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Politicians in Banking and Finance in Alabama

  Truman Heminway Aldrich (1848-1932) — also known as Truman H. Aldrich — of Selma, Dallas County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Palmyra, Wayne County, N.Y., October 17, 1848. Republican. Banker; mining engineer; U.S. Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1896-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1904; postmaster at Birmingham, Ala., 1911-15. Died in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., April 28, 1932 (age 83 years, 194 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of William F. Aldrich; brother of William Farrington Aldrich.
  Political family: Aldrich family of Birmingham, Alabama.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Allen S. Andrews and Virginia (Hudson) Andrews; married, December 10, 1895, to Nona Banks.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Renerdy Armstrong (b. 1876) — also known as James R. Armstrong — of Boswell, Choctaw County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Stevenson, Jackson County, Ala., January 26, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Judge, Oklahoma Criminal Court of Appeals, 1916; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1928. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Armstrong and Mary (Roberts) Armstrong; married 1901 to Bertha F. Scott.
  Walter Will Bankhead (1897-1988) — also known as Walter W. Bankhead — of Jasper, Walker County, Ala. Born in Jasper, Walker County, Ala., July 21, 1897. Democrat. Lawyer; board chairman, Bankhead Mining Co. and Bankhead Development Co.; president, Mammoth Packing Co. and Bankhead Broadcasting Co.; vice-chairman, First National Bank of Jasper; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1940; U.S. Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1941. Died in Jasper, Walker County, Ala., November 24, 1988 (age 91 years, 126 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of John Hollis Bankhead II and Musa Bernice (Harkins) Bankhead; nephew of Louise Bankhead (who married William Hayne Perry) and William Brockman Bankhead; grandson of John Hollis Bankhead.
  Political family: Bankhead family of Jasper, Alabama.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John A. Bingham (1855-1932) — of Talladega, Talladega County, Ala. Born in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., May 7, 1855. Republican. Postmaster at Talladega, Ala., 1897-1914; bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1908 (alternate), 1912, 1928 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1932; candidate for U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1918; candidate for Governor of Alabama, 1926. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., October 9, 1932 (age 77 years, 155 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Arthur Bingham and Jane (McKibbon) Bingham; married, October 15, 1878, to Lillie Schuessler.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Simon Elbert Boozer (1895-1975) — of Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala. Born in Hokes Bluff, Etowah County, Ala., May 28, 1895. Democrat. Calhoun County Probate Judge, 1940-46; candidate for Governor of Alabama, 1946; director, Anniston National Bank. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Rotary. Died in Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala., May 19, 1975 (age 79 years, 356 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
  Sydney Johnston Bowie (1865-1928) — also known as Sydney J. Bowie — of Talladega, Talladega County, Ala.; Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., July 26, 1865. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee, 1894-1900; chair of Talladega County Democratic Party, 1896-99; U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1901-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1920 (delegation chair); automobile dealer; director, First National Bank of Talladega; American Trust and Savings Bank; Industrial Savings Bank. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., May 7, 1928 (age 62 years, 286 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Andrew W. Bowie and Nannie McHenry (Bowdon) Bowie; married, April 29, 1891, to Annie Foster Etheridge; nephew of Franklin Welsh Bowdon.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Charles Waldron Buckley (1835-1906) — also known as Charles W. Buckley; C. W. Buckley — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Unadilla, Otsego County, N.Y., February 18, 1835. Republican. Chaplain in Union Army, Civil War; banker; insurance business; mining business; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1868-73; probate judge in Alabama, 1874-78; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1876 (alternate), 1896, 1900; postmaster at Montgomery, Ala., 1881-85, 1890-93, 1897-1906. Died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., December 4, 1906 (age 71 years, 289 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Archibald Hill Carmichael (1864-1947) — also known as Archibald H. Carmichael — of Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala. Born near Sylvan Grove, Dale County, Ala., June 17, 1864. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901; Speaker of the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1906, 1915; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1916, 1928, 1932; member of Alabama state senate, 1918; U.S. Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1933-37; director, First National Bank of Tuscumbia. Methodist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Nu; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Maccabees. Died in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Ala., July 15, 1947 (age 83 years, 28 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Tuscumbia, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Jesse Malcolm Carmichael and Amanda (Smith) Carmichael; married, January 21, 1889, to Annie Sugg.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Thomas Wilkes Coleman (b. 1834) — also known as Thomas W. Coleman — of Eutaw, Greene County, Ala. Born in Eutaw, Greene County, Ala., March 31, 1834. Lawyer; planter; banker; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865, 1901; associate justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1890-98; appointed 1890. Presbyterian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James C. Coleman and Martha (Anderson) Coleman.
