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Richard Kelly (1924-2005) —
of Florida.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., July 31,
1924.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Florida, 1960-74; U.S.
Representative from Florida 5th District, 1975-81.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
June 13, 1980, and convicted
January 26, 1981, on charges of bribery
conspiracy, and interstate travel to further illegal activities; the
conviction was overturned on appeal, then reinstated; served 13
months in prison.
Died in Stevensville, Ravalli
County, Mont., August
22, 2005 (age 81 years, 22
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Terrell Key and Rhoda (Carroll) Key; married, June 20,
1906, to Ela Tillman. |
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Alexander Campbell King (1856-1926) —
also known as Alexander C. King —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
7, 1856.
Lawyer; attorney for railroads;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1918-20; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1920-25.
Died in Flat Rock, Henderson
County, N.C., July 26,
1926 (age 69 years, 231
days).
Entombed at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Gadsden King and Caroline Clifford (Postell) King; married to
Alice May Fowler. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Thomas Butler King (1800-1864) —
also known as T. Butler King —
of Waynesville, Brantley
County, Ga.; Frederica, St. Simons Island, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Palmer, Hampden
County, Mass., August
27, 1800.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1832-37, 1859; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1833; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1839-43, 1845-50 (at-large 1839-43,
1st District 1845-50); delegate to Whig National Convention from
Georgia, 1844; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1851-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Waresboro, Ware
County, Ga., May 10,
1864 (age 63 years, 257
days).
Interment at Christ
Churchyard, Frederica, St. Simons Island, Ga.
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Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916) —
also known as Joseph R. Lamar —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ruckersville, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1857.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1903-05; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1911-16.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1916 (age 58 years, 80
days).
Interment at Summerville
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Georgia.
Born in Warren
County, Ga., July 15,
1797.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1830-34.
When he learned that a man he had sentenced to death for murder was
not guilty, he killed
himself by gunshot,
Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., July 4,
1834 (age 36 years, 354
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Slaveowner.
Died in Vineville (now part of Macon), Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)
Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew of Mirabeau
Buonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who married Absalom
Harris Chappell); uncle of William
Bailey Lamar; fourth cousin of William
McKendree Robbins and Joseph
Rucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed of Gaston
Ahi Robbins. |
| | | Political family: Lamar
family of Georgia. |
| | | Lamar counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are
named for him. |
| | | Lamar Hall,
at the University
of Mississippi, Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar River,
in Yellowstone National Park, Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Lamar Boulevard,
in Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar Avenue,
in Memphis,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Lamar School
(founded 1964), in Meridian,
Mississippi, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.
Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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William Bailey Lamar (1853-1928) —
also known as William B. Lamar —
of Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born near Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla., June 12,
1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Florida, 1883-86; member of
Florida
state house of representatives, 1887; Florida
state attorney general, 1889-99; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1903-09.
Died September
26, 1928 (age 75 years, 106
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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William Wallace Lambdin (1861-1916) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Barnesville, Lamar
County, Ga.; Waycross, Ware
County, Ga.
Born in Upson
County, Ga., October
25, 1861.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1915-16;
died in office 1916.
Died December
20, 1916 (age 55 years, 56
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Barnesville, Ga.
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Phillip Mitchell Landrum (1907-1990) —
also known as Phillip M. Landrum —
of Jasper, Pickens
County, Ga.
Born in Martin, Stephens
County, Ga., September
10, 1907.
Democrat. Athletic
coach; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in
World War II; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1953-77; defeated in
primary, 1942.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Elks; United
Commercial Travelers.
Co-author of Landrum-Griffin Act.
Died November
19, 1990 (age 83 years, 70
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas F. Lane (b. 1869) —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.
Born in Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga., April
16, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; Ripley
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1899-1906; member of Missouri
state senate 21st District, 1909-12.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Wade Hampton Lasseter (1875-1943) —
also known as Wade H. Lasseter —
of Vienna, Dooly
County, Ga.; Fitzgerald, Ben Hill
County, Ga.
