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Cleveland Dear (1888-1950) —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Sugartown, Beauregard
Parish, La., August
22, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1933-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., December
30, 1950 (age 62 years, 130
days).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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George Shannon Long (1883-1958) —
also known as George S. Long —
of Pineville, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in a log
cabin, Tunica, Winn
Parish, La., September
11, 1883.
Democrat. Member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1920; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1948;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1953-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 22,
1958 (age 74 years, 192
days).
Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
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John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) —
also known as John H. Overton —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., September
17, 1875.
Son of Thomas Overton (1835-1913; judge) and Laura Elizabeth
(Waddell) Overton (1845-1937).
Democrat. Lawyer;
chief counsel defending Huey
Long during his 1929 impeachment trial; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Kappa Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 14,
1948 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Episcopal Cemetery.
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Thomas Overton Moore (1804-1876) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Sampson
County, N.C., April 10,
1804.
Democrat. Planter;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1848; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1856; Governor of
Louisiana, 1860-64; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861.
Presbyterian.
At the end of the Civil War, the military governor of Louisiana
ordered his arrest as
a Confederate
leader; he fled
to Mexico and settled in Havana, Cuba. Pardoned
by President Andrew
Johnson.
Died near Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 25,
1876 (age 72 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Episcopal Cemetery.
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Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) —
also known as Josiah S. Johnston —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
24, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Orleans
territorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,
1812; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833.
Killed by an explosion on
the steamboat
Lioness, on the Red River, in Louisiana, May 19,
1833 (age 48 years, 176
days).
Interment at Rapides Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Randolph Thornton (1846-1917) —
also known as John R. Thornton —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Iberville
Parish, La., August
25, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; state
court judge in Louisiana, 1878-80; delegate to
Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1910-15.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in 1917
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Rapides Cemetery.
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Henry Boyce (1797-1873) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1797.
Lawyer;
planter;
circuit judge in Louisiana, 1834-39; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1849; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1849-61;
resigned 1861; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1865.
Died in Boyce, Rapides
Parish, La., March 1,
1873 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Rapides Cemetery.
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Jesse Atherton Bynum (1797-1868) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., May 23,
1797.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1823-24, 1827-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1833-41.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., September
23, 1868 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Rapides Cemetery.
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Isaac Thomas (1784-1859) —
Born in Sevierville, Sevier
County, Tenn., November
4, 1784.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1815-17; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1823.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., February
2, 1859 (age 74 years, 90
days).
Interment at Rapides Cemetery.
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