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Arthur Lambert Adams (b. 1889) —
also known as Arthur Adams —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in La Crosse, LaPorte
County, Ind., January
1, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; Arkansas
Democratic state chair, 1944-49.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Lions; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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William Vollie Alexander Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Bill Alexander, Jr. —
of Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
16, 1934.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1969-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Rotary;
Farm
Bureau; National Rifle
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Joshua Allen (1829-1901) —
also known as William J. Allen —
of Metropolis, Massac
County, Ill.; Marion, Williamson
County, Ill.; Cairo, Alexander
County, Ill.; Carbondale, Jackson
County, Ill.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., June 9,
1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state senate, 1855; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, 1855-59; circuit
judge in Illinois 26th Circuit, 1859-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1860,
1864,
1868,
1872,
1876,
1884;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention Williamson and
Johnson counties, 1862; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1862-65 (9th District 1862-63, 13th
District 1863-65); delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 1st District,
1869-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 1887-1901;
died in office 1901.
Died, of "grippe" (influenza),
in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., January
26, 1901 (age 71 years, 231
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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Joseph Ira Alley (1868-1930) —
also known as J. I. Alley —
of Mena, Polk
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas, January
26, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1928.
Died in Polk
County, Ark., September
16, 1930 (age 62 years, 233
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Alley and Henrietta Viola (Brown) Alley; married to Linnie
Martha Pirtle. |
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Beryl Franklin Anthony Jr. (b. 1938) —
also known as Beryl F. Anthony, Jr. —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., February
21, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1979-93.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2014.
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David L. Armstrong (b. 1941) —
also known as Dave Armstrong —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
6, 1941.
Democrat. Lawyer; Jefferson
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1976-83; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1984-88; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1987; Jefferson
County Judge-Executive, 1989-99; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1999-2003.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2007.
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Morris Sheppard Arnold (b. 1941) —
also known as Morris S. Arnold —
of Arkansas.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
8, 1941.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1985-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1992-.
Still living as of 2013.
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Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) —
also known as Richard S. Arnold —
of Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., March
26, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966, 1972; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1978-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1978-80; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1980-2001; took
senior status 2001.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of lymphoma,
in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
23, 2004 (age 68 years, 181
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium, Little Rock, Ark.
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William Hendrick Arnold (b. 1861) —
also known as William H. Arnold —
of Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark.
Born in Lisbon, Union
County, Ark., February
15, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1892,
1904,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); mayor
of Texarkana, Ark., 1892-94.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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William Elrie Atkinson (1852-1935) —
also known as William E. Atkinson —
of Rosston, Nevada
County, Ark.; Prescott, Nevada
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark.
Born in Columbia, Houston
County, Ala., July 24,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1889-93.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., November
8, 1935 (age 83 years, 107
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Ark.
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Ulysses S. Balentine (1900-1956) —
also known as U. S. Balentine —
of Klamath Falls, Klamath
County, Ore.
Born in Stone
County, Ark., March
17, 1900.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Oregon
state senate, 1936-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1938.
Member, Eagles.
Died February
12, 1956 (age 55 years, 332
days).
Interment at Klamath
Memorial Park, Klamath Falls, Ore.
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Harry F. Barnes (b. 1932) —
of Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 14,
1932.
Lawyer; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1982-93; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1993-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Joe Clifford Barrett (1897-1980) —
also known as Joe C. Barrett —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., March
29, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1936,
1940;
Arkansas
Democratic state chair, 1941-44.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died October
7, 1980 (age 83 years, 192
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Clinton Rogers Barry (b. 1883) —
also known as Clinton R. Barry —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Randolph
County, Ga., April 2,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1934-46.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Osgood Andrew Barry and Elizabeth Jane (Allison) Barry; married,
March
15, 1905, to Corinne Leslie. |
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Burrill Bunn Battle (1838-1917) —
of Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Hinds
County, Miss., July 24,
1838.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1871; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1885-1910.
Died December
21, 1917 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph J. Battle and Nancy (Stricklin) Battle; married 1871 to
Josephine A. Witherspoon. |
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John Baxter (1819-1886) —
of Rutherford
County, N.C.; Henderson, Vance
County, N.C.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Rutherford
County, N.C., March 5,
1819.
Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1842-43, 1846-48, 1852-57; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1877-86; died in
office 1886.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 2,
1886 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Mickey Dale Beebe (b. 1946) —
also known as Mike Beebe —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.
Born in Amagon, Jackson
County, Ark., December
28, 1946.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1983-2002; Arkansas
state attorney general, 2003-07; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 2004,
2008;
Governor
of Arkansas, 2007-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Pi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Roswell Beebe (1795-1856) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Dutchess
County, N.Y., December
22, 1795.
Lawyer; president, Cairo and Fulton Railroad
Company; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1849-50.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
21, 1856 (age 60 years, 274
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Sterling D. Bennett (b. 1888) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark., February
24, 1888.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1931-36; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1936.
Christian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Swan Bennett and Sarah J. (Pratt) Bennett; married, March 6,
1911, to Avie Shaver. |
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James Henderson Berry (1841-1913) —
also known as James H. Berry —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born in Jackson
County, Ala., May 15,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
wounded at the battle of Corinth, Miss., October 4, 1862, and lost a
leg; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1866, 1872-74; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1874; circuit judge
in Arkansas, 1879-83; Governor of
Arkansas, 1883-85; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1885-1907; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1900,
1904.
Died in Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark., January
30, 1913 (age 71 years, 260
days).
Interment at Knights
of Pythias Cemetery, Bentonville, Ark.
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Edwin Bevens (b. 1875) —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas, February
14, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1924
(alternate), 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William E. Bevens and Virginia Bevens. |
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Luther Lee Bohanon (b. 1902) —
also known as Luther Bohanon —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1940;
U.S.
District Judge for Oklahoma, 1961-74; took senior status 1974.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Marcus Bone (1887-1969) —
also known as S. M. Bone —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Izard
County, Ark., June 29,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate 6th District, 1919-22; district judge in Arkansas
3rd District, 1926-40; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in 1969
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Batesville, Ark.
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Thomas Meade Bowen (1835-1906) —
also known as Thomas M. Bowen —
of Del Norte, Rio Grande
County, Colo.; Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.
Born near Burlington, Des Moines
County, Iowa, October
26, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1856; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1864;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1866; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1867-71; Governor
of Idaho Territory, 1871; district judge in Colorado, 1876-80;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1882-83; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1883-89.
Died in Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo., December
30, 1906 (age 71 years, 65
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Pueblo, Colo.
