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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. |
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Charles Burton Mitchel (1815-1864) —
also known as Charles B. Mitchel —
of Arkansas.
Born in Gallatin, Sumner
County, Tenn., September
19, 1815.
Democrat. Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1848; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1860; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1861; Senator
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864.
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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
20, 1864 (age 49 years, 1
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Washington, Ark.
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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 Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn., June 12,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas state legislature, 1840; 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.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 20,
1865 (age 52 years, 342
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Eccles G. Van Riper (b. 1841) —
of Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
4, 1841.
Democrat. Mayor
of Evansville, Ind., 1870.
In 1862, while traveling on business in Arkansas, was captured
by the Confederate Army and charged
with being a spy;
tried
before a military court in Little Rock and sentenced
to death; reprieved by the arrival of a new military commander, but
imprisoned
until the end of the war.
Burial location unknown.
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John Jones Pettus (1813-1867) —
also known as John J. Pettus —
of Mississippi.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., October
9, 1813.
Governor
of Mississippi, 1854, 1859-63.
Slaveowner.
After the Civil War, as a Confederate
leader, amnesty was
refused to him, and he became a fugitive;
the manhunt continued until his death, from pneumonia,
in Pulaski County (part now in Lonoke
County), Ark., January
25, 1867 (age 53 years, 108
days).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Flat
Bayou Burial Ground, Near Wabbaseka, Jefferson County, Ark.
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Stephen Wallace Dorsey (1842-1916) —
also known as Stephen W. Dorsey —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Benson, Rutland
County, Vt., February
28, 1842.
Republican. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1873-79; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1876,
1880.
Indicted
in 1881 for his participation in the Star Route frauds
against the U.S. Post Office Department; tried
twice in 1882-83 and ultimately acquitted.
Died March
20, 1916 (age 74 years, 21
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Bert McMullin —
of Yell
County, Ark.
Member of Arkansas
state senate, 1897.
Arrested
on May 15, 1897, after he shot
at and barely missed J. N. Smithee, editor of the Arkansas
Gazette, who refused to apologize for critical editorials.
Burial location unknown.
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Jefferson Davis (1862-1913) —
also known as Jeff Davis —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Little
River County, Ark., May 6,
1862.
Democrat. Arkansas
state attorney general, 1899-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1900,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1912;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1901-07; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1907-13; died in office 1913; in December
1907, it was disclosed that he had hired his own
daughters for two positions on his Senate staff; the scandal discredited
him and ended his
influence in the Senate.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
3, 1913 (age 50 years, 242
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Samuel Crockett Sims —
of Hazen, Prairie
County, Ark.
Member of Arkansas
state senate 12th District, 1915-17; expelled 1917.
In January, 1917, when Anti-Trading Stamp and Coupon bills were
pending before his committee, he accepted a bribe
to kill the bills, from a detective posing as a lobbyist for Eastern
trading-stamp interests; arrested,
charged
with bribery,
and later convicted;
expelled
from the Senate on a vote of 25 to 8.
Burial location unknown.
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Ivison C. Burgess —
of Russellville, Pope
County, Ark.
Member of Arkansas
state senate 4th District, 1915-17; expelled 1917.
In January, 1917, after he introduced legislation to regulate trading
stamps and coupons, he accepted a bribe
to kill the bills, from a detective posing as a lobbyist for Eastern
trading-stamp interests; arrested,
charged
with bribery,
and later convicted;
expelled
from the Senate on a vote of 25 to 8.
Burial location unknown.
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Harvey Parnell (1880-1936) —
of Dermott, Chicot
County, Ark.
Born near Orlando, Cleveland
County, Ark., February
28, 1880.
Democrat. Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1919-22; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1923-26; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1927-28; Governor of
Arkansas, 1928-33.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
In 1928, he was charged
with violating the Corrupt Practices Act (early campaign
finance law) by spending more than $5,000 on his campaign; the
charges were later dropped.
Died, following two heart
attacks, in St. Vincent's Infirmary,
Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
16, 1936 (age 55 years, 322
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Bruce Bennett —
Arkansas
state attorney general, 1957; indicted
in 1969 on fraud
and conspiracy charges
over his relationship with the bankrupt Arkansas Loan and Thrift
Corporation.
Presumed deceased.
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; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1952-60, 1964-74; expelled 1974; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1954.
As a state senator, he was instrumental in locating many state
agencies in Faulkner County. Convicted
in December 1972 on federal
tax charges;
fined
$5,000 and sentenced to three years probation;
expelled
from the 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).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Ark.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles C. Jones and Cora (Henry) Jones; married 1947 to
Elizabeth Relya. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Campaign palm card
(1972) |
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Wilbur Daigh Mills (1909-1992) —
also known as Wilbur D. Mills —
of Kensett, White
County, Ark.
Born in Kensett, White
County, Ark., May 24,
1909.