Born in Dooly
County, Ga., July 16,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1912.
Died in Dooly
County, Ga., March
29, 1943 (age 67 years, 256
days).
Interment at Vienna
Cemetery, Vienna, Ga.
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Woodrow Wilson Lavender (1916-1989) —
also known as Woodrow W. Lavender —
of Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga.; Bowman, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born May 8,
1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1968.
Died, from cancer,
in Bowman, Elbert
County, Ga., July 7,
1989 (age 73 years, 60
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Bowman, Ga.
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Alexander Robert Lawton (1818-1896) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton —
of Georgia.
Born in St. Peter's Parish, Beaufort District (now part of Beaufort
County), S.C., November
4, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Augusta and Savannah Railroad,
1849-54; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1855-56, 1870-75; member of Georgia
state senate, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1876; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1880,
1884;
U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1887-89.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., July 2,
1896 (age 77 years, 241
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Alexander Robert Lawton Jr. (b. 1884) —
also known as Alexander R. Lawton, Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
16, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; general solicitor, Central of Georgia Railway;
general solicitor, Ocean Steamship
Co. of Savannah; director, Colonial Oil
Company; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1925-26.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Psi; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Rufus Ezekiel Lester (1837-1906) —
also known as Rufus E. Lester —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born near Waynesboro, Burke
County, Ga., December
12, 1837.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1870-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1876;
mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1883-89; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1889-1906; died in
office 1906.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 16,
1906 (age 68 years, 186
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Elliott Harris Levitas (b. 1930) —
also known as Elliott H. Levitas —
of Georgia.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
26, 1930.
Democrat. Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1965; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1975-85.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Fulwood Ligon (1823-1901) —
of Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Watkinsville, Oconee
County, Ga., December
16, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849; member of Alabama
state senate, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1872; Lieutenant
Governor of Alabama, 1874-76; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1877-79.
Methodist.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., October
11, 1901 (age 77 years, 299
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Thomas Mercer Linder (b. 1887) —
also known as Tom Linder —
of Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis
County, Ga.
Born in Laurens
County, Ga., November
8, 1887.
Democrat. Farmer;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1923-25; executive secretary to
Gov. Eugene
Talmadge, 1933-34; Georgia
commissioner of agriculture, 1935-37, 1941-53.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis B. Linder and Nancy Jane (Beall) Linder; married 1909 to Hazel
Kirk Carter. |
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Archibald Battle Lovett (1884-1945) —
also known as A. B. Lovett —
of Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga.; Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga., June 21,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Sylvania, Ga., 1914-18; superior
court judge in Georgia, 1919-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1936;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1941-45;
died in office 1945.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
28, 1945 (age 61 years, 190
days).
Interment at Bonaventure
Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867) —
also known as Joseph H. Lumpkin —
Born in Oglethorpe
County, Ga., December
23, 1799.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1824-25; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1845-67; died in office 1867.
Died in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., June 4,
1867 (age 67 years, 163
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Judson Whitlocke Lyons (1860-1924) —
also known as Judson W. Lyons —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in slavery,
in Burke
County, Ga., August
15, 1860.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia,
1880,
1892,
1896,
1904,
1908;
lawyer; first
African-American licensed to practice law in Georgia; orator;
member of Republican
National Committee from Georgia, 1896-1908; Register of the U.S.
Treasury, 1898-1906.
African
ancestry.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., June 22,
1924 (age 63 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Archibald Thompson MacIntyre (1822-1900) —
of Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga.
Born near Marion, Twiggs
County, Ga., October
27, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1849; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1871-73.
Slaveowner.
Died in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., January
1, 1900 (age 77 years, 66
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Ga.
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James Armstrong MacKay (1919-2004) —
of Georgia.
Born in Fairfield, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 25,
1919.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1951-52, 1955-64; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1965-67; defeated, 1966.
