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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (1907-1992) —
of Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga.
Born in Newnan, Coweta
County, Ga., March
20, 1907.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Coweta County, 1933-36; Georgia
state attorney general, 1939-43; Governor of
Georgia, 1943-47; defeated, 1966 (Democratic primary); candidate
1966; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1944
(speaker);
president, Dixie Insurance
Co., 1948.
Baptist.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Lions; Phi
Delta Phi; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Kappa Phi; Maccabees;
Woodmen;
Junior
Order; Elks; Eagles;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Civitan.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
13, 1992 (age 85 years, 268
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
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Joseph A. Boyd Jr. (1916-2007) —
of Hialeah, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Hoschton, Jackson
County, Ga., November
16, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1969-87.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks;
Lions.
Died, of heart
failure, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
26, 2007 (age 90 years, 344
days).
Interment at Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park, Tallahassee, Fla.
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James Earl Carter Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Jimmy Carter; "The Peanut";
"Dasher"; "Deacon" —
of Plains, Sumter
County, Ga.
Born in a hospital,
at Plains, Sumter
County, Ga., October
1, 1924.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state senate, 1963-66; Governor of
Georgia, 1971-75; defeated in primary, 1966; President
of the United States, 1977-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1984,
1988.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Alpha Delta; Lions.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2002.
Still living as of 2022.
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Relatives: Son
of James
Earl Carter, Sr. and Lillian (Gordy) Carter; married, July 7,
1946, to Eleanor Rosalynn Smith and Rosalynn
Carter; father of John
William Carter; first cousin of Hugh
Alton Carter, Sr.. |
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family of Plains, Georgia. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clennon
King — Thomas
A. Hutto — Griffin
Smith — Jane
F. Harman — Philip
H. Alston, Jr. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by Jimmy Carter: Turning
Point : A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age
(1992) — An
Hour Before Daylight : Memories of a Rural Boyhood
(2001) — Keeping
Faith : Memoirs of a President (1982) — Always
a Reckoning and Other Poems (1995) — The
Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East
(1993) — Everything
to Gain : Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life
(1987) — A
Government As Good As Its People (1977) — Living
Faith (1996) — Negotiation:
The Alternative to Hostility (1984) — An
Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections (1994) —
Sources
of Strength : Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith
(1997) — The
Virtues of Aging (1998) — Why
Not The Best? (1975) — White
House Diary (2010) — Talking
Peace : A Vision for the Next Generation (1993, for young
readers) |
| | | Books about Jimmy Carter: Douglas
Brinkley, The
Unfinished Presidency : Jimmy Carter's Journey to the Nobel Peace
Prize — Rod Troester, Jimmy
Carter as Peacemaker : A Post-Presidential
Biography |
| | | Critical books about Jimmy Carter:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Steven F.
Hayward, The
Real Jimmy Carter : How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American
Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators, and Created the Party of Clinton
and Kerry — Bernard Goldberg, 100
People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is
#37) |
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J. Eugene Cook (b. 1904) —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wrightsville, Johnson
County, Ga., April 4,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1945-65; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Georgia, 1952;
justice
of Georgia state supreme court, 1965-67.
Baptist.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
Elks;
Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Monroe Cook and Ida (Preston) Cook; married, June 28,
1928, to Julia Adelaide McClatchey. |
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Zachariah Daniel Cravey (1894-1966) —
also known as Zack D. Cravey —
of DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Milan, Telfair
County, Ga., April
13, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Telfair
County Tax Collector, 1920-33; Georgia state game and fish
commissioner, 1934-37; Georgia natural resources commissioner,
1941-43; Georgia
state comptroller general, 1947-63; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1952.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Lions; Odd
Fellows; American
Legion.
Died in November, 1966
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Charles Cravey and Margaret Jane (Studstill) Cravey;
married 1921 to Jane
Ophelia Pinkerton. |
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John William Davis (1916-1992) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Summerville, Chattooga
County, Ga.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., September
12, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; circuit judge
in Georgia, 1955-60; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1961-75.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions.
Died October
3, 1992 (age 76 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Marvin Griffin (1907-1982) —
also known as Marvin Griffin —
of Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga.
Born in Bainbridge, Decatur
County, Ga., September
4, 1907.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Decatur County, 1935-36;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1940,
1952;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; Adjutant
General of Georgia, 1944-47; president, radio
station WMGR, Bainbridge, Ga., 1946; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1948-55; Governor of
Georgia, 1955-59.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles;
Junior
Order; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Lions.
Died June 13,
1982 (age 74 years, 282
days).
Interment at Oak
City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Ga.
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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.
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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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Benjamin Thomas Wiggins (b. 1920) —
also known as Ben T. Wiggins —
of Toccoa, Stephens
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
19, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Stephens County, 1951-56;
resigned 1956; member of Georgia
public service commission, 1956-; appointed 1956.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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