Democrat. State court judge in Arkansas, 1934-38; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1939-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940,
1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1972.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
In October 1974, he was driving late at night in Washington, D.C. without
lights on; when stopped by police, he was seen to be intoxicated
and his face was bloody from a scuffle; an Argentine striptease
artist named Fanne Fox leaped from his car and jumped into the
nearby Tidal Basin; after this incident highlighted his alcoholism,
he was forced to
resign his powerful chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee
and seek treatment.
Died in 1992
(age about
83 years).
Interment at Kensett
Cemetery, Kensett, Ark.
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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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William James McCuen (c.1943-2000) —
also known as Bill McCuen —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Heber Springs, Cleburne
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., about 1943.
Democrat. School
teacher; Arkansas
land commissioner, 1981-85; secretary
of state of Arkansas, 1985-94; defeated in primary, 1994;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1992.
After leaving office as Secretary of State, he admitted
accepting kickbacks
from two supporters he gave jobs, and not
paying taxes on the money. He also admitted
to conspiring with a political consultant to split $53,560 embezzled
from the state in a sham transaction. He was indicted
on corruption charges
in 1995. On January 5, 1996, he pleaded
guilty to felony counts of tax
evasion and accepting a kickback;
he pleaded no
contest to a misdemeanor count of trading
in public office. Sentenced
to 17 years in prison,
and fined.
Released on parole (due to illness) in February 1999.
Died of colon
cancer and a stroke,
in Heber Springs, Cleburne
County, Ark., September
9, 2000 (age about 57
years).
Interment somewhere
in Van Buren, Ark.
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James Guy Tucker Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Jim Guy Tucker, Jr. —
of Arkansas.
Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., June 13,
1943.
Democrat. Arkansas
state attorney general, 1973-77; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1977-79; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1978; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1991-92; Governor of
Arkansas, 1992-96.
Presbyterian.
Resigned
in July 1996 after his conviction
on federal charges
brought by independent counsel Kenneth
Starr.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Jefferson Clinton (b. 1946) —
also known as Bill Clinton; William Jefferson Blythe
IV; "Slick Willie"; "Bubba";
"Elvis"; "Eagle"; "The Big
Dog" —
of Arkansas; Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
19, 1946.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1974; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1977-79; Governor of
Arkansas, 1979-81, 1983-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996,
2000;
speaker, 1984,
1988;
President
of the United States, 1993-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Member, Trilateral
Commission; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta; American Bar
Association.
On October 29, 1994, Francisco Duran fired 27 shots from the sidewalk
at the White House in an apparent assassination
attempt against President Clinton. Impeached
by the House of Representatives in December 1998 over allegations of
perjury
and obstruction
of justice in connection with his sexual
contact with a White House intern, Monica Lewinsky, but acquitted
by the Senate.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Roger Clinton; son of William Jefferson Blythe II and
Virginia (Cassidy) Clinton; married, October
11, 1975, to Hillary
Diane Rodham (sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham); father of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky); third cousin twice removed of James
Alexander Lockhart. |
| | | Political families: Clinton
family of Wadesboro, North Carolina; Ashe-Polk
family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Abraham
J. Hirschfeld — Kenneth
W. Starr — Rahm
Emanuel — Henry
G. Cisneros — Maria
Echaveste — Thurgood
Marshall, Jr. — Walter
S. Orlinsky — Charles
F. C. Ruff — Sean
Patrick Maloney — Lanny
J. Davis |
| | | The William Jefferson Clinton Federal
Building (built 1934; renamed 2012) in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Bill Clinton: Between
Hope and History : Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st
Century (1996) — My
Life (2004) |
| | | Books about Bill Clinton: David
Maraniss, First
in His Class : The Biography of Bill Clinton — Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Gene Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater —
Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Dewayne Wickham, Bill
Clinton and Black America — Joe Klein, The
Natural : The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill
Clinton — Nigel Hamilton, Bill
Clinton: An American Journey — Bob Woodward, The
Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House — George
Stephanopolous, All
Too Human — John F. Harris, The
Survivor : Bill Clinton in the White House — Mark
Katz, Clinton
& Me: A Real Life Political Comedy — Michael Takiff,
A
Complicated Man: The Life of Bill Clinton as Told by Those Who Know
Him — Tim O'Shei, Bill
Clinton (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Bill Clinton:
Barbara Olson, The
Final Days : The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White
House — Meredith L. Oakley, On
the Make : The Rise of Bill Clinton — Robert
Patterson, Dereliction
of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Endangered
America's Long-Term National Security — Ambrose
Evans-Pritchard, The
Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories —
Ann Coulter, High
Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Case Against Bill
Clinton — Dick Morris & Eileen McGann, Because
He Could — Jack Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Rich Lowry, Legacy:
Paying the Price for the Clinton Years — Richard
Miniter, Losing
Bin Laden : How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global
Terror |
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Roy C. Lewellen —
also known as Bill Lewellen —
of Marianna, Lee
County, Ark.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1990.
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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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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