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Robert Andrew Ainsworth Jr. (1910-1981) —
also known as Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr. —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss., May 10,
1910.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of
Louisiana
state senate, 1952-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1961-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-81; died in
office 1981.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American
Judicature Society.
Died, during treatment for a heart
attack, at Southern Baptist Hospital,
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
22, 1981 (age 71 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Julian Power Alexander (1887-1953) —
also known as Julian P. Alexander —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
7, 1887.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1919-21;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1934-39; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1941-53; died in office 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Newcomen
Society; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, while a spectator at the Sugar Bowl football
game, in Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
1, 1953 (age 65 years, 25
days).
Interment at Cedarlawn
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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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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Asa Leonard Allen (1891-1969) —
also known as A. Leonard Allen —
of Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La.
Born in a log
cabin near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., January
5, 1891.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1937-53.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died January
5, 1969 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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Norwood Francis Allman (1893-1987) —
also known as Norwood F. Allman —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Port Charlotte, Charlotte
County, Fla.
Born in Union Hall, Franklin
County, Va., July 24,
1893.
Lawyer; interpreter;
U.S. Vice Consul in Antung, 1917; Nanking, 1918; Tientsin, 1918-19; Tsinanfu, as of 1919-21; Shanghai, 1921; Chungking, 1921; U.S. Consul in Shanghai, 1922-24.
Member, Rotary.
Died in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., February
28, 1987 (age 93 years, 219
days).
Interment at Lincoln-Noyes Cemetery, Greensboro, Vt.
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Relatives: Son
of John Isaac Allman and Nannie Kate (English) Allman; married 1920 to Mary
Louise Hamilton; married to Dorothy Dennis. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Obediah Pearson Amacker (1838-1910) —
also known as Obediah P. Amacker —
Born in St. Helena Parish (part now in Tangipahoa
Parish), La., December
17, 1838.
Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Louisiana
state senate 17th District; elected 1889.
Missionary
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Kentwood, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., June 17,
1910 (age 71 years, 182
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Arceneaux Jr. (1928-1993) —
of Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 17,
1928.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1979-93;
died in office 1993.
Died in Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La., April 6,
1993 (age 64 years, 324
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Houma, La.
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Harrison Garey Bagwell (1913-1973) —
also known as Harrison G. Bagwell —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born December
6, 1913.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Louisiana, 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1960
(alternate); candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952.
Protestant.
Died December
2, 1973 (age 59 years, 361
days).
Interment at Resthaven Gardens of Memory and Mausoleum, Baton Rouge, La.
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Samuel Thomas Baird (1861-1899) —
also known as Samuel T. Baird —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse
Parish, La., May 5,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney, 6th District, 1884-88;
district judge in Louisiana 6th District, 1888-92; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1896; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1897-99; died in
office 1899.
Died, from endocarditis
and rheumatism,
in Washington,
D.C., April
22, 1899 (age 37 years, 352
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Bastrop, 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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Carl J. Barbier (b. 1944) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
21, 1944.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1998-.
Still living as of 2000.
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Allen Arnold Barksdale (1878-1924) —
also known as A. Arnold Barksdale —
of Ruston, Lincoln
Parish, La.
Born in Lincoln
Parish, La., July 8,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1912;
U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1917.
Died in Ruston, Lincoln
Parish, La., May 26,
1924 (age 45 years, 323
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Ruston, La.
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Charlton Reid Beattie (1869-1925) —
also known as Carlton R. Beattie —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Assumption
Parish, La., April
22, 1869.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1908; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1909-13; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925; died
in office 1925.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma.
Died in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., August
23, 1925 (age 56 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Taylor Beattie and Fannie Estelle (Pugh) Beattie. |
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Peter Hill Beer (b. 1928) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
12, 1928.
Lawyer; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1974-78; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1978-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1979-94;
took senior status 1994.
Still living as of 2000.
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Louis Joseph Behan (b. 1876) —
also known as Louis J. Behan —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
10, 1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus.
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) —
also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin;
"Poo Bah of the Confederacy" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; London, England;
Paris, France.
Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin
Islands, August
6, 1811.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Louisiana; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
Attorney General, 1861; Confederate
Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate
Secretary of State, 1862-65.
Jewish.
He fled
to Europe in 1865 to avoid
arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination
of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Slaveowner.
Fell
from a tram
car about 1880, and suffered multiple injuries; also developed kidney
and heart
problems, and died in Paris, France,
May
6, 1884 (age 72 years, 274
days).
Interment at Père
la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
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Eugene Ennalls Berl (1889-1954) —
also known as E. Ennalls Berl —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 2,
1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate
to Delaware convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1940,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1942; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; member of Democratic
National Committee from Delaware, 1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died April 1,
1954 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment at Cathedral
Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
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Edward Bermudez (c.1832-1892) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1832.
Lawyer; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1889-92.
Died, from heart
trouble, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
23, 1892 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joaquin Bermudez. |
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Helen Ginger Berrigan (b. 1948) —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., April
15, 1948.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1994-.
Female.
Still living as of 2000.
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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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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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Newton Crain Blanchard (1849-1922) —
also known as Newton C. Blanchard —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Rapides
Parish, La., January
29, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879, 1913; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1881-94; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1894-97; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1897-1903; appointed 1897;
resigned 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1904,
1912
(member, Credentials
Committee; speaker);
Governor
of Louisiana, 1904-08.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., June 22,
1922 (age 73 years, 144
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Charles Julian Bloch (1893-1974) —
also known as Charles J. Bloch —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
10, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Bibb County, 1927-28;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1932,
1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(member, Credentials
Committee); candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia.
Jewish.
Died in August, 1974
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander John Boarman (1839-1916) —
also known as Aleck Boarman —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., December
10, 1839.
Republican. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1865-67; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1872-73; circuit
judge in Louisiana, 1877-81; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1881-1916;
died in office 1916.
Died in Loon Lake, Franklin
County, N.Y., August
30, 1916 (age 76 years, 264
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Charles Jahleal Boatner (1849-1903) —
also known as Charles J. Boatner —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Columbia, Caldwell
Parish, La., January
23, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1876-78; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana, 1889-96, 1896-97 (5th District
1889-93, 4th District 1893-95, 5th District 1895-96, 1896-97).
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
21, 1903 (age 54 years, 57
days).
Interment at Monroe
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1968;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 58 years, 244
days). The wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;
married, January
22, 1938, to Corinne
Claiborne; father of Barbara
Boggs Sigmund, Thomas
Hale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. |
| | | Boggs Peak
in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary
Boulard, The
Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander
Perez |
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Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. (1940-2014) —
also known as Tommy Boggs —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
18, 1940.
Democrat. Economist;
lawyer; lobbyist;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1970.
Catholic.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., September
15, 2014 (age 73 years, 362
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Eaton Jackson Bowers (1865-1939) —
also known as Eaton J. Bowers —
of Bay St. Louis, Hancock
County, Miss.; Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss.
Born in Canton, Madison
County, Miss., June 17,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1886-1900; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Mississippi; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1896-1900; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1900,
1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1900-02; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1903-11.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
26, 1939 (age 74 years, 131
days).
Interment at Cedar
Rest Cemetery, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
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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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Henry Boyce (1797-1873) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Londonderry, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), 1797.
Lawyer; planter;
circuit judge in Louisiana, 1834-39; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1849; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1849-61;
resigned 1861; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1865.
Died in Boyce, Rapides
Parish, La., March 1,
1873 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Edward James Boyle, Sr. (1913-2002) —
also known as Edward J. Boyle —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Gretna, Jefferson
Parish, La., October
11, 1913.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1966-81;
took senior status 1981.
Died, in Memorial Medical
Center, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 24,
2002 (age 88 years, 286
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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James J. Brady (b. 1944) —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Louisiana; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana,
1996;
U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, 2000-02.
Still living as of 2002.
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John Berlinger Breaux (b. 1944) —
also known as John B. Breaux —
of Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La.
Born in Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La., March 1,
1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1972-87; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1987-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1988
(speaker),
1996
(delegation chair), 2000,
2004;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 2004.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph A. Breaux (1838-1926) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, 1838.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1890-1904; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1904-14.