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Ben D. Brickhouse —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Lawyer; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1919-25.
Burial location unknown.
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James Nathan Browning (1850-1921) —
also known as J. N. Browning —
of Clarendon, Donley
County, Tex.; Mobeetie, Wheeler
County, Tex.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., March
13, 1850.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1883-88, 1891-92;
Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1898-1902.
Died November
9, 1921 (age 71 years, 241
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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Stephen Brundidge Jr. (1857-1938) —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.
Born in Searcy, White
County, Ark., January
1, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
Democratic State Central Committee, 1890-1901; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1897-1909 (6th District 1897-1903,
2nd District 1903-09); candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1912;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1918.
Died in Searcy, White
County, Ark., January
14, 1938 (age 81 years, 13
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Searcy, Ark.
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Winston Bryant (b. 1938) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Donaldson, Hot Spring
County, Ark., October
3, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam
war; legislative assistant to U.S. Sen. John
L. McClellan, 1968-71; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives 36th District, 1973-77; secretary
of state of Arkansas, 1977-79; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1978; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1981-91; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1996, 1998 (primary).
Baptist.
Still living as of 1999.
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Dale Bumpers (1925-2016) —
of Charleston, Franklin
County, Ark.
Born in Charleston, Franklin
County, Ark., August
12, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; Governor of
Arkansas, 1971-75; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1975-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1996.
Methodist.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
1, 2016 (age 90 years, 142
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Franklin D. Burgess (b. 1935) —
Born in Eudora, Chicot
County, Ark., 1935.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 1994-2005;
took senior status 2005.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2005.
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Festus Orestes Butt (1875-1972) —
also known as Festus O. Butt; F. O. Butt —
of Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born near Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1875.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1900; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1900.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died June 30,
1972 (age about 96
years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Thomas Franklin Butt (1917-2000) —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., March
26, 1917.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; district
judge in Arkansas, 1950-2000; candidate for justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1968; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979.
Had the longest tenure on the bench of any judge in Arkansas history.
Died, of lung
cancer, in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., May 20,
2000 (age 83 years, 55
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Gardens, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Adam Monroe Byrd (1859-1912) —
also known as Adam M. Byrd —
of Philadelphia, Neshoba
County, Miss.
Born in Sumter
County, Ala., July 6,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1889; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1896; chancery judge in
Mississippi, 1897-1903; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1903-11.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., June 21,
1912 (age 52 years, 351
days).
Interment at Cedarlawn
Cemetery, Philadelphia, Miss.
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Henry Clay Caldwell (1832-1915) —
of Keosauqua, Van Buren
County, Iowa; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Marshall
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
4, 1832.
Lawyer; Van
Buren County Prosecuting Attorney, 1856-58; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1859-61; colonel in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1864-71; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1864-90; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1890-1903; retired
1903.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1915 (age 82 years, 164
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) —
also known as S. S. Calhoon —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Canton, Madison
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Brandenburg, Meade
County, Ky., January
2, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. William
McWillie, 1857; newspaper
editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in
office 1908.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
and German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died November
10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (1871-1931) —
also known as Thaddeus H. Caraway —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Stoddard
County, Mo., October
17, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1913-21; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1921-31; died in office 1931.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks; American Bar
Association.
Died, from heart
disease, in a hospital
at Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
6, 1931 (age 60 years, 20
days).
Interment at West
Lawn Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Reece Arnold Caudle (1888-1955) —
also known as Reece A. Caudle —
of Russellville, Pope
County, Ark.
Born in Hector, Pope
County, Ark., June 16,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1930; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1930; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1952.
Died in Pope
County, Ark., June 21,
1955 (age 67 years, 5
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Monroe Caudle and Martha Elizabeth (Price) Caudle; married,
December
23, 1915, to Floy McAlister; married 1921 to Era
May Burgess. |
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serve." |
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memorial |
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Tulsaweb.com |
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William Edgar Chapman (1877-1947) —
also known as William E. Chapman —
of Alluwe, Nowata
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Mt. Pisgah, White
County, Ark., February
1, 1877.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; school
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S. Consul in Mazatlan, 1916, 1917-25; Nogales, 1916-17; Guaymas, 1917; Sault Ste. Marie, 1925-26; Torreon, 1926; Puerto Mexico, 1927; Monterrey, 1927-28; Cali, 1928-30; North Bay, 1930-32; Bilbao, 1932-38; in July 1927, in Puerto Mexico, two intruders
entered his residence, lay in wait, shot
him, and escaped; he recovered from his injuries.
Member, United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died in Norman, Cleveland
County, Okla., March
12, 1947 (age 70 years, 39
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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Francis Adams Cherry (1908-1965) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., September
5, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Arkansas, 1942; served in
the U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1944;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died July 15,
1965 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Harry E. Claiborne (c.1918-2004) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in McRae, White
County, Ark., about 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1964; U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 1979-86; convicted
in 1984 of tax
evasion, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
impeached
in 1986 by the U.S. House and convicted
(removed from office) by the Senate.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., January
19, 2004 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Paul Clarke (1854-1916) —
also known as James P. Clarke —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., August
18, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1886-88; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1888-92; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1892-94; Governor of
Arkansas, 1895-97; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1900,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1908,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1903-16; died in office 1916.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
1, 1916 (age 62 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Charles F. Cole (b. 1871) —
of Beebe, White
County, Ark.; Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Wharton, Wyandot
County, Ohio, June 13,
1871.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1896;
lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1900; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1920, 1924; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1922-30; director,
First National Bank of
Batesville; director, Citizens Bank and
Trust Co., Batesville.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of D. D. Cole and Mary C. (Bell) Cole; married, May 2,
1901, to Ella Hamblen. |
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Thomas Bryant Cotton (b. 1977) —
also known as Tom Cotton —
of Dardanelle, Yell
County, Ark.
Born in Dardanelle, Yell
County, Ark., May 13,
1977.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq; lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 2013-15; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 2015-.
Still living as of 2018.
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William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) —
also known as William B. Cravens; Ben
Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., January
17, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton grower; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; died
in office 1939.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
13, 1939 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Interment at Oak
Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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William Fadjo Cravens (1899-1974) —
also known as Fadjo Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., February
15, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., April
16, 1974 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Eugene Cypert —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.
Democrat. Lawyer; White
County Judge, 1898-1905; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Jay W. Dickey Jr. (1939-2017) —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.
Born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., December
14, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1993-2001; defeated,
2000, 2002.
Methodist.
Agent for National Basketball
Players Association, 1990.
