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Politician members in Kentucky

Cassius M. Clay (1895-1959) — of Paris, Bourbon County, Ky. Born in Bourbon County, Ky., March 2, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; farmer; general solicitor, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1941-45; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 67th District, 1954-55; member of Kentucky state senate 28th District, 1958-59; died in office 1959. Christian. Member, American Legion; Farm Bureau; Phi Beta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Died November 26, 1959 (age 64 years, 269 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Cassius M. Clay (born c.1850) and Mary Blythe (Harris) Clay; married, July 30, 1935, to Miriam Blossom Berle.   John Sherman Cooper (1901-1991) — of Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky. Born in Somerset, Pulaski County, Ky., August 23, 1901. Republican. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1928-30; county judge in Kentucky, 1930-38; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1939; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1946-49, 1952-55, 1956-73; defeated, 1948, 1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1948, 1956 (Honorary Vice-President; speaker), 1960 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1972 (delegation chair); U.S. Ambassador to India, 1955-56; Nepal, 1955-56; East Germany, 1974-76; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64. Baptist or Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Rotary; American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi. Died of heart failure, in Washington, D.C., February 21, 1991 (age 89 years, 182 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Fountain Square, Somerset, Ky.   Relatives: Son of John Sherman Cooper, Sr.; married to Lorraine Rowan.   Cross-reference: William Butts Macomber, Jr.   The John Sherman Cooper Power Station, near Burnside, Kentucky, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial   Lee Cruce (1863-1933) — of Ardmore, Carter County, Okla. Born in Marion, Crittenden County, Ky., July 8, 1863. Democrat. Merchant; lawyer; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1908, 1920, 1928; Governor of Oklahoma, 1911-15. Presbyterian. Member, Beta Theta Pi; Freemasons. Died in Ardmore, Carter County, Okla., January 16, 1933 (age 69 years, 192 days). Interment somewhere in Muskogee, Okla.   Relatives: Son of James Winlock Cruce and Jane (Hill) Cruce; married, June 21, 1893, to Chickie Le Flore.   See also National Governors Association biography David Rowland Francis (1850-1927) — also known as David R. Francis — of St. Louis, Mo. Born near Richmond, Madison County, Ky., October 1, 1850. Democrat. Grain merchant; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1884, 1912 (Honorary Vice-President; speaker); mayor of St. Louis, Mo., 1885-89; Governor of Missouri, 1889-93; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1896-97; U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1916-17. Member, Beta Theta Pi. Died in St. Louis, Mo., January 15, 1927 (age 76 years, 106 days). Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.   Relatives: Son of John Broaddus Francis and Eliza (Rowland) Francis; married, January 20, 1876, to Jane Perry (granddaughter of James Earickson); first cousin once removed of Elbridge Jackson Broaddus; second cousin of Joseph Broaddus and Bower Slack Broaddus; second cousin once removed of William West Broaddus; fourth cousin once removed of Willey Richard Broaddus Jr. and Andrew Broaddus.   Political family: Broaddus family.   The David R. Francis Quadrangle at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS David R. Francis (built 1943 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1960) was named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial — BillionGraves burial record   Books about David Rowland Francis: Harper Barnes, Standing on a Volcano : The Life and Times of David Rowland Francis   Image source: Munsey's Magazine, October 1903   Charles Henry Hardin (1820-1892) — also known as Charles H. Hardin — of Missouri. Born in Trimble County, Ky., July 15, 1820. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri state senate 9th District, 1873-74; Governor of Missouri, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1876 (member, Resolutions Committee). Member, Beta Theta Pi. Died in Mexico, Audrain County, Mo., July 29, 1892 (age 72 years, 14 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Audrain County, Mo.; reinterment at Jewell Cemetery, Near Columbia, Boone County, Mo.   The city of Hardin, Missouri, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography   Brereton Chandler Jones (b. 1939) — also known as Brereton C. Jones; Brerry Jones — of Point Pleasant, Mason County, W.Va.; Woodford County, Ky. Born in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, June 27, 1939. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Mason County, 1965-68; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91; Governor of Kentucky, 1991-95. Episcopalian or Presbyterian. Member, Delta Sigma Pi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Theta Pi. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Son of E. Bartow Jones and Nedra W. Jones; brother of Bartow Ned Jones; married 1970 to Elizabeth 'Libby' Lloyd (daughter of A. Y. Lloyd).   Political family: Jones family of Point Pleasant, West Virginia.   Cross-reference: Michael J. Hammons   See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier   Walter Rollins (1922-1992) — of Kenova, Wayne County, W.Va. Born in Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Ky., January 2, 1922. Democrat. Member of West Virginia state house of delegates, 1971-76, 1985-92 (Wayne County 1971-74, 12th District 1975-76, 14th District 1985-92); died in office 1992; member of West Virginia state senate 5th District, 1977-80. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Beta Theta Pi; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Died February 9, 1992 (age 70 years, 38 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Walter F. Rollins and Nellie (Hatfield) Rollins; married, April 9, 1943, to Martha Lacock.

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