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• Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) — also known as Aris T. Allen — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., December 27, 1910. Son of James Allen and Maryetta (Whitby) Allen. Republican. Physician; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1969-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1972. Black. Methodist. Member, American Medical Association; NAACP; American Legion; Alpha Phi Alpha. Died February 8, 1991. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Michael Allen Andrews (b. 1944) — also known as Michael A. Andrews; Mike Andrews — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., February 7, 1944. Son of Frank M. Andrews and Jonnie (Allen) Andrews; married 1971 to Ann Bowman. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas 25th District, 1983-95; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1994. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Gamma Delta. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Clinton S. Bailey (b. 1890) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 14, 1890. Son of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey; married to Alice Mae Nicholson. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of Texas Republican Party, 1923-24; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1924, 1926, 1930. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Phi Gamma Delta. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Merry Baker (b. 1937) — also known as Merry Smith — of San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. Born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., December 24, 1937. Daughter of Rudie Smith and Thelma Smith. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1972. Female. Methodist. Member, Common Cause; League of Women Voters. Still living as of 1973.
  
  
• Joe Linus Barton (b. 1949) — also known as Joe Barton — of Ennis, Ellis County, Tex. Born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., September 15, 1949. Business executive; U.S. Representative from Texas 6th District, 1985-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988; Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1993. Methodist. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• William Right Basden (1829-1908) — also known as Buck Basden — of near Rosston, Nevada County, Ark. Born near Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., May 12, 1829. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas state house of representatives, 1871. Methodist. Died near Sumner, Lamar County, Tex., April 9, 1908. Interment at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Near Rosston, Nevada County, Ark.
  
  
• Ebb Aaron Berry (b. 1879) — also known as E. A. Berry — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Madison County, Tex., September 22, 1879. Son of Watson A. Berry and Mary (McGee) Berry; married to Jessie Lindley. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1908; district judge in Texas 12th District, 1917-19; Texas Democratic state chair, 1924-25. Methodist. Member, Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jesse Francis Bingaman, Jr. (b. 1943) — also known as Jeff Bingaman — of Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, N.M. Born in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., October 3, 1943. Democrat. Lawyer; New Mexico state attorney general, 1979-83; U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1983-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 2000, 2004. Methodist. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., August 19, 1870. Daughter of Thomas Lindsay Blanton and Eugenia (Webb) Blanton; sister of Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957). Democrat. College professor; Texas superintendent of public instruction, 1919-23. Female. Methodist. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution; United Daughters of the Confederacy; Order of the Eastern Star; Maccabees; American Association of University Women; Delta Kappa Gamma; Kappa Delta Pi; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma Mu; Pi Lambda Theta. First woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas. Died October 2, 1945. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Jack Bascom Brooks (b. 1922) — also known as Jack B. Brooks — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex. Born in Crowley, Acadia Parish, La., December 18, 1922. Son of Edward Chachere Brooks and Grace (Pipes) Brooks. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1946-50; U.S. Representative from Texas, 1953-95 (2nd District 1953-67, 9th District 1967-95); defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sigma Delta Chi. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• 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
  
  
• John Wiley Bryant (b. 1947) — also known as John W. Bryant — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Lake Jackson, Brazoria County, Tex., February 22, 1947. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1974-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1976; U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1983-97; candidate in primary for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1996. Methodist. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Wiley Thomas Buchanan, Jr. (1914-1986) — also known as Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. — of Washington, D.C. Born in Myrtle Hill, Van Zandt County, Tex., January 4, 1914. Son of Wiley T. Buchanan and Lilla A. (Youngblood) Buchanan; married, April 12, 1940, to Ruth Elizabeth Hale (granddaughter of Herbert Henry Dow (1866-1930; founder, Dow Chemical); niece of Margaret Grace Dow Towsley; first cousin of Margaret Ann Riecker). Business executive; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1953-56; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1956; Austria, 1975-77; chief of protocol, U.S. Department of State, 1957-61. Methodist. Died, from Alzheimer's disease, in a nursing home, February 16, 1986. Burial location unknown.
  • See also Dow-Hale-Buchanan-Riecker family of Michigan
  • Books by Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr.: Red Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the Eisenhower Administration (1964)
  