Died in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., April
20, 2017 (age 77 years, 127
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (1850-1930) —
also known as Hugh A. Dinsmore —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Cave Springs, Benton
County, Ark., December
24, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas; U.S. Minister to Korea, 1887-90; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1893-1905 (5th District 1893-1903,
3rd District 1903-05); delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1904
(chair, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., May 2,
1930 (age 79 years, 129
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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William Joshua Driver (1873-1948) —
also known as William J. Driver —
of Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark., March 2,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1897-99; circuit judge in
Arkansas, 1911-18; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1921-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Osceola, Mississippi
County, Ark., October
1, 1948 (age 75 years, 213
days).
Interment at Violet
Cemetery, Osceola, Ark.
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Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914) —
of Forrest City, St.
Francis County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.; Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
3, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1858; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1879-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Ferdinand Butler Earhart (1840-1901) —
also known as Ferdinand B. Earhart —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., October, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1892-96;
postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1901.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 9,
1901 (age 60 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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Joseph Barton Elam (1821-1885) —
of Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La.
Born near Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., June 12,
1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1851-61; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1877-81; defeated,
1880.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La., July 4,
1885 (age 64 years, 22
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, La.
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James Thomas Elliott (1823-1875) —
also known as James T. Elliott —
of Arkansas.
Born in Monroe
County, Ga., April
22, 1823.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Mississippi, Ouachita and Red
River Railroad,
1858; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1865-66; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1869; defeated, 1868;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1870; district judge in Arkansas 9th District,
1872-74.
Died in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., July 28,
1875 (age 52 years, 97
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Camden, Ark.
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Clyde Taylor Ellis (1908-1980) —
also known as Clyde T. Ellis —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born near Garfield, Benton
County, Ark., December
21, 1908.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1933-35; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1939-43; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Blue
Key; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1980 (age 71 years, 50
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Lemuel Dale Evans (1810-1877) —
also known as Lemuel D. Evans —
of Arkansas; Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, January
8, 1810.
Lawyer; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1855-57; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1870-73; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1870-71.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1877 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Michael Everett (1948-2004) —
also known as Mike Everett —
of Marked Tree, Poinsett
County, Ark.
Born in Morton, Cross
County, Ark., 1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1991-2002.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, of liver
cancer, at Marked Tree, Poinsett
County, Ark., September
15, 2004 (age about 56
years).
Burial location unknown.
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David Edward Finley (1861-1917) —
also known as David E. Finley —
of Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C.
Born in Trenton, Phillips
County, Ark., February
28, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from York County,
1890-91; member of South
Carolina state senate from York County, 1892-96; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1899-1917; died
in office 1917.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
26, 1917 (age 55 years, 333
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
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William Meade Fishback (1831-1903) —
also known as "The Great Repudiator" —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Jeffersonton, Culpeper
County, Va., November
5, 1831.
Lawyer; delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; colonel in the Union Army
during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1871-81; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Governor of
Arkansas, 1893-95.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., February
9, 1903 (age 71 years, 96
days).
Interment at Oak
Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., June 12,
1816.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1850; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office
1875.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., October
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 133
days).
Original interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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John Charles Floyd (1858-1930) —
also known as John C. Floyd —
of Yellville, Marion
County, Ark.
Born in Sparta, White
County, Tenn., April
14, 1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1889-91; prosecuting attorney,
14th judicial circuit, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1905-15; candidate for
Governor
of Arkansas, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Yellville, Marion
County, Ark., November
4, 1930 (age 72 years, 204
days).
Interment at Layton
Cemetery, Yellville, Ark.
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John Albert Fogleman (1911-2004) —
also known as John A. Fogleman —
of Marion, Crittenden
County, Ark.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ark., November
5, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
justice
of Arkansas state supreme court, 1967-79; chief
justice of Arkansas state supreme court, 1980-81.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died March
10, 2004 (age 92 years, 126
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James William Fulbright (1905-1995) —
also known as J. William Fulbright —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Sumner, Chariton
County, Mo., April 9,
1905.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1943-45; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1945-74; resigned 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948,
1956.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Sigma
Chi; Rotary.
Died of a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., February
9, 1995 (age 89 years, 306
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Claude Albert Fuller (1876-1968) —
also known as Claude A. Fuller —
of Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Prophetstown, Whiteside
County, Ill., January
20, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1936,
1940,
1952,
1956,
1960;
prosecuting attorney, 4th circuit, 1910-15; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1929-39.
Baptist.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., January
8, 1968 (age 91 years, 353
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Ark.
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Junius Marion Futrell (1870-1955) —
also known as J. Marion Futrell —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Greene
County, Ark., August
14, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1897-99, 1901-03; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1913-17; Governor of
Arkansas, 1913, 1933-37; circuit judge in Arkansas, 1922;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1936.
Died June 20,
1955 (age 84 years, 310
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Paragould, Ark.
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Hamilton Rowan Gamble (1789-1864) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Winchester,
Va., November
29, 1789.
Whig. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Missouri, 1824-26; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1851-55; resigned 1855; Governor of
Missouri, 1861-64; died in office 1864.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
31, 1864 (age 74 years, 63
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) —
also known as Augustus H. Garland —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tipton
County, Tenn., June 11,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas; delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
Senator
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1868;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1874-77; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85; U.S.
Attorney General, 1885-89.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly while arguing a case before the Supreme
Court, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1899 (age 66 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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David Delano Glover (1868-1952) —
also known as David D. Glover; D. D.
Glover —
of Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark.
Born in Prattsville, Grant
County, Ark., January
18, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1909-11; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1929-35.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died April 5,
1952 (age 84 years, 78
days).
Interment at Shadowlawn
Cemetery, Malvern, Ark.
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Nathan Green Gordon (1916-2008) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark., September
4, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1947-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1960.
Received the Medal
of Honor for action in Kavieng Harbor in the Bismarck Sea,
February 15, 1944.
Died September
8, 2008 (age 92 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Timothy Griffin (b. 1968) —
also known as Tim Griffin —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
21, 1968.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 2006-07; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 2011-15; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 2015-.
Still living as of 2018.
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Junius Foy Guin (born c.1883) —
also known as J. Foy Guin —
of Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala.
Born in Russellville, Franklin
County, Ala., about 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; member of Alabama
Republican State Executive Committee, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1944,
1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Church
of Christ.
Interment somewhere
in Russellville, Ala.
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Wilbur P. Gulley (b. 1948) —
also known as Wib Gulley —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 31,
1948.
