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• John Quincy Adams (b. 1900) — also known as John Q. Adams — of Harlingen, Cameron County, Tex. Born in Muskogee, Muskogee County, Okla., June 7, 1900. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1944 (alternate), 1948 (alternate), 1952, 1956. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Lions; Phi Delta Theta. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Bruce Reynolds Alger (b. 1918) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.; Carrollton, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., June 12, 1918. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1955-65; defeated, 1964. Protestant. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Frank Carruthers Allen (b. 1869) — also known as F. C. Allen — of Bonham, Fannin County, Tex. Born in Rockville, Parke County, Ind., July 30, 1869. Son of James Alexander Allen and Mary Jane (Ott) Allen; married to Mary Belle Atkinson. Republican. Dentist; postmaster; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912. Presbyterian. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Richard Allen (1830-1909) — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in slavery in Richmond, Va., June 10, 1830. Republican. Member of Texas state house of representatives 14th District, 1870; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1878; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1884. Black. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Houston, Harris County, Tex., May 16, 1909. Interment at City Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  
  
• James V. Allred (1899-1959) — of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex.; Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Bowie, Montague County, Tex., March 29, 1899. Son of Renne Allred and Mary (Hinson) Allred; married, June 20, 1927, to Jo Betsy Miller. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Texas state attorney general, 1931-35; Governor of Texas, 1935-39; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1939-42, 1949-59; died in office 1959; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1942. Disciples of Christ. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Optimist Club. Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex., September 24, 1959. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Tex.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Robert Bernerd Anderson (1910-1989) — also known as Robert B. Anderson — of Texas. Born in Burleson, Johnson County, Tex., June 4, 1910. Son of Robert Lee Anderson and Elizabeth Haskew "Lizzie" Anderson; married, April 10, 1935, to Ollie Mae Rawlins (died 1987). School teacher; lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1932; Received the Medal of Freedom in 1955; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Freemasons; Shriners; Phi Delta Phi. Pleaded guilty in 1987 to charges of evading taxes by illegally operating an offshore bank; sentenced to jail, house arrest, and probation; disbarred in 1988. Died, of complications from surgery on cancer of the esophagus, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 14, 1989. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Branch Tanner Archer (1790-1856) — Born in Fauquier County, Va., December 13, 1790. First cousin once removed of William Segar Archer. Physician; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1819-20; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Columbia, 1833; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of War, 1840-41. Member, Freemasons. Died in Brazoria, Brazoria County, Tex., September 22, 1856. Interment at Restwood Memorial Park, Clute, Tex. Archer County, Tex. is named for him.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  
  
• Connie Charles Armstong (b. 1925) — also known as Connie Armstong — of Plano, Collin County, Tex. Born in Longview, Gregg County, Tex., June 26, 1925. Son of Connie Clifton Armstong and Nora (Cornelius) Armstong; married 1950 to Harriet Jane Queener. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1972; candidate for Texas state house of representatives, 1976; chair of Collin County Republican Party, 1979-83. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 1983.
  
  
• George Sublett Atkinson (b. 1892) — also known as George S. Atkinson — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., November 17, 1892. Son of Harry W. Atkinson and Lizzie (Sublett) Atkinson. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1924; chair of Dallas County Republican Party, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1928, 1932. Methodist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Hawley Atwell (1869-1961) — also known as William H. Atwell — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Sparta, Monroe County, Wis., June 9, 1869. Son of Capt. Benjamin D. Atwell and De Emma (Greene) Atwell; married, December 7, 1892, to Susie Snyder. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1898-1913; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1920; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1923-54; took senior status 1954. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Redmen. Died December 22, 1961. Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836) — also known as Stephen F. Austin; "Father of Texas" — Born in Wythe County, Va., November 3, 1793. Son of Moses Austin and Maria (Brown) Austin. Member of Missouri territorial legislature, 1814-19; delegate to Texas Convention of 1832 from District of San Felipe de Austin, 1832; took petition to Mexico City for the establishment of Texas as a separate Mexican state, 1832; charged with attempting revolution, and imprisoned until 1835; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Austin, 1833; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Felipe de Austin, 1835; candidate for President of the Texas Republic, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1836; died in office 1836. Member, Freemasons. The city of Austin, Texas, is named for him. Died of pneumonia, in Brazoria County, Tex., December 27, 1836. Original interment at Peach Point Cemetery, Gulf Prairie, Tex.; reinterment in 1910 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Austin County, Tex. is named for him.
  • Books about Stephen F. Austin: Gregg Cantrell, Stephen F. Austin : Empresario of Texas
  