Died July 23,
1926 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1861 to
Eugenia Mills. |
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Robert James Brent (1811-1872) —
also known as Robert J. Brent —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., May 12,
1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; Maryland
state attorney general, 1851; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1860.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
4, 1872 (age 60 years, 268
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Leigh Brent (1784-1848) —
also known as William L. Brent —
of St. Martinville, St. Martin
Parish, La.
Born in Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., February
20, 1784.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1823-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Martinville, St. Martin
Parish, La., July 7,
1848 (age 64 years, 138
days).
Interment at St.
Martin's Catholic Cemetery, St. Martinville, La.
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Jack Bascom Brooks (1922-2012) —
also known as Jack B. Brooks —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La., December
18, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1953-95 (2nd District 1953-67, 9th
District 1967-95); defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; National Rifle
Association.
Died, in Baptist Hospital,
Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., December
4, 2012 (age 89 years, 352
days).
Cremated.
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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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Robert Foligny Broussard (1864-1918) —
also known as Robert F. Broussard —
of New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La.
Born near New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., August
17, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney, 19th Judicial District,
1892-97; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1897-1915; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1915-18; died in office 1918.
Died in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., April
12, 1918 (age 53 years, 238
days).
Interment at Catholic
Cemetery, New Iberia, La.
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Dorothy A. Brown (b. 1954) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Minden, Webster
Parish, La., September
4, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; accountant;
Cook
County Circuit Clerk, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 2004;
candidate for mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 2007.
Female.
Church
of God in Christ. African
ancestry. Member, Delta
Sigma Theta.
Still living as of 2011.
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James Brown (1766-1835) —
of Kentucky; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Staunton, Augusta
County, Va., September
11, 1766.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1791; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1792-96; secretary
of Orleans Territory, 1804; U.S.
Attorney for Louisiana, 1805-08; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-17, 1819-23; resigned 1823; U.S.
Minister to France, 1823-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 7,
1835 (age 68 years, 208
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Wesley Bryan (1874-1956) —
also known as James W. Bryan —
of Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash.
Born in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., March
11, 1874.
Progressive. Lawyer; member of Washington
state senate, 1908-12; U.S.
Representative from Washington at-large, 1913-15; Kitsap
County Prosecuting Attorney.
Died in Bremerton, Kitsap
County, Wash., August
26, 1956 (age 82 years, 168
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Bremerton, Wash.
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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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Charles Francis Buck (1841-1918) —
also known as Charles F. Buck —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Durrheim, Baden, Germany,
November
5, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1895-97; candidate
for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1896, 1904.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
19, 1918 (age 76 years, 75
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Louis Henry Burns (1878-1928) —
also known as Louis H. Burns —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 11,
1878.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1921-25; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1925-28;
died in office 1928.
Died June 9,
1928 (age 50 years, 29
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Thomas Butler (1785-1847) —
of Louisiana.
Born near Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., April
14, 1785.
Lawyer; planter;
district judge in Louisiana, 1813; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1818-21.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., August
7, 1847 (age 62 years, 115
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, West Feliciana Parish, La.
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Jesse Atherton Bynum (1797-1868) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Halifax
County, N.C., May 23,
1797.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1823-24, 1827-30; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1833-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., September
23, 1868 (age 71 years, 123
days).
Interment at Rapides
Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Charles Duval Caffery (1856-1943) —
also known as Charles D. Caffery —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.
Born in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., January
24, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Lafayette, La., 1897-1905.
Died in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., December
4, 1943 (age 87 years, 314
days).
Interment at Lafayette Protestant Cemetery, Lafayette, La.
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Donelson Caffery (1835-1906) —
of Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., September
10, 1835.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
sugar planter; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1892-93; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1892-1901; Populist candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1900.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
30, 1906 (age 71 years, 111
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, La.
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Jefferson Caffery (1886-1974) —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.
Born in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., December
1, 1886.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister to Salvador, 1926-28; Colombia, 1928-33; U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1934-37; Brazil, 1937-44; France, 1944-49; Egypt, 1949-55.