Lawyer; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1985-89; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1993-2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Julius Caldeen Gunter (1858-1940) —
of Trinidad, Las Animas
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., October
31, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Colorado 3rd District,
1889-95; Judge,
Colorado Court of Appeals, 1901-05; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1905-07; Governor of
Colorado, 1917-19.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Sons of
the American Revolution; American Bar
Association.
Died in Denver,
Colo., October
26, 1940 (age 81 years, 361
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Thomas Montague Gunter (1826-1904) —
also known as Thomas M. Gunter —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born near McMinnville, Warren
County, Tenn., September
18, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; prosecuting attorney, 4th Circuit, 1866-68; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1874-83 (3rd District 1874-75, 4th
District 1875-83); defeated, 1872.
Died in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., January
12, 1904 (age 77 years, 116
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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James Rude Harris (b. 1912) —
also known as James R. Harris —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., August
20, 1912.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1946.
Methodist.
Member, Amvets;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Oren Harris (1903-1997) —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in Belton, Hempstead
County, Ark., December
20, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; prosecuting attorney, 13th Circuit, 1936-40;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1941-66 (7th District 1941-53, 4th
District 1953-66); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
District Judge for Arkansas, 1966.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions; American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died February
5, 1997 (age 93 years, 47
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, El Dorado, Ark.
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George Floyd Hartje (1889-1959) —
also known as George F. Hartje —
of Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark.
Born in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., February
23, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1944.
Died in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., November
22, 1959 (age 70 years, 272
days).
Interment at Crestlawn
Memorial Park, Conway, Ark.
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Robert Harvey (1914-2001) —
also known as Bob Harvey —
of Arkansas.
Born in Swifton, Jackson
County, Ark., May 22,
1914.
Farmer;
lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1947-56; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1957-79.
Methodist.
Called "the voice of fiscal responsibility" in the Arkansas
legislature.
Injured in a fall, and
died two weeks later, in Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark., May 19,
2001 (age 86 years, 362
days).
Interment at Swifton
Cemetery, Swifton, Ark.
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Lewis Wardlaw Haskell (1868-1938) —
also known as Lewis W. Haskell —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Pastoria, Jefferson
County, Ark., December
2, 1868.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1902-06; U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1910-12; Hull, 1912-13; Belgrade, 1913-15; Geneva, 1915-24; Algiers, as of 1926; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, as of 1929-32.
Died in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., April
29, 1938 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Interment at St.
John in the Wilderness Cemetery, Flat Rock, N.C.
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William Wirt Hastings (1866-1938) —
also known as William W. Hastings —
of Tahlequah, Cherokee
County, Okla.
Born in Benton
County, Ark., December
31, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Attorney General for Cherokee Nation,
1891-95; national attorney for Cherokee tribe, 1907-14; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 2nd District, 1915-21, 1923-35;
defeated, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died April 8,
1938 (age 71 years, 98
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Tahlequah, Okla.
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John H. Hawthorne (b. 1879) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas, September, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1928.
Burial location unknown.
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Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) —
also known as Brooks Hays —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; North Carolina; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in London, Pope
County, Ark., August
9, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1932-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1943-59; defeated,
1958; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1972.
Baptist.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., October
11, 1981 (age 83 years, 63
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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George Henry Heinke (1882-1940) —
also known as George H. Heinke —
of Nebraska City, Otoe
County, Neb.
Born near Dunbar, Otoe
County, Neb., July 22,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer; Otoe
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-23, 1927-35; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1939-40; died in
office 1940.
Injured in an automobile
collision during a snowstorm,
and died a week later in a hospital
at Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark., January
2, 1940 (age 57 years, 164
days).
Interment at Wyuka
Cemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.
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Samuel Billingsley Hill (1875-1958) —
also known as Samuel B. Hill; Sam B. Hill —
of Waterville, Douglas
County, Wash.
Born in Franklin, Izard
County, Ark., April 2,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Douglas
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-11; superior court judge in
Washington, 1917-23; U.S.
Representative from Washington 5th District, 1923-36; defeated,
1922; judge, U.S. Board of Tax Appeals (Tax Court), 1936-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
16, 1958 (age 82 years, 348
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Kaneaster Hodges Jr. (b. 1928) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Newport, Jackson
County, Ark., August
20, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1977-79; appointed 1977.
Still living as of 1998.
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William Judson Holloway (1888-1970) —
also known as William J. Holloway —
of Oklahoma.
Born in Arkadelphia, Clark
County, Ark., December
15, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1919-26; Lieutenant
Governor of Oklahoma, 1927-29; Governor of
Oklahoma, 1929-31.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., January
28, 1970 (age 81 years, 44
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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James H. Howard (b. 1838) —
of Pike
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, 1838.
Shoemaker;
lawyer; Pike
County Clerk, 1862-68; member of Arkansas
state senate 17th District, 1871-73.
Burial location unknown.
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Webster Lee Hubbell (born c.1949) —
also known as Webster L. Hubbell —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born about 1949.
Lawyer; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1979-81; resigned 1981; chief
justice of Arkansas state supreme court, 1983.
Pleaded
guilty in December 1994 to federal mail fraud and tax
evasion charges
connection with his handling of billing at the Rose Law Firm; sentenced
in 1995 to 21 months imprisonment;
indicted
in 1998 on additional federal tax
evasion and conspiracy charges;
pleaded
guilty to one charge pending judicial review; following a Supreme
Court ruling in his favor, the indictment was dismissed in October,
2000.
Still living as of 2003.
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Simon P. Hughes (1830-1906) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn., August
14, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; sheriff;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1866-67; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1874-77; Governor of
Arkansas, 1885-89; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1889-1904.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., June 29,
1906 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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W. Asa Hutchinson (b. 1950) —
of Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark.
Born in Bentonville, Benton
County, Ark., December
3, 1950.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1982-85; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1986; candidate for Arkansas
state attorney general, 1990; Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1990-95; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1997-2001; resigned
2001.
Baptist.
Director of Drug Enforcement Administration since 2001.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Noah Ivie (b. 1873) —
also known as William N. Ivie —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ark.; Rogers, Benton
County, Ark.; Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ark., September
20, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1906, 1914; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1920;
Register, U.S. Land Office, Harrison, Ark., 1909-15; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1930-34.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Knights
of Khorassan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Bachus Ivie and Jane (Litterell) Ivie; married, December
30, 1900, to Minnie Vaughan. |
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Henderson Madison Jacoway (1870-1947) —
also known as Henderson M. Jacoway; Hence
Jacoway —
of Dardanelle, Yell
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Dardanelle, Yell
County, Ark., November
7, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1911-23.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., August
4, 1947 (age 76 years, 270
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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James Douglas Johnson (1924-2010) —
also known as James D. Johnson; Jim Johnson;
"Justice Jim" —
of Crossett, Ashley
County, Ark.; Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark.
