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Hotelier and Innkeeper Politicians in Alabama

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.   Relatives: Son of Henry Clay 'Harry' Brown and Susan Agnes 'Susie' (Dowdell) Brown; married, November 21, 1901, to Elizabeth Dowdell; nephew of James Render Dowdell; grandson of James Ferguson Dowdell; grandnephew of William Crawford Dowdell; first cousin once removed of William James Samford; second cousin of Joseph Meriwether Terrell, William Hodges Samford and Thomas Drake Samford.   Political family: Candler family of Georgia.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Joseph Carroll Harrison (1822-1855) — also known as J. C. Harrison — of Cherokee County, Tex. Born in Alabama, October 3, 1822. Newspaper publisher; insurance agent; hotel operator; livery business; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1855; died in office 1855. Methodist. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., November 9, 1855 (age 33 years, 37 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Joseph D. Harrison and Rachel (Lockhart) Harrison; brother of Greenbury Horras Harrison and Hannah D. Harrison (who married Samuel Johnson); married to Barbara Ann Culp (widow of George Whitfield Terrell).   Political family: Harrison-Rountree family of Austin, Texas.   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.   Relatives: Son of William Marion Loftin and Loreta C. (Thomason) Loftin.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   Murray P. McCluskey (1915-2003) — of Sylacauga, Talladega County, Ala. Born in Decatur, Morgan County, Ala., December 29, 1915. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; co-owned Clean Cleaners, Inc. with Bill Nichols; owned motels; lawyer; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1970-78. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died June 18, 2003 (age 87 years, 171 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Sylacauga, Ala.   Relatives: Son of Decker Andrew McCluskey and Annie (Ogletree) McCluskey; first cousin once removed of Thomas Avery Ogletree.

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