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Politician Writers in Georgia

Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855-1938) — also known as Harry S. Edwards — of Macon, Bibb County, Ga. Born in Macon, Bibb County, Ga., April 23, 1855. Republican. Newspaper editor; author; postmaster at Macon, Ga., 1900-13; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1904; Proleague Independent candidate for U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1920. Died in Macon, Bibb County, Ga., October 22, 1938 (age 83 years, 182 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.   Relatives: Son of James Corson Edwards and Elizabeth Griffin (Hunt) Edwards; married, January 13, 1881, to Mary Roxie Lane.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Newt Gingrich (b. 1943) — also known as Newton Leroy McPherson; "Nuclear Newt" — of Carrollton, Carroll County, Ga. Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa., June 17, 1943. Republican. College professor; author; U.S. Representative from Georgia 6th District, 1979-99; defeated, 1974, 1976; Speaker of the U.S. House, 1995-99. Baptist; later Catholic. Reprimanded in 1997 by the House of Representatives, and fined $300,000, over false statements he had made during an investigation of his use of tax-exempt organizations for partisan advocacy. Still living as of 2020.   Relatives: Son of Newton Searles McPherson and Kathleen (Daugherty) McPherson; married, June 19, 1962, to Jackie Battley; married, August 8, 1981, to Marianne Ginther; married, August 18, 2000, to Callista Louise Bisek; step-father of Robert Gingrich.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail — Encyclopedia of American Loons   Books by Newt Gingrich: Winning The Future: A 21st Century Contract with America (2005) — Saving Lives & Saving Money : Transforming Health and Healthcare, with Dana Pavey & Anne Woodbury — To Renew America (1995) — Lessons Learned the Hard Way: A Personal Report (1998) — Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny, with Callista Gingrich & David N. Bossie (2011) — A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters (2011)   Fiction by Newt Gingrich: Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, with William R. Forstchen — Grant Comes East, with William R. Forstchen — Never Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory, with William R. Forstchen — 1945, with William R. Forstchen   Books about Newt Gingrich: Mel Steely, The Gentleman from Georgia : The Biography of Newt Gingrich — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History   Critical books about Newt Gingrich: David Maraniss & Michael Weisskopf, Tell Newt to Shut Up : Prize-Winning Washington Post Journalists Reveal How Reality Gagged the Gingrich Revolution — John K. Wilson, Newt Gingrich: Capitol Crimes and Misdemeanors Milford Wriarson Howard (1862-1937) — also known as Milford W. Howard — of Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Ala.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born near Rome, Floyd County, Ga., February 18, 1862. U.S. Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1895-99; novelist; appeared as an actor in a silent movie based on one of his novels; one of the editors of the conservative magazine The Awakener in the 1930s. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., December 28, 1937 (age 75 years, 313 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Sallie Howard Memorial Chapel, Mentone, Ala.   Relatives: Married, December 23, 1883, to Sarah A. 'Sallie' Lankford.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)   Dillard Brown Lasseter (1894-1973) — also known as Dillard B. Lasseter — of Cordele, Crisp County, Ga.; Washington, D.C. Born in Vienna, Dooly County, Ga., July 21, 1894. School teacher; interpreter; U.S. Vice Consul in Tientsin, 1920-21; Antung, 1921-22; Nanking, 1922; Hankow, 1922-23; headed National Youth Administration in Georgia; member, Regional War Manpower Commision; administrator, Farm Security Administration, 1945-46; administrator, Farmers Home Administration, 1946-53; lobbyist for the American Trucking Association. Died in Washington, D.C., November 2, 1973 (age 79 years, 104 days). Interment at Oxford Historical Cemetery, Oxford, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Edward Shemuel Lasseter and Lou Anna (Brown) Lasseter; married to Helen Frances Penn Smith; nephew of Wade Hampton Lasseter.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Wideman Lee (1849-1919) — also known as James W. Lee — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga.; St. Louis, Mo. Born in Rockbridge, Gwinnett County, Ga., November 28, 1849. Democrat. Minister; writer; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1916. Southern Methodist. Died in St. Louis, Mo., October 4, 1919 (age 69 years, 310 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Zachery James Lee and Emily Harris (Wideman) Lee; married to Emma Eufaula Ledbetter.   Epitaph: "Servant of God and Lover of Man. Forty-Five Years a Methodist Preacher Who Lived and Died to Make Earth and Heaven One."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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