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Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson (1832-1908) —
also known as Robert H. M. Davidson —
of Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla.
Born near Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., September
23, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1856-59; member of Florida
state senate, 1860-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Gadsden County,
1865; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1877-91 (2nd District 1877-79, 1st
District 1879-91).
Slaveowner.
Died in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., January
18, 1908 (age 75 years, 117
days).
Interment at Western
Cemetery, Quincy, Fla.
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Joseph Edward Davies (1876-1958) —
also known as Joseph E. Davies —
of Wisconsin; Washington,
D.C.; Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Watertown, Jefferson
County, Wis., November
29, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic
National Committee from Wisconsin, 1912; law partner of Timothy
T. Ansberry; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1915-18; chair,
Federal Trade Commission, 1915-16; economic advisor to President Woodrow
Wilson at the Paris peace conference after World War I; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1918; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1936; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1936-38; Belgium, 1938-39; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1938-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia following a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
1958 (age 81 years, 161
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) —
also known as Fred H. Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 18,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Leon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida
state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Reserve
Officers Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, February
3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers. |
| | | Epitaph: "Lawyer -
Statesman - Jurist - Soldier." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Horatio Davis (1840-1912) —
of Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., May 16,
1840.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
county judge in Virginia, 1880-86; mayor
of Gainesville, Fla., 1908-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., June 12,
1912 (age 72 years, 27
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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Jacob Erastus Davis (1905-2003) —
also known as Jacob E. Davis —
of Waverly, Pike
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Beaver, Pike
County, Ohio, October
31, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-34; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1935-37; resigned 1937; common
pleas court judge in Ohio, 1937-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1941-43; vice-president,
Kroger Company (supermarkets),
1945-60; president and CEO, 1961-70.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Acacia.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
28, 2003 (age 97 years, 120
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Jim Davis (b. 1957) —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
11, 1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-96; U.S.
Representative from Florida 11th District, 1997-2007; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2004;
candidate for Governor of
Florida, 2006.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Wyche Davis (1849-1929) —
also known as Robert W. Davis —
of Palatka, Putnam
County, Fla.; Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born near Albany, Lee
County, Ga., March
15, 1849.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1884-85; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1885; general
attorney, Florida Southern Railroad;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 1897-1905; mayor
of Gainesville, Fla., 1924-25.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., September
15, 1929 (age 80 years, 184
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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Marion Lindsay Dawson —
of Richmond,
Va.; Suffolk
County, N.Y.; Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Scottsville, Albemarle
County, Va.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-19; campaign manager for
Gov. Cary
A. Hardee.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1903 to Alice
Taylor. |
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Thomas Cleland Dawson (1865-1912) —
also known as Thomas C. Dawson —
of Enterprise, Volusia
County, Fla.; Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa; Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie
County, Iowa.
Born in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., July 30,
1865.
Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; U.S. Minister to Santo Domingo, 1904-07; Colombia, 1907-09; Chile, 1909; Panama, 1910; U.S. Consul General in Santo Domingo, 1904-07.
Presbyterian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 1,
1912 (age 46 years, 276
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Laurent de Give (1828-1910) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Belgium,
January
31, 1828.
Lawyer; Consul
for Belgium in Atlanta,
Ga., 1860-1903; opera
house proprietor; movie
theater owner.
Catholic.
Belgian
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in Rockledge, Brevard
County, Fla., March
17, 1910 (age 82 years, 45
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Terence J. Delahunty —
also known as Terry Delahunty —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Lawyer; Honorary
Consul for Ireland in Orlando,
Fla., 2017.
Still living as of 2017.
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Mary Dolores Welch Denman (c.1932-2000) —
also known as M. Dolores Denman —
of New York.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., about 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state attorney general, 1978; Justice of
New York Supreme Court, 1979-2000; Justice of the Appellate
Division of the New York Supreme Court, 1981-2000.
Female.
Catholic.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., 2000
(age about
68 years).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure (1822-1886) —
also known as Wilmot G. de Saussure —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 23,
1822.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848-49, 1854-57,
1860-63; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1862.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., February
1, 1886 (age 63 years, 193
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) —
also known as Thomas E. Dewey —
of Pawling, Dutchess
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Owosso, Shiawassee
County, Mich., March
24, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New
York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1940;
Governor
of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President
of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1952
(speaker),
1956.
Episcopalian.
