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  William Charles Adamson (1854-1929) — also known as William C. Adamson — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga. Born in Bowdon, Carroll County, Ga., August 13, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Georgia, 1885-89; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1897-1917; Judge of U.S. Customs Court, 1926-28. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Royal Arcanum; Knights of Pythias. Died, of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 3, 1929 (age 74 years, 143 days). Interment at Carrollton City Cemetery, Carrollton, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of John W. Adamson and Mary A. (McDaniel) Adamson; married, January 29, 1885, to Minna Reese; married, January 1, 1917, to Ellen (Zellars) Camp.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ivan Earnest Allen, Sr. (b. 1877) — also known as Ivan Allen — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Dalton, Whitfield County, Ga., March 1, 1877. Democrat. Business executive; member of Georgia state senate, 1919-21; treasurer of Georgia Democratic Party, 1936; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Rotary; Moose. Gave Fort Mountain to the state of Georgia. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Earnest Allen and Susan Reese (Harris) Allen; married 1908 to Irene Beaumont; father of Ivan Earnest Allen Jr..
  William Thomas Anderson (b. 1871) — also known as W. T. Anderson — of Macon, Bibb County, Ga. Born in Hayneville, Houston County, Ga., August 21, 1871. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1916. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Cohen Anderson and Laura (Tooke) Anderson; married to Elizabeth Griswold.
  William Julius Barker (1886-1968) — also known as William J. Barker — of Jacksonville, Duval County, Fla.; Bartow, Polk County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., June 25, 1886. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1925-40; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, 1940-59; took senior status 1959. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Tau Omega; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died April 13, 1968 (age 81 years, 293 days). Interment somewhere in Tampa, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of William Dobbs Barker and Kate (Agricola) Barker; married, October 20, 1916, to Pauline Eleanor Bigham.
  Reason Chesnutt Bell (b. 1880) — also known as R. C. Bell — of Cairo, Grady County, Ga. Born in Webster County, Ga., January 28, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Georgia, 1921-22; Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1922-32; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1932-43, 1946-49; appointed 1932; chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1943-46. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Reason Alexander Bell and Martha (Elliott) Bell; married, January 28, 1908, to Jennie Vereen; father of Vereen McNeill Bell.
  John William Bennett (b. 1865) — also known as John W. Bennett — of Waycross, Ware County, Ga. Born in Wayne County, Ga., September 15, 1865. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1892-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1900; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1919-22. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John T. Bennett and Rebecca Jane (Akins) Bennett; married, December 31, 1889, to Gertrude Price.
  Charles Hillyer Brand (1861-1933) — also known as Charles H. Brand — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Loganville, Walton County, Ga., April 20, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state senate, 1894-95; superior court judge in Georgia, 1906-17; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1917-33 (8th District 1917-33, 10th District 1933); died in office 1933. Presbyterian. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Redmen; Elks; Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Died in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., May 17, 1933 (age 72 years, 27 days). Interment at Shadowlawn Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Egbert Moultrie Brand and Julia (Cooper) Brand; married 1886 to Estelle Winn; married to Mary Dixon Hutchins.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Gordon Brantley (1860-1934) — also known as William G. Brantley — of Brunswick, Glynn County, Ga. Born in Blackshear, Pierce County, Ga., September 18, 1860. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1884-85; member of Georgia state senate, 1886-87; U.S. Representative from Georgia 11th District, 1897-1913; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912 (Honorary Vice-President; member, Platform and Resolutions Committee). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died in Washington, D.C., September 11, 1934 (age 73 years, 358 days). Interment at Blackshear Cemetery, Blackshear, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Daniel Brantley and Janet (McRae) Brantley; married, June 6, 1883, to Jessie Kate Westbrook; married, January 8, 1901, to Mary George Linn.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Slaughter Candler (1861-1941) — also known as John S. Candler — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Villa Rica, Carroll County, Ga., October 22, 1861. Democrat. Superior court judge in Georgia, 1896-1902; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1902-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Died in Fulton County, Ga., December 9, 1941 (age 80 years, 48 days). Interment at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Charles Candler and Martha Bernetta (Beall) Candler; brother of Milton Anthony Candler and Asa Griggs Candler; married, January 16, 1884, to Margaret Louise 'Lula' Garnie; married 1906 to Florida 'Florrie' (George) Anderson; nephew of Daniel Gill Candler and Ezekiel Slaughter Candler; uncle of Charles Murphey Candler and Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr.; granduncle of George Scott Candler; great-grandson of William Candler; first cousin of Allen Daniel Candler and William Ezekiel Candler; first cousin once removed of Thomas Slaughter Candler.
