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• William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) — also known as William C. Adamson — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga. Born in Bowdon, Carroll County, Ga., August 13, 1854. Son of John W. Adamson and Mary A. (McDaniel) Adamson; married, January 29, 1885, to Minna Reese (died 1912); married, January 1, 1917, to Ellen (Zellars) Camp. Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1892; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1892; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Royal Arcanum. Died, of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 3, 1929. Interment at City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
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• Warren Akin (1811-1877) — of Georgia. Born in Elbert County, Ga., October 9, 1811. Candidate for Governor of Georgia, 1860; member of Georgia state legislature, 1861-63; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Methodist. Died in Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga., December 17, 1877. Interment at Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Ga.
  
  
• Anthony Alfred Alaimo (b. 1920) — also known as Anthony A. Alaimo — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Brunswick, Glynn County, Ga.; St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Ga. Born in Termini, Sicily, Italy, March 29, 1920. Son of Sam Alaimo and Sandra (Granza) Alaimo; married, June 11, 1946, to Jeanne Evelyn Loy. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1960, 1964; member of Georgia Republican State Central Committee, 1966-67; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1971-91; took senior status 1991. Methodist. Italian ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Delta Sigma Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Still living as of 2000.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Althea Alexander (d. 1958) — also known as Mrs. Edgar Alexander — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Democrat. Member of Democratic National Committee from Georgia, 1929. Female. Methodist. Died, of a heart attack, in 1958. Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
  
  
• Beverly Allen — of Elbert County, Ga. Uncle of Singleton Walthall Allen. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1817-19; member of Georgia state senate, 1822-24, 1826-27, 1830-31, 1834. Methodist. Died in Kentucky. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Heard family of Georgia
  
  
• Maurice Neil Andrews (1894-1967) — also known as M. Neil Andrews — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Lafayette, Walker County, Ga., December 24, 1894. Son of Oty Payne Andrews and Ada (Frazier) Andrews; married, December 23, 1921, to Foy Rhyne. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Solicitor General, Rome Circuit, 1929-32; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1942-46; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1949-50; resigned 1950. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons. Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn., August 31, 1967. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa County, Ala., July 18, 1887. Son of William Jackson Arant and Villulia (Akin) Arant; married, August 16, 1915, to Charlotte Marguerite Hein. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in office 1941. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Rotary; Beta Theta Pi. Died January 14, 1941. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Herbert Arlene (1917-1989) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Harrison, Washington County, Ga., September 5, 1917. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1959-66; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1964; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1967-80. Black. Methodist. Member, NAACP; Urban League; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows. First black member of the Pennsylvania state senate. Died November 9, 1989. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Mary Elizabeth Harris Armor (b. 1863) — also known as Mary H. Armor — of Eastman, Dodge County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb County, Ga. Born in Penfield, Greene County, Ga., March 9, 1863. Daughter of William Lindsay Manning Harris and Sarah Fanny (Johnson) Harris; married to Walter Florence Armor. Democrat. Orator; evangelist; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1924. Female. Methodist. Member, League of Women Voters; Women's Christian Temperance Union; United Daughters of the Confederacy. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Agnes Beahn Baggett (d. 1992) — also known as Agnes Baggett; Agnes Beahn — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga. Daughter of John R. Beahn and Leila (Thomason) Beahn; married, October 14, 1926, to George Lamar Baggett (died 1949). Secretary of state of Alabama, 1951-55, 1963-67, 1975-79; Alabama state auditor, 1955-59; Alabama state treasurer, 1959-63, 1967-75. Female. Methodist. Member, Order of the Eastern Star; Altrusa; American Legion Auxiliary. Died December 15, 1992. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jack McWhorter Barber — also known as Jack Barber; Mac Barber — of Commerce, Jackson County, Ga. Born in Banks County, Ga. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1949-70; member of Georgia public service commission, 1973-. Methodist. Member, Kiwanis. Still living as of 1975.
  