  
• Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., February 21, 1890. Son of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married, February 16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Charles H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund C. Shields, 1931; chair of Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; charged on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles F. Hemans, refused to testify. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Rotary; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• David Monroe Barnwell (1875-1935) — of Fresno, Fresno County, Calif. Born in Comanche County, Tex., October 20, 1875. Democrat. Fresno County Clerk, 1910-33; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. U.S. Comptroller of Customs, San Francisco, 1933. Died, of a heart attack, in Fresno, Fresno County, Calif., 1935. Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Calif.
  
  
• Robert Barr (1802-1839) — of Texas. Born in Ohio, 1802. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas Republic Postmaster General, 1836-39; died in office 1839. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Houston, Harris County, Tex., October 11, 1839. Interment at City Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  
  
• Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1874) — also known as Robert E. B. Baylor — Born in Lincoln County, Ky., May 10, 1793. Nephew of Jesse Bledsoe. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1819-20; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1824; U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1829-31; judge of Texas Republic, 1841-45; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; district judge in Texas, 1845-60. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. One of the founders, in 1845, of Baylor University, and of Baylor Female College (now the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor). Died in Gay Hill, Washington County, Tex., January 6, 1874. Original interment at Old Baylor University Campus, Independence, Tex.; reinterment in 1886 at University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Campus, Belton, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Lindley Garrison Beckworth, Sr. (1913-1984) — also known as Lindley Beckworth; Gary Beckworth — of Gilmer, Upshur County, Tex.; Gladewater, Gregg County, Tex. Born in South Bouie, Kaufman County, Tex., June 30, 1913. Son of Otis Jefferson Beckworth and Josie (Slaughter) Beckworth. Democrat. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1937-38; U.S. Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1939-53, 1957-67; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964; Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1967-68; member of Texas state senate, 1971-72. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in Tyler, Smith County, Tex., March 9, 1984. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Leonard Julius Benckenstein (b. 1894) — also known as L. J. Benckenstein — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex. Born in Wyoming, Hamilton County, Ohio, July 5, 1894. Son of Leonard Frederick Benckenstein and Genevieve (Peterson) Benckenstein; married, April 15, 1917, to Elaine Lock. Republican. Lawyer; member of Texas Republican State Executive Committee, 1928; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948; candidate for chief justice of Texas state supreme court, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Academy of Political and Social Science; American Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Freemasons; Alpha Chi Rho. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. (1921-2006) — also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen — of Houston, Harris County, Tex.; Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Mission, Hidalgo County, Tex., February 11, 1921. Son of Lloyd M. Bentsen, Sr. and Edna Ruth (Colbath) Bentsen; married, November 27, 1943, to Beryl Ann Longino; uncle of Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr.. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S. Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; president, Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance Company; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1980; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1988; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94. Baptist or Presbyterian. Danish ancestry. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Sigma Nu. Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke, in Houston, Harris County, Tex., May 23, 2006. Interment at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  • See also Bentsen family of Texas
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• James Ramsey Beverley (b. 1894) — also known as James R. Beverley — of San Juan, San Juan Municipio, Puerto Rico. Born in Amarillo, Potter County, Tex., June 15, 1894. Son of William Beverley and Clara (Hendricks) Beverley; married, June 20, 1925, to Mary Smith Jarmon. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Governor of Puerto Rico, 1929, 1932-33. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Eugene Black (1879-1975) — of Clarksville, Red River County, Tex. Born near Blossom, Lamar County, Tex., July 2, 1879. Son of Alexander Wesley Black and Talula Ann (Shackelford) Black; married, March 15, 1903, to Mamie Coleman. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas 1st District, 1915-29. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., May 22, 1975. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Myron Geer Blalock (1891-1950) — also known as Myron G. Blalock — of Marshall, Harrison County, Tex. Born in Harrison County, Tex., January 3, 1891. Democrat. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1913-18; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; state court judge in Texas, 1932; Texas Democratic state chair, 1937; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940, 1944, 1948; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons. Died in Marshall, Harrison County, Tex., December 28, 1950. Interment at Grange Hall Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
  
