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These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
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William Cocke (1747-1828) —
Born in Amelia
County, Va., September
6, 1747.
Member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army during
the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97, 1797, 1799-1805; circuit judge
in Tennessee, 1809-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1822.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., August
22, 1828 (age 80 years, 351
days).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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James White (1747-1821) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., 1747.
Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1797-98, 1801-05.
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
14, 1821 (age about 74
years).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Major Lea (1771-1822) —
of Grainger
County, Tenn.
Born in Leasburg, Caswell
County, N.C., April
21, 1771.
Member of Tennessee
state senate, 1810.
Baptist.
Died in Grainger
County, Tenn., July 16,
1822 (age 51 years, 86
days).
Interment at Lea Springs Cemetery, Grainger County, Tenn.
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John Alexander Cocke (1772-1854) —
also known as John Cocke —
of Rutledge, Grainger
County, Tenn.
Born in Brunswick, Brunswick
County, Va., December
7, 1772.
Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1796-97, 1807-13, 1837-39; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1811-13,
1837-39; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1799-1801, 1843; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1819-27 (at-large 1819-25, 2nd
District 1825-27).
Slaveowner.
Died in Rutledge, Grainger
County, Tenn., February
16, 1854 (age 81 years, 71
days).
Interment at Methodist
Church Cemetery, Rutledge, Tenn.
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Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840) —
also known as Hugh L. White —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Rowan
County, N.C., October
30, 1773.
Whig. Justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1801; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1808-09; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1825-40; candidate for President
of the United States, 1836.
Slaveowner.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., April
10, 1840 (age 66 years, 163
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Luke Lea (1783-1851) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Surry
County, N.C., January
21, 1783.
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1833-37; secretary
of state of Tennessee, 1835-39.
Slaveowner.
Thrown from
his horse and killed, in near Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan., June 17,
1851 (age 68 years, 147
days).
Original interment at Westport
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.; reinterment at Union
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Pryor Newton Lea (1794-1879) —
also known as Pryor Lea —
of Tennessee.
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., August
31, 1794.
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1821-28; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1827-31; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Goliad, Goliad
County, Tex., September
14, 1879 (age 85 years, 14
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Goliad, Tex.
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George McNutt White (1800-1884) —
also known as George M. White —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., April
12, 1800.
Sheriff;
mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1852-53.
Died December
18, 1884 (age 84 years, 250
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Luke Lea (1810-1898) —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., November
16, 1810.
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1876-85.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., May 9,
1898 (age 87 years, 174
days).
Interment at Lea Springs Cemetery, Grainger County, Tenn.
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Frederick Bird Smith Cocke (1813-1903) —
of Texas.
Born in Rutledge, Grainger
County, Tenn., February
13, 1813.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1861-63, 1879; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.
Died in Center Point, Kerr
County, Tex., April
28, 1903 (age 90 years, 74
days).
Interment at Cocke
Family Cemetery, Near Buda, Hays County, Tex.
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William Michael Cocke (1815-1896) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Rutledge, Grainger
County, Tenn., July 16,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1845-49.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
6, 1896 (age 80 years, 205
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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John McCormick Lea (1818-1903) —
also known as John M. Lea —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., December
25, 1818.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1842-44; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1848-50; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1850.
Presbyterian.
Died in Monteagle, Grundy
County, Tenn., September
21, 1903 (age 84 years, 270
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Samuel Davies Carrick White (1825-1860) —
also known as Samuel A. White —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1825.
Mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1857.
Died in 1860
(age about
35 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Major Lea (1848-1901) —
also known as Albert M. Lea —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., December
10, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1889-97,
1897-1901; died in office 1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Elks.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died, in the Edwards House hotel,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
24, 1901 (age 53 years, 14
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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William Alexander Cocke (1873-1959) —
also known as William A. Cocke —
of Texas.
Born in Nuecestown, Nueces
County, Tex., September
24, 1873.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1906.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
2, 1959 (age 86 years, 8
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Hot Springs, Ark.
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Luke Lea (1879-1945) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April
12, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(speaker);
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, after
the war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in an unauthorized
attempt to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; they illegally
entered the Netherlands (which was neutral
territory) using forged
passports; he and the others were reprimanded
by the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank and
Trust, he and others were indicted
in 1931 for bank
fraud; convicted
on three counts; sentenced to prison,
served two years before being paroled; ultimately pardoned
in 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died, in Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
18, 1945 (age 66 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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