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Taliaferro Alexander (1846-1924) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Catahoula
Parish, La., March
17, 1846.
Democrat. Lawyer;
attorney for railroads;
delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898.
Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., January
3, 1924 (age 77 years, 292
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Anne Legendre Armstrong (1927-2008) —
also known as Anne Armstrong; Anne Legendre; Mrs.
Tobin Armstrong —
of Armstrong, Kenedy
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
27, 1927.
Republican. Member of Texas
Republican State Central Committee, 1961-66; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1968,
1972
(speaker);
vice-chair
of Texas Republican Party, 1966-; member of Republican
National Committee from Texas, 1968-73; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1976-77; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Texas.
Female.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1987.
Died, of cancer,
in a hospice
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 30,
2008 (age 80 years, 216
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Algernon Sidney Badger (1839-1905) —
also known as Algernon S. Badger —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1839.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
superintendent, New Orleans Metropolitan Police,
1870; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1878-79; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1879-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1880.
Episcopalian. Member, Grand
Army of the Republic; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1905 (age 65 years, 193
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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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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John Black (1800-1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Virginia, August
11, 1800.
School
teacher; lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38; resigned 1838; sugar cane
planter.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854 (age 54 years, 18
days).
Interment at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Innis, La.
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William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) —
also known as William P. Blocker —
of Hondo, Medina
County, Tex.
Born in Hondo, Medina
County, Tex., September
30, 1892.
Democrat. School
teacher; salesman;
U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, following a heart
attack, on
board the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on which he had been
scheduled to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Wayne G. Borah (1891-1966) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Baldwin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April
28, 1891.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925-28; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1928-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1949-56; took
senior status 1956.
Episcopalian. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died February
6, 1966 (age 74 years, 284
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Frank Borah and Fannie (Thomas) Borah; married, April
25, 1936, to Elizabeth Pipes. |
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Thomas C. Bowie (b. 1876) —
of Jefferson, Ashe
County, N.C.; West Jefferson, Ashe
County, N.C.
Born in Louisiana, July 27,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Ashe County,
1909-10, 1913-16, 1921-22.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John R. Bowie and Frances (Calloway) Bowie; married, May 8,
1906, to Jean Davis. |
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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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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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William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) —
also known as William C. C. Claiborne —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sussex
County, Va., 1775.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor
of Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor
of Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of
Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Fought a duel
with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.
Died of a liver
ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
23, 1817 (age about 42
years).
Originally entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Lawrence Pike Crain (1818-1859) —
also known as Lawrence P. Crain —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., 1818.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1846-47; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1850-53.
Episcopalian.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1859
(age about
41 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Charles Wheaton Elam (1866-1917) —
also known as Charles W. Elam —
of Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La.
Born in Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La., March
18, 1866.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1892-93; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1909; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1912,
1916
(alternate).
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La., September
5, 1917 (age 51 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, La.
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John Ewing (1857-1923) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., June 24,
1857.
Democrat. U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1913-18.
Episcopalian.
Died June 24,
1923 (age 66 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1816-1896) —
also known as Benjamin F. Flanders —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Bristol, Grafton
County, N.H., January
26, 1816.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1862-63; Governor of
Louisiana; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1870-72; candidate for Louisiana
state treasurer, 1888.
Episcopalian.
Opposed secession in 1861; driven out of New Orleans, leaving his
family behind; returned in 1862 when the city was taken by Union
troops.
Died near Youngsville, Lafayette
Parish, La., March
13, 1896 (age 80 years, 47
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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M. J. Foster (b. 1930) —
also known as Mike Foster —
of Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., July 11,
1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
member of Louisiana
state senate; elected 1986; Governor of
Louisiana, 1996-; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Louisiana.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Luse Fuqua (1865-1926) —
also known as Henry L. Fuqua —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
8, 1865.
Democrat. Hardware
dealer; warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, 1916-24;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1924;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1924-26; died in office 1926.
Episcopalian. French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
11, 1926 (age 60 years, 337
days).
Original interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.; reinterment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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Michael Hahn (1830-1886) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Bavaria, Germany,
November
24, 1830.
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1862-63, 1885-86 (at-large
1862-63, 2nd District 1885-86); died in office 1886; Governor of
Louisiana; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1872-76; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1875; district
judge in Louisiana 26th District, 1879-85.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
15, 1886 (age 55 years, 111
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Ernest Lee Jahncke (1877-1960) —
also known as "Commodore" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
13, 1877.
Republican. Engineer;
president, Jahncke Dry
Docks, New Orleans; U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy,
1929-33; named a Commodore in 1931, and a Rear Admiral in the naval
reserve in 1955; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1932,
1936
(alternate).
Episcopalian. German
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Expelled
from the International Olympic Committee in July 1936 after taking a
strong
stand against the Nazi-organized Berlin Games.
