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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Son of William Claiborne and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of
Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St. Louis Cemetery No.
1; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie Cemetery.
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Samuel Douglas McEnery (1837-1910) —
also known as Samuel D. McEnery —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La., May 28,
1837.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1879; Governor of
Louisiana, 1881-88; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1888-97; resigned 1897; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1897-1910; died in office 1910.
Died June 28,
1910 (age 73 years, 31
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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John Minor Wisdom (1905-1999) —
also known as Minor Wisdom —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 17,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1956;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1957-77; took
senior status 1977.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 15,
1999 (age 93 years, 363
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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John McEnery (1833-1891) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Virginia, 1833.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Louisiana, 1873.
Catholic.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 28,
1891 (age about 57
years).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Edward James Gay (1878-1952) —
also known as Edward J. Gay —
of Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La.
Born in Union Plantation, Iberville
Parish, La., May 5,
1878.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1920.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
1, 1952 (age 74 years, 210
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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William Wright Heard (1853-1926) —
also known as W. W. Heard —
of Louisiana.
Born April 28,
1853.
Democrat. Louisiana
state auditor, 1899; Governor of
Louisiana, 1900-04.
Died June 1,
1926 (age 73 years, 34
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Henry Clay Warmouth (1842-1931) —
also known as Henry C. Warmouth —
of Lawrence, Plaquemines
Parish, La.
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 9,
1842.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1868,
1888,
1896,
1900,
1908,
1912;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1868-72; U.S. Collector of Customs,
1888-92.
Episcopalian.
Impeached
as Governor in 1872 during election contest over successor.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
30, 1931 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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John Milliken Parker (1863-1939) —
also known as John M. Parker —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Washington, St. Landry
Parish, La., March 16,
1863.
Son of John Milliken Parker and Roberta (Buckner) Parker.
Democrat. Cotton
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1920;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1920-24.
Presbyterian.
Died May 20,
1939 (age 76 years, 65
days).
Entombed at Metairie Cemetery.
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Michael Hahn (1830-1886) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
November
24, 1830.
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1862-63, 1885-86 (at-large
1862-63, 2nd District 1885-86); died in office 1886; Governor of
Louisiana; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1872-76; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1875; district
judge in Louisiana 26th District, 1879-85.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 15,
1886 (age 55 years, 111
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Rufus Edward Foster (1871-1942) —
also known as Rufus E. Foster —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Mathews
County, Va., May 22,
1871.
Republican. U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1907-09; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1908;
U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1909; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1925.
Member, Order of the
Coif.
Died August
23, 1942 (age 71 years, 93
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1816-1896) —
also known as Benjamin F. Flanders —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Bristol, Grafton
County, N.H., January
26, 1816.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1862-63; Governor of
Louisiana; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1870-72; candidate for Louisiana
state treasurer, 1888.
Episcopalian.
Opposed secession in 1861, driven out of New Orleans, leaving his
family behind; returned in 1862 when the city is taken by Union
troops.
Died near Youngsville, Lafayette
Parish, La., March 13,
1896 (age 80 years, 47
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Walter Guion (1849-1927) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, April 3,
1849.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Louisiana; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1900-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1918.
Died February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 310
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Richard Webster Leche (1898-1965) —
also known as Richard W. Leche —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 17,
1898.
Son of Eustace Webster Leche and Stella Eloise (Richard) Leche.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
secretary to Gov. O. K.
Allen, 1932-34; Judge,
Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1934-36; Governor of
Louisiana, 1936-39; Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1937.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died February
22, 1965 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (1837-1921) —
also known as P. B. S. Pinchback —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
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.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
21, 1921 (age 84 years, 225
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Martin Behrman (1864-1926) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
14, 1864.
Son of Henry Behrman and Frederica Behrman.
Democrat. Delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898, 1921; Louisiana
state auditor, 1904-05; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1904-20, 1925-26; defeated, 1920; died in
office 1926; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912,
1916
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1924;
Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1925.