  
• William Julius Barker (1886-1968) — also known as William J. Barker — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., June 25, 1886. Son of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker; married, October 20, 1916, to Pauline Eleanor Bigham. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59; took senior status 1959. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Died April 13, 1968. Interment somewhere in Tampa, Fla.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Roy E. Barnes (b. 1948) — of Marietta, Cobb County, Ga. Born in Mableton, Cobb County, Ga., March 11, 1948. Married to Marie Dobbs. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state senate, 1975-90; member of Georgia state house of representatives 33rd District, 1993-98; Governor of Georgia, 1999-2003; defeated, 1990, 2002; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2000, 2004. Methodist. Member, Phi Alpha Delta. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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; married, March 15, 1905, to Corinne Leslie. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1934-46. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Hiram Parks Bell (1827-1907) — of Cumming, Forsyth County, Ga. Born near Jefferson, Jackson County, Ga., January 19, 1827. Brother-in-law of George Nelson Lester. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; member of Georgia state senate, 1861-62, 1901-02; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1868; U.S. Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1873-75, 1877-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1876; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1899-1901. Methodist. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., August 16, 1907. Interment at Cumming Cemetery, Cumming, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Montgomery Bell (1861-1941) — also known as Thomas M. Bell — of Gainesville, Hall County, Ga. Born in Nachoochee Valley, White County, Ga., March 17, 1861. Married to Mary Ella Winburn. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1905-31. Methodist. Died in Gainesville, Hall County, Ga., March 18, 1941. Interment at Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Logan Edwin Bleckley (1827-1907) — also known as Logan E. Bleckley — of Georgia. Born in Rabun County, Ga., July 3, 1827. Married 1857 to Clara Caroline Haralson; married 1893 to Chloe Herring. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1875-80; chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1887-94. Methodist. Died in Clarkesville, Habersham County, Ga., March 6, 1907. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga. Bleckley County, Ga. is named for him.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Iris Faircloth Blitch (1912-1993) — also known as Iris Blitch; Iris Faircloth; Mrs. B. E. Blitch — of Homerville, Clinch County, Ga. Born near Vidalia, Toombs County, Ga., April 25, 1912. Daughter of James Louis Faircloth and Marietta (Ridgdill) Faircloth; married, October 11, 1929, to Brooks Erwin Blitch; mother of Brooks E. Blitch III (who married Peg Blitch). Democrat. Member of Georgia state senate 5th District, 1947-48, 1953-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1948, 1952; member of Democratic National Committee from Georgia, 1948-56; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1949-50; defeated, 1940, 1950; U.S. Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1955-63. Female. Methodist. Suffered a heart attack, and died in a hospital at San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., August 19, 1993. Interment somewhere in Homerville, Ga.
  • See also Blitch family of Georgia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Eugene Alva Bond (b. 1890) — also known as Eugene A. Bond — of Leadville, Lake County, Colo. Born in Royston, Franklin County, Ga., May 29, 1890. Married, August 18, 1917, to Betty Clark. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1940, 1956. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Parks Bond (1832-1898) — of Lithonia, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Hall County, Ga., February 7, 1832. Son of Joseph B. Bond (1790-1863) and Sarah (Barker) Bond (1792-1860); married, March 13, 1855, to Sarah Ann Born (1834-1876); married, October 31, 1877, to Sarah Ann (Lampkin) Harris (1835-1906); grandfather of Bond Almand. Democrat. Physician; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state senate, 1880-81; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1884-85. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Lithonia, DeKalb County, Ga., July 14, 1898. Interment at Rock Chapel Historic Cemetery, Near Lithonia, DeKalb County, Ga.
  
  
• Archibald Bonds (b. 1876) — of Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla. Born in Pond Spring (unknown county), Ga., January 29, 1876. Son of John F. Bonds and Elizabeth T. (Hall) Bonds; married, December 11, 1900, to Ora M. Camp. Democrat. Rogers County Judge, 1907-11; member of Oklahoma state house of representatives, 1913-14; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-20. Methodist. Member, Sigma Nu. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Cornelius Murphy Bozeman (1819-1881) — of Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Ga. Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., April 3, 1819. Son of John Bozeman; great-great-grandfather of Randall Norton Christmas. Pulaski County Sheriff, 1846-48; county judge in Georgia, 1857-65; member of Georgia state senate, 1858; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861. Methodist. Died in Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Ga., May 23, 1881. Interment at Orange Hill Cemetery, Hawkinsville, Ga.
  • See also Bozeman family of Georgia
  
