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William Franklin Anderson (1860-1944) —
also known as William F. Anderson —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born near Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April
22, 1860.
Republican. Minister; Methodist bishop of Chattanooga, Tenn.,
1908-12, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912-24, and Boston, Mass., 1924-32; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1924 ; acting
president, Boston University, 1925-26.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons.
Died in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Barnstable
County, Mass., July 22,
1944 (age 84 years, 91
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles O. Baldwin (b. 1952) —
also known as Chuck Baldwin —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in LaPorte, LaPorte
County, Ind., May 3,
1952.
Pastor; talk
show host; Constitution candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; candidate for President
of the United States, 2008 (Constitution), 2012 (Reform).
Baptist.
Still living as of 2012.
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Rosemary Barkett (b. 1939) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas,
August
29, 1939.
Catholic nun; school
teacher; lawyer;
circuit judge in Florida, 1979-84; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1985-94; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1992-94; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, 1994-2013; retired
2013.
Female.
Catholic.
Syrian
ancestry.
Inducted 1986 into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.
Still living as of 2014.
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Archibald James Carey (1868-1931) —
also known as Archibald J. Carey —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in slavery,
in Georgia, August
25, 1868.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; president,
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Fla., 1895; minister;
bishop; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District,
1920-22; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1924;
member, Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1927-29; indicted
in 1929 on charges
of accepting
bribes from job applicants; the case never came to trial.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died, from heart
disease, in Billings Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
23, 1931 (age 62 years, 210
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Cemetery, Blue Island, Ill.
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Coleman Francis Carroll (1905-1977) —
also known as Coleman F. Carroll —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
9, 1905.
Republican. Catholic priest; bishop of Miami, 1958-68;
archbishop, 1968-77; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1968.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 26,
1977 (age 72 years, 167
days).
Interment at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery, Miami, Fla.
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Sidney Johnston Catts (1863-1936) —
also known as Sidney J. Catts —
of Florida.
Born in Pleasant Hill, Dallas
County, Ala., July 31,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer;
pastor; insurance
agent; Governor of
Florida, 1917-21; defeated in primary, 1924, 1928.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World.
Lost
his right eye in a childhood accident.
Died in DeFuniak Springs, Walton
County, Fla., March 9,
1936 (age 72 years, 222
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, DeFuniak Springs, Fla.
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Fred Pierce Corson (1896-1985) —
also known as Fred P. Corson —
of Jackson Heights, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Cornwall, Lebanon
County, Pa.
Born in Millville, Cumberland
County, N.J., April
11, 1896.
Methodist minister; president,
Dickinson College, 1934-44; Methodist Bishop of Philadelphia,
1944-68; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948,
1952;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1948.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League; Rotary;
Kappa
Sigma; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage after a fall, in
St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
16, 1985 (age 88 years, 311
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jeremiah Corson and Mary (Payne) Corson; married 1922 to
Frances Blount Beaman. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Dickinson
College |
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Karl N. Flagg —
of Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.
Born in Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.
Ordained minister; funeral
director; mayor
of Palatka, Fla., 2000-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry Flagg, Sr. and Effie Lee Flagg. |
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Eligius Fromentin (c.1767-1822) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in France,
about 1767.
Catholic priest; school
teacher; lawyer;
clerk of the Orleans Territory House of Representatives, 1807-11; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-19; criminal court judge in
Louisiana, 1821; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1821.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
6, 1822 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Winfield Romeo Gaylord (1870-1943) —
also known as Winfield R. Gaylord —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Verona, Lee
County, Miss., June 14,
1870.
Socialist. Pastor; Social Democratic candidate for Governor of
Wisconsin, 1906; member of Wisconsin
state senate 6th District, 1909-12; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1912.
Died February
23, 1943 (age 72 years, 254
days).
Interment at Palmetto Cemetery, Palmetto, Fla.
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Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (1821-1874) —
also known as Jonathan C. Gibbs —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1821.
Minister; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1868; secretary
of state of Florida, 1868-73; Florida
superintendent of public instruction, 1873-74.
Presbyterian.
African
ancestry.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., August
14, 1874 (age 52 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Gilmour (1872-1948) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Denver,
Colo.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1872.
