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Odolphus Ham Waddle (1851-1918) —
also known as O. H. Waddle —
of Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky.
Born March 4,
1851.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1912.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, December
29, 1918 (age 67 years, 300
days).
Interment at Somerset
Cemetery, Somerset, Ky.
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William Henry Wadsworth (1821-1893) —
also known as William H. Wadsworth —
of Maysville, Mason
County, Ky.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., July 4,
1821.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1853-56; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1861-65, 1885-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., April 2,
1893 (age 71 years, 272
days).
Interment at Maysville
Cemetery, Maysville, Ky.
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David Shelby Walker (1815-1891) —
also known as David S. Walker —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., May 2,
1815.
Lawyer; mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 1852; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1860-65; Governor of
Florida, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge in
Florida, 1878-91.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., July 20,
1891 (age 76 years, 79
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of David
Walker; married to Philoclea Alston (sister of Augustus
A. Alston; niece of Willis
Alston); father of Courtney Walker (who married Robert
Spratt Cockrell) and David
Shelby Walker Jr.; nephew of George
Walker; uncle of James
David Walker; first cousin twice removed of Howell
Lewis; second cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; second cousin twice removed of George
Washington, John
Walker and Francis
Walker; second cousin thrice removed of George
Madison; third cousin of Howell
Cobb (1772-1818); third cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, Bushrod
Washington, Howell
Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas
Reade Rootes Cobb; third cousin twice removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison and Clement
F. Dorsey; fourth cousin of John
Thornton Augustine Washington, Francis
Taliaferro Helm and Thomas
Walker Gilmer; fourth cousin once removed of Andrew
Dorsey, Charles
John Helm, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden and Hubbard
Dozier Helm. |
| | | Political family: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The David S. Walker Library,
in Tallahassee,
Florida, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Walker (1763-1819) —
of Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., 1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1810-14; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1819
(age about
56 years).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Jessamine County, Ky.
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James David Walker (1830-1906) —
also known as James D. Walker —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born near Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., December
13, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1879-85.
Died in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., November
17, 1906 (age 75 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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John Leonard Walker (b. 1906) —
also known as J. Leonard Walker —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1906.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Kentucky
state attorney general, 1951; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, 1954-59.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edgar Walker and Catherine (Burke) Walker; married, April
28, 1933, to Evelyn M. Hook. |
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Lewis Leavell Walker (1873-1944) —
of Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky.
Born in Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., February
15, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; banker; Garrard
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901; district judge in Kentucky
13th District, 1910-11; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1929-31.
Died in Lancaster, Garrard
County, Ky., June 30,
1944 (age 71 years, 136
days).
Interment at Lancaster
Cemetery, Lancaster, Ky.
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Robert Hickman Walker (1886-1962) —
also known as R. Hickman Walker —
of Grand Junction, Mesa
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Marion, Crittenden
County, Ky., July 19,
1886.
Lawyer; justice of
Colorado state supreme court, 1928; defeated, 1928.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Denver,
Colo., November
19, 1962 (age 76 years, 123
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Coleman Covington Wallace —
also known as Coleman C. Wallace —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster at Richmond,
Ky., 1901; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1912.
Burial location unknown.
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William Luxon Wallace (1889-1974) —
also known as William L. Wallace —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., January
2, 1889.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1920,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1960
(member, Credentials
Committee); member of Kentucky
state senate 29th District, 1921-24; member of Kentucky
Republican State Central Committee, 1936-69.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kiwanis;
American
Legion; American Bar
Association.
Died December
23, 1974 (age 85 years, 355
days).
Interment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
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William Thomas Ward (1808-1878) —
also known as William T. Ward —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, August
9, 1808.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member
of Kentucky state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1851-53; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died October
12, 1878 (age 70 years, 64
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Orie Solomon Ware (1882-1974) —
also known as Orie S. Ware —
of Covington, Kenton
County, Ky.
Born in Peach Grove, Pendleton
County, Ky., May 11,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Covington,
Ky., 1914-21; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1927-29.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died in Fort Mitchell, Kenton
County, Ky., December
16, 1974 (age 92 years, 219
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Ky.