English
and French
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Mu Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel,
Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
16, 1971 (age 68 years, 357
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George
Martin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16,
1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of Jefferson
Finis Davis); nephew of Edmond
Otis Dewey; first cousin four times removed of David
Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Glasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed of Luther
Waterman and Joshua
Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Upham
family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Eastman
family; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Chandler-Hale
family of Portland, Maine; Abbott
family of Salinas, California; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington
family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Herbert
Brownell, Jr. — Charles
C. Wing — Martin
T. Manton — Herman
Methfessel |
| | | The Thomas E. Dewey Thruway,
which runs through Westchester,
Rockland,
Orange,
Ulster,
Greene,
Albany,
Schenectady,
Montgomery,
Herkimer,
Oneida,
Madison,
Onondaga,
Cayuga,
Seneca,
Ontario,
Monroe,
Genesee,
Erie,
and Chautauqua
counties in New York, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M.
Stolberg, Fighting
Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E.
Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas
E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political
Leadership — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas
E. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — David Pietrusza, 1948:
Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed
America |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart (b. 1954) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
August
13, 1954.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1987-89; defeated (Democratic),
1982; member of Florida
state senate, 1989-92; U.S.
Representative from Florida 21st District, 1993-.
Catholic.
Cuban
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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LaVern Ralph Dilweg (1903-1968) —
also known as LaVern R. Dilweg —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
1, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; played on the Green Bay Packers football
team, 1927-34; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 8th District, 1943-45; defeated,
1944; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1950.
Member, Lions; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Member, Wisconsin Sports Hall of
Fame.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
2, 1968 (age 64 years, 62
days).
Interment at Fort
Howard Memorial Park, Green Bay, Wis.
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John Charles Doerfer (1904-1992) —
also known as John C. Doerfer —
of West Allis, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
30, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission,
1953-60; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1957-60; in 1960,
he spent a week-long Florida vacation on the yacht Lazy Girl,
owned by his friend George B. Storer, president of Storer
Broadcasting; as a result, he was accused of conflict
of interest and forced to
resign.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 5,
1992 (age 87 years, 188
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Peter Hoyt Dominick (1915-1981) —
also known as Peter H. Dominick —
of Englewood, Arapahoe
County, Colo.
Born in Stamford, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 7,
1915.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1957-61; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 2nd District, 1961-63; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1963-75; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Colorado, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1975.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Hobe Sound, Martin
County, Fla., March
18, 1981 (age 65 years, 254
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Joseph M. Doty (1820-1868) —
of Ogdensburg, St.
Lawrence County, N.Y.; Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau
County, Fla.
Born in Martinsburg, Lewis
County, N.Y., April, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; postmaster at Ogdensburg,
N.Y., 1845-47.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 19,
1868 (age 48 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Downing (d. 1845) —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Virginia.
Lawyer; member
Florida territorial council, 1837; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1837-41.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., 1845.
Interment at Huguenot
Cemetery, St. Augustine, Fla.
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John Hugh Dyer Jr. —
also known as Buddy Dyer —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state senate, 1993-2003; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Florida
state attorney general, 2002; mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 2003-05, 2005-; indicted
March 10, 2005, for illegally paying
a campaign worker to collect
absentee ballots in the 2004 mayoral election; suspended
from office as mayor; on April 20, the charges were dropped, and he
was reinstated; candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2012.
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John Levering Early (1896-1999) —
also known as John L. Early —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Staunton,
Va., December
19, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1933-39; municipal judge in
Florida, 1944-46; mayor
of Sarasota, Fla., 1951-52.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Order of
the Coif; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 9,
1999 (age 102 years,
80 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Edward Early and Ida (Clark) Early; married, June 2,
1924, to Maebelle Claire Brooks. |
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Charles Thomas Easterly (1940-2005) —
also known as Tom Easterly —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Florida; Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, April
21, 1940.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; insurance
agent; member of Kentucky
state senate 20th District, 1974-82; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1978, 1980; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1988-90.
Killed in a car
crash on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, Putnam
County, W.Va., June 15,
2005 (age 65 years, 55
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Easterly. |
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Steven Effman (b. 1950) —
also known as Steve Effman —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
13, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Sunrise, Fla., 1993-96; member of Florida
state house of representatives 98th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Member, B'nai
B'rith.
Admitted
in 2003 to inappropriate
relationships
with three divorce clients; suspended
from the practice of law for 91 days.
Still living as of 2003.
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Foss Oscar Eldred (1884-1956) —
also known as Foss O. Eldred —
of Ionia, Ionia
County, Mich.
Born in Van Buren
County, Mich., March
15, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 18th District, 1921-24; Ionia
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1925-28; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1931; mayor of
Ionia, Mich.; elected 1935; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Michigan, 1940;
Michigan
state attorney general, 1946; appointed 1946.
Died in Florida, February
17, 1956 (age 71 years, 339
days).
Interment at North
Plains Cemetery, North Plains, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Napoleon Eldred and Celinda (Decker) Eldred; married 1907 to
Ernanie Mary Olmsted. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Ellenbogen (1900-1985) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Vienna, Austria,
April
3, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 33rd District, 1933-38; common
pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1938-66.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 4,
1985 (age 85 years, 92
days).
