The Political Graveyard: East Baton Rouge Parish, La.

East Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana

East Baton Rouge Parish information:

Population: 412,852 (2000); 380,105 (1990)
Land area 456 square miles.
Parish seat: Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish official web site.
Capital Impact: East Baton Rouge Parish -- officials, addresses, and political, economic, education data
Fedstats/Mapstats: East Baton Rouge Parish -- data on agriculture, population, immigration, business, crime, environment
East Baton Rouge Parish LAGenWeb page -- genealogical, historical information and queries
(if this link doesn't work, find the new one through the USGenWeb national site).
East Baton Rouge Parish page at Interment.Net (Cemetery Records Online).

Neighboring areas:

North: East Feliciana Parish
Northeast: St. Helena Parish
Southeast: Livingston Parish; Ascension Parish
Southwest: Iberville Parish; West Baton Rouge Parish
Northwest: West Feliciana Parish

The Political Graveyard:

Politicians who were born in East Baton Rouge Parish
Politicians who lived in East Baton Rouge Parish
Politicians who died in East Baton Rouge Parish
Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in East Baton Rouge Parish

Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to parishes is subject to error. The intent is to locate places according to current parish names and boundaries. If you don't find what you're looking for, check other nearby parishes, the unassigned page, or the Gazetteer. Any corrections to parish locations would be greatly appreciated. See contact information on the Main Page.

Unknown Location
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Politicians buried here:

Henry Hosford Gurley (1788-1833) — also known as Henry H. Gurley — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Lebanon, New London County, Conn., May 20, 1788. Brother of John Ward Gurley. U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1823-31; district judge in Louisiana, 1831-33. Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., March 16, 1833. Interment somewhere.
- See also: congressional biography.

Greenoaks Memorial Park
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Politicians buried here:

Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion (1914-2001) — also known as Jack P. F. Gremillion — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension Parish, La., June 15, 1914. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Louisiana state attorney general, 1956-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1960. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Elks; Knights of Columbus; Lions. While opposing New Orleans school desegregation in federal court in 1960, walked out of the courtroom, calling the court a "den of iniquity"; convicted of contempt of court; sentence was suspended. Indicted in 1969 for fraud and conspiracy over his dealings with the bankrupt Louisiana Loan and Thrift Corp.; tried in 1971 and acquitted. Convicted later that year on federal perjury charges in a related case; sentenced to three years in prison; served 15 months. Pardoned in 1976 by Gov. Edwin Edwards. Died in Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., March 2, 2001. Interment at Greenoaks Memorial Park.

Magnolia Cemetery
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Listed in National Register of Historic Places, 1985
Location maps, from U.S. Census Tiger Map Server:

Politicians buried here:

Thomas Sambola Jones (1859-1933) — also known as T. Sambola Jones — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Jackson, East Feliciana Parish, La., October 5, 1859. State court judge in Louisiana, 1902-12; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1912-18, 1924-28; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1918-21. Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., May 15, 1933. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
Edward White Robertson (1823-1887) — also known as Edward W. Robertson — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Tennessee, 1823. Father of Samuel Matthews Robertson. Democrat. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1877-83, 1887; died in office 1887. Died in 1887. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
Samuel Matthews Robertson (1852-1911) — also known as Samuel M. Robertson — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Louisiana, 1852. Son of Edward White Robertson. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1887-1907. Died in 1911. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
William Brainerd Spencer (1835-1882) — of Louisiana. Born in Catahoula Parish, La., February 5, 1835. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1876-77; justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1877-80. Died in Jalapa, Veracruz, February 12, 1882. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.
James Essex Elam (1829-1873) — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., December 7, 1829. Son of James M. Elam. Mayor of Baton Rouge, La., 1858-62, 1865-69. Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., July 31, 1873. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
James M. Elam (1796-1856) — also known as "Old Tripoli" — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Nottoway County, Va., January 30, 1796. Father of James Essex Elam. Whig. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; candidate for U.S. Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1843. Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., November 7, 1856. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Nebraska, August 20, 1898. Great-great-great-grandson of Richard Howell; son of Howell Morgan and Thisba Ann (Hutson) Morgan; married to Margaret Geddes. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader of a group of state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P. Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil Company; dean, Tulane University Law School, 1963-68. Member, American Legion. He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old Louisiana state capitol. Died in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., June 14, 1999. Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
- See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family

Other politicians who have monuments here:

Thomas Withers Chinn (1791-1852) — of Louisiana. Born in Kentucky, November 20, 1791. Cousin of Robert Enoch Withers. U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1839-41. Died May 22, 1852. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.; reinterment at Live Oaks Plantation Cemetery, Iberville Parish, La.; cenotaph at Magnolia Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

National Cemetery
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Politicians buried here:

Philemon Thomas (1763-1847) — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Virginia, February 2, 1763. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1796; member of Louisiana state legislature; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1831-35. Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., November 18, 1847. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1886 at National Cemetery.
- See also: congressional biography.

Old State Capitol
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Politicians buried here:

Henry Watkins Allen (1820-1866) — Born in Prince Edward County, Va., April 29, 1820. Son of Dr. Thomas Allen and Ann (Watkins) Allen; married to Salome Crane. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1853; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of Louisiana, 1864-65. Presbyterian. Died in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito Federal, April 22, 1866. Interment at Old State Capitol. Allen Parish, La. is named for him.
- See also: National Governors Association biography.

Roselawn Memorial Park
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Politicians buried here:

Henry Luse Fuqua (1865-1926) — also known as Henry L. Fuqua — of Louisiana. Born November 8, 1865. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1924; Governor of Louisiana, 1924-26; died in office 1926. Died October 11, 1926. Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
- See also: National Governors Association biography.
George Kent Favrot (1868-1934) — also known as George K. Favrot — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., November 26, 1868. Democrat. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1907-09, 1921-25. Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., December 26, 1934. Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
- See also: congressional biography.
Jared Young Sanders, Jr. (1892-1960) — also known as Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. — of Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La. Born in Louisiana, April 20, 1892. Son of Jared Young Sanders. Democrat. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1934-37, 1941-43; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940, 1944. Member, Freemasons. Died November 29, 1960. Interment at Roselawn Memorial Park.
- See also Foster-Sanders family of Louisiana
- See also: congressional biography.

State Capitol Grounds
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Politicians buried here:

Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) — also known as Huey P. Long; "The Kingfish" — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born near Winnfield, Winn Parish, La., August 30, 1893. Son of Huey Pierce Long and Caledonia (Tison) Long; brother of George Shannon Long and Earl Kemp Long (who married Blanche B. Revere); married, April 12, 1913, to Rose McConnell; father of Russell Billiu Long; cousin of Gillis William Long and Speedy Oteria Long. Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935. Baptist. Member, Elks. Impeached by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate. Shot, apparently by Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the scene), in the Louisiana State Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, La., September 10, 1935. Interment at State Capitol Grounds.
- Cross-reference: Cecil Morgan; John H. Overton
- See also Long family of Louisiana
- See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
- Books by Huey P. Long: Every Man a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long
- Books about Huey P. Long: T. Harry Williams, Huey Long; David R. Collins, Huey P. Long : Talker and Doer (for young readers)

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