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Porter Clay (1779-1850) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., 1779.
Minister; Kentucky
auditor of public accounts, 1810.
Died in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., February
16, 1850 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Camden, Ark.
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John Henry Clayborn (1882-1954) —
also known as J. H. Clayborn —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Arkadelphia, Clark
County, Ark., December
2, 1882.
Republican. Pastor; bishop; president,
Sharter College, Little Rock, Ark.; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1952.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., June 17,
1954 (age 71 years, 197
days).
Interment at Haven
of Rest Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Wiley S. Drake, Sr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Wiley Drake —
of Buena Park, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Magnolia, Columbia
County, Ark., November
23, 1943.
Minister; American Independent candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2008; candidate for Presidential
Elector for California.
Southern
Baptist.
Still living as of 2020.
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James Philip Eagle (1837-1904) —
also known as James P. Eagle —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Maury
County, Tenn., August
10, 1837.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
minister; planter; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1889-93.
Baptist.
Died, of heart
failure, December
20, 1904 (age 67 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Michael Dale Huckabee (b. 1955) —
also known as Mike Huckabee —
of Arkansas.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
24, 1955.
Republican. Baptist minister; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1992; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1993-96; Governor of
Arkansas, 1996-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arkansas, 2004;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Young Timothy Hutchinson (b. 1949) —
also known as Tim Hutchinson —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born in Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark., August
11, 1949.
Republican. Pastor; co-owner, KBCV radio
station, 1982-89; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1985-92; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1993-97; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1997-2003; defeated, 2002.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Saul Kornfeld (1876-1943) —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Montreal, Quebec;
Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Austria-Hungary,
February
12, 1876.
Rabbi; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1921-24.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1943
(age about
67 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Thomas Laney (b. 1927) —
also known as James T. Laney —
of Georgia.
Born in Wilson, Mississippi
County, Ark., December
24, 1927.
Ordained minister; president,
Emory University, 1977-93; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1993-96.
Methodist.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Isom P. Langley (1851-1930) —
of Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., September
2, 1851.
Preacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1886 (Labor, 4th District), 1890
(Populist, 2nd District), 1890 (Republican, 2nd District); member of
Missouri
state house of representatives from Laclede County, 1919-20.
Baptist.
Member, Knights
of Labor.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Jefferson City, Cole
County, Mo., July 13,
1930 (age 78 years, 314
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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Walter Scott McNutt (1887-1969) —
also known as Walter S. McNutt —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.; Jefferson, Marion
County, Tex.
Born in Searcy, White
County, Ark., September
2, 1887.
Minister; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1938 (Republican), 1940 (Independent), 1942; candidate
in Democratic primary for Governor of
Texas, 1946; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957; president,
Four States Co-Operative University.
Presbyterian.
Died in the Marion County Hospital,
Jefferson, Marion
County, Tex., November
26, 1969 (age 82 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Jefferson, Tex.
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Elias Camp Morris (1855-1922) —
also known as Elias C. Morris —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Spring Place, Murray
County, Ga., May 7,
1855.
Republican. Preacher; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 1892,
1900,
1908
(alternate), 1912
(alternate).
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
5, 1922 (age 67 years, 121
days).
Interment at Dixon Cemetery, Helena-West Helena, Ark.
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Gerald Lyman Kenneth Smith (1898-1976) —
also known as Gerald L. K. Smith —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Pardeeville, Columbia
County, Wis., February
27, 1898.
Pastor; orator;
political administrator and organizer for Huey P.
Long, 1934-35; as a white
supremacist, he joined and organized for William
Dudley Pelley's Silver Shirts of America, an organization modeled
directly on Adolf Hitler's Brownshirts; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1942 (Republican primary), 1942; founder
of the America First party; charged
with sedition
in 1944, as part of an alleged Nazi
conspiracy; tried
along with many others, but after seven months, a mistrial was
declared; America First candidate for President
of the United States, 1944; founder of the Christian Nationalist
Crusade; advocated deportation from the U.S. of Jews and
African-Americans.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1976 (age 78 years, 48
days).
Interment at Christ
of the Ozarks Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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William W. Stephenson —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Minister; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1833.
Burial location unknown.
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Worley Oscar Vaught Jr. (1911-1989) —
also known as W. O. Vaught —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., January
11, 1911.
Republican. Baptist minister; vice-president, Southern Baptist
Convention; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1960.
Southern
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
25, 1989 (age 78 years, 348
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Frances Bostick. |
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| | | Image source: Baptist and Reflector
(Nashville, Tenn.), January 8, 1959 |
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Frank M. Wells —
of Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark.
Democrat. Minister; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1920.
Burial location unknown.
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Londell Williams —
of Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark.
Minister; candidate for mayor
of Texarkana, Ark., 2010.
Still living as of 2010.
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