Interment at West
View Jewish Cemetery, Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Edgar Clarence Ellis (1854-1947) —
also known as Edgar C. Ellis —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Vermontville, Eaton
County, Mich., October
2, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1905-09, 1921-23,
1925-27, 1929-31; defeated, 1908, 1922, 1926, 1930.
Congregationalist.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
15, 1947 (age 92 years, 164
days).
Cremated.
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William Hull Ellis (b. 1867) —
also known as William H. Ellis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., September
17, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Florida; Florida
state auditor, 1903; Florida
state attorney general, 1904-09; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1915-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Pi Gamma
Mu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles H. Ellis and Julia F. (Wilson) Ellis; married 1894 to M.
Ramelle Nicholson; married 1906 to Ena H.
Taylor (daughter of Robert
Fenwick Taylor). |
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Thomas Allison Embrey (1861-1931) —
also known as Thomas A. Embrey —
of Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a stroke,
in Florida State Hospital for
the Insane, Chattahoochee, Gadsden
County, Fla., April
11, 1931 (age 70 years, 43
days).
Interment at Florida State Hospital Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Simmons Embrey and Louisa Summers (Cain) Embrey;
married, October
19, 1883, to Fannie Lindsay. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily
Times, April 17, 1931 |
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Joseph H. Enos (1910-1973) —
of Paulsboro, Gloucester
County, N.J.
Born March
13, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly District 3-A, 1968-71.
Methodist.
Killed in an automobile
accident in Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
22, 1973 (age 63 years, 9
days).
Interment at Eglinton
Cemetery, Clarksboro, N.J.
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Richard William Ervin (b. 1905) —
also known as Richard W. Ervin —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Carrabelle, Franklin
County, Fla., January
26, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1949-64; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1964-75.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks; Exchange
Club.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard William Ervin and Carrie Marvin (Phillips ) Ervin;
married, November
23, 1933, to Frances Blois Baker. |
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William Wadsworth Evans Jr. (1921-1999) —
also known as William W. Evans, Jr. —
of Wyckoff, Bergen
County, N.J.
Born in Paterson, Passaic
County, N.J., May 6,
1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; mayor
of Wyckoff, N.J., 1950; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Bergen County, 1960-61;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Died in Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., August
19, 1999 (age 78 years, 105
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Earl Faircloth (1920-1995) —
also known as William Earl Faircloth —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Chiefland, Levy
County, Fla., September
24, 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1963-65; Florida
state attorney general, 1965-71; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1968; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1970.
Died, from strokes
and diabetes,
in Holy Cross Hospital,
Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., May 5,
1995 (age 74 years, 223
days).
Interment at Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Tenn.
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Robert A. Farmer (c.1939-2017) —
also known as Bob Farmer —
of Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born about 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; campaign treasurer, Michael
Dukakis for President, 1988; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988 ;
U.S. Consul General in Bermuda, 1994-99.
Gay.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., July 22,
2017 (age about 78
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Dante Bruno Fascell (1917-1998) —
also known as Dante B. Fascell —
of Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Bridgehampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., March 9,
1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1951-54; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1955-93 (4th District 1955-67, 12th
District 1967-73, 15th District 1973-83, 19th District 1983-93);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956
(delegation vice-chair), 1968
(alternate).
Italian
ancestry. Member, American
Legion; Lions; American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; Military
Order of the World Wars; Jaycees;
Kappa
Sigma.
Received Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1998.
Died, of colon
cancer, in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., November
28, 1998 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Interment at Sylvan
Abbey Memorial Park, Clearwater, Fla.
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Edward Ernest Fay (1887-1977) —
also known as Edward E. Fay —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
27, 1887.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 17th District, 1925-27;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1936.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum; Maccabees;
Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., September
4, 1977 (age 89 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frederick J. Fay and Evelyn Louise (Armstrong) Fay; married, February
14, 1917, to Virginia Alice Ventz. |
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George Randolph Fearon (1883-1976) —
also known as George R. Fearon —
of Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y.
Born in Oneida, Madison
County, N.Y., March
12, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Onondaga County 3rd District, 1916-20; member
of New
York state senate 38th District, 1921-36; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., January
2, 1976 (age 92 years, 296
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George Fearon and Anna Elizabeth (Charlow) Fearon; married, November
17, 1909, to Cora Lucy Nichols. |
| | | Cross-reference: George
B. Parsons |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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William Thomas Fee (1854-1919) —
also known as William T. Fee —
of Warren, Trumbull
County, Ohio.
Born in Niles, Trumbull
County, Ohio, May 6,
1854.