  
• 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
  
  
• George Walker Bush (b. 1946) — also known as George W. Bush; "Dubya"; "Shrub"; "The Smirking Chimp"; "The Decider" — of Midland, Midland County, Tex.; Crawford, McLennan County, Tex. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., July 6, 1946. Grandson of Prescott Sheldon Bush; son of Barbara (Pierce) Bush and George Herbert Walker Bush; married, November 5, 1977, to Laura Welch; cousin of Elizabeth Walker Field; brother of John Ellis Bush. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988; Governor of Texas, 1995-2000; President of the United States, 2001-. Methodist. Member, Skull and Bones; Delta Kappa Epsilon. Still living as of 2008.
  • See also Bush family of Massachusetts
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by George W. Bush: A Charge to Keep (1999); George W. Bush on God and Country : The President Speaks Out About Faith, Principle, and Patriotism (2004); We Will Prevail: President George W. Bush on War, Terrorism and Freedom (2003)
  • Books about George W. Bush: J. H. Hatfield et al, Fortunate Son : George W. Bush and the Making of An American President; Roger Simon, Divided We Stand : How Al Gore Beat George Bush and Lost the Presidency; Frank Bruni, Ambling into History : The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush; Bryan Laberge, George W. Bush : In the Whirlwind; Lou Dubose et al, Boy Genius: Karl Rove, the Brains Behind the Remarkable Political Triumph of George W. Bush; Bill Sammon, Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry, and the Bush Haters; David Aikman, A Man of Faith: The Spiritual Journey of George W. Bush; Bob Woodward, Bush at War; Bob Woodward, Plan of Attack; Craig Unger, House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties; Stephen Mansfield, The Faith of George W. Bush; Ronald Kessler, A Matter of Character : Inside the White House of George W. Bush; Paul Kengor, God and George W. Bush : A Spiritual Life; Carolyn B. Thompson & James W. Ware, The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush: 10 Common Sense Lessons from the Commander-in-Chief; Donald F. Kettl, Team Bush : Leadership Lessons from the Bush White House; Sandra J. Kachurek, George W. Bush (for young readers); Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren, George W. Bush (for young readers)
  • Critical books about George W. Bush: Molly Ivins, Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush; David Corn, The Lies of George W. Bush : Mastering the Politics of Deception; Kevin Phillips, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush; John Dean, Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush; Kitty Kelly, The Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty; John W. Dean, Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush; Ron Suskind, The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill; Robert C. Byrd, Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency; Jack Huberman, The Bush - Haters Handbook: A Guide to the Most Appalling Presidency of the Past 100 Years; Ian Williams, Deserter : George Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past; Dan Piraro, The Three Little Pigs Buy the White House
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861-1940) — of Pittsburg, Camp County, Tex.; Terrell, Kaufman County, Tex. Born in Camilla, Mitchell County, Ga., December 16, 1861. Son of Thomas Jefferson Colquitt and Ann Elizabeth (Burkhalter) Colquitt; married, December 9, 1885, to Alice Murrell. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; oil business; member of Texas state senate 9th District, 1895-98; Governor of Texas, 1911-15; defeated, 1906; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1916. Methodist. Died March 8, 1940. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Larry Ed Combest (b. 1945) — also known as Larry Combest — of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Tex. Born in Memphis, Hall County, Tex., March 20, 1945. Republican. Farmer; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John Tower, 1971-78; U.S. Representative from Texas 19th District, 1985-2003; resigned 2003; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988. Methodist. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Still living as of 2003.
  • Cross-reference: Mac Thornberry
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917-1993) — also known as John B. Connally — of Texas. Born near Floresville, Wilson County, Tex., February 27, 1917. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Governor of Texas, 1963-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-72; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980. Methodist. Shot and wounded in Dallas, Tex., November 22, 1963, in the same volley of gunfire that killed President John F. Kennedy. Prosecuted for bribery conspiracy in connection with milk price supports; acquitted. Died of pulmonary fibrosis, in Methodist Hospital, Houston, Harris County, Tex., June 15, 1993. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Lloyd Alton Doggett II (b. 1946) — also known as Lloyd Doggett — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Austin, Travis County, Tex., October 6, 1946. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state senate, 1973-85; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1984; justice of Texas state supreme court, 1989-94; U.S. Representative from Texas 10th District, 1995-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000, 2004. Methodist. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Thomas Hinds Duggan (1834-1865) — of Texas. Born in Claiborne County, Miss., May 20, 1834. Member of Texas state senate, 1851-53, 1859-61 (23rd District 1851-53, 27th District 1859-61); defeated, 1853 (23rd District), 1861 (25th District). Methodist. Died, of chronic cystitis, in Guadalupe County, Tex., December 26, 1865. Interment at San Geronimo Cemetery, Seguin, Tex.
  