Methodist.
Member, Civitan.
Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., July 2,
2004 (age 85 years, 7
days).
Cremated.
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John W. Maddox (1848-1922) —
of Summerville, Chattooga
County, Ga.; Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Chattooga
County, Ga., June 3,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Chattooga
County Commissioner, 1878-80; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1880-86; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1886-92; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1893-1905; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); mayor of
Rome, Ga., 1907.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
27, 1922 (age 74 years, 116
days).
Interment at Myrtle
Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.
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Denise L. Majette (b. 1955) —
of Stone Mountain, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 18,
1955.
Democrat. Lawyer; state court judge in Georgia, 1993-2002; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 2003-05; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 2004;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 2004.
Female.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter C. Maloney (1813-1884) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Darien, McIntosh
County, Ga., February
7, 1813.
Lawyer; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1846-49; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1850.
Died in 1884
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Augustus Emmet Maxwell (1820-1903) —
also known as Augustus E. Maxwell —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.; Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Elberton, Elbert
County, Ga., September
21, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; Florida
state attorney general, 1846-47; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1847; secretary
of state of Florida, 1848-49; member of Florida
state senate, 1849-50; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1853-57 (1st District 1853-55,
at-large 1855-57); Senator
from Florida in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1865-66, 1887-91; circuit judge in
Florida, 1877-85; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885.
Slaveowner.
Died in Chipley, Washington
County, Fla., May 5,
1903 (age 82 years, 226
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla.
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William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) —
also known as William G. McAdoo —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born near Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., October
31, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with William
McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads;
president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904,
1912;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1908; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1920,
1924;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932,
1936;
U.S.
Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1937-39.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo;
married, November
18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming; married, May 7,
1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter of Woodrow
Wilson and Ellen
Wilson); married, September
14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross; great-grandson of John
Floyd. |
| | | Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Byron
R. Newton — Nat
Rogan |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Federal
Reserve History |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, May
1919 |
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Matthew Hall McAllister (1800-1865) —
also known as Matthew H. McAllister —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
26, 1800.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1827-35; member of Georgia
state senate, 1835-37; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1837-39; resigned 1839; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1845; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the Districts of
California, 1855-63; resigned 1863.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
19, 1865 (age 65 years, 54
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leon Clarence McCord (1878-1952) —
also known as Leon McCord —
of Scottsboro, Jackson
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Conyers, Rockdale
County, Ga., June 21,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alabama Railroad Commissioner, 1911-15;
circuit judge in Alabama, 1916-35; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1934; member of Democratic
National Committee from Alabama, 1937; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1938-51; took
senior status 1951.
Died February
11, 1952 (age 73 years, 235
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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William McPherson McIntosh (1815-1862) —
of Georgia.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., February
14, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1846-47; member of Georgia
state senate, 1855-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Georgia; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died from gunshot
wounds received at the Civil
War battle at Garnett's Farm, Henrico
County, Va., June, 1862
(age 47
years, 0 days).
Interment at Heard
Cemetery, Elberton, Ga.
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Josiah Meigs (1757-1822) —
of New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn.; St. Georges, Bermuda;
Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., August
21, 1757.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor and publisher; acting president,
University of Georgia, 1801-10; U.S. Surveyor General, 1812-14;
Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1814-22; died in office 1822.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
4, 1822 (age 65 years, 14
days).