Lawyer; mayor of
Warren, Ohio, 1891-95; U.S. Consul in Cienfuegos, 1898; Bombay, 1899-1906; Bremen, 1906-17; Guatemala City, 1917-18.
Died April 1,
1919 (age 64 years, 330
days).
Interment at Melbourne
Cemetery, Melbourne, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of William Miller Fee and Mary (Barnheisel) Fee; married to Margaret
Drake Semple. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas C. Tom Feeney III (b. 1958) —
also known as Tom Feeney —
of Oviedo, Seminole
County, Fla.
Born in Abington, Montgomery
County, Pa., May 21,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 33rd District, 1990-94, 1996-2002;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1994; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Florida; U.S.
Representative from Florida 24th District, 2003-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Steven B. Feren (b. 1950) —
of Sunrise, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Beth Israel Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
1, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1992-96; candidate for Florida
state senate, 1996; mayor
of Sunrise, Fla., 1996-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1998-2002; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2009.
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Bert Fish (1875-1943) —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind., October
8, 1875.
Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; county judge in Florida, 1910-17,
1931-33; U.S. Minister to Egypt, 1933-38; Saudi Arabia, 1939-41; Portugal, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
German
and English
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Nu.
Died in Lisbon, Portugal,
July
21, 1943 (age 67 years, 286
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.
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Harold Leonard Fisher (1910-1999) —
also known as Harold L. Fisher; "Mr.
Brooklyn" —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1960,
1976,
1980;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 22nd District, 1967;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; chairman, New York
Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1977-79.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
26, 1999 (age 89 years, 16
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Fisher and Pauline Fisher; married to Betty
Kahn. |
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Hubert Frederick Fisher (1877-1941) —
also known as Hubert Fisher —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., October
6, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1912;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1917-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 16,
1941 (age 63 years, 253
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (1859-1936) —
also known as Duncan U. Fletcher —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., January
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893; mayor
of Jacksonville, Fla., 1893-95, 1901-03; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1905-08; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1909-36; died in office 1936.
Unitarian.
Member, Freemasons;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 17,
1936 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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John Gilman Foster (1859-1931) —
also known as John G. Foster —
of Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Derby Line, Derby, Orleans
County, Vt., March 9,
1859.
Lawyer; banker;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1892-94; U.S. Consul General in
Halifax, 1897-1903; Ottawa, 1903-27.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., January
6, 1931 (age 71 years, 303
days).
Interment at Derby Line Cemetery, Derby Line, Derby, Vt.
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Sydney F. Foster (1893-1973) —
of Liberty, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Cazenovia, Madison
County, N.Y., March
23, 1893.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 3rd District, 1929-60; Justice of the
Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court 3rd Department,
1939-40, 1945-49; judge of
New York Court of Appeals, 1960; defeated, 1954.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Legion.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., November
20, 1973 (age 80 years, 242
days).
Interment at Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, N.Y.
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Tillie Kidd Fowler (1942-2005) —
also known as Tillie K. Fowler; Tillie
Kidd —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., December
23, 1942.
Republican. Lawyer; legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Robert
G. Stephens, Jr., 1967-70; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1993-2001; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Died, of a brain
hemorrhage, in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 2,
2005 (age 62 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leo J. Fox —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Wisconsin.
Lawyer; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1961-62.
Still living as of 1962.
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Curtiss E. Frank (1904-1990) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., November
13, 1904.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Yonkers, N.Y., 1944-49; resigned 1949; publishing
executive.
Presbyterian.
Member, Union
League.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., February
3, 1990 (age 85 years, 82
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1948.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2009.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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Louis Frey Jr. (b. 1934) —
of Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Rutherford, Bergen
County, N.J., January
11, 1934.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1969-79 (5th District 1969-73, 9th
District 1973-79); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Florida, 1972;
candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1978; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1980.
Still living as of 2010.
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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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Wesley Frost (1884-1968) —
of Berea, Madison
County, Ky.; Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, June 17,
1884.
Secretary to U.S. Senator Theodore
E. Burton, 1907-08; lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S.
Consul in Charlottetown, 1912-14; Cork, 1914-17; Marseille, 1921-24; U.S. Consul General in Marseille, 1924-28; Montreal, 1928-35; U.S. Minister to Paraguay, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, 1942-44.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., January
9, 1968 (age 83 years, 206
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Oberlin, Ohio.
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Matthew Louis Gaetz II (b. 1982) —
also known as Matt Gaetz —
Born in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., May 7,
1982.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 2010-16; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 2017-; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.
Still living as of 2022.
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Alfred Moore Gatlin (1790-1841) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., April
20, 1790.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 1823-25.
