Politicians who were born in Rapides Parish

• No city given: Newton C. Blanchard 1849
• Alexandria: Thomas M. Paschal 1845 Joseph E. Ransdell 1858 Chester J. Coco 1915 John Cooksey 1941
• Near Alexandria: James Madison Wells 1808 Wilson Riles 1917
• Cocodrie: William James Carnes 1819
• See also La. birthplaces not assigned to parishes.

Politicians who lived in Rapides Parish

• Alexandria:
  • Lived in Alexandria, 1800-1899: Henry A. Bullard - R. A. Hunter - James Jefferies - Josiah S. Johnston - Thomas Courtland Manning
  • Lived in Alexandria, 1900-1999: Cody Bailey - J. W. Beasley - H. Lamar Boese - Jeanne Boese - W. George Bowdon, Jr. - John H. Cade, Jr. - Douglas Cardwell - Carl B. Close - Sherman Cook - Roy Cookston - Samuel R. Cummins - Cleveland Dear - Octave Destorges - Crawford Hugh Downs - Camille F. Gravel, Jr. - J. Edward Hines - Guy E. Humphries, Jr. - Harold Husted - Hunter Jarreau - R. J. Jones - Marian Kurfiss - V. V. Lamkin - Swords R. Lee - Dorothy Lewis - Gillis W. Long - Roy O. Martin - Walter M. Murrell - John H. Overton - Nathaniel Perry - A. Morris Peters - W. C. Porter - S. H. Ralph - Mrs. W. L. Schley - Richard Schmidt - John R. Thornton - Charles Trent - Samuel Weil - T. O. Wells - F. M. Welsh
  • Lived in Alexandria, 2000-2008: Myron Lawson - Mary L. Wardsworth
• Forest Hill: Clyde C. Holloway
• Pineville: T. C. Brister - Lawrence T. Fuglaar - Walter Hetherwick - Richard Earl Lee - George S. Long
• See also La. areas not assigned to parishes.

Politicians who died in Rapides Parish

• Alexandria: Isaac Thomas 1859 Jesse Atherton Bynum 1868 Cleveland Dear 1950 Earl Long 1960 Camille F. Gravel, Jr. 2005
• Near Alexandria: Thomas Overton Moore 1876
• Boyce: Henry Boyce 1873
• Lecompte: James Madison Wells 1899
• See also La. deathplaces not assigned to parishes.

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Rapides Parish

• Unknown location
• Private or family graveyards
• Alexandria McNutt Hill Cemetery
• Pineville Alexandria National Cemetery
• Pineville Center Square
• Pineville Greenwood Memorial Park
• Pineville Mt. Olivet Episcopal Cemetery
• Pineville Rapides Cemetery

Politicians buried here:

• James Madison Wells (1808-1899) — of Louisiana. Born near Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La., January 8, 1808. Governor of Louisiana. Catholic. Died in Lecompte, Rapides Parish, La., February 28, 1899. Interment somewhere.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

Politicians formerly buried here:

• Joseph Marshall Walker (1784-1856) — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., July 1, 1784. Member of Louisiana state house of representatives; member of Louisiana state senate; Louisiana state treasurer; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of Louisiana, 1850-53. Died January 21, 1856. Original interment at at a private or family graveyard; reinterment at Center Square, Pineville, La.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• Walter Hampden Overton (1788-1845) — of Louisiana. Born in Virginia, 1788. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1829-31. Died in 1845. Interment at McNutt Hill Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Gillis William Long (1923-1985) — also known as Gillis W. Long — of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La. Born in Winnfield, Winn Parish, La., May 4, 1923. Cousin of George Shannon Long, Huey Pierce Long, Russell Billiu Long and Speedy Oteria Long; son of Floyd H. Long and Birdie (Shumake) Long; married, June 21, 1947, to Mary Catherine Small. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1963-65, 1973-85; died in office 1985; candidate for Governor of Louisiana, 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1964. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa. Died in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1985. Interment at Alexandria National Cemetery.
  • See also Long family of Louisiana
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• Joseph Marshall Walker (1784-1856) — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., July 1, 1784. Member of Louisiana state house of representatives; member of Louisiana state senate; Louisiana state treasurer; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of Louisiana, 1850-53. Died January 21, 1856. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Rapides Parish, La.; reinterment at Center Square.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• 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. Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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. Brother of Huey Pierce Long (who married Rose McConnell) and Earl Kemp Long (who married Blanche B. Revere); uncle of Russell Billiu Long; cousin of Gillis William Long and Speedy Oteria Long. 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. Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park.
  • See also Long family of Louisiana
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  

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Politicians buried here:

• 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) and Laura Elizabeth (Waddill) Overton (1845-1937); married 1905 to Ada Ruth Dismukes; uncle of Thomas Overton Brooks. 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, American Bar Association; Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Nu. Died, in Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., May 14, 1948. Interment at Mt. Olivet Episcopal Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• 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. 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. Interment at Mt. Olivet Episcopal Cemetery.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  

Politicians buried here:

• 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. Half-brother of Albert Sidney Johnston. 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. Interment at Rapides Cemetery; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Rapides Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Rapides Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• 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. Interment at Rapides Cemetery.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  

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