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Post Office Politicians in Florida

Ross Bass (1918-1993) — of Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn.; Miami Shores, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla. Born in Giles County, Tenn., March 17, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; florist; soft drink bottler; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1955-64; defeated, 1976; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1964-67. Methodist. Member, American Legion; Forty and Eight; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Kiwanis; Elks. Died January 1, 1993 (age 74 years, 290 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.   Relatives: Son of Rev. William Arch Bass and Ethel (Shook) Bass; married, June 28, 1946, to Avanell Keith.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Joseph Tarr Copeland (1813-1893) — also known as Joseph T. Copeland — of Port Huron, St. Clair County, Mich.; Orchard Lake, Oakland County, Mich.; Orange Park, Clay County, Fla. Born in Newcastle, Lincoln County, Maine, May 6, 1813. Lawyer; postmaster; member of Michigan state senate 1st District, 1850-51; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1852-57; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Clay County Judge, 1881. Died in Orange Park, Clay County, Fla., May 7, 1893 (age 80 years, 1 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Orange Park, Fla.   Relatives: Son of Royal Copeland and Alice (Davis) Copeland; brother of Roscoe Pulaski Copeland; married, July 19, 1835, to Mary Jane Wilson; uncle of Royal Samuel Copeland; fourth cousin once removed of George Morey Copeland.   Political family: Copeland family.   See also Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society   David Alvaro Felt (1820-1892) — also known as David A. Felt — of East Sullivan, Sullivan, Cheshire County, N.H.; Beresford, Volusia County, Fla. Born in Nelson, Cheshire County, N.H., December 21, 1820. Sullivan County Commissioner; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1860; postmaster. Died in Beresford, Volusia County, Fla., December 4, 1892 (age 71 years, 349 days). Interment at Beresford Cemetery, DeLand, Fla.   Relatives: Son of Joseph Felt and Lefy (Woods) Felt; married, December 18, 1848, to Harriet Susan Howes; married, July 7, 1853, to Almeda Sarah Taft; married, March 14, 1877, to Sarah Ann (Bevill) Jones Jones; nephew of John Felt; uncle of Marcellus Hazen Felt; first cousin once removed of Peter Felt and Daniel Felt; second cousin of Dorman Felt; second cousin twice removed of Jesse Felt Libby.   Political family: Libby-Felt family of Maine (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Jared Irwin (1768-1818) — of Northumberland County, Pa. Born in Georgia, January 19, 1768. Democrat. Postmaster; Northumberland County Sheriff, 1808-12; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1811; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1813-17. In 1817, assisted in the establishment of a short-lived revolutionary government on Amelia Island, Fla. Died in Fernandina (now part of Fernandina Beach), Nassau County, Fla., September 20, 1818 (age 50 years, 244 days). Burial location unknown.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page Archibald Lybrand (1840-1910) — of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio. Born in Tarlton, Pickaway County, Ohio, May 23, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; partner, Delaware Chair Company; mayor of Delaware, Ohio, 1869-71; postmaster; U.S. Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1897-1901. Died in Daytona (now part of Daytona Beach), Volusia County, Fla., February 7, 1910 (age 69 years, 260 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware, Ohio.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)   David F. Morrison (1873-1960) — of Germfask, Schoolcraft County, Mich. Born in Elba Township, Gratiot County, Mich., November 23, 1873. Republican. School teacher; grocer; postmaster; member of Michigan state house of representatives, 1921-28, 1943-50 (Schoolcraft District 1921-26, Alger District 1927-28, 1943-50); defeated in primary, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1950. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Grange. Died in Fort Myers, Lee County, Fla., March 15, 1960 (age 86 years, 113 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Germfask, Mich.   Relatives: Father of George Dale Morrison.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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