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Robert Samuel Hall (1879-1941) —
also known as Robert S. Hall —
of Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss.
Born in Williamsburg, Covington
County, Miss., March 10,
1879.
Son of Evans Hall and Effie (McDonald) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1906-08; Forrest
County Attorney, 1910-12; district attorney 12th District,
1912-18; circuit judge in Mississippi 12th District, 1918-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1929-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 10,
1941 (age 62 years, 92
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Miss.
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Bolling Hall Handy (b. 1891) —
also known as Bolling H. Handy —
of Bristol,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Spring City, Rhea
County, Tenn., February
26, 1891.
Son of Thomas R. Handy and Caroline S. (Hall) Handy.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1920; member, Virginia
State Industrial Commission, 1922-29; chairman, Mutual Insurance
Company of Richmond.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Civitan.
Burial
location unknown.
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James Marshall Hanger (1833-1912) —
also known as Marshall Hanger —
Born near Waynesboro, Augusta
County, Va., November
12, 1833.
Son of Peter Hanger (1795-1869) and Martha Elizabeth 'Patsy'
(Crawford) Hanger (1797-1864).
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1869-76; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1876; U.S. Consul in Bermuda, 1894-98.
Died, of intestinal
paralysis and gangrene,
in King's Daughters Hospital,
Staunton,
Va., August
26, 1912 (age 78 years, 288
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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William Milton Hargest (b. 1868) —
also known as William M. Hargest —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August 5,
1868.
Son of Thomas Sewell Hargest and Virginia (Deffenderfer) Hargest.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania
12th District, 1920-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1895
to Kingsley LeGalliene. |
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John Louis Hargis (1802-1886) —
also known as "Bally John" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.; Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Va., March 4,
1802.
Lawyer; Breathitt
County Court Clerk; removed from
office as Court Clerk, 1846, over unspecified
charges
against him; delegate to
Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1855-57.
Died in Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky., April 2,
1886 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment somewhere
in Morehead, Ky.
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Reginald Carl Harmon (1900-1992) —
also known as Reginald C. Harmon —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Illinois, February
5, 1900.
Son of Frank Harmon (1867-1936) and Mary (Persoon) Harmon
(1868-1945).
Lawyer; mayor of
Urbana, Ill., 1929-33; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; Major General and chief legal officer, U.S. Air Force.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, as the result of an automobile
accident, October
19, 1992 (age 92 years, 257
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) —
Born near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania
County, Va., 1765.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1790-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1795-1801 (2nd District 1795,
1st District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801);
general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1816; received 3 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 1816;
received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1820;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1819-20.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
14, 1825 (age about 59
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Albertis Sydney Harrison, Jr. (1907-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Harrison, Jr. —
of Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va.
Born near Alberta, Brunswick
County, Va., January
11, 1907.
Son of Albertis S. Harrison and Lizzie (Goodrich) Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; Brunswick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-48; director and general
counsel, Farmers and Merchants Bank;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1948-58; Virginia
state attorney general, 1958-62; Governor of
Virginia, 1962-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
23, 1995 (age 88 years, 12
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Va.
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Burr Powell Harrison (1904-1973) —
also known as Burr P. Harrison —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., July 2,
1904.
Son of Thomas
Walter Harrison and Nellie (Cover) Harrison.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-40; member of Virginia
state senate, 1940-42; circuit judge in Virginia 17th Circuit,
1942-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1946-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Kiwanis;
Ruritan.
Died in Winchester,
Va., December
29, 1973 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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George Luzerne Hart, Jr. (1905-1984) —
also known as George L. Hart, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., July 14,
1905.
Son of George Luzerne Hart and Lavela (Slicer) Hart.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1952,
1956;
District of
Columbia Republican Party chair, 1958; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1958-79; took senior
status 1979.
Died, in Washington University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1984 (age 78 years, 312
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Henry Hatcher (1875-1950) —
also known as John H. Hatcher —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Bland, Bland
County, Va., June 29,
1875.
Son of Wilson Cary Hatcher and Anne (Bulman) Hatcher.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Beckley, W.Va., 1903; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 10th
Judicial Circuit, 1921-24; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1924-40; defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died June 20,
1950 (age 74 years, 356
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Richard Hawes (1797-1877) —
of Kentucky.