  
• John Bozeman (1793-1848) — of Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Ga. Born in Greene County, Ga., April 27, 1793. Father of Cornelius Murphy Bozeman; great-great-great-grandfather of Randall Norton Christmas. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; county judge in Georgia, 1829-35; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1830. Methodist. Died in White Springs, Hamilton County, Fla., November 10, 1848. Interment at Swift Creek Church Cemetery, Hamilton County, Fla.
  • See also Bozeman family of Georgia
  
  
• Armstead Brown (b. 1875) — of Lafayette, Chambers County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Talbotton, Talbot County, Ga., June 6, 1875. Son of Henry Clay Brown and Susan Agnes (Dowdell) Brown; married, November 21, 1901, to Elizabeth Dowdell. Lawyer; Chambers County Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15; general solicitor, Florida East Coast Railway, and Florida East Coast Hotel Co.; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-46; chief justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Kiwanis. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Paul Brown (1880-1961) — of Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga.; Elberton, Elbert County, Ga. Born near Hartwell, Hart County, Ga., March 31, 1880. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1907-08; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1932, 1952; U.S. Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1933-61. Methodist. Died in Elberton, Elbert County, Ga., September 24, 1961. Interment at Elmhurst Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) — also known as Tunis G. Campbell — of McIntosh County, Ga. Born in Middlebrook (unknown county), N.J., April 1, 1812. Minister; abolitionist; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member of Georgia state senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872; expelled from the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim that only whites could serve; charged with falsely imprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served a year of hard labor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system. Black. Methodist. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., December 4, 1891. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Slaughter Candler (1861-1941) — also known as John S. Candler — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Carroll County, Ga., October 22, 1861. Son of Samuel Charles Candler and Martha Bernetta (Bealle) Candler; brother of Asa Griggs Candler; married to Florrie George. Superior court judge in Georgia, 1896-1902; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1902-06. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died in 1941. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Candler family of Georgia
  
  
• Allen Alexander Chappell (b. 1889) — also known as Allen Chappell — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Born in Americus, Sumter County, Ga., January 24, 1889. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1933, 1937-39; member of Georgia state senate, 1935; member of Georgia public service commission, 1941-65. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Randall Norton Christmas (1920-1969) — also known as Randall N. Christmas; Randy Christmas — of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Ocilla, Irwin County, Ga., October 14, 1920. Great-great-great-grandson of John Bozeman; great-great-grandson of Nathaniel Yarbrough and Cornelius Murphy Bozeman. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; mayor of Miami, Fla., 1955-57; defeated, 1957. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of heart disease, at North Shore Hospital, Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., July 27, 1969. Interment at Southern Memorial, North Miami Beach, Fla.
  • See also Bozeman family of Georgia
  
