The Political Graveyard: Lake County, Fla.

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Lake County
Florida

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lake County

Index to Locations

Clermont Oakhill Cemetery

Leesburg St. James Episcopal Church

Tavares Tavares Cemetery

Oakhill Cemetery
Clermont, Lake County, Florida

Politicians buried here:

James Michael Mead (1885-1964) — also known as James M. Mead — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Angola, Erie County, N.Y. Born in Mt. Morris, Livingston County, N.Y., December 27, 1885. Democrat. Railroad switchman; member of New York state assembly from Erie County 4th District, 1915-18; U.S. Representative from New York 42nd District, 1919-38; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952; U.S. Senator from New York, 1938-47; candidate for Governor of New York, 1942, 1946; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1949-55; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1950-53; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1956. Catholic. Died in Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., March 15, 1964 (age 78 years, 79 days). Interment at Oakhill Cemetery.

St. James Episcopal Church
Leesburg, Lake County, Florida

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Augustus Pickett (1906-1980) — also known as Tom Pickett — of Palestine, Anderson County, Tex. Born in Travis, Falls County, Tex., August 14, 1906. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Texas 7th District, 1945-52; resigned 1952. Died in Leesburg, Lake County, Fla., June 7, 1980 (age 73 years, 298 days). Cremated; ashes interred at St. James Episcopal Church.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Tavares Cemetery
Tavares, Lake County, Florida

Politicians buried here:

Lucile Cottrell Tally (1892-1971) — also known as Lucile C. Tally; Lucile Cottrell — of Tavares, Lake County, Fla. Born in Kentucky, January 18, 1892. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1948, 1956 (alternate). Female. Died in Lake County, Fla., October 21, 1971 (age 79 years, 276 days). Interment at Tavares Cemetery.

		Relatives: Married to Emmett Murchison Tally (1877-1937).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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