Slaveowner.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., February
23, 1841 (age 50 years, 309
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Sam Melville Gibbons (1920-2012) —
also known as Sam M. Gibbons —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., January
20, 1920.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1953-58; member of Florida
state senate, 1959-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-97 (10th District 1963-67, 6th
District 1967-73, 7th District 1973-93, 11th District 1993-97);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1964,
1968,
1984,
1996.
Presbyterian.
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., October
9, 2012 (age 92 years, 263
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Memorial Park, Tampa, Fla.
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William Mathis Gober (b. 1875) —
also known as William M. Gober —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.; Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Commerce, Jackson
County, Ga., July 29,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1916, 1922; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Florida, 1920
(alternate), 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Florida
state attorney general, 1920; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1921-29; candidate
for justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1924.
Episcopalian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William J. Gober and Clarisa (Embry) Gober; married, November
21, 1899, to Gussie E. Jackson. |
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J. Dudley Goodlette (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Hazard, Perry
County, Ky., 1948.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 76th District, 1999-.
Disciples
of Christ.
Still living as of 1999.
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Arthur E. Gordon (1879-1958) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Seville, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born July 17,
1879.
Lawyer; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1931-39; appointed
1931.
Died June 10,
1958 (age 78 years, 328
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Daniel Robert Graham (b. 1936) —
also known as Bob Graham —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
9, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1967-71; member of Florida
state senate, 1971-79; Governor of
Florida, 1979-87; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1987-2005; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004.
Congregationalist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Gwendolyn Graham (b. 1963) —
also known as Gwen Graham —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Miami Lakes, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., January
31, 1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 2nd District, 2015-17.
Female.
Still living as of 2018.
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Claudius Buchanan Grant (1835-1921) —
also known as Claudius B. Grant —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Houghton, Houghton
County, Mich.; Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.
Born in Lebanon, York
County, Maine, October
25, 1835.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; postmaster at Ann
Arbor, Mich., 1867-70; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1871-74 (Washtenaw County 2nd
District 1871-72, Washtenaw County 1st District 1873-74); member of
University
of Michigan board of regents, 1872-79; Houghton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1877; circuit
judge in Michigan 25th Circuit, 1882-89; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1890-1909; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1898-99, 1908.
English
ancestry.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
28, 1921 (age 85 years, 126
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
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David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) —
also known as Bibb Graves —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 1,
1873.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Governor of
Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March
14, 1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Alan Mark Grayson (b. 1958) —
also known as Alan Grayson —
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., March
13, 1958.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 2009-11, 2013-17 (8th District
2009-11, 9th District 2013-17); defeated, 2010; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2016.
Still living as of 2017.
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Robert Alexis Green (1892-1973) —
also known as R. A. 'Lex' Green —
of Starke, Bradford
County, Fla.
Born near Lake Butler, Bradford County (now Union
County), Fla., February
10, 1892.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1918-20; Bradford
County Judge, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1925-44 (2nd District 1925-43,
at-large 1943-44); resigned 1944; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1944; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., February
9, 1973 (age 80 years, 365
days).
Interment at New
River Cemetery, Near New River, Bradford County, Fla.
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Lloyd Carpenter Griscom (1872-1959) —
also known as Lloyd C. Griscom —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Riverton, Burlington
County, N.J., November
4, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S. Minister to Persia, 1901-02; Japan, 1902-06; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1906-07; Italy, 1907-09; chair of
New York County Republican Party, 1910-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1912.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1959
(age about
86 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Clement Acton Griscom and Frances Canby (Biddle) Griscom; married
to Elizabeth Duer Bronson. |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary |
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Ralph Waldo Gwinn (1884-1962) —
also known as Ralph W. Gwinn —
of Bronxville, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Noblesville, Hamilton
County, Ind., March
29, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer; writer; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1945-59; defeated,
1940, 1942.
Methodist
or Christian
Reformed. Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons.
Died of a heart
attack, in Delray Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
27, 1962 (age 77 years, 335
days).
Interment at Pawling
Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.
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James Knox Polk Hall (1844-1915) —
of Ridgway, Elk
County, Pa.
Born in Milesburg, Centre
County, Pa., September
30, 1844.
Democrat. Lawyer; Elk
County District Attorney, 1867-70, 1873; interests in coal
mining, lumbering,
railroads,
and banking;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 28th District, 1899-1903; member
of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1903-14 (38th District 1903-06, 26th District
1907-14).
Died in Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla., January
5, 1915 (age 70 years, 97
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Ridgway, Pa.
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Charles Memorial Hamilton (1840-1875) —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.; Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Pine Creek Township, Clinton
County, Pa., November
1, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1868-71 (at-large 1868-69, 6th
District 1869-71); postmaster at Jacksonville,
Fla., 1871-72; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1873.