Democrat. Minister, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex.,
1908-21; First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United
Liberal Church (Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
1932-48; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1928.
Unitarian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Optimist
Club.
He and his wife were killed when their car
was hit
by a train, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, Polk
County, Fla., March
12, 1948 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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John Andrew Gregg (1877-1953) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Wilberforce, Greene
County, Ohio; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Eureka, Greenwood
County, Kan., February
18, 1877.
Republican. Pastor; missionary; president,
Edward Waters College, 1913-20; president,
Wilberforce University, 1920-24; bishop; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1940.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
17, 1953 (age 75 years, 365
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, Kan.
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Clennon Washington King Jr. (c.1921-2000) —
also known as Clennon King; "The Black Don
Quixote" —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1921.
Minister; Independent Afro-American candidate for President
of the United States, 1960; candidate for mayor of
Miami, Fla., 1996.
African
ancestry.
Attempted
to enroll in the then-all-white University of Mississippi in
1958, and was sent to the state's insane
asylum; attempted to join and integrate Jimmy
Carter's all-white Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., on the eve of
the 1976 presidential election. Jailed
on numerous occasions for his flamboyant tactics.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., February
12, 2000 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Albany, Ga.
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Pam Olsen (born c.1955) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born about 1955.
Republican. Pastor; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Still living as of 2004.
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Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908-1972) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., November
29, 1908.
Democrat. Baptist minister; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1945-71 (22nd District 1945-53,
16th District 1953-63, 18th District 1963-71); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1952,
1960,
1964;
cited
for contempt
of court in 1966 for refusing to pay damages in a lawsuit against
him; on February 28, 1967, he was expelled
from the House of Representatives on charges
of unbecoming
conduct and misusing
public funds; the Supreme Court overturned the expulsion in 1969.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Elks.
Died, of prostate
cancer, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 4,
1972 (age 63 years, 127
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Bahamas.
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Relatives: Son
of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr. and Mattie (Fletcher) Powell; married, March 8,
1933, to Isabel Washington; married, August
1, 1945, to Hazel Scott; married, December
15, 1960, to Yvette Marjorie Diago (Flores) Powell; father of Adam
Clayton Powell IV. |
| | | Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard
(formerly part of Seventh Avenue), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. — The Adam Clayton Powell State
Office Building (opened 1974 as the Harlem State Office Building;
renamed 1983), in Manhattan,
New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books by Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.: Adam
by Adam: The Autobiography of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Books about Powell,Adam Clayton,Jr.:
Tisha Hamilton, Adam
Clayton Powell, Jr.: The Political Biography of an American
Dilemma — Wil Haygood, King
of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell,
Jr. |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer;
went
to the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Robert Scott (c.1841-1929) —
also known as John R. Scott —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in slavery
in Virginia, about 1841.
Republican. Clergyman; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1868-73, 1879; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1873-77; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1876,
1896
(alternate), 1916
(alternate), 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate); offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1896.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
18, 1929 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Scott (born c.1954) —
also known as Tom Scott —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., about 1954.
Minister; Hillsborough
County Commissioner, 1996-2004; member, Tampa City Council,
2007-11; candidate for mayor of
Tampa, Fla., 2011.
Church
of God. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2011.
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Everett R. Shafer (1911-2005) —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Esty, Greenbrier
County, W.Va., October
3, 1911.
Democrat. Baptist minister; school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1951-52,
1955-58.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Moose;
Blue
Key; National
Education Association.
Died August
9, 2005 (age 93 years, 310
days).
Interment at Eden Cemetery, Crescent City, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Arthur Shafer and Lebertha Velmer (Hamrick) Shafer;
married, October
17, 1936, to Mary Alby Crizer. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Stow, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
7, 1868.
Republican. Pastor; offered prayer, Republican National
Convention, 1916,
1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1954 (age 85 years, 293
days).
Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
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Charles Edward Woodcock (1854-1940) —
also known as Charles E. Woodcock —
of Ansonia, New Haven
County, Conn.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Matthews, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in New Britain, Hartford
County, Conn., June 12,
1854.
Republican. Episcopal priest; Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Kentucky, 1905-35; offered prayer, Republican National Convention,
1920.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack in Naples, Fla., and died soon after, in a hospital
at Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., March
12, 1940 (age 85 years, 274
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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