Original interment at Holmead's Burying Ground, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1878
at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Meigs and Elizabeth (Hamlin) Meigs; brother of Return
Jonathan Meigs, Sr.; married 1782 to Clara
Benjamin; father of Henry
Meigs and Clara Meigs (who married John
Forsyth); uncle of Return
Jonathan Meigs Jr.; grandfather of Henry
Meigs Jr. and John
Forsyth Jr.; granduncle of Return
Jonathan Meigs III; first cousin once removed of Martin
Chittenden; first cousin twice removed of Chittenden
Lyon; second cousin twice removed of John
Willard; second cousin thrice removed of Roger
Calvin Leete; third cousin once removed of Elijah
Hunt Mills; third cousin twice removed of Elisha
Hotchkiss Jr., Elisha
Hunt Allen, Anson
Levi Holcomb, Gouverneur
Morris, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, William
Dean Kellogg and Charles
Jenkins Hayden; third cousin thrice removed of Charles
H. Eastman, William
Fessenden Allen, Rush
Green Leaming, Frederick
Walker Pitkin, Alvred
Bayard Nettleton, Robert
Cleveland Usher, Charles
M. Hotchkiss, Frederick
Hobbes Allen, Allen
Clarence Wilcox and Carl
Trumbull Hayden; fourth cousin of Thomas
Chittenden; fourth cousin once removed of Zina
Hyde Jr.. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll
family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The city
of Meigs,
Georgia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Harold D. Melton —
of Georgia.
Born in Washington,
D.C.
Lawyer; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 2005-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Millen (1804-1843) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1828, 1834-35, 1839-40; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; died in office 1843.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
15, 1843 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Milton (1807-1865) —
of Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla.
Born near Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., April
20, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Florida; member of Florida
state senate, 1848-49; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1850; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1860;
Governor
of Florida, 1861-65; died in office 1865.
At the end of the Civil War, believing that "death would be
preferable to reunion," he killed
himself by gunshot,
Marianna, Jackson
County, Fla., April 1,
1865 (age 57 years, 346
days).
Interment at St.
Luke's Episcopal Cemetery, Marianna, Fla.
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William Carlton Mobley (1906-1981) —
also known as W. Carlton Mobley —
of Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga.; Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born near Hillsboro, Jones
County, Ga., December
7, 1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary to U.S. Rep. Samuel
Rutherford, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1932-33; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1954-72; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1972-74.
Member, Sigma
Pi.
Died October
14, 1981 (age 74 years, 311
days).
Interment somewhere
in Forsyth, Ga.
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Rupert Leo Murphy (b. 1909) —
also known as Rupert L. Murphy —
of Georgia.
Born in Byromville, Dooly
County, Ga., July 27,
1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; traffic manager in textile
industry; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1955-78.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Luther H. Murphy and Ardelia (Woodruff) Murphy; married, April
18, 1931, to Marion Kerlin. |
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Jack Murr (b. 1914) —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in Ozark, Dale
County, Ala., September
22, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1949-56.
Baptist.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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George Moultrie Napier (1863-1932) —
also known as George M. Napier —
of Monroe, Walton
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in LaFayette, Walker
County, Ga., March
28, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1921-32; died in office 1932.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., May 4,
1932 (age 69 years, 37
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Monroe, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathan Campbell Napier and Julia Louise (Sharpe) Napier; married,
December
16, 1905, to Frances Nunnally. |
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Horace Elmo Nichols (c.1913-2000) —
also known as H. E. 'Nick' Nichols —
of Rome, Floyd
County, Ga.
Born in Alabama, about 1913.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1948; circuit judge
in Georgia Rome Circuit, 1953; Judge,
Georgia Court of Appeals, 1950; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1966-75, 1980; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1975-80.
Died, of a stroke,
in a hospice
at Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 8,
2000 (age about 87
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Abit Nix (b. 1888) —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Jackson
County, Ga., July 3,
1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; director, Citizens and Southern Bank;
director, Progressive Life
Insurance Company; director, New Georgian Hotel
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Morgan Nix and Dora (Bennett) Nix; married 1913 to Eunice
Little. |
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Oscar Adelbert Nix (1875-1931) —
also known as Oscar A. Nix —
of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett
County, Ga.
Born in Gwinnett
County, Ga., December
18, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1924,
1928
(alternate).
Died in Gwinnett
County, Ga., April 1,
1931 (age 55 years, 104
days).