  
• Alexander Stephens Clay (1853-1910) — also known as Alexander S. Clay — of Marietta, Cobb County, Ga. Born near Powder Springs, Cobb County, Ga., September 25, 1853. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1884-87, 1889-90; member of Georgia state senate, 1892-94; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1897-1910; died in office 1910. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., November 13, 1910. Interment at Old City Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Michael Allen Collins (b. 1944) — also known as Mac Collins — of Hampton, Henry County, Ga. Born in Butts County, Ga., October 15, 1944. Republican. Member of Georgia state senate, 1989-93; defeated, 1984, 1986; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1993-2005 (3rd District 1993-2003, 8th District 2003-05); candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Georgia, 2004. Methodist. Still living as of 2005.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) — of Pittsburg, Camp County, Tex.; Terrell, Kaufman County, Tex. Born in Camilla, Mitchell County, Ga., December 16, 1861. Son of Thomas Jefferson Colquitt and Ann Elizabeth (Burkhalter) Colquitt; married, December 9, 1885, to Alice Murrell. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; oil business; member of Texas state senate 9th District, 1895-98; Governor of Texas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1916. Methodist. Died March 8, 1940. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Paul Douglas Coverdell (1939-2000) — also known as Paul Coverdell — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, January 20, 1939. Republican. Member of Georgia state senate, 1971-89; candidate for U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1977; Georgia Republican state chair, 1985-87; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1993-2000; died in office 2000. Methodist. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Director of the Peace Corps, 1989-91. Died, of complications from a cerebral hemorrhage, at Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., July 18, 2000. Cremated.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Zachariah Daniel Cravey (b. 1894) — also known as Zack D. Cravey — of DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Milan, Telfair County, Ga., April 13, 1894. Son of Robert Charles Cravey and Margaret Jane (Studstill) Cravey; married 1921 to Jane Ophelia Pinkerton. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Telfair County Tax Collector, 1920-33; Georgia state game and fish commissioner, 1934-37; Georgia natural resources commissioner, 1941-43; Georgia state comptroller general, 1947-63; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Lions; Odd Fellows. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Robert Crisp (1870-1937) — also known as Charles R. Crisp — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Born in Ellaville, Schley County, Ga., October 19, 1870. Son of Clara Bell (Burton) Crisp and Charles Frederick Crisp; married to Jennie Hollis. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1896-97, 1913-32; state court judge in Georgia, 1900-11. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias. Died in Americus, Sumter County, Ga., February 7, 1937. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George W. Darden (b. 1943) — also known as George Darden; Buddy Darden — of Marietta, Cobb County, Ga. Born in Hancock County, Ga., November 22, 1943. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1981-83; U.S. Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1983-95; defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2000, 2004. Methodist. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• James Curran Davis (1895-1981) — also known as James C. Davis — of Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga.; Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Franklin, Heard County, Ga., May 17, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1925-28; superior court judge in Georgia, 1934-47; U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1947-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1956. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Junior Order; Odd Fellows; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., December 18, 1981. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Braswell Drue Deen (1893-1981) — also known as Braswell Deen — of Alma, Bacon County, Ga. Born near Baxley, Appling County, Ga., June 28, 1893. Democrat. Superintendent of schools; president, South Georgia Junior College, 1924-27; newspaper editor; real estate developer; banker; U.S. Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1933-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940. Methodist. Died in Alma, Bacon County, Ga., November 28, 1981. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Alma, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Hugh Manson Dorsey (1871-1948) — also known as Hugh M. Dorsey — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Fayetteville, Fayette County, Ga., July 10, 1871. Son of Rufus Thomas Dorsey and Sarah Matilda (Bennett) Dorsey; married, June 29, 1911, to Adair Wilkinson. Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of Georgia, 1917-21. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Kappa Alpha Order. Died June 11, 1948. Interment at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Charles Wayne Dowdy (b. 1943) — also known as Wayne Dowdy — of McComb, Pike County, Miss. Born in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga., July 27, 1943. Democrat. Mayor of McComb, Miss., 1978-81; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1981-89; candidate for U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1988; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 2004. Methodist. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Hubbard Echols (1816-1885) — of Georgia. Born in Washington, Wilkes County, Ga., December 25, 1816. Member of Georgia state senate, 1861; Representative from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65. Methodist. Died in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., September 23, 1885. Interment at Beth-Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Lexington, Ga.
  
  
• Earl Ehrhart (b. 1959) — of Powder Springs, Cobb County, Ga. Born in a hospital at Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., August 8, 1959. Republican. Member of Georgia state house of representatives 36th District, 1988-2000. Methodist. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Pi Sigma Alpha. Still living as of 2000.
  
  
• Clement Anselm Evans (1833-1911) — also known as Clement A. Evans — of Georgia. Born in Stewart County, Ga., March 25, 1833. State court judge in Georgia, 1854; member of Georgia state senate, 1859; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Methodist minister. Methodist. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Died July 2, 1911. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga. Evans County, Ga. is named for him.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William Harrell Felton (1823-1909) — of Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga. Born near Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., June 19, 1823. Married, October 11, 1853, to Rebecca Ann Latimer. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1851, 1884-90; U.S. Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1875-81. Methodist. Died in Cartersville, Bartow County, Ga., September 24, 1909. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Cartersville, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Few (1748-1828) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Maryland, June 8, 1748. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Georgia state legislature, 1777-79; Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia, 1796-99; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1801-05. Methodist. Died in Fishkill-on-Hudson (now part of Beacon), Dutchess County, N.Y., July 16, 1828. Original interment at Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment at St. Paul's Churchyard, Augusta, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Bill Floyd — of Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. President of Southern Champion, a construction firm specializing in water and waste water systems; mayor of Decatur, Ga., 2003-. Methodist. Still living as of 2003.
  
