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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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Richard Arrington Jr. (b. 1943) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., October
19, 1943.
Democrat. University professor; mayor
of Birmingham, Ala., 1979-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
African
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Xi; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 1999.
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Karon O. Bowdre (b. 1955) —
of Alabama.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., 1955.
Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 2001-.
Female.
Still living as of 2002.
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John Glen Browder (b. 1943) —
also known as Glen Browder —
of Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., January
15, 1943.
Democrat. University professor; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1983-87; secretary
of state of Alabama, 1987-89; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1989-97; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1996; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college professor; U.S.
Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Angela Yvonne Davis (b. 1944) —
also known as Angela Davis —
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., January
26, 1944.
Communist. Following a violent escape
attempt at the Marin County (California) Hall of Justice, August
7, 1970, in which several people were killed,
she was implicated
as an accomplice and fled;
later arrested
in New York, tried,
and acquitted in 1972; awarded the Lenin
Peace Prize in 1979; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1980, 1984; during the Communist
coup against Mikhail Gorbachev in 1991, she supported Gorbachev, and
subsequently left the Communist Party; university professor.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Cooper Godbold (1920-2009) —
also known as John C. Godbold —
Born in Coy, Wilcox
County, Ala., March
24, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
law professor; author; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-81; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1981-87; took
senior status 1987.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
22, 2009 (age 89 years, 273
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Mason Martin (1837-1898) —
of Alabama.
Born in Athens, Limestone
County, Ala., January
20, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate, 1871-76; law professor; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1885-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., June 16,
1898 (age 61 years, 147
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean, Education Department,
Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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Condoleezza Rice (b. 1954) —
also known as Condi Rice; "Guru";
"The Steel Magnolia" —
of Stanford, Santa
Clara County, Calif.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., November
14, 1954.
Republican. University professor; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1992;
U.S. National Security Advisor, 2001-05; U.S.
Secretary of State, 2005-.
Female.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives:
Daughter of John Wesley Rice, Jr. and Angelena (Ray)
Rice. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Condoleeza Rice: No
Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
(2011) — Extraordinary,
Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family (2010) |
| | | Books about Condoleeza Rice: Dick
Morris and Eileen McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race —
Marcus Mabry, Twice
As Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power — Mary
Dodson Wade, Condoleezza
Rice : Being the Best (for young readers) — Christin
Ditchfield, Condoleezza
Rice: National Security Advisor (for young readers) —
Kevin Cunningham, Condoleezza
Rice: U.s. Secretary Of State (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Condoleezza Rice:
Clint Willis, The
I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice. . .
Reader: Behind the Bush Cabal's War on America |
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Ormond Somerville (b. 1868) —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., November
26, 1868.
Lawyer;
Tuscaloosa
County Solicitor, 1891-92; law professor; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1911.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henderson Middleton Somerville and Cornelia Banks (Harris)
Somerville; married, September
14, 1892, to Kate Walter; married, December
22, 1898, to Bessie Randolph Edgar. |
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Charles Tait (1768-1835) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.; Wilcox
County, Ala.
Born near Hanover, Hanover
County, Va., February
1, 1768.
Democrat. College professor; lawyer;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1803-09; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1809-19; U.S.
District Judge for Alabama, 1820-26; resigned 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died near Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala., October
7, 1835 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Dry
Forks Cemetery, Camden, Ala.
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Mark Thornton (b. 1960) —
of Auburn, Lee
County, Ala.
Born in Geneva, Ontario
County, N.Y., June 7,
1960.
Libertarian. Economist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1984; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1996; university professor.
The first
person to win election in Alabama on the Libertarian Party ticket, as
Lee County Constable in 1988.
Still living as of 2002.
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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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