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George Albright (b. 1956) —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., January
20, 1956.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 24th District, 1989-.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 1999.
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Maysel Louise Alford (d. 1957) —
also known as Nell Alford; Maysel Louise
Flournoy —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla.
Democrat. Owner and operator of millinery
and greeting card business; member of Florida
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1936; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1944-50; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, League of Women
Voters; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., 1957.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Benjamin Harvey Flournoy and Alice (Sheppard) Flournoy;
married, January
31, 1927, to E. Neil Alford. |
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Sarah Anderson Anderson (b. 1901) —
also known as Sarah A. Anderson; Sarah
Anderson —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., January
23, 1901.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1954-66; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1956
(alternate), 1960.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Dr. Henry A. Anderson and Maude (Smith) Anderson;
married, December
1, 1922, to Dr. Adolphus W. Anderson, Sr. |
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Charles Oscar Andrews (1877-1946) —
also known as Charles O. Andrews —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Ponce de Leon, Holmes
County, Fla., March 7,
1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
judge of criminal court in Florida, 1910-11; circuit judge in
Florida, 1919-25; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1925-27; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1936-46; died in office 1946.
Presbyterian. Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
18, 1946 (age 69 years, 195
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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Walter Gresham Andrews (1889-1949) —
also known as Walter G. Andrews —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 16,
1889.
Republican. Athletic
coach; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; sales
manager; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1931-49 (40th District 1931-45,
42nd District 1945-49).
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons.
Died, from a heart
attack, in a hotel at
Daytona Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., March 5,
1949 (age 59 years, 232
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Fort Niagara Cemetery, Youngstown, N.Y.
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Reubin O'Donovan Askew (b. 1928) —
also known as Reubin Askew —
of Florida.
Born in Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla., September
11, 1928.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1958-62; member of Florida
state senate, 1962; Governor of
Florida, 1971-79; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1972 ;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1984.
Presbyterian. Member, Jaycees;
American
Legion.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Bacchus (b. 1949) —
also known as Jim Bacchus —
of Florida.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 21,
1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1991-95 (11th District 1991-93, 15th
District 1993-95).
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Albert Edwin Beech (1904-1973) —
also known as Albert E. Beech —
of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
15, 1904.
Republican. Merchant;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1940;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1940; candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 44th District, 1954.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks.
Died in April, 1973
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph I. Brittain (1858-1930) —
of East Palestine, Columbiana
County, Ohio; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in New Brighton, Beaver
County, Pa., 1858.
Republican. Member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1892-95; U.S. Consul in Nantes, 1897-1902; Kehl, 1902-07; Prague, 1907-13; U.S. Consul General in Coburg, 1913-14; Auckland, 1914-15; Sydney, 1915-19; Winnipeg, 1919-24.
Presbyterian. Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died October
22, 1930 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Brittain and Belinda Brittain; married, August
2, 1894, to Martha Louise Clark. |
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Shirley Brown (b. 1952) —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wis., October
2, 1952.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 69th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, League of Women
Voters; Junior
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March
19, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Rhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother of
Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown; cousin *** of William
Sherman Jennings. |
| | | Political family: Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
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| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Gerard N. Magliocca, The
Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and the
Politics of Backlash |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,
October 1903 |
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John Levi Cable (1884-1971) —
also known as John L. Cable —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio.
Born in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, April
15, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
director and counsel, Lima Telephone
and Telegraph Co., Napoleon Telephone
Co., Lima Toledo Railroad,
Lima City Street
Railway Co.; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1921-25, 1929-33;
defeated, 1912; candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1924; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Episcopalian
or Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; Grange;
Junior
Order; Kiwanis.
Died in Lima, Allen
County, Ohio, September
15, 1971 (age 87 years, 153
days).
Entombed at St.
Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, Fla.
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Charles Terrance Canady (b. 1954) —
also known as Charles T. Canady —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., June 22,
1954.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1985-90; candidate for Florida
state senate, 1990; U.S.
Representative from Florida 12th District, 1993-2001.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (1930-1998) —
also known as Lawton Chiles; "Walkin'
Lawton" —
of Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Lakeland, Polk
County, Fla., April 3,
1930.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1959-67; member of Florida
state senate, 1967-71; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1971-89; Governor of
Florida, 1991-98; died in office 1998; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1996
(delegation chair).
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Tau Omega.
Died, of a heart
condition, in the Governor's
Mansion, Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., December
12, 1998 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Roselawn
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.; reinterment at a
private or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla.