Died in Pine Creek Township, Clinton
County, Pa., October
22, 1875 (age 34 years, 355
days).
Interment at Jersey
Shore Cemetery, Jersey Shore, Pa.
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John Daniel Miller Hamilton (1892-1973) —
also known as John D. M. Hamilton —
of Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan.; Paoli, Chester
County, Pa.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Fort Madison, Lee
County, Iowa, March 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1925-28; Speaker of
the Kansas State House of Representatives, 1927-28; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1930-32; member of Republican
National Committee from Kansas, 1932-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1936-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Kansas, 1936,
1940
(chair, Arrangements
Committee; speaker).
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, in Morton Plant Hospital,
Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., September
24, 1973 (age 81 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Daniel Miller Hamilton and Mary (Rice) Hamilton; married, December
28, 1915, to Laura Hall; married 1940 to Jane
(Kendall) Mason. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, September
21, 1936 |
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Lee Herbert Hamilton (b. 1931) —
also known as Lee H. Hamilton —
of Columbus, Bartholomew
County, Ind.
Born in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., April
20, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1965-99; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1968,
1996;
received the Medal
of Freedom in 2015.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Trilateral
Commission; Rotary;
Jaycees;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2018.
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Cary Augustus Hardee (1876-1957) —
also known as Cary A. Hardee —
of Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla.
Born in Taylor
County, Fla., November
13, 1876.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1915-17; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1917; Governor of
Florida, 1921-25.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen.
Died November
21, 1957 (age 81 years, 8
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Fla.
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Forest Arthur Harness (1895-1974) —
also known as Forest A. Harness —
of Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind.
Born in Kokomo, Howard
County, Ind., June 24,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; Howard
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1921-24; represented the United
States in the attempt to extradite Samuel
Insull from Greece, 1932-34; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1939-49; defeated,
1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1948.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., July 29,
1974 (age 79 years, 35
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Crown
Point Cemetery, Kokomo, Ind.
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William Henry Harrison (1896-1990) —
also known as William H. Harrison —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Sheridan, Sheridan
County, Wyo.
Born in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., August
10, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927-29; member of Wyoming
state house of representatives, 1945-50; member of Wyoming
Republican State Committee, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1951-55, 1961-65, 1967-69;
defeated, 1964, 1968; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Wyoming, 1954.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., October
8, 1990 (age 94 years, 59
days).
Interment at Sheridan
Municipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo.
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George Sydney Hawkins (1808-1878) —
also known as George S. Hawkins —
of Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Kingston, Ulster
County, N.Y., 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Florida
state senate, 1840; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Florida, 1842-45; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1846-50; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Florida at-large, 1857-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla., March
15, 1878 (age about 69
years).
Interment at St.
Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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Julius Helfand (1902-1987) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
11, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Kings County 6th District, 1935; defeated,
1935.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; National
Lawyers Guild.
Sponsored 1935 amendment to New York State tax law, which prohibited
educational institutions from denying admission to qualified
applicants because of race, color, or creed.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., August
16, 1987 (age 84 years, 248
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ruben Helfand and Rose (Sperance) Helfand; married, November
21, 1926, to Naomi Aaronson. |
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Louis Benjamin Heller (1905-1993) —
also known as Louis B. Heller —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Lauderhill, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
10, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York
state senate 7th District, 1943-44; member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1944-54; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1949-54 (7th District 1949-53, 8th
District 1953-54); resigned 1954; special sessions court judge in New
York, 1954-58; city court judge in New York, 1958-66; Justice of
New York Supreme Court 2nd District, 1967-77.
Jewish.
Died in Plantation, Broward
County, Fla., October
30, 1993 (age 88 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Alexander Hemenway (1860-1923) —
also known as James A. Hemenway —
of Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind.
Born in Boonville, Warrick
County, Ind., March 8,
1860.
Republican. Lawyer; Prosecuting Attorney, 2nd Judicial
Circuit, 1886-90; member of Indiana
Republican State Committee, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1895-1905; resigned
1905; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Indiana, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., February
10, 1923 (age 62 years, 339
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Boonville, Ind.
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Joseph Edward Hendricks (1903-1974) —
also known as Joe Hendricks —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.; Plant City, Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in Lake Butler, Union
County, Fla., September
24, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 1937-49.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., October
20, 1974 (age 71 years, 26
days).
Interment at Lakeland
Memorial Gardens, Lakeland, Fla.
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Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. (1909-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Herlong, Jr. —
of Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla.
