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J. Haden Alldredge (1887-1962) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Brooksville, Blount
County, Ala., July 28,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; economist;
member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1939-55.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
5, 1962 (age 75 years, 130
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Griffin Alldredge and Sophia (Haden) Alldredge; married 1907 to
Mildred Chilton; married, January
12, 1927, to Adna Eley. |
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Clarence William Allgood (1902-1991) —
also known as Clarence W. Allgood —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
12, 1902.
Lawyer;
trustee, Crippled Children's Hospital;
counsel, American Hospital
Association; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1961-73;
took senior status 1973.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar Association; Elks; Blue
Key; Civitan.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
30, 1991 (age 89 years, 79
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Julian Leigh Andrews (1871-1945) —
also known as J. L. Andrews —
of Sheffield, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August
9, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1920
(alternate), 1924.
Southern
Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary.
Died December
23, 1945 (age 74 years, 136
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Sheffield, Ala.
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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of
the Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Armbrecht (1874-1941) —
also known as William H. Armbrecht —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Port Chester, Westchester
County, N.Y., February
9, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Alabama
state attorney general, 1901; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1904-12; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1932
(alternate), 1936
(alternate), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., July 10,
1941 (age 67 years, 151
days).
Interment at Pine
Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Mortimer Martin Baldwin (b. 1873) —
of Union Springs, Bullock
County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Fitzpatrick, Bullock
County, Ala., August
26, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1900-01.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Phillip Bernard Baldwin and Sallie (Crews) Baldwin; married 1917 to Fannie
Howry Dunn. |
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Alexander Clitherall Birch (b. 1878) —
also known as Alex C. Birch —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., January
21, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1912,
1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932
(alternate); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1920; Alabama
Republican state chair, 1923; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1927-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Nu; Pi Gamma
Mu; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Anthony Birch and Allie Burgwyn (Clitherall) Birch;
married, November
6, 1907, to Georgia Weatherly. |
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Virgil Bouldin (b. 1866) —
of Scottsboro, Jackson
County, Ala.
Born in Princeton, Jackson
County, Ala., October
20, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Jackson County Democratic Party, 1890-92; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1896; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1907-10, 1915-16; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1923-44.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Beta
Theta Pi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bouldin and Mary (Collins) Bouldin; married, June 12,
1895, to Irene Jacoway. |
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Albert Burton Boutwell (1904-1978) —
also known as Albert Boutwell —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., November
13, 1904.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1944;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1946-58; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1959-63; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1963-67.
Methodist.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar Association; Elks; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Blue
Key.
Died in February, 1978
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Amzi Bradshaw (b. 1883) —
also known as H. A. Bradshaw —
of Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala.
Born in Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., January
10, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1915; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1916.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert S. Bradshaw and Sarah (Caldwell) Bradshaw; married, April
25, 1922, to Lucile Landis. |
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Albert Preston Brewer (b. 1928) —
also known as Albert P. Brewer —
of Morgan
County, Ala.
Born in Bethel Springs, McNairy
County, Tenn., October
26, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1955-67; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1963-67; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1967-68; Governor of
Alabama, 1968-71; defeated, 1970, 1978; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Delta
Sigma Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Armstead Brown (1875-1951) —
also known as Thomas Armstead Brown —
of Lafayette, Chambers
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga., June 6,
1875.
Lawyer;
Chambers
County Solicitor, 1898-1902; municipal judge in Alabama, 1911-15;
general solicitor, Florida East Coast Railway,
and Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1925-46; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1925-26.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Kiwanis.
Died October
29, 1951 (age 76 years, 145
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Francis Gordon Caffey (1868-1951) —
also known as Francis G. Caffey —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala.
Born in Gordonsville, Lowndes
County, Ala., October
28, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1917-21;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1928;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1929-47;
took senior status 1947; senior judge, 1947-51.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Verbena, Chilton
County, Ala., September
20, 1951 (age 82 years, 327
days).
Interment at Verbena
Cemetery, Verbena, Ala.
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Robert E. Cramer Jr. (b. 1947) —
also known as Bud Cramer —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., August
22, 1947.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; Madison
County District Attorney, 1981-90; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1991-2009; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Hartwell Davis (1906-1992) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., December
18, 1906.
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1953-62.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis.
Died March
18, 1992 (age 85 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. (1869-1938) —
also known as S. Hubert Dent, Jr. —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., August
16, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1902-09; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1909-21; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen;
Woodmen.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
6, 1938 (age 69 years, 51
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.
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William Louis Dickinson (1925-2008) —
also known as William L. Dickinson; Bill
Dickinson —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., June 5,
1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Alabama, 1953-59; circuit judge in
Alabama, 1959-63; assistant vice president, Southern Railway
System, 1963-64; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1965-93.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
American Bar Association.
Died, from colon
cancer, in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March
31, 2008 (age 82 years, 300
days).
Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.
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Frank Murray Dixon (1892-1965) —
also known as Frank M. Dixon —
of Alabama.