  
• Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957) — also known as Thomas L. Blanton — of Abilene, Taylor County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., October 25, 1872. Son of Thomas Lindsay Blanton ; brother of Annie Webb Blanton; married to May Louise Matthews. Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas 42nd District, 1908-16; U.S. Representative from Texas, 1917-29, 1930-37 (16th District 1917-19, 17th District 1919-29, 1930-37). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Died in Albany, Shackelford County, Tex., August 11, 1957. Interment at Albany Cemetery, Albany, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Louis Blaylock (1849-1932) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Sevier County, Ark., October 21, 1849. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1923-27. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died December 4, 1932. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
  
  
• William Preston Blocker (b. 1892) — also known as William P. Blocker — of Hondo, Medina County, Tex. Born in Hondo, Medina County, Tex., September 30, 1892. Son of Vincular Harwood Blocker and Daisy D. Blocker; married 1916 to Joy Ovada. Democrat. School teacher; salesman; U.S. Vice Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1923; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1926-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1932; Monterrey, 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1943. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Calvin Box (1871-1941) — also known as John C. Box — of Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Tex. Born near Crockett, Houston County, Tex., March 28, 1871. Son of John J. W. Box and Susan A. (Morris) Box; married, June 1, 1893, to Mina Hill. Democrat. County judge in Texas, 1898-1901; U.S. Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1919-31. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Tex., May 17, 1941. Interment at City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles A. Boyer (b. 1911) — of Manistee, Manistee County, Mich. Born in Texas, August 19, 1911. Republican. Insurance business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1955-62. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Jaycees; Rotary. Still living as of 1962.
  
  
• Searcy Bracewell (b. 1918) — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., January 19, 1918. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1947; member of Texas state senate, 1950. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis. Still living as of 1950.
  
  
• Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) — also known as Tom Bradley — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Calvert, Robertson County, Tex., December 29, 1917. Married, May 4, 1941, to Ethel Arnold. Democrat. Police officer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972; mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of California, 1982, 1986. Black. Member, Freemasons; Kappa Alpha Psi. Received the Spingarn Medal in 1984. Died, of a heart attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 29, 1998. Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Tom Bradley: J. Gregory Payne, Tom Bradley : The Impossible Dream : A Biography
  
  
• William Oscar Braecklein (1920-2001) — also known as William O. Braecklein; Bill Braecklein — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 20, 1920. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1966-72; member of Texas state senate 16th District, 1972-78. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Delta Theta. Died, of Alzheimer's disease, at Presbyterian Village North nursing home, Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 14, 2001. Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  
  
• Sam Gilbert Bratton (1888-1963) — also known as Sam G. Bratton — of Clovis, Curry County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Kosse, Limestone County, Tex., August 19, 1888. Son of C. G. Bratton and Emma Lee (Morris) Bratton; married, January 25, 1908, to Vivian Rogers. Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in New Mexico 5th District, 1919-22; justice of New Mexico state supreme court, 1923-24; resigned 1924; U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1925-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1932; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1933-61; took senior status 1961. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., September 22, 1963. Interment at Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. (b. 1934) — also known as Willie L. Brown, Jr. — of San Francisco, Calif. Born in Mineola, Wood County, Tex., March 20, 1934. Married 1958 to Blanche Vitero. Democrat. Lawyer; member of California state assembly, 1964-96; Speaker of the California State Assembly, 1981-95; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1972, 2000, 2004; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1997-; member of Democratic National Committee from California, 2004. Black. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by Willie L. Brown, Jr.: Basic Brown : My Life and Our Times (2007)
  • Books about Willie Brown: James Richardson, Willie Brown : A Biography
  