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Edgar T. Washburn —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Lawyer; mayor
of Paducah, Ky., 1936-40; defeated, 1931.
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Sherman Watkins (1863-1941) —
also known as Aaron S. Watkins —
of Wilmore, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Van Wert, Van Wert
County, Ohio; Columbus Grove, Putnam
County, Ohio; Germantown, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, November
29, 1863.
School
teacher; lawyer; Methodist
minister; university
professor; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1904; Prohibition
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1905, 1922, 1932; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1908, 1912; president,
Asbury College, 1909-10; Prohibition candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1916; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1920.
Methodist.
Died in Rushsylvania, Logan
County, Ohio, February
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 72
days).
Interment at Equality
Cemetery, Rushsylvania, Ohio.
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Harvey Watterson (1879-1908) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., February
12, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for New York
state assembly, 1906.
While trying to close a window in his law
office, he fell
through the window to his death 110 feet below, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
11, 1908 (age 29 years, 273
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891) —
also known as Harvey M. Watterson —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., November
23, 1811.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1839-43; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1845-47; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1845-47.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
1, 1891 (age 79 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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John Clarence Watts (1902-1971) —
also known as John C. Watts —
of Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., July 9,
1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; chair of
Jessamine County Democratic Party, 1928-53; Jessamine
County Attorney, 1933-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1947-48; Kentucky motor
transportation commissioner, 1948-51; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1951-71; died in
office 1971.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Died in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., September
24, 1971 (age 69 years, 77
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Nicholasville, Ky.
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John Sebrie Watts (1816-1876) —
of Indiana; Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in Boone
County, Ky., January
19, 1816.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1846; U.S.
District Judge for New Mexico, 1851-54; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1861-63; justice of
New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1868-69.
Died in Bloomington, Monroe
County, Ind., June 11,
1876 (age 60 years, 144
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind.
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George Thomas Weitzel (1873-1936) —
also known as George T. Weitzel —
of Missouri.
Born in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., June 23,
1873.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1911-13.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1936 (age 62 years, 192
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Lynn Boyd Wells (b. 1893) —
also known as Lynn B. Wells —
of West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky.
Born in West Liberty, Morgan
County, Ky., January
29, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
elected Kentucky
state house of representatives 75th District 1955.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Granvil Wells and Arzelda (Keeton) Wells; married to Jewel
D. Johnson. |
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Lawrence Winchester Wetherby (1908-1994) —
also known as Lawrence W. Wetherby —
of Anchorage, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born in Middletown, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
2, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; juvenile court judge in Kentucky, 1943-47;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964;
secretary
of Kentucky Democratic Party, 1948-51; Governor of
Kentucky, 1950-55; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1954; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1956; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1965-66.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi; Rotary.
Died at King's Daughters Memorial Hospital,
Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., March
27, 1994 (age 86 years, 84
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Charles Kennedy Wheeler (1863-1933) —
also known as Charles K. Wheeler —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.
Born near Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., April
18, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1897-1903.
Episcopalian.
Died in Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky., June 15,
1933 (age 70 years, 58
days).
Entombed at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.
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James Bamford White (1842-1931) —
of Irvine, Estill
County, Ky.
Born near Winchester, Clark
County, Ky., June 6,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; school
teacher; lawyer; Estill
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1872-80; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1901-03.
Died in Irvine, Estill
County, Ky., March
25, 1931 (age 88 years, 292
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Irvine, Ky.
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John White (1802-1845) —
of Richmond, Madison
County, Ky.
Born in Middlesboro, Bell
County, Ky., February
14, 1802.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1835-45 (9th District 1835-43, 6th
District 1843-45); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1841-43; district judge in Kentucky 19th
District, 1845; died in office 1845.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond, Madison
County, Ky., September
22, 1845 (age 43 years, 220
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Joseph Mills White (1781-1839) —
also known as Joseph M. White —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.; Monticello, Jefferson
County, Fla.
Born in Franklin
County, Ky., May 10,
1781.
Lawyer; Kentucky
state attorney general, 1820; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1825-37.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., October
19, 1839 (age 58 years, 162
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Wayne Edward Whitfield (b. 1943) —
also known as Ed Whitfield —
of Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky.
