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Politician members in West Virginia

  Fleming Newman Alderson (1884-1964) — also known as Fleming N. Alderson — of Richwood, Nicholas County, W.Va. Born in Summersville, Nicholas County, W.Va., January 8, 1884. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Nicholas County, 1911-12; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1912; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1916; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for West Virginia state attorney general, 1924. Southern Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Delta Chi; Theta Nu Epsilon; Moose; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; American Legion; Rotary. Died in Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va., April 2, 1964 (age 80 years, 85 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Nicholas County, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Eugenia Adeline (Rader) Alderson and John Duffy Alderson (1854-1910); married, June 8, 1921, to Rebecca Mary Wigton; third cousin once removed of John Duffy Alderson (1896-1975).
  Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Carroll family of Maryland; Eisenhower-Nixon family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Wade Hampton Ballard III (1924-2006) — also known as Wade H. Ballard III; Jim Ballard — of Peterstown, Monroe County, W.Va. Born November 30, 1924. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1964; chair of Monroe County Republican Party, 1968; campaign manager for Gov. Arch A. Moore, 1968; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1969-70; candidate for West Virginia state senate 10th District, 1970. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Legion; Sons of the American Revolution; Rotary; Odd Fellows; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Died June 29, 2006 (age 81 years, 211 days). Interment at Peterstown Cemetery, Rich Creek, Va.
  Presumably named for: Wade Hampton
  Relatives: Son of Sherman Hart Ballard and Maudie Mae (Jessee) Ballard; married to Valeria J. Ballard; great-grandson of Lewis Ballard; second cousin thrice removed of St. Clair Ballard; third cousin once removed of Oscar Hampton Ballard and John Reginald Ballard.
  Political family: Ballard-Gadsden-Randolph family of West Virginia and South Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thornton Granville Berry Jr. (1904-1987) — also known as Thornton G. Berry, Jr. — of Welch, McDowell County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Sutton, Braxton County, W.Va., December 13, 1904. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 5th District, 1946; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 8th Judicial Circuit, 1952-58; judge of West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1959-76. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Shriners; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Sons of the Revolution. Died November 27, 1987 (age 82 years, 349 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thornton Granville Berry and Mamie Newton (Kawalska) Berry; married, June 5, 1934, to Rita Crockett Brewster.
  J. Scott Brown (b. 1911) — of New Cumberland, Hancock County, W.Va. Born in New Cumberland, Hancock County, W.Va., September 19, 1911. Republican. Insurance and real estate business; chair of Hancock County Republican Party, 1940-42; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Hancock County; elected 1942. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Moose; Phi Kappa Psi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Morrow Brown and Leora (Scott) Brown; married, June 15, 1937, to Margaret Virginia Wilson.
  John William Davis (1873-1955) — also known as John W. Davis — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., April 13, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); U.S. Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920; candidate for President of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1928, 1932. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., March 24, 1955 (age 81 years, 345 days). Interment at Locust Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John James Davis and Anna (Kennedy) Davis; married, June 20, 1899, to Julia Terrill McDonald; married, January 2, 1912, to Ellen G. Bassel; second cousin of Lee H. Vance and John Carl Vance; second cousin once removed of Cyrus Roberts Vance.
  Political family: Vance-Davis family of Clarksburg, West Virginia.
  Cross-reference: Thomas Burke
  Campaign slogan (1924): "Honesty at home, honor abroad."
  Epitaph: "Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace." (Psalm 37:37)
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr. (1912-1962) — also known as John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. — of Ravenswood, Jackson County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., December 30, 1912. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia, 1956; West Virginia Republican state chair, 1956-58; U.S. Senator from West Virginia, 1958; defeated, 1958; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1960. Episcopalian. Member, Jaycees; Lions; Elks; Sons of the American Revolution; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi Kappa Psi. Died of a heart attack in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., January 6, 1962 (age 49 years, 7 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Charles Edward Hodges (1892-1968) — also known as Charles E. Hodges — of Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va. Born in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., September 27, 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaperman; member of West Virginia state senate 11th District, 1931-38; President of the West Virginia State Senate, 1935-38. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., May 1, 1968 (age 75 years, 217 days). Interment somewhere in Charleston, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Edward Hodges and Mary Amelia (Hayes) Hodges; married, April 3, 1926, to Florence Kirkland Conant.
  Homer Adams Holt (1898-1975) — also known as Homer A. Holt — of Fayetteville, Fayette County, W.Va. Born in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, W.Va., March 1, 1898. Democrat. Lawyer; chair of Fayette County Democratic Party, 1929; West Virginia state attorney general, 1933-37; Governor of West Virginia, 1937-41. Presbyterian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., January 16, 1975 (age 76 years, 321 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Byrne Holt and Emma (McWhorter) Holt; married, March 22, 1924, to Isabel Wood; grandson of Homer A. Holt; distant cousin *** of Rush Dew Holt.