  
• Edward Burleson (1798-1851) — of Texas. Born in Buncombe County, N.C., December 15, 1798. Grandfather of Albert Sidney Burleson. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Mina, 1833; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Mina, 1835; general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Bastrop, Gonzales and Fayette, 1838-39; Vice President of the Texas Republic, 1841-44; candidate for President of the Texas Republic, 1844; member of Texas state senate, 1846-51; died in office 1851. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died of pneumonia, in Austin, Travis County, Tex., December 26, 1851. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Burleson County, Tex. is named for him.
  • See also Burleson family of Texas
  
  
• Omar Truman Burleson (1906-1991) — also known as Omar Burleson — of Anson, Jones County, Tex. Born in Anson, Jones County, Tex., March 19, 1906. Son of Joseph Burleson and Bettie (Couch) Burleson; married, April 21, 1929, to Ruth DeWeese. Democrat. Jones County Attorney, 1931-35; Jones County Judge, 1935-41; FBI special agent; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Texas 17th District, 1947-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964. Church of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Died in 1991. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Anson, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) — also known as David G. Burnet — of Texas. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., April 14, 1788. Grandson of William Burnet; nephew of Jacob Burnet. U.S. Consul in Galveston, 1832-35; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Liberty, 1833; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Liberty, 1835; President of the Texas Republic, 1836; Vice President of the Texas Republic, 1838-41; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1839, 1839-40. Member, Freemasons. Died December 5, 1870. Original interment and cenotaph at Lakeview Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment to unknown location. Burnet County, Tex. is named for him.
  • See also Burnet family of New Jersey
  
  
• William Evans Burney (1893-1969) — also known as William E. Burney — of Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colo.; Denver, Colo. Born in Hubbard, Hill County, Tex., September 11, 1893. Married, October 26, 1921, to Eunice L. Latamore. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S. Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1940-41; insurance executive. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis. Died January 29, 1969. Interment at Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Pope Caldwell (1875-1940) — also known as C. Pope Caldwell — of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens County, N.Y. Born near Bastrop, Bastrop County, Tex., June 18, 1875. Son of Charles G. Caldwell and Mary (Hill) Caldwell; married, July 20, 1907, to Frances Morrison. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912; U.S. Representative from New York 2nd District, 1915-21; candidate in primary for borough president of Queens, New York, 1925. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Sunnyside, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., July 31, 1940. Cremated; ashes scattered.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Donald Campbell (1830-1871) — of Texas. Born in Alabama, March 25, 1830. State court judge in Texas, 1868; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1868-69; member of Texas state senate, 1870; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1870-71; died in office 1871. Member, Freemasons. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., November 8, 1871. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  
  
• Vincent Waggoner Carr (1918-2004) — also known as Waggoner Carr — of Lubbock County, Tex. Born in Fairlie, Hunt County, Tex., October 1, 1918. Son of Vincent Carr and Ruth (Warlick) Carr; married, December 21, 1941, to Ernestine Story. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Lubbock County Attorney, 1948-50; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1951-61; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1957-61; Texas state attorney general, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1966; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1968. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Lions. Breakfasted with Pres. John F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on the morning of his assassination, November 22, 1963. Died, of cancer, in Austin, Travis County, Tex., February 25, 2004. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Barzillai J. Chambers (1817-1895) — of Cleburne, Johnson County, Tex. Born in Montgomery County, Ky., December 5, 1817. Son of Walker Chambers and Talitha Cumi (Mothershead) Chambers; married 1852 to Susan Wood; married 1854 to Emma Montgomery; married 1861 to Harriet A. Killough. Surveyor; lawyer; Greenback candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1880. Christian. Member, Freemasons. Died September 16, 1895. Interment at Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
  