  
• John James Flynt, Jr. (1914-2007) — also known as Jack Flynt — of Griffin, Spalding County, Ga. Born in Griffin, Spalding County, Ga., November 8, 1914. Son of John James Flynt and Susan Winn (Banks) Flynt; married to Patricia Irby Bradley. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1947-48; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1954-79 (4th District 1954-65, 6th District 1965-79). Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; National Rifle Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis; Woodmen; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died in Griffin, Spalding County, Ga., June 24, 2007. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Griffin, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Ben W. Fortson, Jr. (b. 1904) — of Georgia. Born in Tignall, Wilkes County, Ga., December 19, 1904. Democrat. Member of Georgia state senate, 1939-42; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1943-46; secretary of state of Georgia, 1946-79. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Moose; Pi Sigma Alpha. Confined to a wheelchair since an automobile accident in 1929. Still living as of 1979.
  
  
• Willis Benjamin Gibbs (1889-1940) — also known as W. Benjamin Gibbs — of Jesup, Wayne County, Ga. Born in Dupont, Clinch County, Ga., April 15, 1889. Son of Willis Bartow Gibbs and Lilla (Johnson) Gibbs; married, January 1, 1912, to Florence Adel Reville. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1939-40; died in office 1940. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died August 7, 1940. Interment at Jesup Cemetery, Jesup, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Stirling Price Gilbert (1862-1951) — also known as S. Price Gilbert — of Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Stewart County, Ga., January 31, 1862. Son of Jasper Newton Gilbert and Sarah Louise (Redding) Gilbert; married 1895 to Mary Howard. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1888-93; superior court judge in Georgia, 1908-16; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1916-36. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Rotary; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Delta Theta. Died August 28, 1951. Interment at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
  
  
• Robert Andrew Gray (1882-1975) — also known as R. A. Gray — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Concord, Pike County, Ga., August 2, 1882. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of state of Florida, 1930-61; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1940. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Moose; Newcomen Society; Rotary; Woodmen. Died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., 1975. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Denmark Groover, Jr. (1922-2001) — of Macon, Bibb County, Ga. Born in Quitman, Brooks County, Ga., June 30, 1922. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1953-57, 1963-65, 1971-75, 1983-95. Methodist. Member, American Trial Lawyers Association; Phi Delta Theta. During World War II, served as a pilot in the "Black Sheep Squadron"; an injury left his right arm partially paralyzed. Sponsored the bill to put the Confederate battle flag on the Georgia state flag in 1956; supported the removal of the emblem in 2001. Died in Macon, Bibb County, Ga., April 18, 2001. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
  
  
• James Emmett Hall (b. 1889) — of Soperton, Treutlen County, Ga. Born in Montgomery County, Ga., July 24, 1889. Son of I. H. Hall and Issie (Dopson) Hall; married to Willie Lou Cochran. Banker; insurance business; farmer; member of Georgia state house of representatives. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) — of Macon, Bibb County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter County, Tenn. Born in Jonesboro, Washington County, Tenn., January 21, 1846. Son of Alexander Nelson Harris and Edna (Haynes) Harris; nephew of Landon Carter Haynes; married, January 12, 1873, to Fannie Burke; married, July 6, 1899, to Hattie G. Jobe; first cousin of Alfred Alexander Taylor and Robert Love Taylor. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of Georgia, 1915-17. Methodist. Member, United Confederate Veterans; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Chi Phi. Died September 21, 1929. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
  • See also Taylor family of Tennessee
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Stephen John Hay (1864-1916) — also known as Stephen J. Hay — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Griffin, Spalding County, Ga., October 5, 1864. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1907-11. Methodist. Died February 29, 1916. Original interment at Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.; reinterment at Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  
  
• Howell Thomas Heflin (1921-2005) — also known as Howell T. Heflin — of Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala. Born in Poulan, Worth County, Ga., June 19, 1921. Nephew of James Thomas Heflin; son of Marvin Rutledge Heflin and Louise D. (Strudwick) Heflin; married 1952 to Elizabeth Ann Carmichael. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; chief justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1971-77; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1979-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1996. Methodist. Member, Lambda Chi Alpha. Died in Sheffield, Colbert County, Ala., March 29, 2005. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.; statue at Colbert County Courthouse Grounds, Tuscumbia, Ala.
  • See also Heflin family of Alabama
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Howell Heflin: John Hayman, Howell Heflin : An Affirmation of America
  