  Political family: Candler family of Georgia.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edward Eugene Cox (1880-1952) — also known as Edward E. Cox — of Camilla, Mitchell County, Ga. Born near Camilla, Mitchell County, Ga., April 3, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1908, 1936, 1952; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912-16; U.S. Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1925-52; defeated, 1916; died in office 1952. Baptist. Member, Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., December 24, 1952 (age 72 years, 265 days). Interment at Oakview Cemetery, Camilla, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Stephen Edward Cox and Mary (Williams) Cox; married 1902 to Roberta Patterson; married, August 5, 1918, to Grace Pitts Hill.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Charles Robert Crisp (1870-1937) — also known as Charles R. Crisp — of Americus, Sumter County, Ga. Born in Ellaville, Schley County, Ga., October 19, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1896-97, 1913-32; city judge in Georgia, 1900-11; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1928; Parliamentarian, 1912. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Kiwanis. Died in Americus, Sumter County, Ga., February 7, 1937 (age 66 years, 111 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Americus, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Clara Bell (Burton) Crisp and Charles Frederick Crisp; married, November 5, 1907, to Jennie Hollis.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John Saxton Daniel (b. 1889) — also known as J. Saxton Daniel — of Claxton, Evans County, Ga.; Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Hagan, Evans County, Ga., October 15, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; solicitor general, Atlantic Judicial Circuit, 1919-27; superior court judge in Georgia, 1927-33; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, 1933-53. Primitive Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Chadburn Daniel and Nancy (Brewton) Daniel; married, April 15, 1915, to Annie Elizabeth Brinson.
  Benjamin Jefferson Davis (b. 1870) — also known as Ben J. Davis; "Big Ben" — of Dawson, Terrell County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Dawson, Terrell County, Ga., May 27, 1870. Republican. Bricklayer; school teacher; newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1896 (alternate), 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936 (member, Credentials Committee), 1940 (member, Credentials Committee), 1944; member of Republican National Committee from Georgia, 1924-28. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Michael Davis and Katherine Davis; married, August 7, 1898, to Jimmie Willard Porter; father of Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr..
Walter F. George Walter Franklin George (1878-1957) — also known as Walter F. George — of Vienna, Dooly County, Ga. Born near Preston, Webster County, Ga., January 29, 1878. Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Georgia, 1912-16; Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1917; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1917-21; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1922-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1936, 1952. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Sigma Nu; Phi Beta Kappa; American Bar Association. Died in Vienna, Dooly County, Ga., August 4, 1957 (age 79 years, 187 days). Interment at Vienna Cemetery, Vienna, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Sarah (Stapleton) George and Robert Theodric George; married, July 9, 1903, to Lucy Heard.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1960)
  William Mathis Gober (b. 1875) — also known as William M. Gober — of Ocala, Marion County, Fla.; Lakeland, Polk County, Fla.; Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Commerce, Jackson County, Ga., July 29, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Florida 1st District, 1916, 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention from Florida, 1920 (alternate), 1924 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Florida state attorney general, 1920; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 1921-29; candidate for justice of Florida state supreme court, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William J. Gober and Clarisa (Embry) Gober; married, November 21, 1899, to Gussie E. Jackson.
Henry Lincoln Johnson Henry Lincoln Johnson (1870-1925) — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., July 27, 1870. Republican. Blacksmith; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920, 1924; Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, 1912-16; member of Republican National Committee from Georgia, 1920-24. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Odd Fellows. Suffered a stroke of apoplexy, and died a few days later in Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C., September 10, 1925 (age 55 years, 45 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, September 28, 1903, to Georgia Douglas Camp.
  Image source: Library of Congress
  James Lee Key (1867-1939) — also known as James L. Key — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in DeKalb County, Ga., July 27, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Atlanta, Ga., 1919-23, 1931-37. Methodist. Member, Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen. Died in 1939 (age about 71 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Terrell Key and Rhoda (Carroll) Key; married, June 20, 1906, to Ela Tillman.