  
• Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) — also known as Tom C. Clark — Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., September 23, 1899. Son of William H. Clark and Jennie (Falls) Clark; married, November 8, 1924, to Mary Jane Ramsey; father of Ramsey Clark. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Attorney General, 1945-49; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Eagles; Delta Tau Delta. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., June 13, 1977. Interment at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• James Collinsworth (1806-1838) — Born in Tennessee, 1806. U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1829-35; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Brazoria, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1836; Attorney General of the Texas Republic, 1836; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1836; justice of Texas Republic supreme court, 1837. Member, Freemasons. While a candidate for the presidency of the Texas Republic, jumped off a boat and drowned in Galveston Bay, 1838. Interment at Founders Memorial Park, Houston, Tex. Collingsworth County, Tex. is named for him.
  
  
• Thomas Terry Connally (1877-1963) — also known as Tom T. Connally — of Marlin, Falls County, Tex. Born near Hewitt, McLennan County, Tex., August 19, 1877. Son of Jones Connally and Mary E. (Terry) Connally; married, November 16, 1904, to Louise Clarkson (died 1935); married, April 25, 1942, to Lucile (Sanderson) Sheppard; step-grandfather of Connie Mack III; step-great-grandfather of Connie Mack IV. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1901-04; Falls County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S. Representative from Texas 11th District, 1917-29; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1920, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1929-53. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Died in Washington, D.C., October 28, 1963. Interment at Calvary Cemetery, Marlin, Tex.
  • See also Sheppard-Arnold-Mack-Bono family of Texas
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Gordon Cooke (1808-1847) — of Texas. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., March 26, 1808. Nephew by marriage of José Antonio Navarro. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1844-45; Texas Republic Secretary of War and Marine, 1845-46; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas, 1846; Adjutant General of Texas, 1846-47; died in office 1847. Member, Freemasons. Cooke Avenue in San Antonio is named for him. Died of tuberculosis, at Seguin, Guadalupe County, Tex., December 24, 1847. Original interment somewhere in Geronimo, Tex.; reinterment in 1937 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Cooke County, Tex. is named for him.
  • See also Navarro family of Texas
  
  
• David Crockett (1786-1836) — also known as Davey Crockett — of Tennessee. Born in Greene County, Tenn., August 17, 1786. Father of John Wesley Crockett. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1821; U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1827-31, 1833-35 (9th District 1827-31, 12th District 1833-35); served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence. Member, Freemasons. Killed while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., March 6, 1836. Cremated; ashes interred at San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex. Crockett counties in Tenn. and Tex. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books by David Crockett: A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee
  • Books about David Crockett: William C. Davis, Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis; Constance Rourke, Davy Crockett; Elaine Alphin, Davy Crockett (for young readers)
  
  
• Norris Wright Cuney (1846-1898) — also known as N. W. Cuney — of Galveston, Galveston County, Tex. Born near Hempstead, Waller County, Tex., May 12, 1846. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1872, 1876, 1880, 1884, 1888, 1892; secretary of Texas Republican Party, 1873; candidate for mayor of Galveston, Tex., 1875; candidate for Texas state house of representatives, 1876; candidate for Texas state senate, 1882; member of Republican National Committee from Texas, 1886; U.S. Collector of Customs for Galveston, Tex., 1889. Black. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., March 3, 1898. Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
  
  
• Edwin Dabney (1876-1938) — of Altus, Jackson County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Comanche County, Tex., February 3, 1876. Son of Edwin Thomas Dabney and Ninnie (Dickenson) Dabney; married 1904 to Emma Adams; married 1929 to Jewel Cooper. Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1906-08; member of Oklahoma state house of representatives, 1919-23; Oklahoma state attorney general, 1927-30. Member, Freemasons. Died May 16, 1938. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988) — also known as Price Daniel — of Liberty, Liberty County, Tex. Born in Dayton, Liberty County, Tex., October 10, 1910. Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel; married, June 28, 1940, to Jean Houston Baldwin (great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Houston); brother of William Partlow Daniel; father of Marion Price Daniel, Jr.. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1939-45; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1943-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940, 1948, 1964; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Texas state attorney general, 1947-53; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1953-57; Governor of Texas, 1957-63; justice of Texas state supreme court, 1971-; appointed 1971. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Rotary; Woodmen; Pi Kappa Delta; Sigma Delta Chi. Died August 25, 1988. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
  • See also Daniel-Houston family of Texas
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  • Books about Price Daniel: Dan Murph, Texas Giant: The Life of Price Daniel
  
