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Robert C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) —
also known as Robert Ramspeck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., September
5, 1890.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. William
S. Howard, 1912; lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Castor, Bienville
Parish, La., September
10, 1972 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Robert Reichert (b. 1948) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., August
11, 1948.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives 126th District, 1993-2002; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 2008-.
Methodist.
Member, Kiwanis.
Still living as of 2012.
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Charles Simpson Reid (1897-1947) —
also known as Charles S. Reid —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Blairsville, Union
County, Ga., September
25, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Georgia
Democratic state chair, 1937; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1938-43.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., November
7, 1947 (age 50 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eurith Dickinson Rivers (1895-1967) —
also known as E. D. Rivers —
of Lakeland, Lanier
County, Ga.; Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga.
Born in Center Point, Howard
County, Ark., December
1, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; Governor of
Georgia, 1937-41; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1939-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1940.
Died in Lakeland, Lanier
County, Ga., June 11,
1967 (age 71 years, 192
days).
Entombed at City
Cemetery, Lakeland, Ga.
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Samuel Alexander Roberts (1809-1872) —
also known as Samuel A. Roberts —
of Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex.
Born in Putnam
County, Ga., February
13, 1809.
Whig. Classmate of Jefferson
Davis at the U.S. Military Academy; lawyer; law partner of
James
W. Throckmorton and Thomas
J. Brown; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1841; delegate to Whig National
Convention from Texas, 1852.
Died in Bonham, Fannin
County, Tex., August
18, 1872 (age 63 years, 187
days).
Interment at Inglish
Cemetery, Bonham, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Willis
Roberts and Asenath (Alexander) Roberts; married to Lucinda Mary
Reed. |
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William Lee Robinson (b. 1943) —
also known as Lee Robinson —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
24, 1943.
Hardware
business; served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; member
of Georgia
state senate, 1975-82; lawyer; mayor of
Macon, Ga., 1987-91; Macon Judicial Circuit Public Defender,
2004-.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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Dwight Laing Rogers (1886-1954) —
also known as Dwight L. Rogers —
of Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla.
Born near Reidsville, Tattnall
County, Ga., August
17, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1930-38; U.S.
Representative from Florida 6th District, 1945-54; died in office
1954; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Sphinx;
Kiwanis.
Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., December
1, 1954 (age 68 years, 106
days).
Interment at Lauderdale
Memorial Park, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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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.
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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
Garrison
— Franklin
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 |
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Thomas Howard Ruger (1833-1907) —
of Georgia.
Born in Lima, Livingston
County, N.Y., April 2,
1833.
Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Georgia, 1868; superintendent, U.S. Military Academy, 1871-76.
Died June 3,
1907 (age 74 years, 62
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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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.
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Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (1897-1971) —
also known as Richard B. Russell, Jr. —
of Winder, Barrow
County, Ga.
Born in Winder, Barrow
County, Ga., November
2, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Barrow County, 1921-31; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1927-31; Governor of
Georgia, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1933-71; died in office 1971; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1952;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952;
member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President
KNDY, 1963-64.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Kiwanis;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
21, 1971 (age 73 years, 80
days).
Interment at Russell
Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.; statue at State
Capitol Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard
Brevard Russell and Ina (Dillard) Russell; brother of Robert
Lee Russell; uncle of Robert
Lee Russell Jr.. |
| | | Political family: Russell
family of Winder, Georgia. |
| | | The Russell Senate Office
Building (built 1903-08; named 1972), in Washington,
D.C., is named for
him. — The Richard B. Russell Federal
Building and Courthouse
(built 1978-79), in Atlanta,
Georgia, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Richard B. Russell, Jr.:
Gilbert C. Fite, Richard
B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia — Sally Russell,
Richard
Brevard Russell, Jr.: A Life of Consequence |
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Samuel Rutherford (1870-1932) —
of Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga.
Born near Culloden, Crawford
County, Ga., March
15, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1896-97, 1921-24; member of Georgia
state senate, 1909-10; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1925-32; died in office
1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 1932 (age 61 years, 326
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Forsyth, Ga.