  Political family: Holt family of Weston, West Virginia.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Karl Byron Kyle (1897-1982) — also known as Karl B. Kyle — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., May 29, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of Harrison County Republican Party, 1926, 1942; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County; elected 1928; circuit judge in West Virginia for the 15th Judicial Circuit, 1952-75. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; American Legion; Phi Kappa Psi; Lions. Died March 6, 1982 (age 84 years, 281 days). Interment at Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Aquila T. Kyle and Mollie (Boyles) Kyle.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Offutt Lakin (1896-1974) — also known as James O. Lakin — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Terra Alta, Preston County, W.Va., April 4, 1896. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1929-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from West Virginia 6th District, 1932; city manager of Charleston, West Virginia, 1951; vice-chair of West Virginia Republican Party, 1952-53; West Virginia Republican state chair, 1954-56; postmaster at Charleston, W.Va., 1960-71 (acting, 1960). Methodist. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; American Legion; Elks; Moose. Died in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., November 29, 1974 (age 78 years, 239 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Sansome Lakin and Lura Olivia (Lakin) Lakin; married, December 21, 1921, to Marguerite Baker; first cousin four times removed of William Fisher Packer; second cousin five times removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; third cousin of Harrison Moore Lakin.
  Political family: Lee-Randolph family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (1845-1905) — of Maryland. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now W.Va.), February 21, 1845. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1873-75; defeated, 1874; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1880; Governor of Maryland, 1896-1900. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Cumberland, Allegany County, Md., January 8, 1905 (age 59 years, 322 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Lloyd Lowndes and Elizabeth (Moore) Lowndes; married to Elizabeth Tasker; father of William Bladen Lowndes (who married Hannah Parker Randall) and Elizabeth Lloyd Lowndes; first cousin of Henry Haymond.
  Political families: Haymond family of West Virginia; Lowndes-Gilmer family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
Frank J. Maxwell, Jr. Frank Jarvis Maxwell Jr. (b. 1921) — also known as Frank J. Maxwell, Jr. — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va., July 13, 1921. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1951-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1956, 1960, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Civitan; Jaycees; Phi Kappa Psi; American Legion. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Jarvis Maxwell and Clara (Gibson) Maxwell; married, July 13, 1957, to Susan (Harnish) Gales.
  Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951
George W. May George W. May (b. 1922) — of Fairmont, Marion County, W.Va. Born in Fairmont, Marion County, W.Va., September 18, 1922. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Marion County, 1951-52. Methodist. Member, Elks; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of G. A. May and Retta (Smith) May; married, June 30, 1944, to Joanne P. Jenkins.
  Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1951
F. Witcher McCullough Frank Witcher McCullough (b. 1889) — also known as F. Witcher McCullough — of Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va. Born in Huntington, Cabell County, W.Va., May 3, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1917; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Phi Kappa Psi. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frank F. McCullough and Alice V. (Witcher) McCullough; married, January 30, 1912, to Kathleen Guthrie.
  Image source: West Virginia Blue Book 1929
  John C. Morrison (b. 1901) — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., February 16, 1901. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state senate 8th District, 1943-46; delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1952. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Rotary; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Burial location unknown.
  Hunter Holmes Moss Jr. (1874-1916) — also known as Hunter H. Moss, Jr. — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., May 26, 1874. Republican. Circuit judge in West Virginia, 1904-12; U.S. Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1913-16; died in office 1916. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Died in 1916 (age about 42 years). Interment at Parkersburg Memorial Gardens, Parkersburg, W.Va.
  Relatives: Uncle of Moss Alexander; grandson of Jacob Beeson Blair.
  Political family: Blair-Alexander-Moss family of Parkersburg, West Virginia.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Joseph Allen Overton Jr. (b. 1921) — also known as J. Allen Overton, Jr. — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va.; Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., April 17, 1921. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Wood County, 1949-50; member, U.S. Tariff Commission, 1959-62; vice-president, American Mining Congress. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Phi Kappa Psi; Elks. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Allen Overton and Edith (Wharton) Overton; married, May 15, 1943, to Bette Crosswhite.
  Arch Wayne Riley (b. 1930) — also known as Arch W. Riley — of Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va. Born in Wheeling, Ohio County, W.Va., November 11, 1930. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state senate 1st District, 1959-62. Catholic. Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose; Jaycees; Phi Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi; American Bar Association. Still living as of 1962.
  Relatives: Son of Robert J. Riley and Ellen (Wilson) Riley; married, June 25, 1955, to Mary List Paull.
  Harry L. Snyder Jr. (1927-2006) — also known as Jack Snyder — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., November 12, 1927. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County; elected 1952. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Rotary. Died August 27, 2006 (age 78 years, 288 days). Burial location unknown.
  Robert Brand Stone (b. 1943) — also known as Robert B. Stone — of Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va. Born in Morgantown, Monongalia County, W.Va., December 18, 1943. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates; elected 1970, 1972; defeated, 1974 (27th District). Mormon. Member, Phi Kappa Psi; Jaycees. Still living as of 1974.
  Relatives: Son of Ward D. Stone and Dorothy (Brand) Stone; married, August 6, 1966, to Susanne Ponek.
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