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John William Abercrombie (1866-1940) —
also known as John W. Abercrombie —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.; Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born near Kellys Creek, St. Clair
County, Ala., May 17,
1866.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state senate, 1896-98; Alabama
superintendent of education, 1898-1902, 1920-27; president,
University of Alabama, 1902-11; U.S.
Representative from Alabama at-large, 1913-17.
Baptist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi Beta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Kiwanis.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., July 2,
1940 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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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.
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Robert Spratt Cockrell (1866-1957) —
also known as Robert S. Cockrell —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., January
22, 1866.
Lawyer;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1902-17.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., June 23,
1957 (age 91 years, 152
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Erastus Corning II (1909-1983) —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., October
7, 1909.
Democrat. Insurance
broker; member of New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1936; member of
New
York state senate 30th District, 1937-41; resigned 1941; mayor of
Albany, N.Y., 1942-83; died in office 1983; served in the U.S.
Army during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1972,
1980;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1946; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1964; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 40th District, 1967.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died, of cardio-pulmonary
failure, in University Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 28,
1983 (age 73 years, 233
days).
Interment at Albany
Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
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Clifford Judkins Durr (b. 1899) —
also known as Clifford J. Durr —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 2,
1899.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member, Federal Communications Commission, 1941-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Wesley Durr and Lucy (Judkins) Durr; married, April 5,
1926, to Virginia Hurd Foster. |
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Lucien Dunbibbin Gardner (1876-1952) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., November
28, 1876.
Democrat. Member of Alabama
state senate, 1906; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1914-40; chief
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1940-51.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died November
2, 1952 (age 75 years, 340
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) —
also known as Bibb Graves —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 1,
1873.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Governor of
Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March
14, 1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Joseph Lister Hill (1894-1984) —
also known as Lister Hill —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
29, 1894.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1923-38; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924,
1940,
1948,
1952;
speaker, 1944;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1938-69.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
21, 1984 (age 89 years, 358
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, 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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Francis Harrison Inge (b. 1902) —
also known as Francis H. Inge —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., May 20,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1935-43.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis James Inge and Ellen Mary (Harrison) Inge; married, June 10,
1931, to Alletta Turner. |
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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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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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William Bacon Oliver (1867-1948) —
also known as William B. Oliver —
of Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.
Born in Eutaw, Greene
County, Ala., May 25,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1915-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi Beta Kappa; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in 1948
(age about
81 years).
Interment at Eutaw
Cemetery, Eutaw, Ala.
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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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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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John Jackson Sparkman (1899-1985) —
also known as John J. Sparkman —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born near Hartselle, Morgan
County, Ala., December
20, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1937-46; resigned 1946;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1946-79; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1952
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Kiwanis;
American
Legion; Junior
Order; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Died in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., November
16, 1985 (age 85 years, 331
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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