Died, of heart
disease, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
12, 1926 (age 61 years, 90
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Paul Herbert Maloney (1876-1967) —
also known as Paul H. Maloney —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
14, 1876.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1914-16; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1924,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1931-40, 1943-47; U.S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for Louisiana, 1941.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 26,
1967 (age 91 years, 40
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Robert Charles Davey (1853-1908) —
also known as Robert C. Davey —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
22, 1853.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1879, 1884, 1892; recorder's court judge in
Louisiana, 1880-88; candidate for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1888; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1888
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1893-95, 1897-1908;
died in office 1908.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
26, 1908 (age 55 years, 65
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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James O'Connor (1870-1941) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1870.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1919-31.
Died in 1941
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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T. Semmes Walmsley (1889-1942) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 10,
1889.
Lawyer;
mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1929-30, 1930-36; resigned 1936.
Died June 17,
1942 (age 53 years, 7
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Thomas Jenkins Semmes (1824-1899) —
also known as Thomas J. Semmes —
of Louisiana.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., December
16, 1824.
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1857-59; member
of Louisiana state legislature; Louisiana
state attorney general; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; Senator
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 23,
1899 (age 74 years, 189
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Adolph Meyer (1842-1908) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Mississippi, 1842.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1891-1908; died in
office 1908.
Jewish.
Died in 1908
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Alcée Louis La Branche (1806-1861) —
of Louisiana.
Born near New Orleans (unknown
parish), La., 1806.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1831; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to
Texas Republic, 1837-40; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1843-45.
Died August
17, 1861 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at Red
Church Cemetery, St. Charles Parish, La.; reinterment at Metairie
Cemetery.
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Louis Henry Burns (1878-1928) —
also known as Louis H. Burns —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 11,
1878.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1921-25; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925-28;
died in office 1928.
Died June 9,
1928 (age 50 years, 29
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Joseph A. Shakspeare (1837-1896) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born April 12,
1837.
Democrat. Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1880-82, 1888-92.
Died January
22, 1896 (age 58 years, 285
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Matthew Diamond Lagan (1829-1901) —
also known as Matthew D. Lagan —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Ireland,
June
20, 1829.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1887-89, 1891-93.
Died April 8,
1901 (age 71 years, 292
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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James Zacharie Spearing (1864-1942) —
also known as J. Zach Spearing —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Alto, Cherokee
County, Tex., April 23,
1864.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1924-31.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
2, 1942 (age 78 years, 193
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Joachim Octave Fernandez (1896-1978) —
also known as Joachim O. Fernandez —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
14, 1896.
Son of Octave Gonzales Fernandez and Mary (Benson) Fernandez.
Democrat. Delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1924-28; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1928-30; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1931-41; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American
Legion.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August 8,
1978 (age 81 years, 359
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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de Lesseps Story Morrison (1912-1964) —
also known as de Lesseps S. Morrison;
"Chep" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born January
18, 1912.
Democrat. Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1946-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1956,
1960
(alternate).
Killed in a plane
crash in Mexico,
May
22, 1964 (age 52 years, 125
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Epitaph: "The
hope of mankind lies in the hands of youth and
action." |
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dossier |
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Edward James Boyle, Sr. (1913-2002) —
also known as Edward J. Boyle —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Gretna, Jefferson
Parish, La., October
11, 1913.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1966-81;
took senior status 1981.
Died, in Memorial Medical
Center, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 24,
2002 (age 88 years, 286
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Emile LaSére (1802-1882) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Santo Domingo (now Dominican
Republic), 1802.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1846-51; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1860;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died August
14, 1882 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Charles Jacques Villeré (c.1828-1899) —
of Louisiana.
Born in St. Bernard
Parish, La., about 1828.
Delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1852; member of
Louisiana state legislature, 1854; Presidential Elector for
Louisiana, 1856;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1860; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Jefferson
Parish, La., January
7, 1899 (age about 71
years).
Entombed at Metairie Cemetery.
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Samuel Louis Gilmore (1859-1910) —
also known as Samuel L. Gilmore —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 30,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1909-10; died in
office 1910.