  
• Nicholas Henry Darnell (1807-1885) — of Texas. Born April 20, 1807. Speaker of the Texas Republic House of Representatives; member of Texas Republic Senate, 1845. Member, Freemasons. Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., June 7, 1885. Interment at Pioneer Park Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
  
  
• James Keenan Davis (1790-1859) — Born in Richmond, Va., July 17, 1790. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; county judge in Alabama, 1823; general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1843-44; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1848; member of Texas state senate, 1851-53. Baptist. Member, Freemasons. Died February 10, 1859. Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery (White), Coldspring, Tex.
  
  
• Clayton A. Dills (b. 1908) — of Gardena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Rosston, Cooke County, Tex., April 2, 1908. Democrat. Member of California state assembly, 1942-62; Presidential Elector for California, 1948; defeated, 1952. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Lions. Musician. Still living as of 1967.
  
  
• John Allen Dixon, Jr. (b. 1920) — of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. Born in Orange, Orange County, Tex., April 8, 1920. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; district judge in Louisiana, 1957-68; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-71; justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1971-80. Member, Freemasons. Still living as of 1993.
  
  
• Kelsey Harris Douglass (d. 1840) — of Texas. Member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837-38. Member, Freemasons. Douglass, Texas is named for him. Died in 1840. Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Nacogdoches, Tex.
  
  
• George Clifton Edwards, Jr. (1914-1995) — also known as George Edwards — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., August 6, 1914. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; probate judge in Michigan, 1951-54; circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-56; appointed 1954; resigned 1956; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1956-62; appointed 1956; resigned 1962; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1963-. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Kappa Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 1995. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Ovie Clark Fisher (1903-1994) — also known as O. Clark Fisher — of San Angelo, Tom Green County, Tex. Born in Junction, Kimble County, Tex., November 22, 1903. Son of Jobe B. Fisher and Rhoda (Clark) Fisher; married, September 12, 1927, to Marian DeWalsh. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1935-37; U.S. Representative from Texas 21st District, 1943-75. Member, Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star; Acacia; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Died December 9, 1994. Interment at Junction Cemetery, Junction, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Winright Flanagan (1805-1887) — of Texas. Born in Albemarle County, Va., September 7, 1805. Son of Charles Flanagan and Elizabeth (Saunders) Flanagan. Lawyer; farmer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1851-52; member of Texas state senate, 1856-58; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1856; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866, 1868-69; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1869-70; resigned 1870; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1869-75. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died near Longview, Gregg County, Tex., September 19, 1887. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Rusk County, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edgar Franklin Foreman (b. 1933) — also known as Ed Foreman — of Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, N.M. Born in Portales, Roosevelt County, N.M., December 22, 1933. Republican. U.S. Representative from Texas 16th District, 1963-65; U.S. Representative from New Mexico 2nd District, 1969-71; defeated, 1970. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Vinc Frnka (1880-1958) — also known as Joseph V. Frnka; Joe V. Frnka — of Columbus, Colorado County, Tex. Born in Industry, Austin County, Tex., March 7, 1880. Son of Josef Frnka and Anna (Kynsak) Frnka. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944. Member, Freemasons; Lions. Died, in Columbus Hospital, Columbus, Colorado County, Tex., January 29, 1958. Interment at Odd Fellows Rest Cemetery, Columbus, Tex.
  
  
• Eugene Benjamin Germany (1892-1971) — also known as E. B. 'Gene' Germany — of Highland Park, Dallas County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Tex., September 18, 1892. Son of Arona Lea Germany. Democrat. School teacher and principal; geologist; oil producer; industrialist; founder of Preston State Bank, Dallas, Tex.; founder of Cozby-Germany Hospital, Grand Saline, Tex.; founder and president of Lone Star Steel Company; mayor of Highland Park, Tex., 1934-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940, 1944 (alternate); Texas Democratic state chair, 1944; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1944. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., July 12, 1971. Interment at Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Tex.
  