Catholic.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died April
13, 1974 (age 87 years, 133
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Lafayette, La.
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Patrick Thomson Caffery (1932-2013) —
also known as Patrick T. Caffery; Pat
Caffery —
of New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La.
Born near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., July 6,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1964-68; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1969-73.
Catholic.
Member, Rotary.
Died in New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La., December
17, 2013 (age 81 years, 164
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Cage (c.1787-1859) —
of Woodville, Wilkinson
County, Miss.; near Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., about 1787.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1829-32; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1833-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., 1859
(age about
72 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Wilkinson County, Miss.
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Adrian Joseph Caillouet (1883-1946) —
of Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., February
19, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1940-46;
died in office 1946.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association; Holy
Name Society; Knights
of Columbus.
Died December
19, 1946 (age 63 years, 303
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of L. Philip Caillouet and Marie Adele (Lagarde) Caillouet; married,
September
29, 1909, to Effie Amelia Briggs. |
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Anh Quang Cao (b. 1967) —
also known as Joseph Cao —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam,
March
13, 1967.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; lobbyist;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 2008;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 2009-.
Catholic.
Vietnamese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Nicholas G. Carbajal (b. 1877) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
7, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1950.
Entombed in mausoleum at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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John Edward Carroll (1877-1955) —
also known as John E. Carroll —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
15, 1877.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1941; appointed 1941.
Died in a hospital
at Shelton, Mason
County, Wash., February
22, 1955 (age 77 years, 130
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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Donald J. Cazayoux Jr. (b. 1964) —
also known as Don Cazayoux —
of New Roads, Pointe
Coupee Parish, La.
Born in New Roads, Pointe
Coupee Parish, La., January
17, 1964.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives 18th District, 2000-08; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 2008-09; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 2008.
Catholic.
Member, Lions.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Withers Chinn (1791-1852) —
also known as Thomas W. Chinn —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born near Cynthiana, Harrison
County, Ky., November
22, 1791.
Physician;
lawyer; sugar cane
planter;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1839-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in West Baton
Rouge Parish, La., May 22,
1852 (age 60 years, 182
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.;
reinterment at Live
Oaks Plantation Cemetery, Iberville Parish, La.; cenotaph at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Herbert William Christenberry (1897-1975) —
also known as Herbert W. Christenberry —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
11, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1942-47; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1947-75;
died in office 1975.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Kentwood, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., October
5, 1975 (age 77 years, 298
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Herbert Aden Christenberry and Anna (Schmitt) Christenberry;
married, August
5, 1924, to Anna Born. |
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John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1809-1884) —
of Natchez, Adams
County, Miss.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., April
24, 1809.
Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1830-34; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-37, 1837-38.
Slaveowner.
Died near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., May 17,
1884 (age 75 years, 23
days).
Interment at Trinity
Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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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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Edward Clark (1815-1880) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 1,
1815.
Lawyer; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1846; member of Texas
state senate, 1847; secretary
of state of Texas, 1853-57; Governor of
Texas, 1861; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Died May 4,
1880 (age 65 years, 33
days).
Interment at Marshall
Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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James A. Cobb —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from District of Columbia, 1920
(member, Credentials
Committee; member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); municipal judge in District of
Columbia, 1926-.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Chester John Coco (b. 1915) —
also known as Chester J. Coco —
of Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La.
Born in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., February
15, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate 17th District, 1944-50.
Catholic.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
24, 1804.
Lawyer; fought a duel
and killed his opponent; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1840-42; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1850-53; Delegate
from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Slaveowner.
Suffered a stroke
while testifying in court,
and died a few days later, in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
11, 1878 (age 73 years, 49
days).
Originally entombed at Girod
Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;
re-entombed in 1957 at Hope
Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
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Milton Joseph Cunningham, Sr. (1842-1916) —
also known as Milton J. Cunningham —
of Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Caddo Parish (part now in DeSoto
Parish), La., March
10, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1879; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1885-88, 1893-1900.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
19, 1916 (age 74 years, 223
days).
Interment at American
Cemetery, Natchitoches, La.
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