  
• Samuel Hitt Elbert (1833-1899) — of Plattsmouth, Cass County, Neb.; Denver, Colo. Born in Logan County, Ohio, April 3, 1833. Son-in-law of John Evans. Republican. Member of Nebraska territorial legislature, 1860; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1860; secretary of Colorado Territory, 1862-66; member of Colorado territorial legislature, 1869; Governor of Colorado Territory, 1873-74; justice of Colorado state supreme court, 1877-88; delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1884. Methodist. Died in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., November 27, 1899. Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Denver, Colo. Elbert County, Colo. is named for him.
  
  
• Charles M. Ferguson (c.1860-1906) — of Texas. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex. Brother of Henry Clay Ferguson. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1888, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904. Black. Methodist. Member, Odd Fellows. Involved in the Jaybird-Woodpecker War during the 1880s in Fort Bend County, Texas; forced to leave the county by the Jaybirds in 1888, but later won an out-of-court settlement against Jaybird leaders. Died, of complications of Bright's disease, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., July 21, 1906. Interment somewhere in Houston, Tex.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Mary Elizabeth Fox (b. 1912) — of Georgetown, Williamson County, Tex.; Granger, Williamson County, Tex. Born in Granger, Williamson County, Tex., June 2, 1912. Democrat. University professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1948. Female. Methodist. Member, Delta Delta Delta; Delta Kappa Gamma; Pi Gamma Mu. Still living as of 1950.
  
  
• Arona Lea Germany (1870-1958) — also known as Mammy Germany; Mrs. J. W. Germany — of Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Tex. Born in 1870. Mother of Eugene Benjamin Germany. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940. Female. Methodist. Died in Grand Saline, Van Zandt County, Tex., 1958. Interment at Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, 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.
  
  
• Ralph Moody Hall (b. 1923) — also known as Ralph M. Hall — of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Tex. Born in Fate, Rockwall County, Tex., May 3, 1923. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; business executive; county judge in Texas, 1950-62; member of Texas state senate, 1962-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964 (alternate), 2000; U.S. Representative from Texas 4th District, 1981-. Methodist. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Thomas D. Hamilton, Jr. (c.1930-1994) — also known as Tom Hamilton — of Chula Vista, San Diego County, Calif. Born in Pecos, Reeves County, Tex. Pharmacist; mayor of Chula Vista, Calif., 1970-74. Methodist. Died, of diabetes and strokes, at Sharp Medical Center, Chula Vista, San Diego County, Calif., March 26, 1994. Interment at Glen Abbey Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
  
  
• John Ray Harrison, Sr. (1930-2001) — of Pasadena, Harris County, Tex. Born in Abilene, Taylor County, Tex., August 2, 1930. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives; elected 1964; mayor of Pasadena, Tex., 1973-78, 1985-93; district judge in Texas, 1978-80. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Died, of complications following laminectomy surgery, December 22, 2001. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  
  
• Stephen John Hay (1864-1916) — also known as Stephen J. Hay — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Griffin, Spalding County, Ga., October 5, 1864. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1907-11. Methodist. Died February 29, 1916. Original interment at Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.; reinterment at Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  
  
• Tom Haywood (1939-2001) — of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., September 30, 1939. Republican. University professor; candidate for Texas state house of representatives 81st District, 1990; member of Texas state senate 30th District, 1995-2001; defeated, 1992; died in office 2001. Methodist. Suffered from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), similar to Parkinson's disease; died, of a heart attack, in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex., July 12, 2001. 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.
  
