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William Shepherd Benson (b. 1855) —
also known as William S. Benson —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., September
25, 1855.
Rear admiral and chief of naval operations, U.S. Navy; member, U.S.
Shipping Board, 1920-; chair, U.S. Shipping Board, 1920-21.
Catholic. Member, Union
League.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Aaron Benson and Catherine Elizabeth (Brewer) Benson;
married, August
6, 1879, to Mary Augusta Wyse. |
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Laurent de Give (1828-1910) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Belgium,
January
31, 1828.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Belgium in Atlanta,
Ga., 1860-1903; opera
house proprietor; movie
theater owner.
Catholic. Belgian
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in Rockledge, Brevard
County, Fla., March
17, 1910 (age 82 years, 45
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Charles Fahy (1892-1979) —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., August
27, 1892.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; general counsel, National
Labor Relations Board, 1935; U.S. Solicitor General, 1941-45; legal
advisor to the military government of Germany, 1945-46; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1949-67.
Catholic. Irish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., September
17, 1979 (age 87 years, 21
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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John Phillip Gingrey (b. 1942) —
also known as Phil Gingrey —
of Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 10,
1942.
Republican. Physician;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1999-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 11th District, 2003-.
Catholic. Member, American Medical
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Newt Gingrich (b. 1943) —
also known as Newton Leroy McPherson; "Nuclear
Newt" —
of Carrollton, Carroll
County, Ga.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., June 17,
1943.
Republican. College
professor; author; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1979-99; defeated,
1974, 1976; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1995-99.
Baptist;
later Catholic.
Reprimanded
in 1997 by the House of Representatives, and fined
$300,000, over false
statements he had made during an investigation of his use of
tax-exempt organizations for partisan
advocacy.
Still living as of 2020.
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Relatives: Son
of Newton Searles McPherson and Kathleen (Daugherty) McPherson;
married, June 19,
1962, to Jackie Battley; married, August
8, 1981, to Marianne Ginther; married, August
18, 2000, to Callista Louise Bisek; step-father of Robert
Gingrich. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Encyclopedia
of American Loons |
| | | Books by Newt Gingrich: Winning
The Future: A 21st Century Contract with America
(2005) — Saving
Lives & Saving Money : Transforming Health and Healthcare, with
Dana Pavey & Anne Woodbury — To
Renew America (1995) — Lessons
Learned the Hard Way: A Personal Report (1998) — Ronald
Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny, with Callista Gingrich & David
N. Bossie (2011) — A
Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters
(2011) |
| | | Fiction by Newt Gingrich: Gettysburg:
A Novel of the Civil War, with William R. Forstchen —
Grant
Comes East, with William R. Forstchen — Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory, with William R.
Forstchen — 1945,
with William R. Forstchen |
| | | Books about Newt Gingrich: Mel Steely,
The
Gentleman from Georgia : The Biography of Newt
Gingrich — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History |
| | | Critical books about Newt Gingrich:
David Maraniss & Michael Weisskopf, Tell
Newt to Shut Up : Prize-Winning Washington Post Journalists Reveal
How Reality Gagged the Gingrich Revolution — John K.
Wilson, Newt
Gingrich: Capitol Crimes and Misdemeanors |
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Richard Howly (1740-1784) —
also known as Richard Howley —
of Georgia.
Born in Liberty
County, Ga., 1740.
Planter;
lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1779-83; Governor of
Georgia, 1780; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-81; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1782-83.
Catholic.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December, 1784
(age about
44 years).
Interment at Colonial
Park Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Patrick J. Kerrigan (c.1864-1895) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1864.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly from New York County 19th District, 1894.
Catholic. Member, Tammany
Hall.
Died, from "dropsy" (probably congestive
heart failure), in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
23, 1895 (age about 31
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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James Creel Marshall (b. 1948) —
also known as Jim Marshall —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y., March
31, 1948.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 1996-99; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1996,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 2003-11 (3rd District 2003-07, 8th
District 2007-11); defeated, 2000, 2010.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Cynthia Ann McKinney (b. 1955) —
also known as Cynthia A. McKinney —
of Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.; Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
17, 1955.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1989-92; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1993-2003, 2005-07 (11th District
1993-97, 4th District 1997-2003, 2005-07); defeated, 1986 (Democratic
primary), 2002 (Democratic primary), 2006 (Democratic primary), 2012;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000;
Green candidate for President
of the United States, 2008; Green candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2020.
Female.
Catholic. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2020.
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Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910-1978) —
also known as Ralph H. Metcalfe —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., May 29,
1910.
Democrat. Won gold,
silver and bronze Olympic medals in 1932 and 1936; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1952
(alternate), 1956
(alternate), 1964
(alternate), 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1971-78; died in
office 1978.
Catholic. African
ancestry. Member, Amvets;
American
Legion; Urban
League; NAACP; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
10, 1978 (age 68 years, 134
days).
Interment at Holy
Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, Ill.
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Clarence Thomas (b. 1948) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Pin Point, Chatham
County, Ga., June 23,
1948.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1990-91; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1991-.
Catholic. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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