Born in Crossett, Ashley
County, Ark., August
20, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate 22nd District, 1950-54; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1956 (primary), 1966; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1959-66; candidate in Democratic
primary for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Diehard segregationist.
Died, from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., February
13, 2010 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Ark.
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Daniel Webster Jones (1839-1918) —
also known as Daniel W. Jones —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Bowie
County, Tex., December
15, 1839.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1885-88; Governor of
Arkansas, 1897-1901.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
25, 1918 (age 79 years, 10
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Guy Hamilton Jones Sr. (1911-1986) —
also known as Guy H. Jones, Sr.; Mutt
Jones —
of Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark.
Born in Faulkner
County, Ark., June 29,
1911.
Democrat. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1952-60, 1964-74; expelled 1974; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1954.
As a state senator, he was instrumental in locating many state
agencies in Faulkner County. Convicted
in December 1972 on federal
tax charges;
fined
$5,000 and sentenced to three years probation;
expelled
from the senate in 1974.
Suffered heart
attacks and a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., August
10, 1986 (age 75 years, 42
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Ark.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles C. Jones and Cora (Henry) Jones; married 1947 to
Elizabeth Relya. |
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memorial |
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(1972) |
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Scipio Africanus Jones (c.1867-1943) —
also known as S. A. Jones —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tulip, Dallas
County, Ark., about 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arkansas, 1908,
1912,
1928
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1932,
1936
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1940
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1920.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., March 2,
1943 (age about 76
years).
Interment at Haven
of Rest Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Charles Cyrus Kearns (1869-1931) —
also known as Charles C. Kearns —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio; Las Vegas, San Miguel
County, N.M.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.; Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Tonica, La Salle
County, Ill., February
11, 1869.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; newspaper
editor; Clermont
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1915-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Amelia, Clermont
County, Ohio, December
17, 1931 (age 62 years, 309
days).
Interment at Mt.
Moriah Cemetery, Withamsville, Ohio.
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Robert H. Keefe (c.1941-2000) —
of California.
Born in Bauxite, Saline
County, Ark., about 1941.
Lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1994-98; superior court
judge in California, 1998-2000.
Died, from complications of leukemia,
at USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
3, 2000 (age about 59
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Beard Kittredge (1861-1911) —
also known as A. B. Kittredge —
of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak.
Born in Nelson, Cheshire
County, N.H., March
28, 1861.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Dakota state senate 9th District, 1889-92; member of Republican
National Committee from South Dakota, 1892-96; U.S.
Senator from South Dakota, 1901-09.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., May 4,
1911 (age 50 years, 37
days).
Interment at Conant
Cemetery, Jaffrey, N.H.
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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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Roy C. Lewellen —
also known as Bill Lewellen —
of Marianna, Lee
County, Ark.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1990.
Refused to take a blood-alcohol
test following a November 1998 accident in which he struck a
woman with his Cadillac, dragging her 55 feet; his driver's license
was suspended
for six months. A charge of driving
while intoxicated
was dismissed.
Still living as of 2000.
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Daniel Haden Linebaugh (1878-1940) —
also known as D. Haden Linebaugh —
of Atoka, Atoka
County, Okla.; Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.
Born in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., November
4, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1908
(member, Credentials
Committee); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1913-17.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary;
Woodmen
of the World.
Died in Atoka, Atoka
County, Okla., December
17, 1940 (age 62 years, 43
days).
Interment at Greenhill
Cemetery, Muskogee, Okla.
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John Sebastian Little (1853-1916) —
also known as John S. Little —
of Greenwood, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Jenny Lind, Sebastian
County, Ark., March
15, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; district attorney, 12th circuit, 1877;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1884; circuit judge in Arkansas,
1886; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1894-1907 (2nd District 1894-1903,
4th District 1903-07); Governor of
Arkansas, 1907.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
29, 1916 (age 63 years, 228
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Greenwood, Ark.
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Robert Bruce Macon (1859-1925) —
also known as Robert B. Macon —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born near Trenton, Phillips
County, Ark., July 6,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1883-87; prosecuting attorney,
1st Circuit, 1898-1902; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1903-13.
Died in Marvell, Phillips
County, Ark., October
9, 1925 (age 66 years, 95
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Vannoy Hartrog Manning (1839-1892) —
also known as Van H. Manning —
of Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., July 26,
1839.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1860;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1877-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., November
2, 1892 (age 53 years, 99
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Ellis Martineau (1873-1937) —
also known as John E. Martineau —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Clay
County, Mo., December
2, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1903-05; chancellor, 1st Circuit,
1907-27; Governor of
Arkansas, 1927-28; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1928-37;
died in office 1937.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died March 6,
1937 (age 63 years, 94
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Barak Thomas Mattingly (1901-1957) —
also known as Barak T. Mattingly —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., March
15, 1901.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; Missouri
Republican state chair, 1937-39; member of Republican
National Committee from Missouri, 1940-48.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion.
Died July 18,
1957 (age 56 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Little McClellan (1896-1977) —
also known as John L. McClellan —
of Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark.; Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Sheridan, Grant
County, Ark., February
25, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
prosecuting attorney, 7th Judicial District, 1927-30; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1935-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1943-77; died in office 1977.
Baptist.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
28, 1977 (age 81 years, 276
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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William Frank McCombs (1876-1921) —
also known as William F. McCombs —
of New York.
Born in Hamburg, Ashley
County, Ark., December
26, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1912-16; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1916.
Died in Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn., February
22, 1921 (age 44 years, 58
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Philip Doddridge McCulloch Jr. (1851-1928) —
also known as Philip D. McCulloch, Jr. —
of Marianna, Lee
County, Ark.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., June 23,
1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Lee County Democratic Party, 1875-93; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Arkansas; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1893-1903.
Died in Marianna, Lee
County, Ark., November
26, 1928 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Interment at Cedar
Heights Cemetery, Marianna, Ark.
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Harold Clement McGugin (1893-1946) —
also known as Harold McGugin —
of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born near Liberty, Montgomery
County, Kan., November
22, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1927; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 3rd District, 1931-35; served in the
U.S. Army during World War II.
Member, Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
While in military service in France during World
War II, contracted an incurable
disease; died in the Army and Navy Hospital,
Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., March 7,
1946 (age 52 years, 105
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kan.
