
1868.
Son of Charles Coleman Reid and Sarah (Robinson) Reid.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1901-11 (4th District 1901-03, 5th
District 1903-11).
Died May 22,
1922 (age 53 years, 341
days).
Interment at Oakland
Fraternal Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872-1937) —
also known as Joseph T. Robinson; Joe T.
Robinson —
of Lonoke, Lonoke
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born near Lonoke, Lonoke
County, Ark., August
26, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1895; Presidential Elector for
Arkansas, 1900;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1903-13; resigned
1913; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1912
(speaker),
1924,
1928,
1936;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1913; resigned 1913; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37; died in office 1937; candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1937 (age 64 years, 322
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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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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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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Lewis Ernest Sawyer (1867-1923) —
also known as Lewis E. Sawyer —
of Friars Point, Coahoma
County, Miss.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.
Born in Shelby
County, Ala., June 24,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor, Friars Point, Miss., 1896-98; served
in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1913-15; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1915; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1923; died in office
1923.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., May 5,
1923 (age 55 years, 315
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Hot Springs, Ark.
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Andrew Scott (1789-1851) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August 6,
1789.
Lawyer; justice of
Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1831.
Scottish
ancestry.
Killed Joseph
Selden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in a duel
on an island in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824.
Died in Norristown, Pope
County, Ark., March 13,
1851 (age 61 years, 219
days).
Original interment at Dover
Cemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Lee A. Seamster (1888-1960) —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Benton
County, Ark., 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1914-20, 1947-48; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948;
chief
justice of Arkansas state supreme court, 1955-56.
Died in 1960
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William King Sebastian (1812-1865) —
also known as William K. Sebastian —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848-61.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Did not participate in the Confederacy
during the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumously
revoked in 1877.
Died in 1865
(age about
53 years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801-1848) —
also known as Ambrose H. Sevier —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Lakeport, Chicot
County, Ark.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., November
4, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1823-27; Speaker
of Arkansas Territory House of Representatives, 1827; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1828-36; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1836-48; resigned 1848.
Died near Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
31, 1848 (age 47 years, 57
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Albert Gallatin Simms (1882-1964) —
also known as Albert G. Simms —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark., October
8, 1882.
Son of Thomas Hamilton Simms and Mary Elizabeth (Field) Simms.
Republican. Accountant;
lawyer; banker;
member of New Mexico
state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1929-31; member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1932-34; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
29, 1964 (age 82 years, 82
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Griffin Smith (1915-2000) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Paragould, Greene
County, Ark., October
24, 1915.
Son of Griffin
Smith (1885-1955).
Lawyer; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1951; defeated, 1958.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of lung
cancer and pulmonary
fibrosis, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 11,
2000 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Relatives:
Father of Griffin Smith (speechwriter for Pres. Jimmy
Carter, 1977-78; executive editor, Arkansas Democrat
Gazette). |
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William Jennings Smith (c.1909-2000) —
also known as William J. Smith —
of Arkansas.
Born in Sturgeon, Boone
County, Mo., about 1909.
Lawyer; advisor to five Arkansas governors; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1958.
Methodist.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 2,
2000 (age about 91
years).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) —
also known as Jerry C. South —
of Mountain Home, Baxter
County, Ark.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March 24,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state legislature,
1891-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1908,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1930 (age 63 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas E. Sparks (1911-2001) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Crossett, Ashley
County, Ark., August
15, 1911.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1967-78.
Methodist.
Died in Fordyce, Dallas
County, Ark., June 29,
2001 (age 89 years, 318
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fordyce, Ark.
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Charles Lee Spillers (b. 1901) —
also known as C. Lee Spillers —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Russellville, Pope
County, Ark., August 6,
1901.
Son of Dr. Henry Franklin Spillers and Lula (Shinn) Spillers.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1935-36; resigned 1936; Ohio
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1947-51;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment somewhere
in Wheeling, W.Va.
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Albert Lewis Stuart (1819-1876) —
also known as Albert L. Stuart —
Born in Connecticut, June 25,
1819.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1850-51.
Methodist.
During an election dispute in Gainsville, Ark., in the early 1850s,
he shot
and killed Riley Vaughn; charged
with murder,
tried,
and acquitted.
Died in Powell Township, Craighead
County, Ark., March 16,
1876 (age 56 years, 265
days).
Interment at Woods
Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Paragould, Ark.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of Marlin Stuart (pro baseball
player). |
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Raymond Hoyt Thornton, Jr. (b. 1928) —
also known as Ray Thornton —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Sheridan, Grant
County, Ark.
Born in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., July 16,
1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1960
(alternate), 1996;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1973-79, 1991-97 (4th District
1973-79, 2nd District 1991-97); candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1978; president,
Arkansas State University, 1980-84; president,
University of Arkansas, 1984-90; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1997-.
Church
of Christ.
Still living as of 2009.
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Jacob Trieber (1853-1927) —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Raschkow, Prussia (now Raszkow, Poland),
October
6, 1853.
Son of Morris Trieber and Blume (Brodeck) Trieber.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arkansas, 1880,
1884,
1896;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1897-1900; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1900-27;
died in office 1927.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
17, 1927 (age 73 years, 346
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Thomas Arthur Turner (1878-1943) —
also known as Arthur Turner —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., February
11, 1878.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1908-11.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 253
days).
Interment at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Thomas Johnston Turner (1815-1874) —
also known as Thomas J. Turner —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 5,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Illinois, 1842; postmaster;
newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1847-49; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 56th District,
1869-70.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 4,
1874 (age 58 years, 364
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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George Clifton Wade (b. 1910) —
also known as Clifton Wade —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas City, Desha
County, Ark., January
25, 1910.
Son of H. Lynn Wade and Sallie Tyler (Clifton) Wade.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1947-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1952,
1956
(alternate), 1960;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1955-67.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Amvets; American
Legion; Lions.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James David Walker (1830-1906) —
also known as James D. Walker —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., December
13, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1879-85.
Died in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., November
17, 1906 (age 75 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Thomas G. Weaver —
of New York.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Still living as of 1957.
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John Frank Wilson (1846-1911) —
also known as John F. Wilson —
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., May 7,
1846.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1877; state court judge in
Arizona, 1893; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1896; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1899.
Died, probably from apoplexy,
in the Prescott Hotel,
Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., April 7,
1911 (age 64 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Nick Wilson (born c.1943) —
of Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark.
Born about 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1971-98.
Convicted
in November, 1999, on federal tax
evasion charges. Pleaded
guilty in March, 2000 to fraud;
128 other charges were dropped in return for his agreement to testify
against three others.
Still living as of 2000.
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Julius Gayle Windsor, Jr. (1920-1991) —
also known as J. Gayle Windsor, Jr. —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., June 4,
1920.
Son of Julius
Gayle Windsor, Sr..
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1957-62, 1967-80.
Baptist.
English
and German
ancestry. Member, Lions; Theta
Chi.
Cast the only opposing vote in the legislature to Gov. Orval
Faubus's plan to fight desegregation of the Little Rock schools
in 1958.
Died, of cancer, in
Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
28, 1991 (age 71 years, 116
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Otis Theodore Wingo (1877-1930) —
also known as Otis Wingo —
of De Queen, Sevier
County, Ark.
Born in Weakley
County, Tenn., June 18,
1877.
Son of Theodore Wingo and Jane Wingo.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930.
Died October
21, 1930 (age 53 years, 125
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frederick Yates (1914-1971) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark., October
3, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,
1955-62; defeated in primary, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952; candidate in
primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1962 (15th District), 1964 (1st
District); candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1966.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Michigan, October
9, 1971 (age 57 years, 6
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1943
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