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David W. Tandy —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 2010.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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William Preston Taulbee (1851-1890) —
also known as William P. Taulbee —
of Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky.
Born in Morgan
County, Ky., October
22, 1851.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1885-89.
Shot
and mortally
wounded, by Charles E. Kincaid, a journalist with whom he had
quarreled, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, and died eleven days later at Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March
11, 1890 (age 38 years, 140
days). Kincaid pleaded self-defense and was found not guilty of
murder in 1891.
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Morgan County, Ky.
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Edward Leland Taylor (1885-1948) —
also known as E. Leland Taylor —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., April
10, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
real
estate business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Kentucky, 1940;
mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1945-48.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died February
16, 1948 (age 62 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Harrison Taylor (1810-1876) —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Lewis
County, Ky., August
19, 1810.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1836, 1862-67; Speaker of
the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1863-67; district
Commonwealth Attorney, 1839-50; candidate for delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1850; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1858-61; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1867.
Died in a hotel at
Brooksville, Bracken
County, Ky., November
28, 1876 (age 66 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Taylor and Elizabeth (Harrison) Taylor; married 1840 to
Charlotte J. Duke. |
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William Sylvester Taylor (1853-1928) —
also known as William S. Taylor; W. S. Taylor;
"Hogjaw" —
of Morgantown, Butler
County, Ky.
Born in Butler
County, Ky., October
10, 1853.
Republican. Lawyer; state court judge in Kentucky, 1886;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1888,
1900;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1896-99; Governor of
Kentucky, 1899-1900.
Indicted
in 1900 as a conspirator in the assassination
of William
J. Goebel; fled
to Indiana; never extradited; pardoned
in 1909 by Gov. Augustus
E. Willson.
Died August
2, 1928 (age 74 years, 297
days).
Interment at Crown
Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Zachary Taylor (1849-1921) —
of Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., May 9,
1849.
Republican. Lawyer; insurance
business; postmaster at Covington,
Tenn., 1881-83; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1881-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1885-87; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President).
Died in Ellendale, Shelby
County, Tenn., February
19, 1921 (age 71 years, 286
days).
Interment at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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George Whitfield Terrell (1803-1846) —
also known as George W. Terrell —
of Tennessee; Texas.
Born in Nelson
County, Ky., 1803.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1829-36; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1841-44.
Died May 13,
1846 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Thomas Fontain Terrell (1866-1939) —
also known as Thomas F. Terrell —
of Pocatello, Bannock
County, Idaho.
Born in Ballard
County, Ky., July 5,
1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Idaho, 1901-03.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., October
28, 1939 (age 73 years, 115
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Pocatello, Idaho.
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David Smith Terry (1823-1889) —
also known as David S. Terry —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Christian County (part now in Todd
County), Ky., March 8,
1823.
Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension of
slavery to California; justice of
California state supreme court, 1855-59; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.
Senator David
C. Broderick in a duel
near San Francisco in 1859; tried
for murder,
but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidate
for Presidential Elector for California; his wife Sarah Althea Hill
claimed to be the widow and heir of wealthy U.S. Senator William
Sharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejected
by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen
J. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), she
and Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and were jailed
six months for contempt
of court.
Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Field
and slapped him in the face; he was then shot
through the heart and killed by
U.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in the train
station dining
room at Lathrop, San Joaquin
County, Calif., August
14, 1889 (age 66 years, 159
days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but later
released on the demand of the U.S. government.
Interment at Stockton
Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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George Morgan Thomas (1828-1914) —
also known as George M. Thomas —
of Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky.
Born near Poplar Flat, Lewis
County, Ky., November
23, 1828.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1859-63, 1872-73; county judge in
Kentucky, 1868; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1871; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1874-80;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1881-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1884,
1888;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1887-89; defeated,
1870.
Died, reportedly from angina
pectoris, in Vanceburg, Lewis
County, Ky., January
7, 1914 (age 85 years, 45
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Vanceburg, Ky.
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Manlius Valerius Thomson (1802-1850) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., August
13, 1802.
Lawyer; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1840-44; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War.
Died in Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky., July 22,
1850 (age 47 years, 343
days).