  
• Samuel Johnson (1804-1882) — of Blount County, Ala.; Tuscaloosa County, Ala.; Blanco County, Tex. Born in Knox County, Tenn., June 15, 1804. Grandfather of Leonidas Johnson Rountree. Methodist minister; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1832-33; member of Alabama state senate, 1834, 1836. Methodist. Died in Blanco County, Tex., December 17, 1882. Interment at Old Johnson Cemetery, Near Blanco, Blanco County, Tex.
  • See also Rountree family of Texas
  
  
• John Marvin Jones (1882-1976) — also known as Marvin Jones — of Amarillo, Potter County, Tex. Born near Valley View, Cooke County, Tex., February 26, 1882. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Texas, 1917-41 (13th District 1917-19, 18th District 1919-41); Judge of U.S. Court of Claims, 1940-43, 1945-64. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen. Died March 4, 1976. Interment at Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Benjamin Kendrick (1857-1933) — also known as John B. Kendrick — of Sheridan, Sheridan County, Wyo. Born near Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Tex., September 6, 1857. Son of John Harvey Kendrick and Anna (Maye) Kendrick; married, January 20, 1891, to Eula Wulfjen. Democrat. Rancher; member of Wyoming state senate, 1910; Governor of Wyoming, 1915-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1916, 1924; U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1917-33; died in office 1933. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died November 3, 1933. Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Dan Heflin Kuykendall (b. 1924) — also known as Dan H. Kuykendall — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Cherokee, San Saba County, Tex., July 9, 1924. Son of Tom G. Kuykendall and Sarah J. Kuykendall; married, July 6, 1951, to Jacqueline Meyer. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate for U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1964; U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1967-75 (9th District 1967-73, 8th District 1973-75); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1972. Methodist. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Fritz Garland Lanham (1880-1965) — also known as Fritz G. Lanham — of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex. Born in Weatherford, Parker County, Tex., January 3, 1880. Son of Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham and Sarah (Meng) Lanham; married, October 27, 1908, to Beulah Rowe. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Texas 12th District, 1919-47. Methodist. Died July 31, 1965. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Gregory H. Laughlin (b. 1942) — also known as Greg Laughlin — of West Columbia, Brazoria County, Tex. Born in Bay City, Matagorda County, Tex., January 21, 1942. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas 14th District, 1989-97; defeated, 1986 (Democratic), 1996 (Republican primary). Methodist. Member, American Legion; Rotary. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• George Herman Mahon (1900-1985) — also known as George H. Mahon — of Colorado City, Mitchell County, Tex.; Lubbock, Lubbock County, Tex. Born in Mahon, Claiborne Parish, La., September 22, 1900. Son of John Kirkpatrick Mahon and Lola Willis (Brown) Mahon; married, December 21, 1923, to Helen Stevenson. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas 19th District, 1935-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964. Methodist. Died in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Tex., November 19, 1985. Interment at Loraine City Cemetery, Loraine, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Earle Bradford Mayfield (1881-1964) — also known as Earle B. Mayfield — of Meridian, Bosque County, Tex. Born in Overton, Rusk County, Tex., April 12, 1881. Son of John Blythe Mayfield and Mary (DeGeurin) Mayfield; married, June 10, 1902, to Ora Lumpkin. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state senate, 1907-13; Texas railroad commissioner, 1913-22; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1923-29. Methodist. Member, Ku Klux Klan; Freemasons; Kappa Sigma. Died in Tyler, Smith County, Tex., June 23, 1964. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Francis Asbury Morris (1817-1881) — of Texas. Born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, September 3, 1817. Attorney General of the Texas Republic, 1841. Methodist. Died in St. Louis, Mo., September 24, 1881. Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
  