Born in Manistee, Monroe
County, Ala., February
14, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Florida, 1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th
District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Pi
Kappa Phi.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., December
27, 1995 (age 86 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Walter Heselton (1900-1962) —
also known as John W. Heselton —
of Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass.; Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
17, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1936-38; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1945-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died August
19, 1962 (age 62 years, 155
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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William Luther Hill (1873-1951) —
of Florida.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., October
17, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; insurance
business; secretary to U.S. Sen. Duncan
U. Fletcher, 1917-36; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936; appointed 1936.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., January
5, 1951 (age 77 years, 80
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Gainesville, Fla.
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Gregory J. Hobbs Jr. (b. 1944) —
of Colorado.
Born in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., December
15, 1944.
Served
in the Peace Corps; lawyer; law clerk for Judge William
E. Doyle, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1971-72; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1996-2015; appointed 1996; retired
2015.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2015.
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William Adam Hocker (b. 1844) —
also known as William A. Hocker —
of Florida.
Born in Buckingham
County, Va., December
5, 1844.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1877, 1891; State's Attorney, 5th
Circuit, 1877-86; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; circuit judge
in Florida, 1893-1901; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1903-15.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hocker and Susannah (Lewis) Hocker; married, November
11, 1868, to Gertrude Venable. |
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Einar Hoidale (1870-1952) —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Tromso, Norway,
August
17, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1930, 1934; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota at-large, 1933-35.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., December
5, 1952 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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Lyle Donald Holcomb (1895-1975) —
also known as Lyle D. Holcomb —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Pierson, Montcalm
County, Mich., August
29, 1895.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Florida, 1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March
30, 1975 (age 79 years, 213
days).
Interment at Woodlawn Park North Cemetery & Mausoleum, Miami, Fla.
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Spessard Lindsey Holland (1892-1971) —
also known as Spessard L. Holland —
of Bartow, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., July 10,
1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
county judge in Florida, 1921-29; member of Florida
state senate, 1932-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1956
(alternate), 1968;
Governor
of Florida, 1941-45; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1946-71.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis;
Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association.
Sponsor of 24th Amendment outlawing the poll tax.
Died in Bartow, Polk
County, Fla., November
6, 1971 (age 79 years, 119
days).
Interment at Wildwood
Cemetery, Bartow, Fla.
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John Milton Holley (1802-1848) —
also known as John M. Holley —
of Lyons, Wayne
County, N.Y.
Born in Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., November
10, 1802.
Whig. Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Wayne County, 1838, 1841; Wayne
County District Attorney, 1842-45; U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1847-48; defeated,
1844; died in office 1848.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., March 8,
1848 (age 45 years, 119
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Lyons, N.Y.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert I. Honchell —
also known as Pat Honchell —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Lawyer; mayor
of Boca Raton, Fla., 1965-67.
Still living as of 1967.
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George Dunlap Hopper (1889-1969) —
also known as George D. Hopper —
of Danville, Boyle
County, Ky.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born in Stanford, Lincoln
County, Ky., July 13,
1889.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Stockholm, 1917-19; Rotterdam, 1920-23; Hamburg, 1923; Dunkirk, 1923-25; Antofagasta, 1925-29; Montreal, 1929-34; Casablanca, 1934-37; U.S. Consul General in Winnipeg, 1937-41; St. John's, 1941-45; Hong Kong, 1945-49.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Died, from bronchopneumonia,
in Brentwood Rehab
Center, Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., July 11,
1969 (age 79 years, 363
days).
Interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of George Dunlap Hopper (1848-1913) and Katherine Elizabeth (Higgins)
Hopper; married, June 23,
1920, to Minnie Parker Durham; married, July 8,
1939, to Sue Cushing Hayes. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. passport application
(1918) |
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Robert Freeman Hopwood (1856-1940) —
also known as Robert F. Hopwood —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., July 24,
1856.
Republican. Lawyer; director, Citizens Title
and Trust Co.; director, Uniontown Street
Railway Co.; Fayette
County Solicitor, 1894-1912; president, Uniontown Hospital,
1905-20; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 23rd District, 1915-17;
defeated, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., March 1,
1940 (age 83 years, 221
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pa.
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Elijah Bailey Howarth Jr. (1885-1964) —
also known as Elijah B. Howarth, Jr. —
of Royal Oak, Oakland
County, Mich.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Orion Township, Oakland
County, Mich., October
2, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Oakland County 1st District,
1923-24; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District, 1925-26; defeated in primary, 1930;
hotelier.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., May 10,
1964 (age 78 years, 221
days).
Interment at Royal
Palm South Cemetery, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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George Evan Howell (1905-1980) —
also known as Evan Howell —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Largo, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Marion, Williamson
County, Ill., September
21, 1905.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; referee in bankruptcy for U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 1937-41; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 21st District, 1941-47; defeated in
primary, 1938; resigned 1947; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1947-53; chairman, Illinois Toll Highway
Commission, 1953-55.