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James W. Conger (1845-1921) —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Washington
County, Pa., August
6, 1845.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; roofing
business; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1912;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio.
Presbyterian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons.
Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., February
22, 1921 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William Henry Harrison Conger and Martha (Auld) Conger; married,
February
15, 1869, to Anna M. Higgins; married, November
18, 1914, to Maude A. Miller; third cousin twice removed of Hugh
Conger; fourth cousin once removed of James
Lockwood Conger, Anson
Griffith Conger, Harmon
Sweatland Conger, Omar
Dwight Conger, Moore
Conger, Chauncey
Stewart Conger, Frederick
Ward Conger, Charles
Franklin Conger, Isaac
Young Conger and Abraham
Benjamin Conger. |
| | | Political families: Conger
family of New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Victor D. Crist (b. 1957) —
of Florida.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 21,
1957.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 60th District, 1993-.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1999.
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Nathaniel Penistone Davis (1895-1973) —
also known as Nathaniel P. Davis —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 1,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1921-23; U.S. Consul in Berlin, 1923-25; Pernambuco, 1925-29; London, 1929-34; prisoner of Japanese Army in Manila, 1942-43;
U.S. Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1947-49; U.S. Minister to Hungary, 1949-51; in 1951, he negotiated with the government of
Hungary for the release of Robert
A. Vogeler, an American executive who had been arrested in
Budapest and convicted of espionage.
Presbyterian.
Died in Winter Park, Orange
County, Fla., September
12, 1973 (age 78 years, 134
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs (1821-1874) —
also known as Jonathan C. Gibbs —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
28, 1821.
Minister;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1868; secretary
of state of Florida, 1868-73; Florida
superintendent of public instruction, 1873-74.
Presbyterian. African
ancestry.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., August
14, 1874 (age 52 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Porter J. Goss (b. 1938) —
of Sanibel, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Waterbury, New Haven
County, Conn., November
26, 1938.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1989-2004 (13th District 1989-93,
14th District 1993-2004); resigned 2004; Director of Central
Intelligence, 2004-06.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Cecil Donald Hardesty (1907-2000) —
also known as Cecil D. Hardesty —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.; Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born near Kensington, Smith
County, Kan., August
24, 1907.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; superintendent
of schools; candidate for California
superintendent of public instruction, 1962.
Presbyterian.
Died in a hospital
at Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 21,
2000 (age 92 years, 302
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Katherine Harris (b. 1957) —
of Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla.
Born in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla., April 5,
1957.
Republican. Real estate
broker; member of Florida
state senate, 1994-98; secretary
of state of Florida, 1999-2002; U.S.
Representative from Florida 13th District, 2003-07; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2006.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2017.
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Chris Hart IV (b. 1968) —
of Florida.
Born in Fort Benning, Chattahoochee
County, Ga., August
11, 1968.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 57th District, 1999-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1999.
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Edward Louis Howard (b. 1926) —
also known as Edward L. Howard —
of Doylestown, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., November
25, 1926.
Republican. Board chairman, Neshaminy Valley Bank;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate 10th District, 1971-86.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1986.
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Relatives: Son
of C. Edward Howard and Marjorie (Johnston) Howard; married, March
16, 1949, to Barbara Blackmarr. |
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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
|
| | | 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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Edward John Jirovec (1918-1993) —
also known as Edward J. Jirovec; "Mr.
J" —
of Miramar, Broward
County, Fla.; Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis., April 7,
1918.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; insurance
broker; candidate for mayor
of Miramar, Fla., 1971, 1975, 1979, 1983.
Presbyterian. Bohemian
ancestry. Member, Moose; Elks; Kiwanis;
Toastmasters.
Died in Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla., July 8,
1993 (age 75 years, 92
days).
Interment at Fred
Hunter Hollywood Memorial Gardens, Hollywood, Fla.
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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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Melvin Robert Laird Jr. (1922-2016) —
also known as Melvin R. Laird —
of Marshfield, Wood
County, Wis.
Born in Omaha, Douglas
County, Neb., September
1, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Wisconsin
state senate 24th District, 1947-52; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956
(speaker),
1960,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 7th District, 1953-69; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1969-73.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers; Purple
Heart.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1974.
Died in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., November
16, 2016 (age 94 years, 76
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Horting Land (1920-2014) —
also known as John H. Land —
of Apopka, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Plant City, Hillsborough
County, Fla., November
5, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; mayor of
Apopka, Fla., 1950-67, 1971-2014; defeated, 2014.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
Sertoma;
Toastmasters;
Freemasons;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Longest serving mayor in Florida.