Interment at Shadowlawn
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Alexander Nix and Mary Frances (Juhan) Nix; married 1900 to Mary
Frances McConnell. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Manson Norwood (1830-1913) —
also known as Thomas M. Norwood —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Talbot
County, Ga., April
26, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state legislature,
1861-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1871-77; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1885-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., June 19,
1913 (age 83 years, 54
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (b. 1938) —
also known as Sam Nunn —
of Perry, Houston
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., September
8, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1969-72; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1996.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Hilborn Oehlert Jr. (1909-1985) —
also known as Benjamin H. Oehlert, Jr. —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.; Georgia.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
13, 1909.
Lawyer; vice-president, Coca-Cola
Company; president, Minute
Maid Company; U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1967-69.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Theta
Xi.
Died in 1985
(age about
75 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby (1867-1955) —
also known as Woodson R. Oglesby —
of Tuckahoe, Westchester
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Shelbyville, Shelby
County, Ky., February
9, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of New York
state assembly from Westchester County 1st District, 1906; U.S.
Representative from New York 24th District, 1913-17; defeated,
1916.
Died in Quincy, Gadsden
County, Fla., April
30, 1955 (age 88 years, 80
days).
Entombed at Eastern
Cemetery, Quitman, Ga.
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James Whetstone Overstreet (1866-1938) —
also known as James W. Overstreet —
of Sylvania, Screven
County, Ga.
Born in Screven
County, Ga., August
28, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1898-99; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1906-07, 1917-23;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1912.
Died in 1938
(age about
71 years).
Interment at Sylvania
Cemetery, Sylvania, Ga.
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Allen Ferdinand Owen (1816-1865) —
also known as Allen F. Owen —
of Talbotton, Talbot
County, Ga.
Born in Wilkes
County, N.C., October
9, 1816.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1843-47; delegate to Whig
National Convention from Georgia, 1848; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1849-51; U.S. Consul in
Havana, 1851.
Slaveowner.
Died in Upatoi, Muscogee
County, Ga., April 7,
1865 (age 48 years, 180
days).
Interment at Talbotton
City Cemetery, Talbotton, Ga.
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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.
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George Welshman Owens (1786-1856) —
also known as George W. Owens —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., August
29, 1786.
Lawyer; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1832-33; resigned 1833; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., March 2,
1856 (age 69 years, 186
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Stephen Pace (1891-1970) —
of Americus, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born near Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., March 9,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1917-20; member of Georgia
state senate 13th District, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 3rd District, 1937-51.
Methodist.
Died in Americus, Sumter
County, Ga., April 5,
1970 (age 79 years, 27
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Americus, Ga.
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Owen Hendricks Page Jr. (1915-1999) —
also known as Owen H. Page, Jr. —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., September
11, 1915.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives from Chatham County, 1949-52;
member of Georgia
state senate 1st District, 1955-56.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, in Hospice
Savannah, Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
8, 1999 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at Greenwich Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Don Albert Pardee (1837-1919) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio, March
29, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; district judge in Louisiana 2nd District, 1868-80; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1880;
candidate for Louisiana
state attorney general, 1880; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1881-1919.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
26, 1919 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wadsworth, Ohio.
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Frank Park (1864-1925) —
of Sylvester, Worth
County, Ga.; Hollywood, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Tuskegee, Macon
County, Ala., March 3,
1864.
Democrat. School
teacher; civil
engineer; lawyer; circuit judge in Georgia, 1909-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1913-25.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., November
20, 1925 (age 61 years, 262
days).
Interment at White
Springs Cemetery, White Springs, Fla.
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Homer Cling Parker (1885-1946) —
also known as Homer C. Parker —
of Statesboro, Bulloch
County, Ga.; DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Baxley, Appling
County, Ga., September
25, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
mayor
of Statesboro, Ga., 1924-27; Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1927-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1931-35; Georgia
state comptroller general, 1936-37, 1941-46; died in office 1946.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 22,
1946 (age 60 years, 270
days).
