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Charles Franklin Brannan (1903-1992) —
also known as Charles F. Brannan —
of Denver,
Colo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Denver,
Colo., August
23, 1903.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1948-53.
Quaker.
Member, Civitan;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association.
Died in Denver,
Colo., July 2,
1992 (age 88 years, 314
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Reyburn Butler (1881-1933) —
also known as Robert R. Butler —
of Condon, Gilliam
County, Ore.; The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore.
Born in Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., September
24, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon; circuit judge in
Oregon, 1909-11; member of Oregon
state senate, 1913-17, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1928-33; died in office
1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Died of heart
disease and pneumonia,
at Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
7, 1933 (age 51 years, 105
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Ore.
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Albert Lyman Cox (b. 1883) —
also known as Albert L. Cox —
of Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
1, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1909; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1912;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1916-17; colonel in the U.S.
Army during World War I; candidate for Presidential Elector for North
Carolina; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1940,
1944,
1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Legion; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Interment at Willowdale
Cemetery, Goldsboro, N.C.
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Clifford Davis (1897-1970) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Hazlehurst, Copiah
County, Miss., November
18, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
city judge in Tennessee, 1923-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1940-65 (9th District 1940-43,
10th District 1943-53, 9th District 1953-65).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Moose; Elks; Order of
Ahepa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1970 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tenn.
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Clarence Bussey Hewes (b. 1890) —
also known as Clarence B. Hewes —
of Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La., February
1, 1890.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1948,
1952.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Dayton Seymour Mak (b. 1917) —
also known as Dayton S. Mak —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., July 10,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Kuwait, 1961-63.
Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Calhoun Roper (1867-1943) —
also known as Daniel C. Roper —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Marlboro
County, S.C., April 1,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; publicist;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marlboro County,
1892-94; U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1917-20; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1924
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Secretary of Commerce, 1933-38; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1939.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from leukemia,
in Washington,
D.C., April
11, 1943 (age 76 years, 10
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (1897-1971) —
also known as Richard B. Russell, Jr. —
of Winder, Barrow
County, Ga.
Born in Winder, Barrow
County, Ga., November
2, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Barrow County, 1921-31; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1927-31; Governor of
Georgia, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1933-71; died in office 1971; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President
KNDY, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
Sigma Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
21, 1971 (age 73 years, 80
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard
Brevard Russell and Ina (Dillard) Russell; brother of Robert
Lee Russell; uncle of Robert
Lee Russell Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Russell
family of Winder, Georgia. |
| | | The Russell Senate Office
Building (built 1903-08; named 1972), in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. — The Richard B. Russell Federal
Building and Courthouse
(built 1978-79), in Atlanta,
Georgia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Richard B. Russell, Jr.:
Gilbert C. Fite, Richard
B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia — Sally Russell,
Richard
Brevard Russell, Jr.: A Life of Consequence |
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Clifton Alexander Woodrum III (b. 1938) —
also known as Clifton A. Woodrum III; Chip
Woodrum —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1972;
Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1972-76; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 16th District, 1980-.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2001.
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