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Post Office Politicians in Arkansas


  Thomas James Churchill (1824-1905) — also known as Thomas J. Churchill — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., March 10, 1824. Son of Col. Samuel Churchill. Postmaster; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Arkansas state treasurer, 1874-80; Governor of Arkansas, 1881-83. Died March 10, 1905 (age 81 years, 0 days). Interment at Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
  Relatives: Son of Col. Samuel Churchill; married, July 31, 1849, to Anna Maria Sevier (daughter of Ambrose Hundley Sevier). See Johnson-Conway-Sevier-Rector family of Kentucky and Arkansas.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Horace Clyde Hiatt (1885-1967) — also known as H. Clyde Hiatt — of Charleston, Franklin County, Ark. Born in Vesta, Franklin County, Ark., October 8, 1885. Son of Charles Henry Hiatt and Emma Hiatt. Republican. Postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1956 (alternate), 1964. Died in Charleston, Franklin County, Ark., October 3, 1967 (age 81 years, 360 days). Interment at Forest Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
  Relatives: Married to Farry Bonner (1886-1924).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Abraham G. Mayers (1809-1870) — of Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark. Born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., 1809. Postmaster; candidate for Representative from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 2nd District, 1861. Died, from consumption, in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark., 1870 (age about 61 years). Burial location unknown.
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

 

 


 
   
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