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Allen Allensworth (d. 1914) —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1884.
African ancestry.
Died in 1914.
Interment at Angelus-Rosedale
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Charles W. Anderson, Jr. (1907-1960) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 26,
1907.
Republican. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 58th District, 1936-47; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1940.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
First
African-American to be elected to a Southern state legislature in the
20th century.
Killed in a car-train
accident, in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., June 14,
1960 (age 53 years, 19
days).
Interment at Eastern
Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Thomas Beck (born c.1819) —
of Navasota, Grimes
County, Tex.
Born in Kentucky, about 1819.
Farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1875, 1879-81.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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Theodore Moody Berry (1905-2000) —
also known as Theodore M. Berry; Ted Berry —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., November
5, 1905.
Son of Daniel Berry and Cora (Parks) Berry.
Democrat. Lawyer;
associate general counsel, Dunbar Life
Insurance Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Ohio, 1972;
mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1972-75.
Methodist.
African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
NAACP;
Urban
League; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Sigma Pi
Phi.
First
black mayor of Cincinnati.
Died October
15, 2000 (age 94 years, 345
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Al Brown —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1988.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 1988.
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George Washington Buckner (1855-1943) —
also known as George W. Buckner —
Born in slavery
near Greensburg, Green
County, Ky., December
1, 1855.
U.S. Minister to Liberia, 1913-15; U.S. Consul General in Monrovia, 1914.
African ancestry.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., February
17, 1943 (age 87 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.
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Julia May Carson (1938-2007) —
also known as Julia Carson; Julia May
Porter —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 8,
1938.
Democrat. Staff assistant for U.S. Rep. Andrew
Jacobs, Jr., 1965-72; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1972-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1972,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1976-90; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1997-2007 (10th District 1997-2003,
7th District 2003-07); died in office 2007.
Female.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, United
Auto Workers.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., December
15, 2007 (age 69 years, 160
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
Son of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter.
College
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive
secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor of
Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP; American
Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to Edna
Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson (died 1972). |
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S. H. George —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1928.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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David S. Holmes, Jr. (1914-1994) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Covington, Kenton
County, Ky., August
11, 1914.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1959-74 (Wayne County 11th
District 1959-64, 10th District 1965-72, 21st District 1973-74);
defeated in primary, 1954, 1958; resigned 1974; member of Michigan
state senate 4th District, 1974-94; died in office 1994;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 13th District, 1980.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Phi Alpha; NAACP.
Died May 21,
1994 (age 79 years, 283
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Wesley Jones (1904-c.1957) —
also known as Charles W. Jones —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., February
14, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate in primary for Michigan
state senate 3rd District, 1932; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952;
candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1952.
Methodist.
African ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., about 1957 (age about 53
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Harry S. McAlpin (b. 1906) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., July 21,
1906.
Son of Harry S. McAlpin, Sr. and Louise (Scott) McAlpin.
Democrat. Newspaper
correspondent; in 1944, was the first
African-American reporter to attend a White House news conference; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1956.
Congregationalist.
African ancestry. Member, NAACP; Alpha
Phi Alpha; Freemasons;
Elks.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1929
to Alice Stokes. |
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Gerald A. Neal (b. 1945) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born September
22, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate 33rd District, 1989-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 2004,
2008.
Baptist.
African ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; Urban
League.
Still living as of 2008.
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John P. Smith —
of Kentucky.
Republican. Speaker, Republican National Convention, 1896.
African ancestry.
Burial
location unknown.
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David W. Tandy —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate in primary for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 2010.
African ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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William J. Weston —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Republican. Physician;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,
1932.
African ancestry.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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