  
• John Alexander Greer (1802-1855) — of Texas. Born in Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn., July 18, 1802. Member of Texas Republic Senate from District of San Augustine, 1838-45; Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-46; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1847-51. Member, Freemasons. Died while campaigning for the governorship, July 4, 1855. Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1929 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Greer County, Okla. is named for him.
  
  
• George W. Guess (c.1829-1868) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in North Carolina. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1866-68. Member, Freemasons. Died of sunstroke, aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi River, at a wharf in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., July 18, 1868. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
  
  
• James Monroe Hale (1865-1906) — of Caldwell, Burleson County, Tex. Born in Gay Hill, Washington County, Tex., September 5, 1865. Son of James Calvin Hale and Eliza Rose Hale; married, December 28, 1888, to Sarah Parker Mundine (daughter of F. M. Mundine; niece of T. H. Mundine). Lawyer; member of Texas state senate 19th District, 1903-04. Member, Freemasons. Died in Seattle, King County, Wash., May 23, 1906. Interment at Masonic Cemetery, Caldwell, Tex.
  • See also Mundine family of Texas
  
  
• Joseph Weldon Hale (b. 1891) — also known as Joseph W. Hale — of Waco, McLennan County, Tex. Born in Jones County, Tex., May 29, 1891. Son of John Hale and Drue (Murray) Hale; married to Iva Childers. Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for insurance companies; secretary of Texas Democratic Party, 1921-25; mayor of Waco, Tex., 1935-37. Baptist. Member, Scottish Rite Masons; Freemasons; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) — of Texas. Born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., January 31, 1788. Uncle by marriage of James Knox Polk; brother of Bailey Hardeman. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of Texas Republic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died January 15, 1854. Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1937 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Hardeman County, Tenn. is named for him; Hardeman County, Tex. is named partly for him.
  • See also Polk-Ashe family of North Carolina
  
  
• Thomas J. Haynes (1824-1877) — of Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex. Born in Williamson County, Tenn., July 22, 1824. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Corsicana, Tex., 1872-75. Member, Freemasons. Died September 25, 1877. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
  
  
• Robert Alexander Hefner (b. 1874) — also known as Robert A. Hefner — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; Ardmore, Carter County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born near Lone Oak, Hunt County, Tex., February 7, 1874. Son of William Lafayette Hefner and Sallie Jane (Masters) Hefner; married, July 18, 1906, to Eva Johnson. Democrat. Lawyer; justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1927-36. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) — also known as Frank Horton — of Rochester, Monroe County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren County, Va. Born in Cuero, DeWitt County, Tex., December 12, 1919. Married to Marjorie Wilcox and Nancy Richmond. Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73, 34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93). Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died, following a stroke, in a hospital at Winchester, Va., August 30, 2004. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Samuel Houston (1793-1863) — also known as Sam Houston — Born near Lexington, Rockbridge County, Va., March 2, 1793. Great-great-grandfather of Jean Houston Baldwin (who married Marion Price Daniel); cousin of David Hubbard; father of Andrew Jackson Houston; great-great-great-grandfather of Marion Price Daniel, Jr.. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1823-27 (at-large 1823-25, 7th District 1825-27); Governor of Tennessee, 1827-29; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Nacogdoches, 1833; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of San Augustine, 1835; delegate to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from District of Refugio, 1836; signer, Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; President of the Texas Republic, 1836-38, 1841-44; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1838; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1846-59; Governor of Texas, 1859-61. Member, Freemasons. Died of pneumonia, in Huntsville, Walker County, Tex., July 26, 1863. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Tex.; statue erected 1925 at Herman Park, Houston, Tex. Houston counties in Minn., Tenn. and Tex. are named for him.
  • See also Daniel-Houston family of Texas
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  • Books about Sam Houston: James L. Haley, Sam Houston; Marquis James, The Raven : A Biography of Sam Houston; Randolph B. Campbell, Sam Houston and the American Southwest; Jean Fritz, Make Way for Sam Houston (for young readers)
  
  
• Covey M. Hughes — of Wharton, Wharton County, Tex. Married to Fannie Barbee Hughes. Republican. Sheriff; postmaster; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912. Member, Freemasons. Interment at Wharton City Cemetery, Wharton, Tex.
  