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Sidney Sanders McMath (1912-2003) —
also known as Sid McMath —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born near Magnolia, Columbia
County, Ark., June 14,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Arkansas, 1949-53; defeated in primary, 1952; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1954; major general, U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of heart
failure, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
4, 2003 (age 91 years, 112
days).
Interment at Pinecrest
Memorial Park, Near Alexander, Saline County, Ark.
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Thomas Chipman McRae (1851-1929) —
also known as Thomas C. McRae —
of Prescott, Nevada
County, Ark.
Born in Mt. Holly, Union
County, Ark., December
21, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1877-79; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Arkansas; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1885-1903; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1896-1900; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; Governor of
Arkansas, 1921-25.
Died in Prescott, Nevada
County, Ark., June 2,
1929 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Interment at De
Ann Cemetery, Prescott, Ark.
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Hubert Jennings Meachum (1920-2001) —
of Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Lake City, Craighead
County, Ark., November
3, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1951-57; municipal judge in
Arkansas, 1959-79.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Civitan.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
15, 2001 (age 80 years, 316
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Batesville, Ark.
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Pat Mehaffy (1904-1981) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
8, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pulaski
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1939-40; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1956,
1960;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1963-74; took
senior status 1974; senior judge, 1974-81.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
31, 1981 (age 76 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tom Miller Mehaffy (1859-1944) —
of Benton, Saline
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born near Ripley, Tippah
County, Miss., October
3, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Benton, Ark., 1888-89; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1889-91; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1892-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1900;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1917; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1927-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died October
20, 1944 (age 85 years, 17
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas L. Mehaffy and Ruth (Bradley) Mehaffy; married, June 15,
1884, to Anna A. Poe; married, January
10, 1920, to Mabel Holland. |
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John Elvis Miller (1888-1981) —
also known as John E. Miller —
of Searcy, White
County, Ark.; Melbourne, Izard
County, Ark.
Born in Aid, Stoddard
County, Mo., May 15,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1918; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1931-37; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1936;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1937-41; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1941-67;
took senior status 1967.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
30, 1981 (age 92 years, 260
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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John Isaac Moore (1856-1937) —
also known as John I. Moore; Ike Moore —
of Arkansas.
Born in Lafayette
County, Miss., February
7, 1856.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1882, 1901-04; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1903; probate judge
in Arkansas, 1894-1900; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1905-07, 1913-15; Governor of
Arkansas, 1907; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1917-18.
Died in Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., March
18, 1937 (age 81 years, 39
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Grover M. Moscowitz (1886-1947) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., August
31, 1886.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 1925-47;
died in office 1947; his practice of giving lucrative bankruptcy
receiverships to members of his former partner's law firm was condemned
as unethical
by the U.S. House on April 8, 1930.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
31, 1947 (age 60 years, 212
days).
Cremated.
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Robert Neill (1838-1907) —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born near Desha, Independence
County, Ark., November
12, 1838.
Democrat. Independence
County Surveyor, 1860-61; served in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; Independence
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1866-68; lawyer; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1888
(Honorary
Vice-President); U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1893-97; chairman,
Arkansas Railroad Commission, 1899.
Died in Batesville, Independence
County, Ark., February
16, 1907 (age 68 years, 96
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Batesville, Ark.
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Sheffield Nelson —
of Arkansas.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1990, 1994.
Still living as of 2003.
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William Frank Norrell (1896-1961) —
also known as William F. Norrell —
of Monticello, Drew
County, Ark.
Born in Milo, Ashley
County, Ark., August
29, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1930; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1939-61; died in
office 1961; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions.
Died in 1961
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Monticello, Ark.
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William Allan Oldfield (1874-1928) —
also known as William A. Oldfield —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.
Born in Franklin, Izard
County, Ark., February
4, 1874.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1909-28; died in
office 1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1928.
Methodist.
Died November
19, 1928 (age 54 years, 289
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Batesville, Ark.
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Isaac Charles Parker (1838-1896) —
also known as Isaac C. Parker; "Hanging
Judge" —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in a log
cabin near Barnesville, Belmont
County, Ohio, October
15, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri; circuit judge
in Missouri, 1868-70; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1871-75 (7th District 1871-73, 9th
District 1873-75); U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1875-96.
As judge, sentenced more than 160 people to death, of whom 79 were
hanged.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., November
17, 1896 (age 58 years, 33
days).
Interment at Fort
Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Tilman Bacon Parks (1872-1950) —
also known as Tilman B. Parks —
of Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark.; Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.
Born near Lewisville, Lafayette
County, Ark., May 14,
1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1901-04, 1909-10; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Arkansas; prosecuting attorney; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 7th District, 1921-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Elks; Lions.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
12, 1950 (age 77 years, 274
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Albert T. Parrish (1883-1958) —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.
Born in Lead Hill, Boone
County, Ark., August
13, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; livestock
breeder; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1939-42, 1955-56 (Greene County
2nd District 1939-42, Greene County 3rd District 1955-56); defeated,
1944, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., February
22, 1958 (age 74 years, 193
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Mo.
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George Washington Paschal (1812-1878) —
also known as George W. Paschal; Lorenzo Columbus George
Washington Paschal —
of Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., November
23, 1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1840; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1846; candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 1850; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1868.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1878 (age 65 years, 85
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Marian Penix (c.1924-1991) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., about 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1972;
Judge,
Arkansas Court of Appeals, 1979.
Female.
Methodist.
Died September
21, 1991 (age about 67
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Finis Philips (1834-1919) —
also known as John F. Philips —
of Georgetown, Pettis
County, Mo.; Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Thralls Prairie, Boone
County, Mo., December
31, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1861; colonel in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1868;
mayor
of Sedalia, Mo., 1870; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1875-77, 1880-81;
defeated, 1880 (7th District), 1886 (5th District); Judge, Missouri
Court of Appeals, 1885-88; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 1888-1910.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., March
13, 1919 (age 84 years, 72
days).
Interment at Mt.
Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Xenophon Overton Pindall (1873-1935) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Middle Grove, Monroe
County, Mo., August
21, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1907-09; Governor of
Arkansas, 1907-09.
Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Sigma.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
2, 1935 (age 61 years, 134
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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John Pope (1770-1845) —
also known as "One-Arm Pope" —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.; Springfield, Washington
County, Ky.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., 1770.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1802, 1806-07; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1807-13; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1816-19; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1825-29; Governor
of Arkansas Territory, 1829-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1837-43.
Lost
his right arm as a youth.
Slaveowner.
Died in Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., July 12,
1845 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, Ky.