Born in Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif., July 25,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; injured during the war
and lost his
right leg; delegate
to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933; Governor of
Alabama, 1939-43; defeated in primary, 1934.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., October
11, 1965 (age 73 years, 78
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William Jackson Edwards (b. 1928) —
also known as Jack Edwards —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
20, 1928.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; lawyer;
general attorney for Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
1958-64; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1965-85; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1972.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Jaycees;
Kappa
Alpha Order; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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Ben Erdreich (b. 1938) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
9, 1938.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1971-74; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1983-93; defeated,
1972, 1992.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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MacDonald Gallion (b. 1913) —
of Alabama.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 5,
1913.
Democrat. Alabama
state attorney general, 1959-63, 1967-71; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1960;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Elks; Moose; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Fred David Gray —
also known as Fred D. Gray —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1970-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 2000,
2004,
2008;
chair
of Macon County Democratic Party, 2003.
Church
of Christ. African
ancestry. Member, National
Bar Association; American Bar Association; Federal
Bar Association; NAACP; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Still living as of 2008.
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Relatives:
Married to Carol Porter. |
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Ashley Greene (b. 1898) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Lake Grove, Clackamas
County, Ore.
Born in Ashville, St. Clair
County, Ala., January
15, 1898.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1948
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Eagles;
American Bar Association; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Burial location unknown.
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Junius Foy Guin Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as J. Foy Guin, Jr. —
of Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala.
Born in Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala., February
2, 1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1954; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1973.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2010.
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B. V. Hain (b. 1915) —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., September
3, 1915.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1954-.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Claude Harris Jr. (1940-1994) —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Bessemer, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 29,
1940.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1977-85; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1987-93; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1993-94.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
2, 1994 (age 54 years, 65
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Gardens, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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George Copeland Hawkins Jr. (1918-1991) —
also known as George C. Hawkins, Jr. —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., December
4, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; elected 1950, 1954; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1958; member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar Association.
Died, of kidney
failure, August
9, 1991 (age 72 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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George Huddleston Jr. (1920-1971) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., March
19, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1955-65 (9th District 1955-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Member, American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
14, 1971 (age 51 years, 179
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Oscar Richard Hundley (1855-1921) —
also known as Oscar R. Hundley —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Limestone
County, Ala., October
30, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
division counsel, Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway,
1884-1907; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1887-90; member of Alabama
state senate, 1891-98; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1896; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904;
U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1907-09;
resigned 1909; president and general counsel, Sun Life
Insurance Company, Birmingham, Ala., 1913.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., December
22, 1921 (age 66 years, 53
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Vernol R. Jansen Jr. (b. 1923) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in 1923.
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1961-69.
Member, American Bar Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Forney Johnston (b. 1879) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Selma, Dallas
County, Ala., September
9, 1879.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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George Washington Jones (b. 1865) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hardin
County, Ky., October
25, 1865.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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James Thomas Kirk (b. 1858) —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.
Born near Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala., April 7,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Thomas Kirk and Louise (Clare) Kirk; married, December
14, 1886, to Ella Rather. |
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Thomas Edmund Knight Jr. (b. 1898) —
also known as Thomas E. Knight, Jr. —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., June 19,
1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1931-34; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1935-39.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Elks; Civitan;
Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Allen Locke (b. 1885) —
also known as Hugh A. Locke —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Fayette
County, Tenn., February
9, 1885.
Lawyer;
Independent candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Locke and Susanna F. (Crenshaw) Locke; married, October
12, 1921, to Mabel Plosser. |
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Scott Marion Loftin (1878-1953) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., September
14, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-04; Escambia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1904-17; general counsel and
director, Florida East Coast Hotel
Co.; director, Gulf Life
Insurance Co.; receiver, Florida East Coast Railway,
1931-41; president, American Bar Association, 1934-35; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Tau Omega; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Blue
Key; Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Highlands, Macon
County, N.C., September
22, 1953 (age 75 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Seybourn Harris Lynne (1907-2000) —
also known as Seybourn H. Lynne —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Decatur, Morgan
County, Ala., July 25,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Alabama, 1934-40; circuit judge in Alabama, 1940-42;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1946-73;
took senior status 1973.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar Association; Blue
Key; Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Kiwanis.
In 1963, he prohibited Gov. George
C. Wallace from barring two Black students from attending the
University of Alabama. In 1969, he ordered that Elmwood Cemetery in
Birmingham, Ala., be desegregated.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., September
10, 2000 (age 93 years, 47
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ala.
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Helen Wilson Nies (b. 1925) —
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
7, 1925.
Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1980-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-.
Female.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Order of
the Coif; American Bar Association.
Still living as of 1991.
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Emmet O'Neal (1853-1922) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., September
23, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1893-97; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1912
(speaker);
Governor
of Alabama, 1911-15.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died September
7, 1922 (age 68 years, 349
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Florence, Ala.
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John Malcolm Patterson (1921-2021) —
also known as John Patterson —
of Phenix City, Russell
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Goldville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala.