Died in Pass Christian, Harrison
County, Miss., November
16, 1960 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Henry S. Johnson (1783-1864) —
of Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La.; New River, Ascension
Parish, La.
Born in Virginia, September
14, 1783.
Delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1812; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1818-24, 1844-49; resigned 1824; Governor of
Louisiana, 1824-28; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1834-39.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Pointe
Coupee Parish, La., September
4, 1864 (age 80 years, 356
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Isaac Johnson (1803-1853) —
of Louisiana.
Born November
1, 1803.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1830; secretary
of state of Louisiana, 1840; Governor of
Louisiana, 1846-50; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1850.
Episcopalian.
Died, of a heart
attack, in a hotel at
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
15, 1853 (age 49 years, 134
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Bolivar Edwards Kemp (1871-1933) —
also known as Bolivar E. Kemp —
of Amite City, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Born near Amite City, St. Helena
Parish, La., December
28, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1920;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1925-33; died in
office 1933.
Episcopalian.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Amite City, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., June 19,
1933 (age 61 years, 173
days).
Interment at Amite
Cemetery, Amite City, La.
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Henry Richardson Labouisse Jr. (1904-1987) —
also known as Henry R. Labouisse, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1904.
Lawyer;
U.S. Ambassador to Greece, 1962-65.
Episcopalian. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in 1987
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Malcolm Emmett Lafargue (1908-1963) —
also known as Malcolm E. Lafargue —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., November
4, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1945-50;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1950.
Episcopalian. French
ancestry. Member, Federal
Bar Association; Sigma
Nu; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., March
28, 1963 (age 54 years, 144
days).
Interment at Centuries Memorial Park, Shreveport, La.
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Robert Linligthgow Livingston Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Robert L. Livingston, Jr.; Bob
Livingston —
of Metairie, Jefferson
Parish, La.
Born in Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo., April
30, 1943.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1977-99; defeated,
1976; resigned 1999; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1987; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1988.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charlton Havard Lyons Sr. (1894-1973) —
also known as Charlton H. Lyons, Sr. —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Abbeville, Vermilion
Parish, La., September
3, 1894.
Republican. Lawyer; oil
business; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961; candidate for
Governor
of Louisiana, 1964; Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1964-68; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1964
(delegation chair); candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died August
8, 1973 (age 78 years, 339
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Paul Herbert Maloney (1876-1967) —
also known as Paul H. Maloney —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
14, 1876.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1914-16; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1924,
1928,
1936;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1931-40, 1943-47;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Louisiana, 1941.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
26, 1967 (age 91 years, 40
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Ex Sumner Mansfield (1847-1923) —
also known as E. Sumner Mansfield —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass.
Born in Norwich, New London
County, Conn., October
25, 1847.
Lawyer;
Consul
for Belgium in Boston,
Mass., 1895-1919.
Episcopalian.
Died in North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Mass., February
1, 1923 (age 75 years, 99
days).
Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Mass.
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Whitmell Pugh Martin (1867-1929) —
also known as Whitmell P. Martin; Whit P.
Martin —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born near Napoleonville, Assumption
Parish, La., August
12, 1867.
Democrat. Chemist;
lawyer;
District Attorney, 20th District of Louisiana, 1900-06; district
judge in Louisiana 20th District, 1906-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1912
(alternate), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1915-29; died in
office 1929.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 6,
1929 (age 61 years, 237
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
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William Henson Moore III (b. 1939) —
also known as W. Henson Moore III —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., October
4, 1939.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1975-87; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1986; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1988.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Hobson Morrison, Sr. (1908-2000) —
also known as James H. Morrison; Jimmy
Morrison —
of Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Born in Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., December
8, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; in
September 1938, while a candidate for Congress, he was shot and
wounded by an unknown assailant, who lunged through an open
window into his car and fired three shots; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1940, 1944, 1948; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1943-67; defeated in
primary, 1938; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1956,
1960.
Episcopalian.
Died, after a heart
attack and a series of strokes,
in Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., July 20,
2000 (age 91 years, 225
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Church Cemetery, Hammond, La.
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Maxwell Lewis Rafferty (1917-1982) —
also known as Max Rafferty —
of La Canada (now part of La Canada Flintridge), Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Alabama.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 9,
1917.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; newspaper
columnist;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1963-70; defeated, 1970;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968; dean,
Education Department, Troy State University, 1971-82.
Episcopalian. Irish
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Lions; Rotary.
Drowned
when his car went
off the road into a pond, in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., June 13,
1982 (age 65 years, 35
days).
Interment at Green
Hills Cemetery, Troy, Ala.
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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in St. Petersburg, as of 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Presbyterian;
later Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April
14, 1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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Thomas Bolling Robertson (1779-1828) —
of Louisiana.
Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., February
27, 1779.
Democrat. Secretary
of Orleans Territory, 1807-11; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1812-18; Governor of
Louisiana, 1820-24; U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1825.
Episcopalian.
