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Marcy Bradshaw Darnall (1872-1960) —
also known as Marcy B. Darnall —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Edgar
County, Ill., January
27, 1872.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; postmaster at Key
West, Fla., 1913-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
American
Legion; United
Spanish War Veterans; Civitan;
Elks.
Died, in Coffee Memorial Hospital,
Florence, Lauderdale
County, Ala., January
18, 1960 (age 87 years, 356
days).
Interment at Greenview Memorial Gardens, Florence, Ala.
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Relatives:
Married to Lutie Milliken. |
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David William Davis (1873-1959) —
also known as D. W. Davis —
of American Falls, Power
County, Idaho; Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Wales,
April
23, 1873.
Republican. Banker;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1912;
member of Idaho
state senate, 1912-14; Governor of
Idaho, 1919-23; defeated, 1916; Commissioner of Reclamation and
Director of Finance, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1924-32.
Methodist.
Welsh
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died August
5, 1959 (age 86 years, 104
days).
Interment at Cloverdale
Memorial Park, Boise, Idaho.
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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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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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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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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 Jabez
Huntington, Luther
Waterman and Joshua
Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John
Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James
Gillespie Blaine III. |
| | | Political family: Coit
family of New London, Connecticut (subset 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 — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate
Presidents [anthology] |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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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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King Dixon (b. 1908) —
of near Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., October
2, 1908.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; ice and
fuel oil dealer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Laurens County,
1955-56; member of South
Carolina state senate from Laurens County, 1960-64.
Baptist.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Rotary;
Blue
Key.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Montgomery Dixon and Sarah Youmans (King) Dixon; married,
August
14, 1926, to Katharine Simmons. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Herbert Jackson Drane (1863-1947) —
also known as Herbert J. Drane —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin, Simpson
County, Ky., June 20,
1863.
Democrat. Railroad
builder; insurance
and real
estate business; orange
grower; mayor
of Lakeland, Fla., 1888-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1903-05; member of Florida
state senate, 1913-17; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1917-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Power Commission, 1933-37.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., August
11, 1947 (age 84 years, 52
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Cemetery, Lakeland, Fla.
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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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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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James Burrows Edwards (1927-2014) —
also known as James B. Edwards; Jim
Edwards —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Hawthorne, Alachua
County, Fla., June 24,
1927.
Republican. Dentist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1971; member of South
Carolina state senate 16th District, 1972-74; resigned 1974; Governor of
South Carolina, 1975-79; U.S.
Secretary of Energy, 1981-82.
Episcopalian
or Methodist.
Member, Freemasons; Rotary;
American
Dental Association.
Died, from complications of a stroke,
in Mt. Pleasant, Charleston
County, S.C., December
26, 2014 (age 87 years, 185
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Florida, 1901;
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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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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Leo Luke Fabisinski (b. 1890) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Collinsville, Canton, Hartford
County, Conn., October
18, 1890.
State's Attorney, 1st Circuit. 1926-31; circuit judge in Florida,
1931-32.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Anthony Fabisinski and Julia (Radomski) Fabisinski; married, June 8,
1915, to Claude Meck Kirkpatrick. |
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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).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Fearon and Anna Elizabeth (Charlow) Fearon; married, November
17, 1909, to Cora Lucy Nichols; married to Bertha Stone and
Katherine Hume Patterson. |
| | | Cross-reference: George
B. Parsons |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1936 |
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Francis Finch (1917-1999) —
of Mattawan, Van Buren
County, Mich.; Naples, Collier
County, Fla.
Born in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Mich., June 30,
1917.
Republican. Farmer; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Van Buren
County, 1961-62.
Congregationalist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons.
Died July 14,
1999 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Finch and Hettie (Palmer) Finch; married to Geraldine
Halsted. |
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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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Davis Floyd (1772-1834) —
of Harrison
County, Ind.
Born in Virginia, 1772.
Member of Indiana
territorial House of Representatives, 1805-06; served in the U.S.
Army during the War of 1812; Indiana
territorial auditor, 1813-14; treasurer
of Indiana Territory, 1814-16; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; candidate for
Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-17; circuit judge in
Indiana, 1817-23; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1822.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Florida, 1834
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Floyd and Lillian Floyd; married 1794 to
Susanna Johnston Lewis. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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John J. Fuller (born c.1862) —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.; Weiser, Washington
County, Idaho.
Born in Dale
County, Ala., about 1862.
Democrat. Merchant
tailor; Taxpayers candidate for mayor of
Weiser, Idaho, 1905.
Member, Freemasons; Woodmen of
the World.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1901 to Anna
Powell. |
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Don Fuqua (b. 1933) —
of Altha, Calhoun
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., August
20, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member
of Florida
state house of representatives, 1959-62; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1963-87 (9th District 1963-67, 2nd
District 1967-87); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Jaycees;
Woodmen;
Alpha
Gamma Rho; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Farm
Bureau; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Albert Waller Gilchrist (1858-1926) —
also known as Albert W. Gilchrist —
of Punta Gorda, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Greenwood, Greenwood
County, S.C., January
15, 1858.
Democrat. Civil
engineer; real estate
dealer; orange
grower; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1893-96, 1903-06; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1905; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Governor of
Florida, 1909-13; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1912
(speaker),
1924;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1916.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a tumor of the
thigh, in the Hospital
for the Ruptured and Crippled, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 15,
1926 (age 68 years, 120
days).
Interment at Indian
Spring Cemetery, Punta Gorda, Fla.
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John Gorrie (1803-1855) —
of Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla.
Born in Nevis,
October
3, 1803.
Physician;
postmaster at Apalachicola,
Fla., 1834-38; mayor
of Apalachicola, Fla., 1837-38; banker; inventor
of the first ice-making machine, patented in 1851.