Born near Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., February
6, 1797.
Son of Richard Hawes and Clara (Walker) Hawes.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1828; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1837-41; Confederate
provisional governor of Kentucky, 1862-65.
Died May 25,
1877 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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James Hay (1856-1931) —
of Madison, Madison
County, Va.
Born in Millwood, Clarke
County, Va., January
9, 1856.
Son of William Hay and Emily (Lewis) Hay.
Democrat. Lawyer; Madison
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1883-96; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1888;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1897-1916; resigned
1916; Judge of
U.S. Court of Claims, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died June 12,
1931 (age 75 years, 154
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Va.
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John Brooks Henderson (1826-1913) —
also known as John B. Henderson —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Danville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., November
16, 1826.
Son of James Henderson and Jane (Dawson) Henderson.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1848-50, 1856-58; Presidential
Elector for Missouri, 1856,
1860;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1862-69; Republican candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1884.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 12,
1913 (age 86 years, 147
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Richard Henderson (1735-1785) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., April 20,
1735.
Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1768-73;
member of North Carolina state legislature.
Anglican.
Pioneer and colonizer in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky;
organized what became known as the Transylvania Land Company, which
made treaties with the Cherokees, hired Daniel Boone as advance agent
to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap, and created Transylvania
Colony in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Died in Granville
County, N.C., January
30, 1785 (age 49 years, 285
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
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Patrick Henry (1736-1799) —
of Virginia.
Born in Studley, Hanover
County, Va., May 29,
1736.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of
Virginia, 1776; delegate to
Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; member of
Virginia
state senate, 1799.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1920.
Died near Brookneal, Campbell
County, Va., June 6,
1799 (age 63 years, 8
days).
Interment at Red
Hill Cemetery, Brookneal, Va.
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John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill (1879-1941) —
also known as John Philip Hill —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel
County, Md., May 2,
1879.
Son of Charles E. Hill and Kate Watts (Clayton) Hill.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1910-15; candidate for mayor
of Baltimore, Md., 1915; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1921-27; defeated,
1908, 1928, 1930, 1936; delegate to
Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Society
of Colonial Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 23,
1941 (age 62 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Patrick Jerome Hillings (1923-1994) —
also known as Patrick J. Hillings; Pat
Hillings —
of Arcadia, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Hobart Mills, Nevada
County, Calif., February
19, 1923.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California, 1951-59 (12th District 1951-53,
25th District 1953-59); delegate to Republican National Convention
from California, 1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for California
state attorney general, 1958; chair of
Los Angeles County Republican Party, 1960-61.
Died in Palm Desert, Riverside
County, Calif., July 20,
1994 (age 71 years, 151
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Benjamin H. Hiner (1867-1932) —
also known as Ben H. Hiner —
of Franklin, Pendleton
County, W.Va.
Born in Virginia, March 12,
1867.
Son of Harmon
Hiner.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1908 (2nd District), 1912
(at-large), 1918 (2nd District), 1928 (2nd District); chair of
Pendleton County Democratic Party, 1917, 1929; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1927-32; died in office 1932.
Died in 1932
(age about
65 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Adam Hocker (b. 1844) —
also known as William A. Hocker —
of Florida.
Born in Buckingham
County, Va., December
5, 1844.
Son of William Hocker and Susannah (Lewis) Hocker.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1877, 1891; State's Attorney, 5th
Circuit, 1877-86; delegate to
Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; circuit judge in
Florida, 1893-1901; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1903-15.
Burial
location unknown.
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Beverly Lacy Hodghead (1865-1928) —
also known as Beverly L. Hodghead —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Lexington, Rockbridge
County, Va., March 21,
1865.
Lawyer; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1909-11.
Presbyterian.
Died October
16, 1928 (age 63 years, 209
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Wickham Hoffman (1821-1900) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., April 2,
1821.
Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Minister to Denmark, 1883-85; U.S. Consul General in Copenhagen, 1883-85.
Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., May 21,
1900 (age 79 years, 49
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841-1935) —
also known as "The Great Dissenter" —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March 8,
1841.
