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James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921) —
also known as Champ Clark; "The Lion of
Democracy" —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, Ky., March 7,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-89; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Pike County, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1893-95, 1897-1921;
defeated, 1894, 1920; died in office 1921; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 2,
1921 (age 70 years, 360
days).
Interment at Bowling Green City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.
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James McIlhany Thomson (1878-1959) —
also known as James M. Thomson —
of Norfolk,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Summit Point, Jefferson
County, W.Va., February
13, 1878.
Editor
of the Norfolk Dispatch, 1900-06; publisher,
New Orleans Item, 1906-41; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1920,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va., September
25, 1959 (age 81 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilbur W. Marsh —
of Waterloo, Black Hawk
County, Iowa.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa, 1920,
1928;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Iowa, 1920-21.
Burial location unknown.
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Bennett Champ Clark (1890-1954) —
also known as Joel Bennett Clark —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., January
8, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Missouri, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1931-45; defeated in primary, 1944; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1945.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., July 13,
1954 (age 64 years, 186
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (1914-2013) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd, Jr. —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
20, 1914.
Newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1940;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1948-65 (25th District 1948-55, 24th District
1956-63, 23rd District 1964-65); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1965-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Died in Winchester,
Va., July 30,
2013 (age 98 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James McIhany Thomson (1924-2001) —
also known as James Thomson; "Landslide
Jim" —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
9, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1956-78; defeated, 1977.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., July 22,
2001 (age 76 years, 347
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, W.Va.
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