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William James Samford (1844-1901) —
of Alabama.
Born in Meriwether
County, Ga., September
16, 1844.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 3rd District, 1879-81; member of Alabama
state senate, 1892-95; Governor of
Alabama, 1900-01; died in office 1901.
Died in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa
County, Ala., June 11,
1901 (age 56 years, 268
days).
Interment at Rosemere
Cemetery, Opelika, Ala.
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Carl Edward Sanders (b. 1925) —
also known as Carl E. Sanders —
of Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., May 15,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Richmond County, 1955-56;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1957-62; Governor of
Georgia, 1963-67; chair, Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
Democratic National Convention, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, Jaycees;
American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Moose; Elks; Freemasons;
Exchange
Club; Chi Phi;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Still living as of 2014.
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Willie Louis Sands (b. 1949) —
also known as W. Louis Sands —
Born in Bradley, Jones
County, Ga., 1949.
Lawyer; assistant prosecuting attorney; superior court judge
in Georgia, 1991-93; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, 1994-2014;
took senior status 2014.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Randall James Sauder (b. 1954) —
also known as Randy Sauder —
of Smyrna, Cobb
County, Ga.
Born in DuBois, Clearfield
County, Pa., June 6,
1954.
Lawyer; political
consultant; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1995-2000; defeated (Democratic),
2000.
Seventh-Day
Adventist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2004.
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Charles Joseph Scarborough (b. 1963) —
also known as Joe Scarborough —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., April 9,
1963.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 1st District, 1995-2001; resigned
2001; host of the television
news commentary show "Scarborough Country" on MSNBC.
Still living as of 2014.
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Francis Muir Scarlett (1891-1971) —
also known as Frank M. Scarlett —
of Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga.
Born in Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., June 9,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1924,
1928
(alternate), 1936;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1946-68;
took senior status 1968; senior judge, 1968-71.
Presbyterian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died November
18, 1971 (age 80 years, 162
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Schley (1786-1858) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., December
15, 1786.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1825-28;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-35; resigned 1835; Governor of
Georgia, 1835-37.
Slaveowner.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
20, 1858 (age 71 years, 340
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Richmond County, Ga.
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Leah Ward Sears (b. 1955) —
Born in Heidelberg, Germany,
of American parents, June 13,
1955.
Lawyer; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1992-2005; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 2005-.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Joseph Sears (1874-1944) —
also known as William J. Sears —
of Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla.
Born in Smithville, Lee
County, Ga., December
4, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Kissimmee, Fla., 1907-11; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1915-29, 1933-37 (4th District
1915-29, at-large 1933-37).
Died in Kissimmee, Osceola
County, Fla., March
30, 1944 (age 69 years, 117
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Kissimmee, Fla.
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Ebenezer J. Shields (1778-1846) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., December
22, 1778.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1835-39; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died near La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex., April
21, 1846 (age 67 years, 120
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eli Sims Shorter (1823-1879) —
also known as Eli S. Shorter —
of Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala.
Born in Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga., March
15, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1855-59; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1872,
1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., April
29, 1879 (age 56 years, 45
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.
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John Marshall Slaton (1866-1955) —
also known as John M. Slaton —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Meriwether
County, Ga., December
25, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1896-1909; member of Georgia
state senate, 1909-11; Governor of
Georgia, 1911-12, 1913-15.
Died January
11, 1955 (age 88 years, 17
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) —
also known as M. Hoke Smith —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newton, Catawba
County, N.C., September
2, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of
Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.
Presbyterian.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, 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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Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (1913-2003) —
also known as Robert G. Stephens, Jr. —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
14, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1951-53; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Clarke County, 1953-59; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1961-77.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Kiwanis;
Woodmen.
Died, in a hospital
at Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
20, 2003 (age 89 years, 190
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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William Stephens —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1776-80.
Burial location unknown.