Died in Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla., January
18, 1980 (age 74 years, 119
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Richard Joseph Hughes (1909-1992) —
also known as Richard J. Hughes —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.; Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Florence, Burlington
County, N.J., August
10, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1938; chair of
Mercer County Democratic Party, 1944-45; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1948
(alternate), 1964,
1968
(chair, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1972;
county judge in New Jersey, 1948-52; superior court judge in New
Jersey, 1952-61; Governor of
New Jersey, 1962-70; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1970-73; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1973-79.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Phi
Kappa Theta.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
7, 1992 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.
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Edward Hutchinson (1914-1985) —
of Fennville, Allegan
County, Mich.
Born in Fennville, Allegan
County, Mich., October
13, 1914.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
II; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Allegan County, 1947-50;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1948;
member of Michigan
state senate 8th District, 1951-60; chair of
Allegan County Republican Party, 1960-61; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1960; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from 8th Senatorial
District, 1961-62; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1963-77.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., July 22,
1985 (age 70 years, 282
days).
Interment at Fennville
Cemetery, Fennville, Mich.
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Lawrence E. Imhoff (1895-1988) —
of St. Clairsville, Belmont
County, Ohio.
Born in Round Bottom, Monroe
County, Ohio, December
28, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; probate judge in Ohio, 1925-33; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1933-39, 1941-43; served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Eagles;
Elks.
Died in North Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., April
18, 1988 (age 92 years, 112
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Fort
Myers Memorial Gardens, Fort Myers, Fla.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March
15, 1767.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37; censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans.
Slaveowner.
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;
married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Caffery
family of Louisiana (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
J. Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
J. Waterman
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Beale
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Greenfield
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
Jackson Speer
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Balliet
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— A.
J. Sherwood
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew
J. May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
J. Dunning, Jr.
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Goodwin
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
— Andrew
Jackson Kupper
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait
appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait
appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes.
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham, American
Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald Barr
Chidsey, Andrew
Jackson, Hero |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Craig Taylor James (b. 1941) —
also known as Craig T. James —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., May 5,
1941.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1989-93.
Still living as of 1998.
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Jacob Koppel Javits (1904-1986) —
also known as Jacob K. Javits —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 18,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1947-54; New York
state attorney general, 1955-57; U.S.
Senator from New York, 1957-81; defeated, 1980 (primary), 1980
(Liberal); delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956,
1960,
1964;
candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Jewish.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Jewish
War Veterans; United
World Federalists; Amvets.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1983.
Died, of ALS (Lou Gehrig's
disease), in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March 7,
1986 (age 81 years, 293
days).
Interment at Linden
Hill Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Edward John Jeffries Jr. (1900-1950) —
also known as Edward J. Jeffries, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., April 3,
1900.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1930, 1946; mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1940-48.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Maccabees;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Moose.
Died in Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., April 2,
1950 (age 49 years, 364
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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William Sherman Jennings (1863-1920) —
also known as W. S. Jennings —
of Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Centralia, Marion
County, Ill., March
24, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hernando
County Judge, 1888; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1895; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Florida; Governor of
Florida, 1901-05; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1908.
Died February
28, 1920 (age 56 years, 341
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Charles Fletcher Johnson (1859-1930) —
also known as Charles F. Johnson —
of Waterville, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Winslow, Kennebec
County, Maine, February
14, 1859.
Democrat. School
principal; lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Maine, 1892, 1894; mayor
of Waterville, Maine, 1893-94; defeated, 1889, 1890; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maine, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1912,
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maine, 1916; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, 1917-29.
Unitarian.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
15, 1930 (age 71 years, 1
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Waterville, Maine.
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James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) —
also known as James W. Johnson; James William
Johnson —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 17,
1871.
School
principal; author;
lawyer; U.S. Consul in Puerto Cabello, 1906-07; Dakar, 1907-08; Corinto, 1908-09; university
professor.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Sigma
Pi Phi; Phi
Beta Sigma; Freemasons.
Author of the words to the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing," which
became known as the "Negro National Anthem".
Killed in a car-train
collision, in Wiscasset, Lincoln
County, Maine, June 26,
1938 (age 67 years, 9
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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John B. Johnson (b. 1868) —
of Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Live Oak, Suwannee
County, Fla., October
15, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Florida
state senate, 1907-23; Florida
state attorney general, 1925-27.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Archibald Johnson and Martha Elizabeth (Bachlotte) Johnson;
married, October
14, 1903, to Mary Wagner. |
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Harry Allison Johnston II (b. 1931) —
also known as Harry Johnston —
of Florida.
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., December
2, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state senate 26th District, 1975-86; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1989-97 (14th District 1989-93, 19th
District 1993-97); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1996.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1998.
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