  James Herman Faulkner, Sr. (1916-2008) — also known as Jimmy Faulkner — of Bay Minette, Baldwin County, Ala. Born in Lamar County, Ala., March 1, 1916. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; insurance agent; mayor of Bay Minette, Ala., 1941-43; member of Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee, 1942; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1948, 1952 (alternate); member of Alabama state senate, 1950-54; owned a chain of seven radio stations; bank director. Church of Christ. Died, in Oakwood Nursing Home, Bay Minette, Baldwin County, Ala., August 22, 2008 (age 92 years, 174 days). Interment at Bay Minette Cemetery, Bay Minette, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Henry L. Faulkner and Ebbie (Johnson) Faulkner; married to Evelyn Louise Irwin.
  Faulkner University (founded 1942 as Montgomery Bible College; renamed 1953 as Alabama Christian College; renamed 1985 as Faulkner University), in Montgomery, Alabama, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  A. Jack Goodwin Jr. (born c.1913) — of Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala. Born about 1913. Banker; member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1953-55. Burial location unknown.
  William H. Leinkauf (1827-1901) — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Pressburg, Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia), July 27, 1827. Banker; Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway in Mobile, Ala., 1890-1901; Vice-Consul for Denmark in Mobile, Ala., 1892-1901; Vice-Consul for Netherlands in Mobile, Ala., 1897-1901. Jewish. Member, Freemasons; B'nai B'rith. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., October 15, 1901 (age 74 years, 80 days). Interment at Springhill Avenue Temple Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Leinkauf and Bertha (Joseph) Leinkauf; married 1853 to Caroline Bloch; father of Rebecca Leinkauf (who married Alfred Proskauer); grandfather of Joseph Meyer Proskauer.
  Political family: Proskauer-Leinkauf family of Mobile, Alabama.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edwin Marshall Lovelace (b. 1854) — of Brewton, Escambia County, Ala. Born in Pleasant Hill, Dallas County, Ala., July 14, 1854. Democrat. Lumber and timber business; director, Bank of Brewton; Escambia County Commissioner, 1904-10; member of Alabama state senate 21st District, 1911. Baptist. English ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; Knights of Honor. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Basil Manly Lovelace and Amanda (Lovelace) Lovelace; married to Frances McKenzie; father of William Yancey Lovelace.
  Patrick J. Lyons (b. 1850) — also known as Pat J. Lyons — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., January 16, 1850. Steamboat captain; steamboat owner; wholesale grocer; bank vice-president; mayor of Mobile, Ala., 1904-11, 1913-14, 1915-16, 1917-18. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Lyons and Johanna Lyons.
  George Holcombe Malone (b. 1863) — also known as George H. Malone — of Dothan, Houston County, Ala. Born near Brundidge, Pike County, Ala., May 19, 1863. Democrat. Merchant; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1900, 1912 (speaker); delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901. Missionary Baptist. English and Scottish ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Yewell Malone and Tabitha Eleanor (Wallace) Malone; brother of Arthur Y. Malone; married, June 10, 1891, to Florence Roberta Davis.
  Political family: Malone family of Dothan, Alabama.