  
• Calvin Milton Hitch (b. 1869) — also known as Calvin M. Hitch — of Quitman, Brooks County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Morven, Brooks County, Ga. Born in Morven, Brooks County, Ga., July 28, 1869. Son of Robert M. Hitch (M.D.) and Martha (Fall) Hitch; married, February 19, 1890, to Ida Blanche Parrish. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1896-97; secretary of Georgia Democratic Party, 1910-12; U.S. Consul in Nottingham, 1915-20; Basel, 1924-29; U.S. Consul General in Wellington, 1932. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Samuel Doak Holt (1803-1863) — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Elberton, Elbert County, Ga., October 14, 1803. Whig. Physician; mayor of Montgomery, Ala., 1838, 1852. Methodist. Died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., April 23, 1863. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
  
  
• Harry Cook Jackson (1915-2000) — also known as Harry C. Jackson — of Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga. Born in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., July 23, 1915. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Georgia state senate; elected 1961; candidate in primary for Governor of Georgia, 1974; mayor of Columbus, Ga., 1979-82. Methodist. Member, Rotary. Died February 12, 2000. Interment at Parkhill Cemetery, Columbus, Ga.
  
  
• Benjamin Lafayette Jefferson (1871-1950) — also known as Benjamin L. Jefferson — of Steamboat Springs, Routt County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., October 26, 1871. Son of Rollin Jefferson and Matta Virgina (Harp) Jefferson; married, December 21, 1898, to Clarinte B. Duquette. Democrat. Dentist; member of Colorado state house of representatives, 1898-1900; member of Colorado state senate, 1900-08; Presidential Elector for Colorado, 1908; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1913-21; candidate in primary for Governor of Colorado, 1922. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1950. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Cone Johnson (b. 1860) — of Tyler, Smith County, Tex. Born in Dawsonville, Dawson County, Ga., June 1, 1860. Democrat. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1886-88; member of Texas state senate, 1888-92; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912, 1920. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Charles Melton Jones (1829-1910) — also known as C. M. Jones — of Emerson, Bartow County, Ga. Born in DeKalb County, Ga., July 29, 1829. DeKalb County Sheriff; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia state legislature, 1882; Populist candidate for Georgia state treasurer, 1895. Methodist. Member, United Confederate Veterans; Freemasons. Died, after a series of strokes, in Emerson, Bartow County, Ga., June 25, 1910. Interment at Emerson Cemetery, Emerson, Ga.
  
  
• Harvie Jordan (b. 1861) — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born near Monticello, Jasper County, Ga., October 10, 1861. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1898-1901, 1919-20; member of Georgia state senate, 1902-04. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Lee Key (1867-1939) — also known as James L. Key — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in DeKalb County, Ga., July 27, 1867. Son of Thomas Terrell Key and Rhoda (Carroll) Key; married, June 20, 1906, to Ela Tillman. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Atlanta, Ga., 1919-23, 1931-37. Methodist. Member, Elks; Knights of Pythias; Redmen. Died in 1939. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Henry Kimbrough (b. 1912) — also known as William Kimbrough — of Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Greensboro, Greene County, Ga., June 28, 1912. Member of Georgia public service commission, 1961-; appointed 1961. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Delta Theta Phi. Still living as of 1975.
  
