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Herschel Whitfield Arant (1887-1941) —
also known as Herschel W. Arant —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Church Hill, Tallapoosa
County, Ala., July 18,
1887.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1939-41; died in
office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Order of
the Coif; Rotary.
Died, from a kidney
ailment, in a hospital
at Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, January
14, 1941 (age 53 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Jackson Cobb (b. 1857) —
also known as Andrew J. Cobb —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., April
12, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1897-1907; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Andrew
Jackson |
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Ann (Lamar) Cobb; married, March 3,
1880, to Starkie Campbell. |
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college professor; U.S.
Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Walter Cecil Dowling (1905-1977) —
also known as Walter C. Dowling —
of Jesup, Wayne
County, Ga.
Born in Atkinson, Brantley
County, Ga., August
4, 1905.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Lisbon, as of 1938; Rio de Janeiro, as of 1943; U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, 1956-59; Germany, 1959-63; university professor.
Died in 1977
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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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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William Philip Gramm (b. 1942) —
also known as Phil Gramm —
of College Station, Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Benning, Chattahoochee
County, Ga., July 8,
1942.
University professor; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1978-83, 1983-85;
resigned 1983; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1985-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Warren Grice (b. 1875) —
of Hawkinsville, Pulaski
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Perry, Houston
County, Ga., December
6, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900-04; Georgia
state attorney general, 1914-15; law professor; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1937-45.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Historical Association; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Washington Leonidas Grice and Martha Virginia (Warren) Grice;
married, June 18,
1901, to Clara Elberta Rumph. |
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Robert Howell Hall (1921-1995) —
also known as Robert H. Hall —
Born in Soperton, Treutlen
County, Ga., November
28, 1921.
Law professor; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1961-74; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1974-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 1979-90;
took senior status 1990.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., October
14, 1995 (age 73 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Grubbs Martin (b. 1935) —
also known as James G. Martin —
of Davidson, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
11, 1935.
Republican. College professor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1973-85; Governor of
North Carolina, 1985-93.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Ligon McWhorter (1891-1960) —
also known as Bob McWhorter —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga., June 4,
1891.
Law professor; mayor of
Athens, Ga., 1940-47; named to the College Football Hall of
Fame in 1954.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Chi Phi.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., June 29,
1960 (age 69 years, 25
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Herman Louis Spahr (1875-1953) —
also known as Herman L. Spahr —
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., December
18, 1875.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
college teacher; U.S. Consul in Breslau, 1906-14; Montevideo, as of 1916-17; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I.
Died June 15,
1953 (age 77 years, 179
days).
Interment at Marietta
National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga.
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Louis Wade Sullivan (b. 1933) —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
3, 1933.
Physician;
medical school professor; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989-93.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2019.
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Charles Tait (1768-1835) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.; Wilcox
County, Ala.
Born near Hanover, Hanover
County, Va., February
1, 1768.
Democrat. College professor; lawyer;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1803-09; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1809-19; U.S.
District Judge for Alabama, 1820-26; resigned 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died near Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala., October
7, 1835 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Dry
Forks Cemetery, Camden, Ala.
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Alice Costandina Titus (b. 1950) —
also known as Dina Titus —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., May 23,
1950.
Democrat. University professor; member of Nevada
state senate 7th District, 1989-2008; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nevada, 1996
(delegation chair), 2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Nevada, 2004-08; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 2006; U.S.
Representative from Nevada, 2009-11, 2013- (3rd District 2009-11,
1st District 2013-18); defeated, 2010.
Female.
Greek
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) —
also known as John G. Tower —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
29, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
university professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(delegation chair), 1980;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid
allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.
Killed in the crash
of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the
runway of Glynco Airport,
near Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., April 5,
1991 (age 65 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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