  George Henderson Parker (1852-1918) — also known as George H. Parker — of Cullman, Cullman County, Ala. Born in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, September 17, 1852. Democrat. Banker; delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Alabama, 1896; mayor of Cullman, Ala., 1900-03; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912. Died in Cullman, Cullman County, Ala., January 22, 1918 (age 65 years, 127 days). Interment at Cullman Cemetery, Cullman, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Hendderson Parker and Mary Joanna (Cheever) Parker; married to Cora Alice Heidelbergt; father of Mary Alice 'Mamie' Parker (who married Maurice Linden Robertson).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Scales Plowman (1843-1919) — also known as Thomas S. Plowman — of Talladega, Talladega County, Ala. Born in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., June 8, 1843. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor of Talladega, Ala., 1872; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1888; U.S. Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1897-99; member of Alabama state senate, 1912; president, First National Bank of Talladega. Died in Talladega, Talladega County, Ala., July 26, 1919 (age 76 years, 48 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Talladega, Ala.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Gottfried Adolph Prinz (1851-1902) — also known as G. A. Prinz — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Cullman, Cullman County, Ala. Born in Nieder-Ingelheim, Germany, December 20, 1851. Democrat. Merchant; banker; postmaster; mayor of Cullman, Ala., 1876-77; Cullman County Treasurer, 1882-88; alternate delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from Alabama, 1896. Evangelical Christian. German and French Huguenot ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Cullman, Cullman County, Ala., September 16, 1902 (age 50 years, 270 days). Interment at Cullman Cemetery, Cullman, Ala.
  Relatives: Married 1870 to Ingeborg Lueddemann.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Hobdy G. Rains (1912-1988) — of Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala. Born in DeKalb County, Ala., March 29, 1912. Democrat. Parole officer; lawyer; bank director; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1952, 1968; secretary of Alabama Democratic Party, 1967. Baptist. Member, American Judicature Society; Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Alabama, April 18, 1988 (age 76 years, 20 days). Interment at Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Will Greene Rains and Ola (Hamrick) Rains; married, September 8, 1945, to Constance N. Goldman.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
DeForest Richards DeForest Richards (1846-1903) — of Wilcox County, Ala.; Chadron, Dawes County, Neb.; Douglas, Converse County, Wyo. Born in Charlestown, Sullivan County, N.H., August 6, 1846. Republican. Farmer; banker; Governor of Wyoming, 1899-1903; died in office 1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from Wyoming, 1900. Died April 28, 1903 (age 56 years, 265 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, December 1902
  Maurice Linden Robertson (1869-1951) — also known as M. L. Robertson — of Cullman, Cullman County, Ala. Born in 1869. Democrat. Banker; mayor of Cullman, Ala., 1910-32; defeated, 1932; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1936, 1940 (alternate). Died in 1951 (age about 82 years). Interment at Cullman Cemetery, Cullman, Ala.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Alice 'Mamie' Parker (daughter of George Henderson Parker) and Mary Stone Oliver.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William James Samford and Caroline Elizabeth (Drake) Samford; brother of William Hodges Samford; married, July 5, 1899, to Louise Andrew Westcott; grandnephew of James Ferguson Dowdell and William Crawford Dowdell; great-grandson of John Hodges Drake; first cousin once removed of James Render Dowdell; second cousin of Armstead Brown.
  Political family: Candler family of Georgia.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
M. B. Wellborn Maximilian Bethune Wellborn (1862-1957) — also known as M. B. Wellborn — of Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala. Born in Lewisville, Lafayette County, Ark., January 22, 1862. Democrat. President, First National Bank of Anniston, 1905-14; director, Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad; Calhoun County Commissioner; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912; Governor, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1919-28; member of Alabama state senate, 1933-36; delegate to Alabama convention to ratify 21st amendment from Calhoun County, 1933. Episcopalian. Died in Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala., November 28, 1957 (age 95 years, 310 days). Interment at Edgemont Cemetery, Anniston, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Maximilian Bethune Wellborn (1825-1885) and Emma Julia (Dent) Wellborn; married 1889 to Mary Hinton Graves.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Federal Reserve History
  Image source: Federal Reserve History
  Oliver Cicero Wiley (1851-1917) — also known as Oliver C. Wiley — of Troy, Pike County, Ala. Born in Troy, Pike County, Ala., January 30, 1851. Democrat. Chair of Pike County Democratic Party, 1884-86; president, Alabama Midland Railway, 1887-92; bank director; member of Alabama Democratic State Executive Committee, 1888; U.S. Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1908-09. Died in Troy, Pike County, Ala., October 18, 1917 (age 66 years, 261 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of James McCaleb Wiley and Cornelia Ann (Appling) Wiley; brother of Ariosto Appling Wiley; married 1874 to Augusta Murphree.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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