  
• Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) — also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar — of Abbeville, Lafayette County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette County, Miss. Born near Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga., September 17, 1825. Nephew of Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar; cousin of Absalom Harris Chappell; uncle of William Bailey Lamar. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1853; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875, 1877, 1881; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893. Methodist. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died January 23, 1893. Original interment at Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St. Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss. Lamar counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are named for him.
  • See also Lamar family of Georgia
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henderson Lovelace Lanham (1888-1957) — also known as Henderson L. Lanham — of Rome, Floyd County, Ga. Born in Rome, Floyd County, Ga., September 14, 1888. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1929-33, 1937-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940, 1952; U.S. Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1947-57; died in office 1957. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis; Odd Fellows; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Chi. Died in a train collision with his automobile at a crossing in Rome, Floyd County, Ga., November 10, 1957. Interment at Myrtle Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Armstrong MacKay (b. 1919) — of Georgia. Born in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Ala., June 25, 1919. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1951-52, 1955-64; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966. Methodist. Member, Civitan. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Mack Francis Mattingly (b. 1931) — also known as Mack F. Mattingly — of St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Ga. Born in Anderson, Madison County, Ind., January 7, 1931. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1964; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1972, 1996; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1981-87; defeated, 1986; U.S. Ambassador to Seychelles, 1992-93. Methodist. Member, Rotary. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Zell Bryan Miller (b. 1932) — also known as Zell Miller; "Zigzag Zell" — of Georgia. Born in Young Harris, Towns County, Ga., February 24, 1932. Son of Stephen Grady Miller. Democrat. Member of Georgia state senate, 1961-65; candidate for U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1964, 1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1972, 2000; Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, 1975-81; Governor of Georgia, 1991-99; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 2000-; defeated, 1980; appointed 2000. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; National Governors Association biography.
  • Books by Zell Miller: A National Party No More : The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat (2003); A Deficit of Decency (2005)
  • Books about Zell Miller: Richard Hyatt, Zell : The Governor Who Gave Georgia Hope
  
  
• William Robert Mitchell (b. 1909) — also known as William R. Mitchell — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Turner County, Ga., January 1, 1909. Son of Robert R. Mitchell and Bessie (Freeman) Mitchell; married 1929 to Miriam Hays. Democrat. Georgia state comptroller general, 1946-47. Methodist. Still living as of 1947.
  
  
• George Moultrie Napier (1863-1932) — also known as George M. Napier — of Monroe, Walton County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga. Born in Lafayette, Walker County, Ga., March 28, 1863. Son of Nathan Campbell Napier and Julia Louise (Sharpe) Napier; married, December 16, 1905, to Frances Nunnally. Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia state attorney general, 1921-32; died in office 1932. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died, of a heart attack, in Decatur, DeKalb County, Ga., May 4, 1932. Interment at Rest Haven Cemetery, Monroe, Ga.
  
  
• Charles Whitlow Norwood, Jr. (1941-2007) — also known as Charlie Norwood — of Evans, Columbia County, Ga. Born in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Ga., July 27, 1941. Married 1962 to Gloria Wilkinson. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; dentist; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1995-2007 (10th District 1995-2003, 9th District 2003-07, 10th District 2007); died in office 2007. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died, from lung cancer and lung disease, in Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., February 13, 2007. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. (b. 1938) — also known as Sam Nunn — of Perry, Houston County, Ga. Born in Macon, Bibb County, Ga., September 8, 1938. Grandnephew of Carl Vinson. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1969-72; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1972-97. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Phi Delta Theta. Still living as of 2007.
  • Cross-reference: Richard Ray
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Stephen Pace (1891-1970) — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Born near Dawson, Terrell County, Ga., March 9, 1891. Son of Olin Stephen Pace and Hunter (Saville) Pace; married, December 20, 1916, to Martha Grace Ragan. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1917-20; member of Georgia state senate, 1923-24; U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1937-51. Methodist. Died in Americus, Sumter County, Ga., April 5, 1970. Interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Americus, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert C. Pafford (b. 1930) — also known as Bobby Pafford — of Lakeland, Lanier County, Ga. Born in Lakeland, Lanier County, Ga., June 7, 1930. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; umpire in pro baseball, 1954-55; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1963-70; member of Georgia public service commission, 1971-. Methodist. Still living as of 1975.
  
  
• Owen H. Page, Jr. (b. 1915) — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla., September 11, 1915. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1949-52; member of Georgia state senate 1st District, 1955-56. Methodist. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Phi Gamma Delta. Still living as of 1956.
  