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David Hampton Pryor (b. 1934) —
also known as David H. Pryor —
of Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.
Born in Camden, Ouachita
County, Ark., August
29, 1934.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1961-66; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966-73; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968,
1996;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1975-79; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1979-97; defeated in primary, 1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Mark Lunsford Pryor (b. 1963) —
also known as Mark Pryor —
of Arkansas.
Born in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., January
10, 1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1991-94; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1999-2002; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 2003-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joe Edward Purcell (1923-1987) —
also known as Joe Purcell —
of Benton, Saline
County, Ark.
Born in Warren, Bradley
County, Ark., July 29,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
municipal judge in Arkansas, 1959-66; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1967-71; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Arkansas, 1968;
Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1975-81; Governor of
Arkansas, 1979; defeated in primary, 1970.
Died in 1987
(age about
63 years).
Burial location unknown.
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H. Heartsill Ragon (1885-1940) —
of Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark.
Born in Logan
County, Ark., March
20, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1923-33; resigned
1933; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1933-40;
died in office 1940.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., September
15, 1940 (age 55 years, 179
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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Anson Rainey (1848-1922) —
of Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., March 1,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1881-82; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; Judge,
Texas Court of Appeals, 1893.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., August
6, 1922 (age 74 years, 158
days).
Interment at Waxahachie
City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Tex.
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Henry Massey Rector (1816-1899) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 1,
1816.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate; elected 1848; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives; elected 1854; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1859-60; Governor of
Arkansas, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874.
Slaveowner.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., August
12, 1899 (age 83 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Charles Chester Reid (1868-1922) —
also known as Charles C. Reid —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark., June 15,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; Conway
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1894-98; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1901-11 (4th District 1901-03, 5th
District 1903-11).
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 20,
1922 (age 53 years, 339
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Eurith Dickinson Rivers (1895-1967) —
also known as E. D. Rivers —
of Lakeland, Lanier
County, Ga.; Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga.
Born in Center Point, Howard
County, Ark., December
1, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Governor of
Georgia, 1937-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Died in Lakeland, Lanier
County, Ga., June 11,
1967 (age 71 years, 192
days).
Entombed at City
Cemetery, Lakeland, Ga.
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Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872-1937) —
also known as Joseph T. Robinson; Joe T.
Robinson —
of Lonoke, Lonoke
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born near Lonoke, Lonoke
County, Ark., August
26, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1895; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Arkansas; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1903-13; resigned
1913; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1908,
1912
(speaker),
1924,
1928,
1936;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1913; resigned 1913; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37; died in office 1937; candidate
for Vice
President of the United States, 1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 14,
1937 (age 64 years, 322
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Walter Edward Rogers (1908-2001) —
also known as Walter Rogers —
of Pampa, Gray
County, Tex.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born in Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark., July 19,
1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1951-67; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
He was in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963 when
President John
F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a hospital
in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., May 31,
2001 (age 92 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Max A. Sandlin (b. 1952) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark., September
29, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1986-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1997-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Edward Lee Saner (b. 1871) —
also known as Robert E. Lee Saner —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
9, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Texas Democratic Party, 1899-1901.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Robert
E. Lee |
| | | Relatives: Son of John Franklin Saner
and Susan Crawford (Webb) Saner; married, March
31, 1903, to Ileaine Marvin Smith. |
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Lewis Ernest Sawyer (1867-1923) —
also known as Lewis E. Sawyer —
of Friars Point, Coahoma
County, Miss.; Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark.
Born in Shelby
County, Ala., June 24,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor, Friars Point, Miss., 1896-98; served
in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1913-15; Speaker of
the Arkansas State House of Representatives, 1915; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 6th District, 1923; died in office
1923.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., May 5,
1923 (age 55 years, 315
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Hot Springs, Ark.
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Andrew Scott (1789-1851) —
of Ste. Genevieve, Ste.
Genevieve County, Mo.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August
6, 1789.
Lawyer; justice of
Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1831.
Scottish
ancestry.
Killed Joseph
Selden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in a duel
on an island in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824.
Died in Norristown, Pope
County, Ark., March
13, 1851 (age 61 years, 219
days).
Original interment at Dover
Cemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Lee A. Seamster (1888-1960) —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Benton
County, Ark., 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1914-20, 1947-48; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1948;
chief
justice of Arkansas state supreme court, 1955-56.
Died in 1960
(age about
72 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William King Sebastian (1812-1865) —
also known as William K. Sebastian —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.
Born in Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn., June 12,
1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state legislature, 1840;
U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1848-61.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Did not participate in the Confederacy
during the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumously
revoked in 1877.
Slaveowner.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 20,
1865 (age 52 years, 342
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801-1848) —
also known as Ambrose H. Sevier —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Lakeport, Chicot
County, Ark.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., November
4, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
territorial House of Representatives, 1823-27; Speaker
of Arkansas Territory House of Representatives, 1827; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1828-36; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1836-48; resigned 1848.
Slaveowner.
Died near Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
31, 1848 (age 47 years, 57
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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John Levi Sheppard (1852-1902) —
also known as John L. Sheppard —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Bluffton, Cherokee
County, Ala., April
13, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1888-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 4th District, 1899-1902; died in office
1902.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., October
11, 1902 (age 50 years, 181
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Albert Gallatin Simms (1882-1964) —
also known as Albert G. Simms —
of Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark., October
8, 1882.
Republican. Accountant;
lawyer; banker;
member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1929-31; member of Republican
National Committee from New Mexico, 1932-34; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1940
(alternate), 1948,
1952.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., December
29, 1964 (age 82 years, 82
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Griffin Smith (1915-2000) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Paragould, Greene
County, Ark., October
24, 1915.
Lawyer; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1951; defeated, 1958.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of lung
cancer and pulmonary
fibrosis, in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 11,
2000 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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William Jennings Smith (c.1909-2000) —
also known as William J. Smith —
of Arkansas.
Born in Sturgeon, Boone
County, Mo., about 1909.
Lawyer; advisor to five Arkansas governors; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1958.
Methodist.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 2,
2000 (age about 91
years).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Jerry Curtis South (1867-1930) —
also known as Jerry C. South —
of Mountain Home, Baxter
County, Ark.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
24, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas state legislature,
1891-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,
1892,
1896,
1904
(speaker),
1908,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1930 (age 63 years, 184
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Thomas E. Sparks (1911-2001) —
of Arkansas.
Born in Crossett, Ashley
County, Ark., August
15, 1911.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1967-78.
Methodist.
Died in Fordyce, Dallas
County, Ark., June 29,
2001 (age 89 years, 318
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fordyce, Ark.