Died in Abita Springs, St. Tammany
Parish, La., July 18,
1910 (age 50 years, 353
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Robert Sidney Maestri (1889-1974) —
also known as Robert S. Maestri —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
11, 1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1936-46; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Catholic.
Died in 1974
(age about
84 years).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Theodore Stark Wilkinson (1847-1921) —
also known as Theodore S. Wilkinson —
of Plaquemines
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, 1847.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1887-91; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1916
(alternate).
Died in 1921
(age about
74 years).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Theodore Gaillard Hunt (1805-1893) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
23, 1805.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1853-55; state court
judge in Louisiana, 1859.
Died November
15, 1893 (age 88 years, 23
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Charles Francis Buck (1841-1918) —
also known as Charles F. Buck —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Durrheim, Baden, Germany,
November
5, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1895-97; candidate
for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1896, 1904.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
19, 1918 (age 76 years, 75
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Hamilton Dudley Coleman (1845-1926) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 12,
1845.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1889-91.
Died in Biloxi, Harrison
County, Miss., March 16,
1926 (age 80 years, 308
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Nathaniel Dick Wallace (1845-1894) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Tennessee, 1845.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1886-87.
Died in 1894
(age about
49 years).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) —
also known as Algernon S. Badger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1839.
Son of John Beighton Badger (1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague)
Badger (1816-1851).
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; superintendent, New
Orleans Metropolitan Police,
1870; postmaster;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1879.
Episcopalian.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1905 (age 65 years, 193
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Presumably named
for: Algernon
Sidney |
| | | Relatives: Son of John Beighton Badger
(1811-1904) and Sarah Payne (Sprague) Badger (1816-1851); married, April 30,
1872, to Elizabeth Florence Parmele (1856-1877); married, September
9, 1882, to Olivia Blanche Blineau (1860-1939). |
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Ernest Lee Jahncke (1877-1960) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
13, 1877.
Son of Frederick Jahncke and Margaret (Lee) Jahncke.
Republican. Engineer;
president, Jahncke Dry Docks,
New Orleans; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1932,
1936
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the Hoover Administration. Expelled
from the International Olympic Committee in July 1936 after taking a
strong
stand against the Nazi-organized Berlin Games.
Died November
16, 1960 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick Jahncke and Margaret (Lee) Jahncke; married to Cora Van
Voorhis Stanton (granddaughter of Edwin
McMasters Stanton). |
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Nicholas G. Carbajal (b. 1877) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
7, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1950.
Entombed in mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery.
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Louis William Oscar Janssen (c.1866-1948) —
also known as Louis W. O. Janssen; Willie
Janssen —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born about 1866.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1936.
Died May 20,
1948 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Joseph Aloysius O'Hara (1869-1948) —
also known as Joseph A. O'Hara —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
25, 1869.
Son of Joseph O'Hara and Annie G. O'Hara.
Democrat. Physician;
Orleans Parish Coroner, 1908-24 president, Louisiana state board of
health, 1928-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, at Hotel
Dieu, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
25, 1948 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Interment at Metairie Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph O'Hara and Annie G. O'Hara; married to Mary Theresa
Cosgrove; father of William
Joseph O'Hara. |
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Frederick Julius Heintz II (1884-1958) —
also known as Frederick J. Heintz II; Bud
Heintz —
of Covington, St. Tammany
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
14, 1884.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1913; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Covington, St. Tammany
Parish, La., April 12,
1958 (age 73 years, 149
days).
Entombed at Metairie Cemetery.
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Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) —
also known as Jefferson Davis —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, Miss.; Warren
County, Miss.
Born in a log
cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd
County), Ky., June 3,
1808.
Son of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;
candidate for Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for
Mississippi, 1844;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the
U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, 1851; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1853-57; President of
the Confederacy, 1861-65.
His portrait appeared on Confederate States 50
cent notes in 1861-64. Captured
by Union
forces in May 1865 and imprisoned
without trial for about two years.
