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Phillip Benjamin Baldwin (1924-2002) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., December
23, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Harrison County Democratic Party, 1962-67; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1968-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., April
20, 2002 (age 77 years, 118
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Douglas Barkdull Jr. (1866-1911) —
also known as J. D. Barkdull —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, East
Feliciana Parish, La., June 13,
1866.
Democrat. Coal
dealer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization).
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., September
25, 1911 (age 45 years, 104
days).
Interment at Somerville
Cemetery, Somerville, Tenn.
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Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1877-1947) —
also known as Theodore G. Bilbo —
of Poplarville, Pearl
River County, Miss.
Born near Poplarville, Pearl River
County, Miss., October
13, 1877.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; farmer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1916-20, 1928-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1935-47; died in office 1947.
Baptist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Ku Klux Klan.
Author
of the book Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization,
which advocated deportation of all Black Americans to Africa. During
the 1946 campaign, in a radio address, he called on "every
red-blooded Anglo-Saxon man in Mississippi to resort to any means to
keep hundreds of Negroes from the polls in the July 2 primary. And if
you don't know what that means, you are just not up to your
persuasive measures." After he won re-election, the Senate, appalled
at his racist
views and tactics, refused to
seat him, and started an investigation.
Died, of mouth
cancer, in a hospital
at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
21, 1947 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Juniper
Grove Cemetery, Near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss.
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Thomas Overton Brooks (1897-1961) —
also known as Overton Brooks —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born near Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
21, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1937-61; died in
office 1961.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
16, 1961 (age 63 years, 269
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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James Wesley Bryan Jr. (1901-1969) —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., October
31, 1901.
Republican. School
teacher; athletic
coach; lawyer; Kitsap
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1931-32; candidate for Washington
state senate, 1956.
Protestant.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Eagles;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in December, 1969
(age 68
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Christian (1911-1972) —
also known as Jack Christian —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
22, 1911.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1957-64; defeated, 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, Lions;
Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
31, 1972 (age 61 years, 344
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, La.
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George Curry (1861-1947) —
of Kingston, Sierra
County, N.M.
Born in Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La., April 3,
1861.
Republican. Lincoln
County Clerk, 1888-90; Lincoln
County Assessor, 1890-92; Lincoln
County Sheriff, 1892-94; member of New Mexico
territorial senate, 1894-96; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Otero
County Sheriff, 1899; governor, Ambos Camarine, Philippine
Islands, 1901; chief
of police, Manila, P.I., 1902; governor, Isabella, P.I., 1904-05;
governor, Samar, P.I., 1905-07; Governor
of New Mexico Territory, 1907-10; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1911-13.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., November
24, 1947 (age 86 years, 235
days).
Interment at Santa
Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, N.M.
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Cleveland Dear (1888-1950) —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Sugartown, Beauregard
Parish, La., August
22, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1933-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., December
30, 1950 (age 62 years, 130
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Pineville, La.
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John Depinet (b. 1855) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
14, 1855.
Republican. Erie
County Register and Recorder, 1891-1896; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1899-1901.
French
and German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Depinet and Mary (Ehret) Depinet; married, October
2, 1882, to Jessie Densmore. |
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Charles Samuel Dittmann (1848-1920) —
also known as Charles Dittmann —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Convent, St. James
Parish, La., July 12,
1848.
Coffee
importer;
Vice-Consul
for Brazil in New
Orleans, La., 1898-1907.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, Elks.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 3,
1920 (age 71 years, 266
days).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.
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Woodrow Wilson Dumas (1916-1993) —
also known as W. W. Dumas;
"Woody" —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., December
9, 1916.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; mayor-president
of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, 1965-80; defeated, 1988.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers.
Died November
5, 1993 (age 76 years, 331
days).
Interment at Azalea Rest Cemetery, Zachary, La.
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Harvey Goodwyn Fields (b. 1884) —
also known as Harvey G. Fields —
of Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La.; Farmerville, Union
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., May 31,
1884.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; law
partner of Huey P.
Long; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1916-20; District Attorney, 3rd District, 1922-25;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1924
(alternate), 1928
(alternate; member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936;
Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1926-29; member of Louisiana
public service commission, 1927-36; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1937-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen;
Lions.
Interment at Farmerville
City Cemetery, Farmerville, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodore Thomas Fields and Carrie (Goodwyn) Fields; married, December
31, 1908, to Evelyn Sanders. |
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William Herbert Gray III (1941-2013) —
also known as William H. Gray III; Bill
Gray —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Democrat. Baptist
minister; college
professor; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1979-91; resigned
1991; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,
1984;
president and CEO, United Negro College Fund, 1991-2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Trilateral
Commission; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died in London, England,
July
1, 2013 (age 71 years, 315
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jack Paul Faustin Gremillion (1914-2001) —
also known as Jack P. F. Gremillion —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La., June 15,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1956-72; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1960.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Knights
of Columbus; Order
of Alhambra; Elks; Lions; American Bar
Association.
While opposing New Orleans school desegregation in federal court in
1960, walked out of the courtroom, calling the court a "den of
iniquity"; convicted
of contempt
of court; sentence
was suspended. Indicted
in 1969 for fraud
and conspiracy over his dealings with the bankrupt Louisiana Loan and
Thrift Corp.; tried in
1971 and acquitted. Convicted
later that year on federal perjury
charges in a related case; sentenced
to three years in prison;
served 15 months. Pardoned
in 1976 by Gov. Edwin
Edwards.