  William Washington Larsen (1871-1938) — also known as William W. Larsen — of Dublin, Laurens County, Ga. Born in Hagan, Evans County, Ga., August 12, 1871. Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1914-15; U.S. Representative from Georgia 12th District, 1917-33. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died January 5, 1938 (age 66 years, 146 days). Interment at Northview Cemetery, Dublin, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Larsen and Anne Magrada (Petersen) Larsen; married to Dovie Estell Strange.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Chase S. Osborn Chase Salmon Osborn (1860-1949) — also known as Chase S. Osborn — of Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, Mich. Born in a log house in Huntington County, Ind., January 22, 1860. Republican. Newspaper publisher; postmaster at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 1889-93; member of Michigan Republican State Executive Committee, 1899; member of Michigan Republican State Central Committee, 1899; member of University of Michigan board of regents, 1908-11; appointed 1908; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1908; Governor of Michigan, 1911-12; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1918, 1930; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1928; candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Presbyterian. English, French, and Irish ancestry. Member, Kiwanis; Lions; Knights of Pythias; Audubon Society; National Rifle Association; Sigma Chi; Sigma Delta Chi; Pi Gamma Mu; Sons of the American Revolution; Elks; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Grange. Died April 11, 1949 (age 89 years, 79 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Chippewa County, Mich.
  Presumably named for: Salmon P. Chase
  Relatives: Son of George A. Osborn and Margaret (Fannon) Osborn; married, May 7, 1881, to Lillian G. Jones.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1911
  Emmett Marshall Owen (1877-1939) — also known as Emmett M. Owen — of Zebulon, Pike County, Ga.; Griffin, Spalding County, Ga. Born near Hollonville, Pike County, Ga., October 19, 1877. Democrat. Lawyer; fruit farmer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1902-06; U.S. Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1933-39; died in office 1939. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Odd Fellows. Died in Washington, D.C., June 21, 1939 (age 61 years, 245 days). Interment at East View Cemetery, Zebulon, Ga.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Choice Boswell Randell (1857-1945) — also known as Choice B. Randell — of Sherman, Grayson County, Tex. Born near Spring Place, Murray County, Ga., January 1, 1857. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Texas, 1901-13 (5th District 1901-03, 4th District 1903-13). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Died in Sherman, Grayson County, Tex., October 19, 1945 (age 88 years, 291 days). Interment at West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
  Relatives: Nephew of Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) — also known as Franklin D. Roosevelt; "F.D.R." — of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N.Y., January 30, 1882. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1920; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924, 1928; speaker, 1944; contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, his legs were paralyzed for the rest of his life; Governor of New York, 1929-33; President of the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February 15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak were shot at by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Alpha Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Elks; Grange; Knights of Pythias. Led the nation through the Depression and World War II. Died of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Warm Springs, Meriwether County, Ga., April 12, 1945 (age 63 years, 72 days). Interment at Roosevelt Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.; memorial monument at Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt; married, March 17, 1905, to Eleanor Roosevelt (niece of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin of Corinne Douglas Robinson); father of James Roosevelt (1907-1991), Elliott Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; half-uncle of Helen Roosevelt Robinson; second great-grandson of Edward Hutchinson Robbins; first cousin of Warren Delano Robbins and Katharine Price Collier St. George; first cousin once removed of Helen Lloyd Aspinwall (who married Francis Emanuel Shober); first cousin twice removed of Elizabeth Kortright; first cousin four times removed of Ebenezer Huntington; first cousin six times removed of Benjamin Huntington; second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who married William Phillips); second cousin once removed of Samuel Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Roosevelt Jr. and Jabez Williams Huntington; second cousin five times removed of Samuel Huntington, George Washington, Joshua Coit, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington and Samuel Gager; third cousin twice removed of Philip DePeyster and James I. Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed of Sulifand Sutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses Simpson Grant, Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, Roger Wolcott and Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919).
  Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Ross T. McIntire — Milton Lipson — W. W. Howes — Bruce Barton — Hamilton Fish, Jr. — Joseph W. Martin, Jr. — Samuel I. Rosenman — Rexford G. Tugwell — Raymond Moley — Adolf A. Berle — George E. Allen — Lorence E. Asman — Grenville T. Emmet — Eliot Janeway — Jonathan Daniels — Ralph Bellamy — Wythe Leigh Kinsolving
  The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge (opened 1962), over Lubec Narrows, between Lubec, Maine and Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada, is named for him.  — The borough of Roosevelt, New Jersey (originally Jersey Homesteads; renamed 1945), is named for him.  — F. D. Roosevelt Airport, on the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius, is named for him.  — The F. D. Roosevelt Teaching Hospital, in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Frank GarrisonFranklin D. Roosevelt Keesee
  Coins and currency: His portrait appears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt: James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn, The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America — Doris Kearns Goodwin, No Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt, FDR : 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush, Franklin Roosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson, That Man : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt — Jonas Klein, Beloved Island : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy of Campobello — Conrad Black, Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — Charles Peters, Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World — Steven Neal, Happy Days Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence of FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — H. W. Brands, Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt — Hazel Rowley, Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — Alan Brinkley, Franklin Delano Roosevelt — Stanley Weintraub, Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life — Karen Bornemann Spies, Franklin D. Roosevelt (for young readers)
  Critical books about Franklin D. Roosevelt: Jim Powell, FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression — John T. Flynn, The Roosevelt Myth — Burton W. Folsom, New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America
  Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt: Philip Roth, The Plot Against America: A Novel
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  Richard Brevard Russell (1861-1938) — also known as Richard B. Russell — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga.; Russell, Bartow County, Ga. Born near Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., April 27, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter; newspaper editor; president, Hoschton Telephone Co.; organizer, Athens Street Railway Co.; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1882-88; circuit judge in Georgia, 1898-1906; candidate for Governor of Georgia, 1906; Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1907-16; chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Royal Arcanum. Died December 3, 1938 (age 77 years, 220 days). Interment at Russell Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of William John Russell and Rebecca Harriette (Brumby) Russell; married, May 13, 1883, to Marie Louise Tyler; married, June 24, 1891, to Ina Dillard; father of Richard Brevard Russell Jr. and Robert Lee Russell; grandfather of Robert Lee Russell Jr..
  Political family: Russell family of Winder, Georgia.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (1906-1994) — also known as Robert L. F. Sikes — of Crestview, Okaloosa County, Fla. Born in Isabella, Worth County, Ga., June 3, 1906. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1937-40; U.S. Representative from Florida, 1941-44, 1945-79 (3rd District 1941-44, 1945-63, 1st District 1963-79); resigned 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1956 (delegation chair). Methodist. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; National Rifle Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Grotto; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Kiwanis; Military Order of the World Wars; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Delta Chi; Alpha Zeta; Alpha Gamma Rho; Elks. Reprimanded by the House of Representatives in 1976 over conflicts of interest. Died while suffering from Alzheimer's disease, September 28, 1994 (age 88 years, 117 days). Interment at Liveoak Park Memorial Cemetery, Crestview, Fla.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Sikes and Clara Ophelia (Ford) Sikes; married to Inez Tyner.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Clifford Mitchell Walker (1877-1954) — also known as Clifford M. Walker — of Monroe, Walton County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Monroe, Walton County, Ga., July 4, 1877. Democrat. Mayor, Monroe, Ga., 1902-04; board chairman, Bank of Monroe; Georgia state attorney general, 1915-20; Governor of Georgia, 1923-27; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1928. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Ku Klux Klan; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Monroe, Walton County, Ga., November 9, 1954 (age 77 years, 128 days). Interment at Old Baptist Cemetery, Near Monroe, Walton County, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Billington Sanders Walker and Alice (Mitchell) Walker; married, April 29, 1902, to Rosa Mathewson.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Eric Alexander Zelius (1859-1926) — also known as Alex E. Zelius — of Pensacola, Escambia County, Fla. Born in Norway, May 20, 1859. Ship chandler; wholesale grocer; Vice-Consul for Netherlands in Pensacola, Fla., 1896-1902. Norwegian ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias. Died in a hospital at Macon, Bibb County, Ga., August 21, 1926 (age 67 years, 93 days). Interment at St. John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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