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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: Caffery
family of Franklin, Louisiana; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (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. Howell, Jr.
— 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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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 — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate
Presidents [anthology] |
| | | 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 Manhattan, 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,
1968;
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; defeated, 1947.
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.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Walnut Hill, Marion
County, Ill., March
24, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hernando
County Judge, 1888-93; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1895; Democratic
Presidential Elector for Florida, 1897;
Governor
of Florida, 1901-05; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1908.
Died in St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla., February
27, 1920 (age 56 years, 340
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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James Walter Kehoe (1870-1938) —
also known as Walter Kehoe —
of Florida.
Born in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., April
25, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1900; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1917-19.
Died in Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., August
20, 1938 (age 68 years, 117
days).
Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
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Richard Keller (b. 1964) —
also known as Ric Keller —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., September
5, 1964.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 8th District, 2001-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard Kelly (1924-2005) —
of Florida.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 31,
1924.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1960-74; U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 1975-81.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
June 13, 1980, and convicted
January 26, 1981, on charges of bribery
conspiracy, and interstate travel to further illegal activities; the
conviction was overturned on appeal, then reinstated; served 13
months in prison.
Died in Stevensville, Ravalli
County, Mont., August
22, 2005 (age 81 years, 22
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carleton James King (1904-1977) —
also known as Carleton J. King —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., June 15,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in New York, 1936-41; Saratoga
County District Attorney, 1951-60; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1961-75 (31st District 1961-63,
30th District 1963-73, 29th District 1973-75); defeated, 1974.
Died in Bradenton, Manatee
County, Fla., November
19, 1977 (age 73 years, 157
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in Gulf of Mexico.
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Ron J. Klein (b. 1957) —
of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, July 10,
1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1993-96; member of Florida
state senate, 1996-2006; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 2000,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 22nd District, 2007-.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard David Kriseman (b. 1962) —
also known as Rick Kriseman —
of St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
2, 1962.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 53rd District, 2006-12; mayor
of St. Petersburg, Fla., 2014-21.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2021.
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Bruce Kyle (b. 1969) —
of Florida.
Born in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., May 30,
1969.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1999-.
Catholic.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Still living as of 1999.
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