  
• William Polk Murchison (1908-1977) — also known as W. P. Murchison — of Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex. Born in Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex., June 5, 1908. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of Corsicana, Tex., 1969-71. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died in Navarro County, Tex., October 19, 1977. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Edmund Orgain (b. 1882) — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex. Born in Bastrop, Bastrop County, Tex., December 26, 1882. Son of Benjamin Darby Orgain and Drusilla (Johnson) Orgain; married, December 2, 1908, to May Bolinger. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1907; director, American National Bank, Gulf States Utilities Co., and Sabine Towing Co. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Solomon Porfirio Ortiz (b. 1938) — also known as Solomon P. Ortiz — of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex. Born in Robstown, Nueces County, Tex., June 3, 1938. Democrat. Insurance agent; sheriff; U.S. Representative from Texas 27th District, 1983-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000, 2004. Hispanic. Methodist. Member, Rotary. Still living as of 2004.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• Lucy Phelps Patterson (c.1932-2000) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Republican. Social worker; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 24th District, 1982. Female. Black. Methodist. First black woman ever elected to Dallas city council. Died, of pneumonia, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., June 15, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Edwin Bailey Peddy (1892-1951) — also known as George E. B. Peddy — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Tenaha, Shelby County, Tex., August 22, 1892. Son of W. H. Peddy and Laura Gertrude (Chambers) Peddy; married to Gertrude Erwin. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1922 (Independent), 1948 (Democratic primary). Methodist. Member, American Bar Association. Died June 13, 1951. Interment at Ramah Cemetery, Tenaha, Tex.
  
  
• James Richard Perry (b. 1950) — also known as Rick Perry — of Texas. Born in Paint Creek, Haskell County, Tex., March 4, 1950. Married 1982 to Anita Thigpen. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1985-90; Texas commissioner of agriculture, 1991-98; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1999-2000; Governor of Texas, 2001-. Methodist. Member, American Legion. Still living as of 2003.
  • See also: Internet Movie Database profile.
  
  
• James Jarrell Pickle (1913-2005) — also known as J. J. 'Jake' Pickle — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Roscoe, Nolan County, Tex., October 11, 1913. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; one of the founders of radio station KVET, in Austin, Texas; U.S. Representative from Texas 10th District, 1963-95. Methodist. Died June 18, 2005. Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert M. Rainey (b. 1882) — of Atoka, Atoka County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Sherman, Grayson County, Tex., September 29, 1882. Son of Jesse G. Rainey and Annie Elizabeth (Moore) Rainey; married, August 12, 1905, to Lillian Fryer. Lawyer; member of Oklahoma state house of representatives, 1907-08; district judge in Oklahoma, 1909-15; justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1917-20; chief justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1920-21. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Henninger Reagan (1818-1905) — also known as John H. Reagan — of Palestine, Anderson County, Tex. Born in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tenn., October 8, 1818. Democrat. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1847; district judge in Texas, 1852-57; U.S. Representative from Texas, 1857-61, 1875-87 (1st District 1857-61, 1875-83, 2nd District 1883-87); delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861; Confederate Postmaster General, 1861-65; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1887-91. Methodist. Arrested by Union troops in May 1865, along with Jefferson Davis, and imprisoned for several months. Died of pneumonia in Palestine, Anderson County, Tex., March 6, 1905. Interment at East Hill Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Shack Roberts (born c.1821) — of Marshall, Harrison County, Tex. Born in slavery in Arkansas. One of the founders, in 1873, of Wiley College, Marshall, Tex.; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1872. Black. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson (1820-1879) — of Salado, Bell County, Tex. Born in Giles County, Tenn., August 23, 1820. Son of Sterling Clack Robertson and Frances (King) Robertson; married, July 29, 1846, to Eliza Hamer (died 1852); married, November 8, 1852, to Mary Elizabeth Dickey. Democrat. Texas Republic Postmaster General, 1839; lawyer; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875. Methodist. Died in Salado, Bell County, Tex., October 8, 1879. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Bell County, Tex.
  
