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Telephone and Telegraph Politicians in Georgia

Howard Bucknell Jr. (b. 1899) — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; Bluemont, Loudoun County, Va. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., February 17, 1899. U.S. Vice Consul in Chungking, 1921; Canton, 1922-24; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, as of 1924-26; Geneva, 1937-39; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1940; Madrid, 1940; vice-president, International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, 1945. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Howard Bucknell and Marie Ethel (Harlan) Bucknell; married, April 19, 1922, to Lucy Barrow Taylor.   Lamartine Griffin Hardman (1856-1937) — of Commerce, Jackson County, Ga. Born in Harmony Grove (now Commerce), Jackson County, Ga., April 14, 1856. Democrat. Physician; surgeon; banker; president, Commerce Telephone Company; president, Hurricane Shoals and Nacoochee Power Company; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1902-06, 1909-10; member of Georgia state senate 33rd District, 1907-08; Governor of Georgia, 1927-31. Baptist. Member, American Medical Association. Died from a heart ailment, in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., February 18, 1937 (age 80 years, 310 days). Interment at Grey Hill Cemetery, Commerce, Ga.   Relatives: Son of William Benjamin Johnson Hardman and Elizabeth Susan (Colquitt) Hardman; married, March 26, 1907, to Emma Wiley Griffin; father of Josephine Collins (who married Linton McGee Collins).   Political family: Collins-Hardman family of Helen, Georgia.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Richard Brevard Russell (1861-1938) — also known as Richard B. Russell — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga.; Russell, Bartow County, Ga. Born near Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., April 27, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter; newspaper editor; president, Hoschton Telephone Co.; organizer, Athens Street Railway Co.; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1882-88; circuit judge in Georgia, 1898-1906; candidate for Governor of Georgia, 1906; Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1907-16; chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1923-38; died in office 1938. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Royal Arcanum. Died December 3, 1938 (age 77 years, 220 days). Interment at Russell Memorial Park, Winder, Ga.   Relatives: Son of William John Russell and Rebecca Harriette (Brumby) Russell; married, May 13, 1883, to Marie Louise Tyler; married, June 24, 1891, to Ina Dillard; father of Richard Brevard Russell Jr. and Robert Lee Russell; grandfather of Robert Lee Russell Jr..   Political family: Russell family of Winder, Georgia.   See also Wikipedia article   James Drake Weaver (b. 1874) — also known as James D. Weaver — of Dawson, Terrell County, Ga. Born in Thomaston, Upson County, Ga., September 30, 1874. Member of Georgia state senate, 1920-21; member of Georgia state house of representatives from Terrell County, 1926; vice-president, Dawson State Bank; general manager and treasurer, Dawson Telephone Co. Methodist. Member, Farmers Union; Sigma Nu; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Alvah Weaver and Martha Flewellen (Drake) Weaver; married to Comer Carver.

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