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Physician Politicians in Arkansas
including Surgeons and Osteopaths

William H. Abington (1870-1951) — also known as W. H. Abington — of Beebe, White County, Ark. Born in Tennessee, January 2, 1870. Democrat. Physician; member of Arkansas state senate, 1910; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1928. Died in Beebe, White County, Ark., March 19, 1951 (age 81 years, 76 days). Interment at Beebe Cemetery, Beebe, Ark.   Relatives: Son of William Thomas Abington and Mary Jane (Plant) Abington; married, March 31, 1896, to Minnie Mae Herndon; married 1902 to Sarah Ann Sands.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Fay Boozman — of Arkansas. Republican. Physician; member of Arkansas state senate, 1990; candidate for U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1998. Still living as of 1998.   Matthew Cunningham (1782-1851) — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born July 5, 1782. Physician; mayor of Little Rock, Ark., 1832. Died June 15, 1851 (age 68 years, 345 days). Interment at Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.   Relatives: Married to Eliza Bertrand Cunningham; father of Chester Cunningham.   David Dickson (d. 1836) — of Jackson, Hinds County, Miss. Born in Georgia. Physician; delegate to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817, 1832; member of Mississippi state senate, 1820-21; Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, 1821; postmaster at Jackson, Miss., 1822-23; secretary of state of Mississippi, 1835; U.S. Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-36; died in office 1836. Slaveowner. Died in Hot Springs, Garland County, Ark., July 31, 1836. Cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Walter John Giller (1938-2003) — also known as John Giller — of El Dorado, Union County, Ark. Born in El Dorado, Union County, Ark., December 28, 1938. Republican. Orthopedic surgeon; delegate to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1979; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas, 1980. Episcopalian. Died, of cancer, in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., March 13, 2003 (age 64 years, 75 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   H. A. Powell — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Republican. Physician; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1952, 1956, 1960. African ancestry. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Norman R. Saliba — Physician; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas. Still living as of 1968.   Victor F. Snyder (b. 1947) — also known as Vic Snyder — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born in Medford, Jackson County, Ore., September 27, 1947. Democrat. Physician; member of Arkansas state senate, 1991-96; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 2nd District, 1997-2011; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 2000, 2004, 2008. Presbyterian or Methodist. Still living as of 2014.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   William James Yerby (1867-1950) — also known as William J. Yerby — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Oldtown, Phillips County, Ark., September 22, 1867. Physician; U.S. Consul in Sierra Leone, 1906-15; Dakar, 1915-25; La Rochelle, 1925-26; Oporto, 1926-30; Nantes, 1930-32. Baptist. African ancestry. Died in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., 1950 (age about 82 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Robert Milton Yerby and Clementine Yerby; married to Cecilia Carolyn Kennedy.

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