Interment at Georgetown
College Campus, Georgetown, Ky.
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John Wooleston Tibbatts (1801-1852) —
also known as John W. Tibbatts —
of Newport, Campbell
County, Ky.
Born in Kentucky, November
28, 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1843-47; colonel in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Slaveowner.
Died in Newport, Campbell
County, Ky., July 5,
1852 (age 50 years, 220
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.
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Jouett Ross Todd (b. 1903) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 16,
1903.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1932
(alternate), 1940;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1939; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1942; member of Republican
National Committee from Kentucky, 1944; Treasurer
of Republican National Committee, 1944.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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George H. Traylor (b. 1864) —
of New Madrid, New Madrid
County, Mo.
Born in Shady Grove, Crittenden
County, Ky., April
27, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at New
Madrid, Mo., 1911-15; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 23rd District, 1923.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1898 to Rosa
Davis. |
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Melvin Alvah Traylor (1878-1934) —
also known as Melvin A. Traylor —
of Malone, Hill
County, Tex.; Ballinger, Runnels
County, Tex.; East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born, in a log
cabin near Breeding, Adair
County, Ky., October
21, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
14, 1934 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of James Milton Traylor and Kitty (Harvey) Traylor; married to
Dorothy Arnold Yerby. |
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William Allen Trimble (1786-1821) —
of Ohio.
Born in Woodford
County, Ky., April 4,
1786.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1819-21; died in office 1821.
Died, from his war
wounds, in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1821 (age 35 years, 253
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Kenneth Herndon Tuggle (1904-1978) —
also known as Kenneth H. Tuggle —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born in Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., June 12,
1904.
Republican. Lawyer; president, Union National Bank of
Barbourville, 1934-53; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1939; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee); member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1953-75.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Pi
Kappa Alpha; American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
74 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Arthur Turner (1878-1943) —
also known as Arthur Turner —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Corydon, Henderson
County, Ky., February
11, 1878.
Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1908-11.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, of arteriosclerosis,
in a hospital
at San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif., October
22, 1943 (age 65 years, 253
days).
Interment at Glen
Abbey Memorial Park, Bonita, Calif.
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Joseph Rogers Underwood (1791-1876) —
also known as Joseph R. Underwood —
of Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky.; Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., October
24, 1791.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1825-26, 1861-63;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1828; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1828-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1835-43; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1847-53.
Slaveowner.
Died near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., August
23, 1876 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) —
also known as Oscar W. Underwood —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1895-1915 (9th District 1895-1909,
7th District 1909-11, 9th District 1911-15); candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1912,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1915-27.
Episcopalian.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., January
25, 1929 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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William R. Vance (1806-1885) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in 1806.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1830; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1830; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1847-50.
Died in 1885
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Paris Roscoe Vanover Sr. (1863-1927) —
also known as Roscoe Vanover, Sr. —
Born in Wise
County, Va., September
7, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky 35th District,
1920-21.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a gall
bladder infection, in Pike
County, Ky., September
18, 1927 (age 64 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William F. Vermilion (1830-1894) —
of Iowa.
Born in Kentucky, October
18, 1830.
Republican. Physician;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member
of Iowa
state senate, 1869-73.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Centerville, Appanoose
County, Iowa, December
28, 1894 (age 64 years, 71
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Centerville, Iowa.
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George Graham Vest (1830-1904) —
also known as George G. Vest —
of Boonville, Cooper
County, Mo.; Sedalia, Pettis
County, Mo.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., December
6, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1860; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Missouri; Delegate
from Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1865; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1879-1903; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1880.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sweet Springs, Saline
County, Mo., August
9, 1904 (age 73 years, 247
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Frederick Moore Vinson (1890-1953) —
also known as Fred M. Vinson —
of Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky.; Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Louisa, Lawrence
County, Ky., January
22, 1890.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1924-29, 1931-38 (9th District
1924-29, 1931-33, at-large 1933-35, 8th District 1935-38); defeated,
1928; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1938-43; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1945-46; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1946-53; died in office 1953.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
8, 1953 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Pinehill
Cemetery, Louisa, Ky.
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