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William Henry Stiles (1808-1865) —
also known as William H. Stiles —
of Cassville, Bartow
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., January
1, 1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1836-38; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843-45; U.S. Charge
d'Affaires to Austria, 1845-49; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1858; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
20, 1865 (age 57 years, 353
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Lackland McIntosh Stone (1801-1842) —
also known as Lackland M. Stone; Lachlan McIntosh
Stone —
of St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now Port St. Joe, Gulf
County), Fla.
Born in Georgia, September
11, 1801.
Lawyer; member
Florida territorial council, 1828-31.
Died, of yellow
fever, in St. Joseph, Calhoun County (now Port St. Joe, Gulf
County), Fla., April
11, 1842 (age 40 years, 212
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lewis Maxwell Stone (1819-1890) —
of Carrollton, Pickens
County, Ala.
Born in Baldwin
County, Ga., December
11, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1849-52, 1868-69, 1888-89; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1868-69; member of Alabama
state senate, 1859-63; delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1872;
delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1875.
Baptist.
Died in Carrollton, Pickens
County, Ala., June 26,
1890 (age 70 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Marion Ortez Strickland (b. 1921) —
also known as M. Ortez Strickland —
of Vidalia, Toombs
County, Ga.
Born in Webb, Houston
County, Ala., July 19,
1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Toombs County, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Theta
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Fannie Bell (Buie) Strickland and Norman Hamp Strickland; married,
March
2, 1952, to Betty Bulloch. |
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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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Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946) —
of McRae (now part of McRae-Helena), Telfair
County, Ga.
Born in Forsyth, Monroe
County, Ga., September
23, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Georgia
commissioner of agriculture, 1927; Governor of
Georgia, 1933-37, 1941-43.
Baptist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Odd
Fellows; Sigma
Nu.
Died December
21, 1946 (age 62 years, 89
days).
Interment at McRae
City Cemetery, McRae-Helena, Ga.
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Herman Eugene Talmadge (1913-2002) —
also known as Herman E. Talmadge —
of Lovejoy, Clayton
County, Ga.
Born near McRae (now McRae-Helena), Telfair
County, Ga., August
9, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
Governor
of Georgia, 1947, 1948-55; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1957-81; defeated, 1980; received one
electoral vote for Vice-President, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Farm
Bureau; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Hampton, Henry
County, Ga., March
21, 2002 (age 88 years, 224
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Henry County, Ga.
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Malcolm Connor Tarver (1885-1960) —
also known as Malcolm C. Tarver —
of Dalton, Whitfield
County, Ga.
Born in Whitfield
County, Ga., September
25, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1909-12; member of Georgia
state senate, 1913-14; superior court judge in Georgia, 1917-26;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1927-47.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Redmen;
Junior
Order; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Died March 5,
1960 (age 74 years, 162
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Ga.
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Joseph Meriwether Terrell (1861-1912) —
also known as Joseph M. Terrell —
of Greenville, Meriwether
County, Ga.
Born in Greenville, Meriwether
County, Ga., June 6,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1884-87; member of Georgia
state senate, 1890-92; Georgia
state attorney general, 1892-1902; Governor of
Georgia, 1902-07; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1910-11.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
17, 1912 (age 51 years, 164
days).
Interment at Greenville
City Cemetery, Greenville, Ga.
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Charles Spalding Thomas (1849-1934) —
also known as Charles S. Thomas —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Darien, McIntosh
County, Ga., December
6, 1849.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Colorado, 1880
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1900
(Temporary
Chair; speaker),
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1908;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Colorado, 1884; member of Democratic
National Committee from Colorado, 1884-96; Governor of
Colorado, 1899-1901; defeated, 1894; U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1913-21; defeated (National), 1920.
Died in Denver,
Colo., June 24,
1934 (age 84 years, 200
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Hugh P. Thompson —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia, 1979-94; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1994-.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Jaycees;
Rotary.
Still living as of 2008.
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Standish Fletcher Thompson (b. 1925) —
also known as Fletcher Thompson —
of East Point, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in College Park, Fulton
County, Ga., February
5, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; insurance
agent; lawyer; member of Georgia
state senate, 1960; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1967-73; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1972.