Died in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), October
5, 1828 (age 49 years, 221
days).
Interment at Copeland
Hill Cemetery, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
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Jonas Robeson (1800-1871) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Massachusetts, 1800.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1858-59, 1860-62.
Episcopalian.
Died in Caddo
Parish, La., 1871
(age about
71 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Caddo Parish, La.
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George Foster Shepley (1819-1878) —
also known as George F. Shepley —
of Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, January
1, 1819.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for Maine, 1848-49, 1853-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maine, 1860;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1862; Governor of
Louisiana; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine,
1868;
Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 1st Circuit, 1869-78; died in
office 1878.
Episcopalian.
Died in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, July 20,
1878 (age 59 years, 200
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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Thomas Sloo Jr. (1790-1879) —
of Illinois; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Washington, Mason
County, Ky., April 5,
1790.
Member of Illinois
state senate, 1823-27; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1826.
Episcopalian.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
17, 1879 (age 88 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) —
also known as "Old Rough and Ready" —
Born in Orange
County, Va., November
24, 1784.
Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the
U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during
the Mexican War; President
of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably of gastroenteritis,
in the White
House, Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1850 (age 65 years, 227
days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains
were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the
theory.
Original interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family
graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary
Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married, June 21,
1810, to Margaret
Mackall Smith (niece of Benjamin
Mackall IV and Thomas
Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson
Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund
Haynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** of Victor
D. Crist; first cousin twice removed of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot
Woolfolk Major and Edgar
Bailey Woolfolk; second cousin of James
Madison and William
Taylor Madison; second cousin once removed of Richard
Henry Lee, Francis
Lightfoot Lee, Arthur
Lee, John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr., Nathaniel
Pendleton, George
Madison, Coleby
Chew, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett
Hawes Buckner and Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Francis
Walker; second cousin thrice removed of George
Cassety Pendleton, Hubbard
T. Smith, Charles
M. Pendleton, Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro, Daniel
Micajah Pendleton and Max
Rogers Strother; second cousin four times removed of Charles
Sumner Pendleton; third cousin of Thomas
Sim Lee, Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee, Richard
Bland Lee, Edmund
Jennings Lee, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, Meriwether
Lewis, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Henry
Gaines Johnson, John
Lee, John
Tyler (1790-1862), Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Hancock
Lee Jackson, Fitzhugh
Lee, William
Barret Pendleton, James
Francis Buckner Jr., Francis
Key Pendleton, Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton, John
Overton Pendleton and Francis
Preston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham
Lincoln, John
Lee Carroll, Charles
Kellogg, James
Sansome Lakin and Edward
Brooke Lee; fourth cousin of Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Thomas
Walker Gilmer, Aylette
Buckner, David
Gardiner Tyler and Lyon
Gardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles
Willing Byrd, Charles
John Helm and Hubbard
Dozier Helm. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: David
R. Atchison — Thomas
Ewing |
| | | Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Zachary
T. Coy
— Zachary
T. Bielby
— Zachary
T. Harris
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| | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor
never surrenders." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack
Bauer, Zachary
Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old
Southwest — Elbert B. Smith, The
Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard
Fillmore |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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James McIlhany Thomson (1878-1959) —
also known as James M. Thomson —
of Norfolk,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Summit Point, Jefferson
County, W.Va., February
13, 1878.
Editor
of the Norfolk Dispatch, 1900-06; publisher,
New Orleans Item, 1906-41; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1920,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1944;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va., September
25, 1959 (age 81 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Tucker Vinson (1842-1904) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Assumption
Parish, La., 1842.
Democrat. Caddo Parish Police Juror, 1884-90; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1890-96.
Episcopalian.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1904
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Samuel J. Ward (1834-1906) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Wales,
1834.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1874-75; Caddo Parish Sheriff, 1900-06.
Episcopalian.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1906
(age about
72 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Henry Clay Warmoth (1842-1931) —
also known as Henry C. Warmoth —
of Lawrence, Plaquemines
Parish, La.
Born in McLeansboro, Hamilton
County, Ill., May 9,
1842.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1868,
1880,
1888,
1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1900,
1908,
1912;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1868-72; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1888-92.
Episcopalian.
Impeached
as Governor in 1872 during election contest over successor.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
30, 1931 (age 89 years, 144
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Charles Erwin Wilson (1890-1961) —
also known as Charles E. Wilson; "Engine
Charlie" —
of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Minerva, Stark
County, Ohio, July 18,
1890.
Electrical
engineer;
president, General
Motors, 1941-53; U.S.
Secretary of Defense, 1953-57.
Episcopalian.
Famed for saying, during his confirmation hearings, that "for years I
thought what was good for the country was good for General Motors and
vice versa.".
Died in Norwood, East
Feliciana Parish, La., September
26, 1961 (age 71 years, 70
days).
Interment at Acacia
Park Cemetery, Beverly Hills, Mich.
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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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