  
• William Lockhart Hunter (1809-1886) — of Texas. Born in Tinkling Spring, Augusta County, Va., June 5, 1809. Member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1839; member of Texas Republic Senate, 1843-44. Member, Freemasons. Died October 28, 1886. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  
  
• Thomas G. Hutt (1817-1892) — of Troy, Lincoln County, Mo. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., May 21, 1817. Democrat. Member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1870-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876; member of Missouri state senate, 1880. Member, Freemasons. Died in Cleburne, Johnson County, Tex., September 5, 1892. Interment at City Cemetery, Troy, Mo.
  
  
• John Ireland (1827-1896) — also known as "Oxcart John" — of Texas. Born near Millerstown, Grayson County, Ky., January 21, 1827. Mayor of Seguin, Tex., 1858; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; district judge in Texas, 1866-67; member of Texas state house of representatives; member of Texas state senate; justice of Texas state supreme court, 1875-76; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas, 1878; Governor of Texas, 1883-87. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died March 5, 1896. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Ellett Jackson (b. 1892) — also known as John E. Jackson — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Palestine, Anderson County, Tex., August 3, 1892. Married to Mary Louise Allen. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, 1928; Louisiana Republican state chair, 1929-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948; member of Republican National Committee from Louisiana, 1934-50. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Maynard Holbrook Jackson, Jr. (1938-2003) — also known as Maynard H. Jackson; "Buzzy" — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., March 23, 1938. Grandson of John Wesley Dobbs; son of Maynard Jackson, Sr. and Irene Dobbs Jackson; married, December 30, 1965, to Burnella Hayes 'Bunnie' Burke; married 1977 to Valerie Richardson. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor of Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1976, 1980, 2000; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992; member of Democratic National Committee from Georgia, 1993. Black. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Collapsed (heart attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport, and died soon after, at Virginia Medical Center, Arlington, Arlington County, Va., June 23, 2003. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• Charles J. Jenkins (b. 1897) — of Illinois. Born in Austin, Travis County, Tex., October 4, 1897. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1931. Black. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) — also known as Beauford Jester — of Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex. Born in Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex., January 12, 1893. Son of George Taylor Jester. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of Texas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1948. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Lions; Rotary; Kappa Sigma; Sigma Delta Chi. Jester Center at the University of Texas is named for him. Died aboard a Pullman railroad car near Houston, Harris County, Tex., July 11, 1949. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Cone Johnson (b. 1860) — of Tyler, Smith County, Tex. Born in Dawsonville, Dawson County, Ga., June 1, 1860. Democrat. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1886-88; member of Texas state senate, 1888-92; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912, 1920. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) — also known as Jed Johnson — of Anadarko, Caddo County, Okla. Born near Waxahachie, Ellis County, Tex., July 31, 1888. Father of Jed Joseph Johnson, Jr.. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Oklahoma state senate, 1920-27; U.S. Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal judge, 1947. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Woodmen. Died May 8, 1963. Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jerry K. Johnson (c.1934-2000) — of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Tex. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1989-96. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died April 19, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John T. Johnson (b. 1856) — of Lawton, Comanche County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Livingston, Overton County, Tenn., January 9, 1856. Democrat. County judge in Texas; district judge in Oklahoma, 1907-15; justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1919-25; chief justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-25. Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Anson Jones (1798-1858) — of Texas. Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Mass., January 20, 1798. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1841-44; President of the Texas Republic, 1844-45. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Took his own life, in Houston, Harris County, Tex., January 9, 1858. Interment at Glenwood Cemetery,