Still living as of 1998.
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Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885) —
also known as Robert Toombs; Bob Toombs —
of Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga.
Born in Wilkes
County, Ga., July 2,
1810.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837-43; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1845-53; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1853-61; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union
forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln; later returned to Georgia; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.
One of the greatest orators of his time.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington, Wilkes
County, Ga., December
15, 1885 (age 75 years, 166
days).
Interment at Rest
Haven Cemetery, Washington, Ga.
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Samuel Joelah Tribble (1869-1916) —
also known as Samuel J. Tribble —
of Athens, Clarke
County, Ga.
Born in Franklin
County, Ga., November
15, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1911-16; died in office
1916.
Died December
8, 1916 (age 47 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oconee
Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.
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Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996) —
also known as Elbert P. Tuttle —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 17,
1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1954-68; took
senior status 1968.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1981.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 23,
1996 (age 98 years, 342
days).
Interment at All
Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Ga.
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Carl Vinson (1883-1981) —
also known as "Father of the Two-Ocean
Navy" —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Baldwin
County, Ga., November
18, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1909-12; county judge in Georgia,
1912-14; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1914-65 (10th District 1914-33, 6th
District 1933-65); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1964.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., June 1,
1981 (age 97 years, 195
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Freeman Walker (1780-1827) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., October
25, 1780.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1807-11; mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1818-19, 1823; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1819-21; resigned 1821.
Slaveowner.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
23, 1827 (age 46 years, 333
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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Walter Edward Washington (1915-2003) —
also known as Walter Washington —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Dawson, Terrell
County, Ga., April
15, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1975-79; defeated in primary, 1978.
African
ancestry.
Died, in Howard University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., October
27, 2003 (age 88 years, 195
days).
Interment at Lincoln
Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Thomas Edward Watson (1856-1922) —
also known as Thomas E. Watson —
of Thomson, McDuffie
County, Ga.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., September
5, 1856.
Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-83; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Georgia; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1891-93; Populist
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1896; Populist candidate for President
of the United States, 1904, 1908; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1912;
controversial for his writings attacking
the Catholic Church; arrested
in 1912 on obscenity
charges
over three chapters in his book The Catholic Hierarchy; tried
and acquitted in 1916; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1921-22; died in office 1922.
Died September
26, 1922 (age 66 years, 21
days).
Interment at Thomson
Cemetery, Thomson, Ga.
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James Moore Wayne (1790-1867) —
also known as James M. Wayne —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., 1790.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member
of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1815-16; mayor
of Savannah, Ga., 1817-19; state court judge in Georgia, 1820-22;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1829-35; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1835-67; died in office 1867.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 5,
1867 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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Marshall Johnson Wellborn (1808-1874) —
of Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., May 29,
1808.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1833-34; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1838-42; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1849-51; ordained
minister.
Baptist.
Died in Columbus, Muscogee
County, Ga., October
16, 1874 (age 66 years, 140
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Charles Longstreet Weltner (1927-1992) —
also known as Charles L. Weltner —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
17, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1963-67; superior court
judge in Georgia, 1976-81; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1981-92; chief
justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1992; died in office 1992.
Presbyterian.
Died August
31, 1992 (age 64 years, 258
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Ga.
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William Stanley West (1849-1914) —
of Georgia.
Born in Buena Vista, Marion
County, Ga., August
23, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1892-1901; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1908;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1914.
Died in Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga., December
22, 1914 (age 65 years, 121
days).
Interment at Sunset
Hill Cemetery, Valdosta, Ga.
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Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906) —
also known as "Fighting Joe" —
of Wheeler, Lawrence
County, Ala.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1836.
Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 8th District, 1881-82, 1885-1900;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sons of
the War of 1812.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
25, 1906 (age 69 years, 137
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Wheeler and Julia Knox (Hull) Wheeler; married, February
6, 1866, to Daniella Jones (granddaughter of Peter
Early); father of Thomas Harrison Wheeler. |
| | | Wheeler County,
Ga. is named for him. |
| | | Wheeler Dam
(built 1933-36), on the Tennessee River in Lauderdale
and Lawrence
counties, Alabama, and the Wheeler Lake
reservoir, which extends into Limestone,
Morgan,
and Madison
counties, are named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in America
(1906) |
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Thomas William White (1824-1889) —
also known as T. W. White —
of Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., January
8, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; law partner of H.
H. Chalmers; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1876.
Died in Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss., July 26,
1889 (age 65 years, 199
days).
Interment at Hernando
Baptist Cemetery, Hernando, Miss.
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Richard Henry Whiteley (1830-1890) —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.; Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo.
Born in County Kildare, Ireland,
December
22, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1870-75.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boulder, Boulder
County, Colo., September
26, 1890 (age 59 years, 278
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Boulder, Colo.
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James Mark Wilcox (1890-1956) —
also known as J. Mark Wilcox —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.; Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Willacoochee, Atkinson
County, Ga., 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 4th District, 1933-39; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1944
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Methodist.
Died in 1956
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Woodlawn Park North Cemetery & Mausoleum, Miami, Fla.
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Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847) —
also known as Richard H. Wilde —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
September
24, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1811-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1815-17, 1825, 1827-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
10, 1847 (age 57 years, 351
days).
Original interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.; reinterment 1854 in private or family graveyard;
reinterment in 1886 at City
Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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David W. Williams (1910-2000) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
20, 1910.
Republican. Lawyer; municipal judge in California, 1956-62;
superior court judge in California, 1963-69; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of California, 1969-81.
African
ancestry.
First
Black federal judge west of the Mississippi.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 6,
2000 (age 90 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John R. Wilson —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Bainbridge, Ga., 1921.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Elisha Winn (1839-1925) —
also known as Thomas E. Winn —
of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett
County, Ga.
Born near Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., May 21,
1839.
Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
Gwinnett
County School Commissioner, 1876-90; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1891-93.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., June 5,
1925 (age 86 years, 15
days).
Interment at Ridge
Grove Cemetery, Greensboro, Ga.
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North Winship (1885-1968) —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Macon, Bibb
County, Ga., December
31, 1885.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Tahiti, 1910; Owen Sound, 1913-14; Petrograd, 1914-17; Milan, 1917-21; Bombay, 1921-22; Fiume, 1923-24; Cairo, 1924-27; U.S. Consul General in Copenhagen, 1928-31; Toronto, as of 1943; Montreal, as of 1945-47; U.S. Minister to South Africa, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, 1949.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1968
(age about
82 years).
Entombed at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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James Walter Wise (1868-1925) —
also known as James W. Wise —
of Fayetteville, Fayette
County, Ga.
Born near McDonough, Henry
County, Ga., March 3,
1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1902-08; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1915-25.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
8, 1925 (age 57 years, 189
days).
Interment at McDonough
Cemetery, McDonough, Ga.
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Jere Wood —
of Roswell, Fulton
County, Ga.
Lawyer; mayor
of Roswell, Ga., 1998-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Relatives: Son
of Roy Wood and Tillie Wood. |
| | | Image source: City of
Roswell |
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John Stephens Wood (1885-1968) —
also known as John S. Wood —
of Canton, Cherokee
County, Ga.
Born near Ball Ground, Cherokee
County, Ga., February
8, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1917; superior court judge in
Georgia, 1925-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 9th District, 1931-35, 1945-53;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Junior
Order; Redmen.
Died in Marietta, Cobb
County, Ga., September
12, 1968 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Ga.
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William Robert Woodall (b. 1970) —
also known as Rob Woodall —
of Lawrenceville, Gwinnett
County, Ga.
Born in Athens, Clarke
County, Ga., February
11, 1970.
Republican. Staff member (ultimately chief of staff) for U.S. Rep. John
Linder, 1994-2010; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 2011-.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2018.
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William Carter Wright (1866-1933) —
also known as William C. Wright —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Carroll
County, Ga., January
6, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 4th District, 1918-33.
Died in 1933
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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