  
• Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) — of Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex. Born in Wheatville, Morris County, Tex., May 28, 1875. Son of John Levi Sheppard; grandfather of Richard Sheppard Arnold, Connie Mack III and Morris Sheppard Arnold; great-grandfather of Connie Mack IV. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st District 1903-13); U.S. Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Woodmen. Died April 9, 1941. Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
  • See also Sheppard-Arnold-Mack-Bono family of Texas
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• David McCann Sweeney (b. 1955) — also known as Mac Sweeney — of Ganado, Jackson County, Tex. Born in Wharton, Wharton County, Tex., September 15, 1955. Republican. U.S. Representative from Texas 14th District, 1985-89; defeated, 1988; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988. Methodist. Still living as of 1998.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Albert Thomas (1898-1966) — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Tex., April 12, 1898. Son of James Thomas and Lonnie (Langston) Thomas; married, October 21, 1922, to Lera Millard. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas 8th District, 1937-66; died in office 1966. Methodist. Died in Washington, D.C., February 15, 1966. Interment at Houston National Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Randal Tye Thomas (b. 1978) — also known as Tye Thomas; Skip Thomas — of Gun Barrel City, Henderson County, Tex.; The Colony, Denton County, Tex. Born in a hospital at Terrell, Kaufman County, Tex., August 23, 1978. Republican. Mayor, Gun Barrel City, Tex., 2000-2001, resigned 2001; Presidential Elector for Texas, 2000; youngest mayor in Texas; indicted for misdemeanor perjury, and arrested for public intoxication, 2001. Methodist. Still living as of 2003.
  
  
• Thaddeus Austin Thomson (1853-1927) — also known as Thaddeus A. Thomson — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Burleson County, Tex., January 17, 1853. Son of Thomas Coke Thomson and Mary Jane Thomson; married, June 14, 1883, to Annie Eloise Anderson. Democrat. Lawyer; planter; rancher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1913-16. Methodist. Member, Navy League. Died January 21, 1927. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Homer Thornberry (1909-1995) — also known as W. Homer Thornberry — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Austin, Travis County, Tex., January 9, 1909. Son of William Moore Thornberry and Mary Lillian (Jones) Thornberry; married, February 24, 1945, to Eloise Engle. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1937-40; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Texas 10th District, 1949-63; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956, 1960; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1963-65; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1965-78. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Kiwanis. Died December 12, 1995. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) — also known as John G. Tower — of Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., September 29, 1925. Son of Rev. Joe Z. Tower (1898-1970) and Beryl Tower (1898-1990); married 1952 to Lou Bullington (divorced 1976); married 1977 to Lila Burt Cummings (divorced 1987). Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university professor; candidate for Texas state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1980; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960. Methodist. Member, American Political Science Association; American Legion; Kiwanis; Kappa Sigma. Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing. Killed in the crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the runway of Glynco Airport, near Brunswick, Glynn County, Ga., April 5, 1991. Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  • Cross-reference: Larry Combest
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Henry Traylor (1839-1925) — also known as John H. Traylor — of Granbury, Hood County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.; Rockport, Aransas County, Tex. Born in Traylorsville (unknown county), Va., March 27, 1839. Son of Robert Bailey Traylor. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas state house of representatives; elected 1881; member of Texas state senate 30th District; elected 1883; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1898-1900. Methodist. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., March 19, 1925. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
  