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Charles Lee Spillers (b. 1901) —
also known as C. Lee Spillers —
of Wheeling, Ohio
County, W.Va.
Born in Russellville, Pope
County, Ark., August
6, 1901.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; member of West
Virginia state senate 1st District, 1935-36; resigned 1936; Ohio
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1937; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1947-51;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1956.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Interment somewhere
in Wheeling, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Henry Franklin Spillers and Lula (Shinn) Spillers; married, December
2, 1933, to Elizabeth Reymann. |
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Albert Lewis Stuart (1819-1876) —
also known as Albert L. Stuart —
Born in Connecticut, June 25,
1819.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1850-51.
Methodist.
During an election dispute in Gainsville, Ark., in the early 1850s,
he shot
and killed Riley Vaughn; charged
with murder,
tried,
and acquitted.
Died in Powell Township, Craighead
County, Ark., March
16, 1876 (age 56 years, 265
days).
Interment at Woods
Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Paragould, Ark.
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Relatives:
Great-grandson of Marlin Stuart. |
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Boyd Anderson Tackett (1911-1985) —
also known as Boyd Tackett —
of Nashville, Howard
County, Ark.
Born near Black Springs, Montgomery
County, Ark., May 9,
1911.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1937-41; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1949-53; candidate for
Governor
of Arkansas, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Died in Nashville, Howard
County, Ark., February
23, 1985 (age 73 years, 290
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Nashville, Ark.
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William Leake Terry (1850-1917) —
also known as William L. Terry —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born near Wadesboro, Anson
County, N.C., September
27, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1878-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1884,
1888
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker);
U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1891-1901.
Member, Chi Phi.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., November
4, 1917 (age 67 years, 38
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Raymond Hoyt Thornton Jr. (1928-2016) —
also known as Ray Thornton —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; Sheridan, Grant
County, Ark.
Born in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., July 16,
1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Arkansas, 1960
(alternate), 1996;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1973-79, 1991-97 (4th District
1973-79, 2nd District 1991-97); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1978; president,
Arkansas State University, 1980-84; president,
University of Arkansas, 1984-90; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1997-2005.
Church
of Christ.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., April
13, 2016 (age 87 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Wallace Townsend (1882-1979) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in De Witt, Clinton
County, Iowa, August
20, 1882.
Republican. School
principal; lawyer; candidate for Arkansas
superintendent of public instruction, 1910; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1916, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arkansas, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1930-34; member of
Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1932-57; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Arkansas.
Died January
7, 1979 (age 96 years, 140
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Jacob Trieber (1853-1927) —
of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Raschkow, Prussia (now Raszkow, Poland),
October
6, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Arkansas, 1880,
1884,
1896
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1892; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1897-1900; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1900-27;
died in office 1927.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died September
17, 1927 (age 73 years, 346
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Thomas Arthur Turner (1878-1943) —
also known as Arthur Turner —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., February
11, 1878.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1908-11.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 253
days).
Interment at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif.
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Thomas Johnston Turner (1815-1874) —
also known as Thomas J. Turner —
of Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill.
Born in Trumbull
County, Ohio, April 5,
1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; probate judge in Illinois, 1842; postmaster;
newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1847-49; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1854; mayor
of Freeport, Ill., 1855; colonel in the Union Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 56th District,
1869-70.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., April 4,
1874 (age 58 years, 364
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Freeport, Ill.
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Enoch H. Vance (1848-1921) —
of Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark.
Born in Pontotoc
County, Miss., February
18, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1900; postmaster at Malvern,
Ark., 1901.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark., October
8, 1921 (age 73 years, 232
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Malvern, Ark.
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George Clifton Wade (b. 1910) —
also known as Clifton Wade —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas City, Desha
County, Ark., January
25, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1947-54; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Arkansas, 1952,
1956
(alternate), 1960;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1955-67.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Amvets;
American
Legion; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of H. Lynn Wade and Sallie Tyler (Clifton) Wade; married, December
28, 1928, to Vera Drake. |
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James David Walker (1830-1906) —
also known as James D. Walker —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born near Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., December
13, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1879-85.
Died in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., November
17, 1906 (age 75 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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William Wirt Watkins (1826-1898) —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ark.
Born in Jefferson
County, Tenn., April 1,
1826.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1856-60, 1866, 1878; delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Harrison, Boone
County, Ark., January
15, 1898 (age 71 years, 289
days).
Interment at Carrollton Cemetery, Carrollton, Ark.
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Thomas G. Weaver —
of New York.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Justice of
New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1957, 1966.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Henry Whitelaw (1854-1937) —
also known as Robert H. Whitelaw —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.; Blodgett, Scott
County, Mo.; Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., January
30, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Cape
Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-78; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County,
1883-84, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1890-91.
Died in Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark., July 27,
1937 (age 83 years, 178
days).
Interment at New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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John Frank Wilson (1846-1911) —
also known as John F. Wilson —
of Arkansas; Arizona.
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., May 7,
1846.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1877; state court judge in
Arizona, 1893; Arizona
territory attorney general, 1896; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1899.
Died, probably from apoplexy,
in the Prescott Hotel,
Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz., April 7,
1911 (age 64 years, 335
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Nick Wilson (born c.1943) —
of Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark.
Born about 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1971-98.
Convicted
in November, 1999, on federal tax
evasion charges. Pleaded
guilty in March, 2000 to fraud;
128 other charges were dropped in return for his agreement to testify
against three others.
Still living as of 2000.
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Julius Gayle Windsor Jr. (1920-1991) —
also known as J. Gayle Windsor, Jr. —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tulsa, Tulsa
County, Okla., June 4,
1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1957-62, 1967-80.
Baptist.
English
and German
ancestry. Member, Lions; Theta
Chi.
Cast the only opposing vote in the legislature to Gov. Orval
Faubus's plan to fight desegregation of the Little Rock schools
in 1958.
Died, of cancer,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., September
28, 1991 (age 71 years, 116
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Otis Theodore Wingo (1877-1930) —
also known as Otis Wingo —
of De Queen, Sevier
County, Ark.
Born in Weakley
County, Tenn., June 18,
1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1907-08; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1913-30; died in
office 1930.
Died October
21, 1930 (age 53 years, 125
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frederick Yates (1914-1971) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Malvern, Hot Spring
County, Ark., October
3, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 4th District,
1955-62; defeated in primary, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1962 (15th District), 1964 (1st
District); candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1966.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Michigan, October
9, 1971 (age 57 years, 6
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1943 to Thelma
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