Born in Hopkinsville, Christian
County, Ky., May 25,
1943.
Lawyer; business
executive; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 8th District, 1973-75; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1995-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 2012.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1788-1869) —
also known as Charles A. Wickliffe —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born near Springfield, Washington
County, Ky., June 8,
1788.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812-13, 1822-23, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1861-63 (9th District
1823-33, 5th District 1861-63); Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1836-39; Governor of
Kentucky, 1839-40; U.S.
Postmaster General, 1841-45; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1856.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., October
31, 1869 (age 81 years, 145
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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John Crepps Wickliffe (1830-1913) —
also known as John C. Wickliffe —
of Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.
Born in Nelson
County, Ky., July 11,
1830.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1857; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1874; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1885-89.
Died in Attalla, Etowah
County, Ala., January
3, 1913 (age 82 years, 176
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895) —
also known as Robert C. Wickliffe —
of Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
6, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1850; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1854-56; Governor of
Louisiana, 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1876,
1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., April
18, 1895 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912) —
also known as Robert C. Wickliffe —
of St. Francisville, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., May 1,
1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; served in the
U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; district attorney, 24th
Judicial District, 1902-06; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1909-12; died in
office 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1912.
While walking on the Southern Railway track in Potomac Park, was struck and
killed by a train, in a train, Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1912 (age 38 years, 41
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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David L. Williams (b. 1953) —
of Burkesville, Cumberland
County, Ky.
Born May 28,
1953.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1985-86; member of Kentucky
state senate 16th District, 1987-; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1992; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2008.
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Gladys Christine Williams (b. 1921) —
also known as Gladys Williams —
of Taylorsville, Spencer
County, Ky.
Born in Spencer
County, Ky., June 30,
1921.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944.
Female.
Baptist.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Amos S. Williams and Edith Scott (Snider)
Williams. |
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James Alexander Williamson (1829-1902) —
also known as James A. Williamson —
of Iowa.
Born in Columbia, Adair
County, Ky., February
8, 1829.
Lawyer; Iowa
Democratic state chair, 1859; general in the Union Army during
the Civil War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa,
1864;
Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1876-81; received the Medal
of Honor in 1895 for actions at Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi,
December 1862.
Died in Jamestown, Newport
County, R.I., September
7, 1902 (age 73 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Simeon Slavens Willis (1879-1965) —
also known as Simeon Willis —
of Ashland, Boyd
County, Ky.
Born in Lawrence
County, Ohio, December
1, 1879.
Republican. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1927-32; Governor of
Kentucky, 1943-47; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kentucky, 1944,
1948.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Newcomen
Society.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April 2,
1965 (age 85 years, 122
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Augustus Everett Willson (1846-1931) —
also known as Augustus E. Willson —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Maysville, Mason
County, Ky., October
13, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; law partner of John
Marshall Harlan, and later, of Mr. Shirley
M. Crawford; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1884,
1888,
1892,
1904,
1908,
1916;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1892; Governor of
Kentucky, 1907-11; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1914.
Presbyterian.
Died, from lobar
pneumonia, in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
24, 1931 (age 84 years, 315
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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George S. Wilson (b. 1876) —
Born in Caseyville, Union
County, Ky., November
11, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1906-10; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1908.
English
and Dutch
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wilson and Martha (Collins) Wilson; married 1901 to
Virginia L. McGill. |
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John Wilson (b. 1976) —
of Garrard
County, Ky.
Born April
14, 1976.
Republican. Lawyer; chair of
Garrard County Republican Party, 2004-.
Still living as of 2006.
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John Henry Wilson (1846-1923) —
also known as John H. Wilson —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.
Born in Crab Orchard, Lincoln
County, Ky., January
30, 1846.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1883-87; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1889-93 (10th District 1889-91,
11th District 1891-93).
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., January
14, 1923 (age 76 years, 349
days).
Interment at Barbourville
Cemetery, Barbourville, Ky.
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Charles G. Wintersmith (1812-1881) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., July 15,
1812.
Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1855.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., October
14, 1881 (age 69 years, 91
days).