  
• Horace Worth Vaughan (1867-1922) — also known as Horace W. Vaughan — of Texas. Born in Marion County, Tex., December 2, 1867. Democrat. Member of Texas state senate, 1911-13; U.S. Representative from Texas 1st District, 1913-15; U.S. Attorney for Hawaii, 1915-16; Judge of U.S. District Court, 1916-22. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, November 10, 1922. Interment at Oahu Cemetery, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Elmer Gifford Walker (b. 1898) — of Homewood, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Commerce, Hunt County, Tex., February 9, 1898. Son of Pink Walker and Mary C. (Starkey) Walker; married, May 19, 1920, to Gertrude Louise Lunn. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of Homewood, Ala., 1956-67. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Lions. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Claude Weaver (1867-1954) — of Oklahoma. Born in Gainesville, Cooke County, Tex., March 19, 1867. Son of W. T. G. Weaver. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Oklahoma at-large, 1913-15; defeated, 1919; district judge in Oklahoma, 1934. Methodist. Died May 20, 1954. Interment at Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Bill White (b. 1953) — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born July 15, 1953. Democrat. Lawyer; Texas Democratic state chair, 1995-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000; mayor of Houston, Tex., 2004-. Methodist. Still living as of 2005.
  
  
• Guinn Williams (1871-1948) — of Decatur, Wise County, Tex. Born near Beuela, Calhoun County, Miss., April 22, 1871. Democrat. Member of Texas state senate, 1920-22; U.S. Representative from Texas 13th District, 1922-33. Methodist. Member, Sons of Confederate Veterans; Freemasons. Died in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Tex., January 9, 1948. Interment at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Decatur, Tex.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Lee Williams (1868-1948) — also known as Robert L. Williams — of Durant, Bryan County, Okla. Born near Brundidge, Pike County, Ala., December 20, 1868. Democrat. Methodist minister; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indian Territory, 1900, 1904; member of Democratic National Committee from Indian Territory, 1904-07; delegate to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1907-14; Governor of Oklahoma, 1915-19; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-37; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1937-39. Methodist. Durant's public library is named for him. Died, of pneumonia, at Wilson N. Jones Hospital, Sherman, Grayson County, Tex., April 10, 1948. Interment at Highland Cemetery, Durant, Okla.
  
  
• Charles Wilson (b. 1933) — also known as Charlie Wilson — of Lufkin, Angelina County, Tex. Born in Trinity, Trinity County, Tex., June 1, 1933. Democrat. Lumber business; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1960-66; member of Texas state senate, 1966-72; U.S. Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1973-96; resigned 1996. Methodist. Still living as of 2002.
  • See also: congressional biography; votes in Congress from the Washington Post.
  
  
• James Charles Wilson (1818-1860) — of Texas. Born in Yorkshire, England, August 21, 1818. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1849-50; member of Texas state senate, 1851-53. Methodist. Volunteer on the Somervell Expedition in 1842; captured at Mier, Mexico, and held at Perote Prison until his escape in 1843; famed orator in support of Texas annexation to the U.S. and, later, secession to join the Confederacy. Died of tuberculosis, at Gonzales, Gonzales County, Tex., February 7, 1860. Original interment at Askey Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.; reinterment in 1936 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex. Wilson County, Tex. is named for him.
  
  
• James Hollins Woods (1858-1931) — of Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex. Born in Coffee County, Tenn., April 30, 1858. Brother of Baldwin H. Woods, Jr.. Lawyer; mayor of Corsicana, Tex., 1898-1900; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1911-19; member of Texas state senate, 1919-23. Methodist. Died in Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex., May 23, 1931. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Halbert O. Woodward (1918-2000) — also known as Hal Woodward — of Coleman, Coleman County, Tex. Born in Coleman, Coleman County, Tex., April 8, 1918. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1968-87; took senior status 1987. Methodist. Died in Brownwood, Brown County, Tex., October 3, 2000. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Monroe Woolsey (1819-1901) — also known as "Captain" — of Texas. Born in Georgia, September 3, 1819. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1887. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Sweet Home, Lavaca County, Tex., September 30, 1901. Interment somewhere in Yoakum, Tex.
  
  
• George Washington Wright (1809-1877) — of Texas. Born in Carthage, Smith County, Tenn., December 11, 1809. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1836-37, 1838-39; member of Texas Republic Senate, 1843-45; delegate to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Paris, Lamar County, Tex., August 2, 1877. Interment at City Cemetery, Paris, Tex.
  
  

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