Died in Orlando, Orange
County, Fla., November
22, 2014 (age 94 years, 17
days).
Interment at Edgewood-Greenwood Cemetery, Apopka, Fla.
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Cary Dayton Landis (1873-1938) —
also known as Cary D. Landis —
of DeLand, Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in Claypool, Kosciusko
County, Ind., May 10,
1873.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; law
professor; Florida
state attorney general, 1931-36; appointed 1931.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died May 10,
1938 (age 65 years, 0
days).
Interment at Ball Hill Cemetery, Cutler, Ind.
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Laurence William Lane Jr. (1919-2010) —
also known as Laurence W. Lane, Jr. —
of Portola Valley, San Mateo
County, Calif.; Florida.
Born in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, November
7, 1919.
Republican. Magazine
publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1985-89; Nauru, 1985-89.
Presbyterian. Member, Alpha
Delta Sigma.
Died July 31,
2010 (age 90 years, 266
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Howard Burton Lee (1879-1985) —
also known as Howard B. Lee —
of Putnam
County, W.Va.; Bluefield, Mercer
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Sanoma, Wirt
County, W.Va., October
27, 1879.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Putnam County, 1909-10; Mercer
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-24; West
Virginia state attorney general, 1925-33.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in the Hobe Sound Geriatric Village nursing
home, Stuart, Martin
County, Fla., May 24,
1985 (age 105 years,
209 days).
Interment at Fairview Church Cemetery, Centerville, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Stephen Sullivan Lee and Virginia (Quick) Lee; married, March 5,
1907, to Ida Lenore Hamilton. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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Clark MacGregor (1922-2003) —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., July 12,
1922.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 3rd District, 1961-71; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1964,
1968;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Minnesota, 1970.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Chairman of President Richard
M. Nixon's re-election campaign, July to November 1972.
Died, of respiratory
failure, in a hospital
at Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla., February
10, 2003 (age 80 years, 213
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Duluth, Minn.
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Donald Ray Matthews (1907-1997) —
also known as Donald R. Matthews; Billy
Matthews —
of Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla.
Born in Micanopy, Alachua
County, Fla., October
3, 1907.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1935; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952;
U.S.
Representative from Florida 8th District, 1953-67.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Lions; Kiwanis;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Moose; Pi Gamma
Mu; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Died in Gainesville, Alachua
County, Fla., October
26, 1997 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Interment at Hawthorne
Cemetery, Hawthorne, Fla.
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Clarence William Nelson (b. 1942) —
also known as Bill Nelson —
of Melbourne, Brevard
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., September
29, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer;
legislative assistant to Gov. Reubin
Askew, 1971; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-78; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1979-91 (9th District 1979-83, 11th
District 1983-91); candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1990; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 2001-.
Presbyterian.
Flew on the space
shuttle Columbia in January 1986.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles McKenzie Oerting (1843-1933) —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Denmark,
September
16, 1843.
Ship
chandler; Vice-Consul
for Denmark in Pensacola,
Fla., 1895-1907.
Presbyterian. Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Royal
and Select Masters; Knights
Templar.
Died in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla., December
16, 1933 (age 90 years, 91
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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Pat Patterson (b. 1948) —
of Volusia
County, Fla.
Born in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., October
12, 1948.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 26th District, 1999-.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Elks.
Still living as of 1999.
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Arthur William Prehn (1884-1951) —
also known as Arthur W. Prehn; A. W. Prehn —
of Wausau, Marathon
County, Wis.
Born in Marathon City, Marathon
County, Wis., December
1, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1912,
1936,
1944;
Marathon
County District Attorney, 1922-25; member of Wisconsin
Republican State Central Committee, 1936.
Presbyterian. German
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Eagles.
Died, of heart
failure, in Indian Rocks Beach, Pinellas
County, Fla., March
24, 1951 (age 66 years, 113
days).
Interment at Restlawn
Memorial Park, Wausau, Wis.
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George Arthur Rathbun (1884-1958) —
of Tecumseh, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Adrian, Lenawee
County, Mich.; Pompano Beach, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Dundee, Monroe
County, Mich., May 30,
1884.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit
judge in Michigan 39th Circuit, 1930-53; resigned 1953.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died February
16, 1958 (age 73 years, 262
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George H. Rathbun and Sarah A. (Prindle) Rathbun; married 1908 to Leila
M. Geddes. |
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Bruce Armistead Smathers (b. 1943) —
also known as Bruce A. Smathers —
of Florida.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., October
3, 1943.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; secretary
of state of Florida, 1975-78; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1978; lobbyist.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2000.