Episcopalian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Apalachicola, Franklin
County, Fla., June 29,
1855 (age 51 years, 269
days).
Original interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Apalachicola, Fla.; reinterment at Gorrie Square, Apalachicola, Fla.
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Relatives:
Married 1838 to
Caroline Frances Myrick. |
| | | The John Gorrie Memorial Bridge
(built 1935; rebuilt 1988), which carries U.S. highways 98 and 319
across Apalachicola Bay, from Apalachicola to Eastpoint, in Franklin
County, Florida, is named for
him. — John Gorrie Junior
High School (built 1923; closed 1997; now an apartment
building called The John Gorrie), in Jacksonville,
Florida, was named for
him. — Gorrie Elementary
School (built 1889 as Hyde Park School; renamed 1915), in Tampa,
Florida, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS John Gorrie (built 1942-43 at Jacksonville,
Florida; scrapped 1967) was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Palm Beach (Fla.) Post,
October 17, 1993 |
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Edward Wheeler Goss (1893-1972) —
also known as Edward W. Goss —
of Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., April
27, 1893.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; manufacturer;
member of Connecticut
state senate, 1926-28; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Connecticut, 1928,
1932;
U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 1930-35; defeated,
1934.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., December
27, 1972 (age 79 years, 244
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Riverside
Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.
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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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Robert Andrew Gray (1882-1975) —
also known as R. A. Gray —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Concord, Pike
County, Ga., August
2, 1882.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary
of state of Florida, 1930-61; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1940
(alternate), 1960.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Freemasons; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Moose;
American
Legion; Newcomen
Society.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1975
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Alberto Gutman (b. 1959) —
also known as Al Gutman —
of Florida.
Born in Havana (La Habana), Cuba,
January
4, 1959.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1984-92; member of Florida
state senate 34th District, 1992-99.
Jewish.
Cuban
ancestry. Member, Phi
Theta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; B'nai
B'rith; Freemasons.
In 1999, he was indicted,
along with his wife and 23 others, on charges of Medicaid
fraud and conspiracy; pleaded
guilty to felony conspiracy charges
that he helped set up home health care companies that never did any
legitimate business, got names of purported patients from voter
lists, and received over $800,000 in Medicare payments; resigned
from the Florida Senate as part of the plea bargain; sentenced
in 2000 to five years in prison,
fined,
and ordered to pay restitution.
Still living as of 1999.
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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 Andrew Haley (1899-1981) —
also known as James A. Haley; Jim Haley —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Calhoun
County, Ala., January
4, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; accountant;
chair
of Sarasota County Democratic Party, 1925-53; president-director,
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus,
1933-48; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1949-52; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1952
(alternate), 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1953-77 (7th District 1953-73, 8th
District 1973-77).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons; Elks.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., August
6, 1981 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Boca
Raton Cemetery, Boca Raton, Fla.
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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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Lyle W. Hanks (1930-2012) —
of St. Louis Park, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Elk River, Sherburne
County, Minn., August
28, 1930.
School
teacher; athletic
coach; mayor
of St. Louis Park, Minn., 1982-96.
Member, Freemasons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla., November
2, 2012 (age 82 years, 66
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Ralph Harvey (1901-1991) —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.
Born near Mt. Summit, Henry
County, Ind., August
9, 1901.
Republican. Member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1942-47; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1947-59, 1961-67;
defeated, 1958.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons; Kiwanis.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
7, 1991 (age 90 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Martin Harris Holcomb (1867-1945) —
also known as Martin H. Holcomb —
of Montcalm
County, Mich.; Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Vernon Township, Trumbull
County, Ohio, September
21, 1867.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Montcalm County, 1911-14;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1922.
Member, Freemasons; Shriners.
Died in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., November
12, 1945 (age 78 years, 52
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), 1960,
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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Pehr Gustaf Holmes (1881-1952) —
also known as Pehr G. Holmes —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Sweden,
April
9, 1881.
Republican. Manufacturer;
mayor
of Worcester, Mass., 1917-19; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council 7th District, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1931-47;
defeated, 1946.
Congregationalist.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Venice, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
19, 1952 (age 71 years, 254
days).
Interment at Old
Swedish Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
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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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William S. Hults Jr. (1906-1999) —
of Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Port Washington, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 18,
1906.
Republican. Real
estate and insurance
business; automobile
dealer; member of New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1943-44; member
of New
York state senate 3rd District, 1945-59.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons; Lions.
Died in 1999
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Lake Worth Memory Gardens, Lake Worth Beach, Fla.
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Harold W. Hungerford (1902-1982) —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Elsie, Clinton
County, Mich., June 30,
1902.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1947-64; defeated, 1944 (Ingham County 1st District), 1964 (58th
District); member of Michigan
state senate 24th District, 1967-70.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Palm Beach
County, Fla., February
5, 1982 (age 79 years, 220
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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: 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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Sharpe James (b. 1936) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
20, 1936.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1980,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1986-2006; Democratic Presidential Elector for
New Jersey, 1992;
member of New
Jersey state senate 29th District, 1999-2008; indicted
in July 2007 on federal charges
of using city credit cards for personal
expenses, and letting a girlfriend buy nine parcels of city-owned
land for a small fraction of their value, without disclosing
their relationship; convicted
in April 2008; sentenced
to 27 months in prison,
and fined
$100,000.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lamar Jeffers (1888-1983) —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala., April
16, 1888.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1921-35.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died in Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., June 1,
1983 (age 95 years, 46
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Dennis L. Jones (b. 1941) —
of Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., April 5,
1941.
Republican. Chiropractor;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1979-.
Methodist.
Member, Optimist
Club; Freemasons; Shriners;
Jesters;
American
Association of Retired Persons.
Still living as of 1999.
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