Died in Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical
Center, Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March 2,
2001 (age 86 years, 260
days).
Interment at Greenoaks
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. (1890-1966) —
also known as Henry D. Larcade, Jr. —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., July 12,
1890.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1928-32; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1936-40; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1943-53.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary;
Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died March
15, 1966 (age 75 years, 246
days).
Interment at St.
Landry Cemetery, Opelousas, La.
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Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) —
also known as Huey P. Long; Hugh Pierce Long;
"The Kingfish" —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., August
30, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1928;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; impeached
by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his
attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the
governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the
scene), in the Louisiana State
Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital,
Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., September
10, 1935 (age 42 years, 11
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh Pierce Long and Caledonia Palestine (Tison) Long; brother of
George
Shannon Long and Earl
Kemp Long (who married Blanche
B. Revere); married, April
12, 1913, to Rose
McConnell; father of Russell
Billiu Long; second cousin once removed of Gillis
William Long and Speedy
Oteria Long. |
| | | Political family: Long
family of Louisiana. |
| | | Cross-reference: Cecil
Morgan — John
H. Overton — Harvey
G. Fields — Gerald
L. K. Smith |
| | | The Huey P. Long - O.K. Allen Bridge
(opened 1940), which carries U.S. Highway 190 and a rail line over
the Mississippi River, between East Baton
Rouge Parish and West Baton
Rouge Parish, Louisiana, is partly named for
him. — Senador Huey Pierce Long, a street
in Asunsion,
Paraguay, is named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Every Man a
King." |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Share Our
Wealth." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Huey P. Long: Every
Man a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long |
| | | Books about Huey P. Long: T. Harry
Williams, Huey
Long — Harnett T. Kane, Huey
Long's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship
1928-1940 — Richard D. White, Kingfish:
The Reign of Huey P. Long — David R. Collins, Huey
P. Long : Talker and Doer (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: KnowLA Encyclopedia of
Louisiana |
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Russell Billiu Long (1918-2003) —
also known as Russell B. Long; Huey Pierce Long
III —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
3, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1960,
1968.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Lions;
Elks; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
2003 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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Joseph Aloysius O'Hara (1869-1948) —
also known as Joseph A. O'Hara —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
25, 1869.
Democrat. Physician;
Orleans Parish Coroner, 1908-24 president, Louisiana state board of
health, 1928-40; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, at Hotel
Dieu, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
25, 1948 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph O'Hara and Annie G. O'Hara; married to Mary Theresa
Cosgrove; father of William
Joseph O'Hara. |
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Arthur Joseph O'Keefe Jr. (b. 1901) —
also known as Arthur J. O'Keefe —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
15, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate 6th District, 1948-50.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) —
also known as John H. Overton —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., September
17, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
chief counsel defending Huey
Long during his 1929 impeachment trial; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Kappa Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 14,
1948 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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James Pinckney Pope (1884-1966) —
also known as James P. Pope —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Jonesboro, Jackson
Parish, La., March
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1936;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1929-33; resigned 1933; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1933-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., January
23, 1966 (age 81 years, 298
days).
Interment at Lynnhurst
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Robert C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) —
also known as Robert Ramspeck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., September
5, 1890.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. William
S. Howard, 1912; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Castor, Bienville
Parish, La., September
10, 1972 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Aaron Martin Spainhour (1928-2016) —
also known as Aaron Spainhour —
of Ringgold, Bienville
Parish, La.
Born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., August
9, 1928.
Democrat. Restauranteur;
automobile
dealer; furniture
merchant; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1968.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Ringgold, Bienville
Parish, La., July 10,
2016 (age 87 years, 336
days).
Interment at Providence Cemetery, Ringgold, La.
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Relatives: Son
of J. I. Spainhour and Marie Spainhour. |
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Joe David Waggonner Jr. (1918-2007) —
also known as Joe Waggonner, Jr. —
of Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born near Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La., September
7, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; wholesale petroleum
products distribution business; member, Louisiana state board of
education, 1960-61; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961-79.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Lions; Kappa
Sigma.
Arrested
in Washington, D.C., 1976, for soliciting
a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
7, 2007 (age 89 years, 30
days).
Interment at Plain
Dealing Cemetery, Plain Dealing, La.
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Thomas Ross Wallace (1848-1929) —
also known as Thomas R. Wallace —
of Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
20, 1848.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1901-07; Jerusalem, 1907-10; Martinique, 1910-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
8, 1929 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wallace and Jane (Ross) Wallace; married, October
6, 1874, to Margaret Gill. |
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Compton Ignatius White (1877-1956) —
also known as Compton I. White —
of Clark Fork, Bonner
County, Idaho.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., July 31,
1877.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Idaho, 1928,
1936,
1940,
1948
(alternate), 1952
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Idaho 1st District, 1933-47, 1949-51;
defeated, 1946.
Catholic.
Member, Grange;
Elks; Eagles;
Modern
Woodmen.
Died March
31, 1956 (age 78 years, 244
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Bonner County, Idaho.
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John G. Woods (b. 1921) —
of Arlington Heights, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
1, 1921.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; village
president of Arlington Heights, Illinois, 1961-69; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 3rd District, 1969-70.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Hamilton Mercer Wright (b. 1852) —
also known as Hamilton M. Wright —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
26, 1852.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 1st District,
1883-86; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1887-89, 1895-97; probate judge in Michigan,
1889-1900.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Mercer Wright and Virginia (Huckins) Wright; married 1871 to Anne
Dana Fitzhugh. |
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