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Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon (1930-2001) —
also known as Gerald B. H. Solomon; "The Congressman
from General Electric" —
of Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y.
Born in Okeechobee, Okeechobee
County, Fla., August
14, 1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean
conflict; insurance
agent; member of New York
state assembly 110th District, 1973-77; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1976;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1979-99 (29th District 1979-83,
24th District 1983-93, 22nd District 1993-99).
Presbyterian. Member, Disabled
American Veterans; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Leading advocate of a Constitutional amendment to ban burning of the
U.S. flag.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Queensbury, Warren
County, N.Y., October
26, 2001 (age 71 years, 73
days).
Interment at Saratoga
National Cemetery, Saratoga, N.Y.
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Henrik Ekroll Stafseth (1919-2011) —
also known as Henrik E. Stafseth; Hank
Stafseth —
of Grand Haven, Ottawa
County, Mich.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April
14, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; civil
engineer; chair of
Ottawa County Republican Party, 1958-60; delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ottawa County,
1961-62.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary;
American
Legion; Kiwanis;
Sigma
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Florida, March
18, 2011 (age 91 years, 338
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henrik J. Stafseth and Inger (Nordhem) Stafseth; married to
Lillian Mae Carisch. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clifford Bundy Stearns (b. 1941) —
also known as Cliff Stearns —
of Ocala, Marion
County, Fla.
Born in Washington,
D.C., April
16, 1941.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Florida 6th District, 1989-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Timothy Stone (1868-1954) —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Cortland, Cortland
County, N.Y.; Baltimore,
Md.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Coral Gables, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Stow, Middlesex
County, Mass., September
7, 1868.
Republican. Pastor;
offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1916,
1920.
Presbyterian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Presbyterian Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 27,
1954 (age 85 years, 293
days).
Interment at Graceland Memorial Park North, Coral Gables, Fla.
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Russell H. Strange II (1934-2001) —
of Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich.
Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella
County, Mich., September
18, 1934.
Republican. Tree
farmer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1957-70 (Isabella District
1957-64, 100th District 1965-70); defeated in primary, 1970; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1968.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Chi; American
Political Science Association; Rotary;
Grange;
Elks.
Died in North Port, Sarasota
County, Fla., December
6, 2001 (age 67 years, 79
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Epiphany Cathedral Memorial Garden, Venice, Fla.
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Bill Sublette (b. 1963) —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Walnut Creek, Contra
Costa County, Calif., April
12, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 40th District, 1993-; candidate
for mayor
of Orlando, Fla., 2003.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Alpha Theta; Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2003.
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Pat Thomas (1933-2000) —
of Florida.
Born in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., November
21, 1933.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; Florida
Democratic state chair, 1966-70; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1968;
candidate for nomination for Lieutenant
Governor of Florida, 1970; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1973-74; member of Florida
state senate, 1975-2000.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of multiple
myeloma, in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., June 21,
2000 (age 66 years, 213
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Quincy, Fla.
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John Thrasher (b. 1943) —
of Florida.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
18, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 19th District, 1993-; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1999; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Florida.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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Marjorie R. Turnbull (b. 1940) —
of Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., July 4,
1940.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 9th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996.
Female.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Zonta; Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Tom Warner (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., February
6, 1948.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 82nd District, 1993-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 1999.
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Michael C. Wiggins —
also known as Mike Wiggins —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Mayor
of Pensacola, Fla., 2009-11.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2011.
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Douglass Wiles (b. 1952) —
also known as Doug Wiles —
of St. Augustine, St. Johns
County, Fla.
Born in Andalusia, Covington
County, Ala., November
7, 1952.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 20th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2004.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2004.
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Frederick P. Wright (1854-1916) —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., January
25, 1854.
Republican. Newspaper
work; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1892-94.
Presbyterian.
Died in Florida Keys, Monroe
County, Fla., February
18, 1916 (age 62 years, 24
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.
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Robert Ralph Young (1897-1958) —
also known as Robert R. Young; "Railroad
Young"; "Populist of Wall Street";
"The Daring Young Man of Wall Street";
"Maverick of Wall Street" —
of Newport, Newport
County, R.I.
Born in Canadian, Hemphill
County, Tex., February
14, 1897.
Republican. Stockbroker;
financier;
assistant treasurer of General
Motors; predicted the 1929 stock market crash, and profited by
selling stocks short; chairman of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway,
and later the New York Central Railroads;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., January
25, 1958 (age 60 years, 345
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
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