Died of bronchitis
and malaria
in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186
days).
Original interment at Metairie Cemetery; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17,
1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (1814-1835; daughter of Zachary
Taylor); married, February
25, 1845, to Varina Howell (1826-1906; granddaughter of Richard
Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard
Brodhead); granduncle of Jefferson
Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas
Edmund Dewey). See Livingston-Seymour-Lee-Williams
family of New York. |
| | | Cross-reference: Jesse
D. Bright — John
H. Reagan — Horace
Greeley — Solomon
Cohen — George
W. Jones — Samuel
A. Roberts — William
T. Sutherlin — Victor
Vifquain — Charles
O'Conor |
| | | Jeff Davis
County, Ga., Jefferson Davis
Parish, La., Jefferson Davis
County, Miss. and Jeff Davis
County, Tex. are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: J.
Davis Brodhead
— Jefferson
D. Hostetter
— Jeff
Davis
— Jefferson
Davis Parris
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| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Jefferson Davis: The
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
(1881) |
| | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.
Cooper, Jr., Jefferson
Davis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis, Jefferson
Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir
by His Wife — William C. Davis, An
Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate
Government — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald
Kennedy, Was
Jefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson
Davis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &
Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson
Davis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen, Jefferson
Davis: Unconquerable Heart |
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| Politicians buried
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Pierre Auguste Charles Bourguignon Derbigny
(1769-1829) —
also known as Pierre A. C. B. Derbigny —
of Louisiana.
Born in France,
June
30, 1769.
Secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1820-28; Governor of
Louisiana, 1828-29; died in office 1829.
Catholic.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, after being thrown from
a horsedrawn
carriage, in Gretna, Jefferson
Parish, La., October
6, 1829 (age 60 years, 98
days).
Entombed at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
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Louis Alfred Wiltz (1843-1881) —
also known as Louis A. Wiltz —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
21, 1843.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1872-74; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1875; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana; elected 1876; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; Governor of
Louisiana, 1880-81; died in office 1881.
Died, of tuberculosis,
October
16, 1881 (age 38 years, 268
days).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
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Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883) —
also known as Tobias Guarneriius —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
7, 1805.
Newspaper
editor; college
professor; linguist;
as a young man, took part in several duels;
Louisiana
superintendent of public instruction, 1848-51; U.S. Minister to
Costa Rica, 1859-61; Nicaragua, 1859-61.
Greek
and Alabama
Indian ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
30, 1883 (age 77 years, 357
days).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
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Charles Joseph Dominique Bouligny (1773-1833) —
also known as Dominique Bouligny —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
22, 1773.
Member of Orleans
Territory House of Representatives, 1806; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1824-29.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 4,
1833 (age 59 years, 194
days).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
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Jean Etienne de Boré (1740-1820) —
also known as Etienne de Boré —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born December
27, 1740.
Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1803-04; appointed 1803; resigned 1804.
French
ancestry.
Died February
1, 1820 (age 79 years, 36
days).
Entombed at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
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Ernest N. Morial (1929-1989) —
also known as Dutch Morial —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born October
9, 1929.
Mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1978-86.
African
ancestry.
Died December
24, 1989 (age 60 years, 76
days).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
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Daniel Clark (c.1766-1813) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sligo, Ireland,
about 1766.
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Orleans Territory, 1806-09.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
16, 1813 (age about 47
years).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
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Bernard deMarigny (1785-1868) —
of Louisiana.
Born in 1785.
Member of Orleans
territorial legislature; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1812; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1822.
Died in 1868
(age about
83 years).
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
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Pearl Wight —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1908;
member of Republican
National Committee from Louisiana, 1908.
Interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Son of William Claiborne and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of
Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of
Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1; re-entombed in 1872
at Metairie Cemetery.
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Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Washington, Mason
County, Ky., February
2, 1803.
Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Killed
while leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh, Hardin
County, Tenn., April 6,
1862 (age 59 years, 63
days).
Original interment at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1; reinterment in 1867
at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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