  
• John Leonard Pilcher (1898-1981) — also known as J. L. Pilcher — of Meigs, Thomas County, Ga. Born near Meigs, Thomas County, Ga., August 27, 1898. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives; member of Georgia state senate, 1940-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944; U.S. Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1953-65. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Meigs, Thomas County, Ga., August 20, 1981. Interment at Meigs Sunset Cemetery, Meigs, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1837-1921) — also known as P. B. S. Pinchback — of Louisiana. Born in Macon County, Ga., May 10, 1837. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1868, 1879; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1868, 1884, 1888; member of Louisiana state senate, 1868-71; Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1871-72; Governor of Louisiana, 1872-73. Black. Methodist. Died in Washington, D.C., December 21, 1921. Interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Pauline Sims Puryear (b. 1900) — also known as Pauline Puryear — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., June 6, 1900. Republican. Social worker; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1948. Female. Black. Methodist. Member, Alpha Kappa Alpha. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Perkins Ralls (1812-1904) — of Alabama. Born in Greensboro, Greene County, Ga., January 1, 1812. Delegate to Alabama secession convention, 1861; Representative from Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; member of Alabama state legislature, 1878. Methodist. Died in Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala., November 22, 1904. Interment at Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
  
  
• Richard Belmont Ray (1927-1999) — also known as Richard Ray — of Perry, Houston County, Ga. Born in Fort Valley, Peach County, Ga., February 2, 1927. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor of Perry, Ga., 1964-70; administrative assistant to U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, 1972; U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1983-93; defeated, 1992. Methodist. Died, of complications following heart valve surgery, in a hospital at Macon, Bibb County, Ga., May 29, 1999. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Charles Simpson Reid (b. 1897) — also known as Charles S. Reid — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born near Jessee (unknown county), Ga., September 25, 1897. Nephew of John Lafayette Reid, Harry Maurelle Reid and Charles Simpson Reid (1861?-?); grandson of Simpson Reid; first cousin once removed of William W. Murray; son of Norville Y. Reid (1855-1934) and Sarah E. 'Sallie' (Daniel) Reid (1869-1944). Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Georgia Democratic state chair, 1937; chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1938-43. Methodist. Member, Delta Sigma Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Reid family of Georgia
  
  
• Dwight Laing Rogers (1886-1954) — also known as Dwight L. Rogers — of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla. Born near Reidsville, Tattnall County, Ga., August 17, 1886. Son of William Millard Rogers and Augusta (Laing) Rogers; married, November 15, 1916, to Florence Roberts; father of Paul Grant Rogers. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1930-38; U.S. Representative from Florida 6th District, 1945-54; died in office 1954; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1952. Methodist. Member, Kiwanis; Sphinx; Phi Delta Theta. Died December 1, 1954. Interment at Lauderdale Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Paul Grant Rogers (b. 1921) — also known as Paul G. Rogers — of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla. Born in Ocilla, Irwin County, Ga., June 4, 1921. Son of Dwight Laing Rogers. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1955-79 (6th District 1955-67, 9th District 1967-73, 11th District 1973-79). Methodist. Member, Kiwanis. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Roy Rowland, Jr. (b. 1926) — also known as J. Roy Rowland — of Dublin, Laurens County, Ga. Born in Wrightsville, Johnson County, Ga., February 3, 1926. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; physician; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1977-82; U.S. Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1983-95. Methodist. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. (1897-1971) — also known as Richard B. Russell, Jr. — of Winder, Barrow County, Ga. Born in Winder, Barrow County, Ga., November 2, 1897. Son of Richard Brevard Russell and Ina (Dillard) Russell (1868-1953); brother of Robert Lee Russell; uncle of Robert Lee Russell, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1921-31; Speaker of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1927-31; Governor of Georgia, 1931-33; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1933-71; died in office 1971; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Kiwanis; Odd Fellows; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died in Washington, D.C., January 21, 1971. Interment at Russell Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.
  • See also Russell family of Georgia
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  • Books about Richard B. Russell, Jr.: Gilbert C. Fite, Richard B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia
  
  
• Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) — also known as Robert L. F. Sikes — of Crestview, Okaloosa County, Fla. Born in Isabella, Worth County, Ga., June 3, 1906. Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes; married to Inez Tyner. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District 1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944. Methodist. Member, National Rifle Association; American Legion; Military Order of the World Wars; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Grotto; Elks; Kiwanis; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Alpha Gamma Rho; Alpha Zeta; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Delta Chi. Reprimanded by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts of interest. Died while suffering from Alzheimer's disease, September 28, 1994. Interment at Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles S. T. Strickland (1848-1921) — also known as Charlie S. T. Strickland — of Tattnall County, Ga. Born in 1848. Son of Henry Solomon Strickland. Methodist minister; member of