Born in Goldville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., September
27, 1921.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Alabama
state attorney general, 1955-59; Governor of
Alabama, 1959-63; defeated, 1966; candidate for chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1970; Judge,
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 1984-97.
Member, Jaycees;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Woodmen;
American Bar Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions.
At 37, he was the youngest
governor in Alabama history.
Died in Goldville, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., June 4,
2021 (age 99 years, 250
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) —
also known as Claude Pepper —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born near Dudleyville, Chambers
County, Ala., September
8, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-30; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-51; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960,
1964,
1968
(alternate); member, Platform and Resolutions Committee, 1944;
speaker, 1944,
1988;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-89 (3rd District 1963-67, 11th
District 1967-73, 14th District 1973-83, 18th District 1983-89); died
in office 1989.
Baptist.
Member, Moose; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
American Bar Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Sigma
Upsilon; Kappa
Alpha Order; United
World Federalists.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1989.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1989 (age 88 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Joseph Meyer Proskauer (1877-1971) —
also known as Joseph M. Proskauer —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., August
6, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer;
campaign manager for Gov. Alfred
E. Smith, 1918-22; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1923-30; appointed 1923;
resigned 1930; Justice of the Appellate Division of the New York
Supreme Court 1st Department, 1927-30.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar Association.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
10, 1971 (age 94 years, 35
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry Grady Reynolds (b. 1889) —
also known as Grady Reynolds —
of Clanton, Chilton
County, Ala.
Born in Montevallo, Shelby
County, Ala., January
11, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; Chilton
County Treasurer, 1918-21; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1924-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen
of the World; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Henry Reynolds and Dora (Marshall) Reynolds; married, September
10, 1914, to Estella Morgan. |
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Thomas Drake Samford (1868-1947) —
also known as Thomas D. Samford —
of Opelika, Lee
County, Ala.
Born in Auburn, Lee
County, Ala., November
2, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1896-98; president, Bank of
Opelika, 1911-12; director, Lowe & Samford Grocery Co.;
U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1913-24, 1934-42.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
26, 1947 (age 78 years, 116
days).
Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.
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Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (1921-1985) —
also known as Armistead I. Selden, Jr. —
of Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala.
Born in Greensboro, Hale
County, Ala., February
20, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1951-52; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1953-69 (6th District 1953-63,
at-large 1963-65, 5th District 1965-69); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1968 (Democratic primary), 1980 (Republican
primary); U.S. Ambassador to Fiji, 1974-79; New Zealand, 1974-79; Tonga, 1974-79; Western Samoa, 1974-79.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
American Bar Association; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
14, 1985 (age 64 years, 267
days).
Interment at Greensboro
Cemetery, Greensboro, Ala.
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Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (b. 1946) —
also known as Jeff Sessions —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Hybart, Monroe
County, Ala., December
24, 1946.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1981-93; Alabama
state attorney general, 1995-97; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1997-2017; resigned 2017; U.S.
Attorney General, 2017-.
Methodist.
Member, Lions;
American Bar Association.
Still living as of 2020.
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Richard Craig Shelby (b. 1934) —
also known as Richard C. Shelby —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., May 6,
1934.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1971-78; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1979-87; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1987-.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Alpha Delta; Exchange
Club.
Still living as of 2019.
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Guy Sparks (c.1928-1983) —
also known as "Anniston's Conscience" —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Holt, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., about 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Alabama Commissioner of Revenue, 1961-63; candidate for Alabama
state attorney general, 1966; attorney for Alabama Labor Council,
AFL-CIO.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Died in 1983
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
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Relatives:
Brother-in-law of James
M. Fullan Jr.. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1966): "I run not for
gain, not for power — but for service." |
| | | Campaign slogan (1966): "The people's
candidate." |
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Daniel H. Thomas (1906-2000) —
of Alabama.
Born in Prattville, Autauga
County, Ala., August
25, 1906.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, 1951-71.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar Association.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., April
13, 2000 (age 93 years, 232
days).
Interment at Old
Spring Hill Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Clement Clay Torbert Jr. (b. 1929) —
also known as Bo Torbert —
of Opelika, Lee
County, Ala.
Born in Opelika, Lee
County, Ala., August
31, 1929.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer; law
professor; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1958-62; member of Alabama
state senate, 1966-77; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1977-89.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 2006.
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Relatives: Son
of Clement Clay Torbert, Sr. and Lynda (Meadows) Torbert; married to
Gene Hurt. |
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Macon Lenny Weaver (1919-1995) —
also known as Macon L. Weaver —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
6, 1919.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1961-69.
Member, American Bar Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions; Sertoma.
Died February
9, 1995 (age 76 years, 34
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James W. Weaver and Pearl (Brown) Weaver; married, September
13, 1942, to Flora Virginia Waddell. |
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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;
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; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
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.
Member, American Bar Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Wilson N. Jones Hospital,
Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April
10, 1948 (age 79 years, 112
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Durant, Okla.
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