Son of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894) and Amelia Lee (Jackson)
Holmes.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of
Massachusetts state supreme court, 1882-1902; chief
justice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1899-1902; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1902-32; retired 1932.
Unitarian.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1965.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Washington,
D.C., March 6,
1935 (age 93 years, 363
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives:
Married, June 17,
1872, to Fanny Bowditch Dixwell (1840-1929). |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
Biddle — Laurence
Curtis — Lewis
Einstein — Erland
F. Fish |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Judgepedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.: The
Common Law |
| | | Books about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.:
Gary J. Aichele, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, Jr. : Soldier, Scholar, Judge (out of
print) — G. Edward White, Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self —
Sheldon M. Novick, Honorable
Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes — Liva
Baker, The
Justice from Beacon Hill: The Life and Times of Oliver Wendell
Holmes — James Bishop Peabody, The
Holmes-Einstein Letters : Correspondence of Mr. Justice Holmes and
Lewis Einstein 1903-1935 |
| | | Critical books about Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Jr.: Albert W. Alschuler, Law
Without Values : The Life, Work, and Legacy of Justice
Holmes |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, September 1902 |
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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.
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; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke, in
a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Chester Craig Hosmer (1915-1982) —
also known as Craig Hosmer —
of Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Brea, Orange
County, Calif., May 6,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from California, 1953-74 (18th District 1953-63,
32nd District 1963-74); defeated, 1950; resigned 1974; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died of a heart
attack, aboard the cruise
ship Azure Seas, in the North
Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, en route to Mexico, October
11, 1982 (age 67 years, 158
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Clarence Roland Hotchkiss (1880-1952) —
also known as Clarence R. Hotchkiss —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in West Warren, Bradford
County, Pa., June 5,
1880.
Son of Charles Frederick Hotchkiss (1854-1914) and Melissa Ann
(Taylor) Hotchkiss (1857-1886).
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
real
estate broker; lawyer; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Oregon, 1916;
secretary
of Oregon Republican Party, 1920; Presidential Elector for
Oregon, 1920.
Congregationalist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; United
Spanish War Veterans; Military
Order of the World Wars; Reserve
Officers Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Theta Phi; Phi
Gamma Mu; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum.
Died in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., September
17, 1952 (age 72 years, 104
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John G. Hudson (b. 1906) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Fort Chiswell, Wythe
County, Va., May 11,
1906.
Son of Charles Layton Hudson and Dixie Belle (Smith-Leffew) Hudson.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1939-46.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles; Phi
Alpha Delta; Theta
Chi.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Son of Simon Hughes (1778-1858) and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes
(1780-1851).
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state legislature, 1838-39; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Robert Morton Hughes (1855-1940) —
also known as Robert M. Hughes —
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., September
10, 1855.
Son of Robert
William Hughes and Eliza (Johnston) Hughes.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1902, 1904.
The Robert M. Hughes Memorial Library at Old Dominion University,
Norfolk, Va., is named for
him.
Died January
15, 1940 (age 84 years, 127
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Robert William Hughes (1821-1901) —
of Virginia.
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., January
16, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1871-73; candidate
for Governor of
Virginia, 1873; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1874-98;
retired 1898.
In a duel
in 1869, he shot and wounded William
E. Cameron.
Died near Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., December
10, 1901 (age 80 years, 328
days).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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Henry T. Hunt (c.1879-1956) —
also known as "Boy Mayor" —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, about 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1907; mayor
of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912-13.
Died in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., February
29, 1956 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) —
also known as Robert M. T. Hunter —
of Virginia.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April 21,
1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-35; member of Virginia
state senate, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District
1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District
1845-47); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1839-41; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1860;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861-62; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to
Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Virginia
state treasurer, 1874-80.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; he was one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. His portrait appeared on Confederate
States $10
notes in 1861-64. Arrested
in 1865 and imprisoned
without trial by federal
forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866.
Died in Essex
County, Va., July 18,
1887 (age 78 years, 88
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Eppa Hunton (1822-1908) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1822.
Son of Eppa Hunton and Elizabeth Mary (Brett) Hunton.
Democrat. Lawyer; Prince
William County Commonwealth Attorney, 1849-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1873-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1888;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1891-95.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
11, 1908 (age 86 years, 17
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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