Interment at East
Side Cemetery, Statesboro, Ga.
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Millard F. Parker (1856-1917) —
of Cullman, Cullman
County, Ala.
Born in Georgia, August
16, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Cullman,
Ala., 1889; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1892,
1896
(alternate).
Died in Cullman, Cullman
County, Ala., October
12, 1917 (age 61 years, 57
days).
Interment at Hopewell Cemetery, Hanceville, Ala.
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George Washington Paschal (1812-1878) —
also known as George W. Paschal; Lorenzo Columbus George
Washington Paschal —
of Van Buren, Crawford
County, Ark.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., November
23, 1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1840; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1846; candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 1850; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1868.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
16, 1878 (age 65 years, 85
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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George Foster Peabody (1852-1938) —
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y.
Born in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., July 27,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Treasurer
of Democratic National Committee, 1904-05.
Died in 1938
(age about
85 years).
Interment at Trask Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Charles Pelham (1835-1908) —
of Alabama.
Born in Person
County, N.C., March
12, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; circuit judge in Alabama, 1868-73; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1873-75.
Slaveowner.
Died in Poulan, Worth
County, Ga., January
18, 1908 (age 72 years, 312
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Poulan, Ga.
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Edmund Henry Pendleton (1788-1862) —
also known as Edmund H. Pendleton —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1788.
Lawyer; Dutchess
County Judge, 1830-40; U.S.
Representative from New York 5th District, 1831-33.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
25, 1862 (age about 73
years).
Entombed at St.
James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Nathaniel
Pendleton and Susan (Bard) Pendleton; brother of Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; married to Frances M. Jones; uncle of George
Hunt Pendleton; grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; granduncle of Francis
Key Pendleton; first cousin of Philip
Clayton Pendleton; first cousin once removed of John
Pendleton Jr.; second cousin once removed of John
Penn, Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro; third cousin of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison and Zachary
Taylor; third cousin once removed of Coleby
Chew; third cousin twice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, James
Benjamin Garnett, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton and Daniel
Micajah Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major, Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk and Charles
Sumner Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Hugh Peterson Jr. (1898-1961) —
of Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga.
Born near Ailey, Montgomery
County, Ga., August
21, 1898.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Montgomery County, 1923-31;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1931-32; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1935-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Sylva, Jackson
County, N.C., October
3, 1961 (age 63 years, 43
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Ga.
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Philip Phillips (1807-1884) —
of Cheraw, Chesterfield District (now Chesterfield
County), S.C.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
13, 1807.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1833-34; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1844-51; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1852;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1853-55.
Jewish.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
14, 1884 (age 76 years, 32
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Washington Poe (1800-1876) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 13,
1800.
Lawyer; intendant
of Macon, Georgia, 1827; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 1840-41; postmaster.
Died October
7, 1876 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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McCracken King Poston Jr. (b. 1959) —
also known as McCracken Poston; Ken Poston —
of Graysville, Catoosa
County, Ga.; Ringgold, Catoosa
County, Ga.
Born in Fort Oglethorpe, Catoosa
County, Ga., October
24, 1959.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1989-96 (2nd District 1989-92,
3rd District 1993-96); candidate for U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1996.
Attorney for Alvin Ridley (acquitted for the murder of his wife,
1999); attorney for Byron
Low Tax Looper (charged with the murder of his opponent,
Tennessee State Sen. Tommy
Burks, 2000); attorney for Brent-Ray Marsh (operator of Tri-State
Crematory, accused in 2002 of not cremating or disposing of more than
three hundred human bodies).
Still living as of 2002.
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David Poythress (b. 1943) —
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., October
24, 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Air Force during the
Vietnam War; secretary
of state of Georgia, 1979-83; appointed 1979; Georgia
commissioner of labor; elected 1992, 1994; candidate for Governor of
Georgia, 1998, 2010.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Still living as of 2010.
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