Interment at Elizabethtown
City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.
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James Eugene Wise (1887-1962) —
also known as J. Eugene Wise —
of Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky.
Born in Hardin
County, Ky., April
26, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; Hardin
County Attorney, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1924,
1936,
1944.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ky., October
20, 1962 (age 75 years, 177
days).
Interment at St. James Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.
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Thomas H. Woods (1836-1910) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., March
17, 1836.
Delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; banker; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-1900; resigned 1900; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1889-91, 1896-1900;
resigned 1900.
Died August
10, 1910 (age 74 years, 146
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
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David Meade Woodson (1806-1877) —
also known as David M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1806.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1833; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1847; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1848; circuit judge in Illinois,
1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1868.
Died in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., 1877
(age about
71 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Engineer;
lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1862; member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1777-1827) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., September
15, 1777.
Lawyer; Jessamine
County Court Clerk, 1803-19; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1825-26.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., July 28,
1827 (age 49 years, 316
days).
Interment at Crocket
Burying Ground, Nicholasville, Ky.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., October
24, 1815.
Lawyer; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 25th District,
1845-46; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1857-61; circuit judge
in Missouri 24th Circuit, 1875-81; died in office 1881.
Slaveowner.
Died in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1881 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Silas Woodson (1819-1896) —
of Knox
County, Ky.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., May 18,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842, 1853-55; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; Governor of
Missouri, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876,
1880;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1881-96.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Died October
9, 1896 (age 77 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Wade Netherland Woodson and Alice (Chick) Woodson; married, September
13, 1842, to Mary Jane McRoberts; married, July 27,
1846, to Olivia Adams; married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Juliet Lard; first cousin of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1777-1827); first cousin once removed of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); first cousin twice removed of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson. |
| | | Political family: Woodson
family of Jessamine County, Kentucky. |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography |
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Tucker Woodson (1804-1874) —
of Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., November
4, 1804.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1830; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1840; Jessamine
County Judge.
Died July 8,
1874 (age 69 years, 246
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bailey Peyton Wootton (1870-1949) —
also known as Bailey P. Wootton —
of Hazard, Perry
County, Ky.
Born in Muhlenberg
County, Ky., May 20,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Kentucky, 1916;
Kentucky
state attorney general, 1932-36; candidate for Governor of
Kentucky, 1935.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of cancer,
in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., April
16, 1949 (age 78 years, 331
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Wilson W. Wyatt (1905-1996) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., November
21, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Louisville, Ky., 1941-45; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952,
1960;
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1962; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; American Bar
Association; Rotary.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., June 11,
1996 (age 90 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard H. Wyatt and Mary (Watkins) Wyatt; married, June 14,
1930, to Anne Kinnaird Duncan. |
| | | Wyatt Hall (built 1939, named 1995), which
houses the law school at the University
of Louisville, Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. — Wyatt Hall (including theaters
and an art
gallery), at Bellarmine University,
Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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Thomas S. Yates (1882-1947) —
of Grayson, Carter
County, Ky.
Born in Carter
County, Ky., May 21,
1882.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1932; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kentucky, 1936,
1940,
1944;
Kentucky
Republican state chair, 1937-41; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1944.
Died in Carter
County, Ky., July 17,
1947 (age 65 years, 57
days).
Interment somewhere
in Grayson, Ky.
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James William Zevely (1861-1927) —
also known as J. W. Zevely —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Linn, Osage
County, Mo., October
8, 1861.
Democrat. Librarian;
secretary
of Missouri Democratic Party, 1888; Inspector in Charge for U.S.
Department of the Interior; lawyer; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912,
1916;
as attorney for the Sinclair Consolidated Oil
Corporation, and for Harry F. Sinclair, he was a figure in the Teapot
Dome scandal of the 1920s.
Died, of pernicious
anemia and liver
cirrhosis, in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10,
1927 (age 65 years, 245
days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Thaddeus Zevely and Mary A. Zevely; married, June 23,
1908, to Janie C. Clay. |
| | | The champion racehorse
"Zev" (1920-1943) was named for
him by Harry F. Sinclair. |
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