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Auguste Davezac (1780-1851) —
also known as Auguste Genevieve Valentin
D'Avezac=de=Castera —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Les Cayes, Haiti,
1780.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1831-39, 1845-50; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1842, 1844.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
15, 1851 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y.
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Thomas Green Davidson (1805-1883) —
also known as Thomas G. Davidson —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Coles Creek, Jefferson
County, Miss., August
3, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1833-46, 1874-78, 1880, 1883; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1855-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in Springfield, Livingston
Parish, La., September
11, 1883 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment at Springfield
Cemetery, Springfield, La.
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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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Joseph Davis DeBlieux (b. 1912) —
also known as J. D. DeBlieux —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Columbia, Caldwell
Parish, La., September
12, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1956-60, 1964-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1956,
1964,
1968.
Catholic.
Member, Theta
Kappa Phi; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Amvets;
Lions;
Knights
of Columbus; United
Commercial Travelers.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Honore Louis DeBlieux, Sr. and Ozet (Perot) DeBlieux; married, April
22, 1946, to Dorothy Mary LePine. |
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Henry Champion Deming (1815-1872) —
also known as Henry C. Deming —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., May 23,
1815.
Lawyer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1849-50, 1859-61; Speaker of
the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1861; member of
Connecticut
state senate 1st District, 1851; mayor
of Hartford, Conn., 1854-58, 1860-62; resigned 1862; colonel in
the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1863-67; defeated,
1866.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., October
8, 1872 (age 57 years, 138
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.
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James Denis Denegre (born c.1869) —
also known as James D. Denegre —
of St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1869.
Lawyer; member of Minnesota
state senate, 1911-26 (36th District 1911-14, 40th District
1915-26).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Dies (1870-1922) —
of Woodville, Tyler
County, Tex.; Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Jackson
Parish, La., March
13, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tyler
County Judge, 1894; district attorney 1st District, 1898; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1909-19.
Methodist.
Died in Kerrville, Kerr
County, Tex., July 13,
1922 (age 52 years, 122
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Allen Dixon Jr. (b. 1920) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Orange, Orange
County, Tex., April 8,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; district
judge in Louisiana, 1957-68; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1968-71; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1971-80.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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James Domengeaux (1907-1988) —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.
Born in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., January
6, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1930;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1941-44, 1944-49;
resigned 1944.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., April
11, 1988 (age 81 years, 96
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Lafayette, La.
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Huntington Blair Downer Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Hunt Downer —
of Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born April
28, 1946.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1975-2004;
Republican candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 2003; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 2010.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2010.
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Relatives:
Married to Linda Faye Lee. |
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Solomon Weathersbee Downs (1801-1854) —
also known as Solomon W. Downs —
of Louisiana.
Born in Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1845-46; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1847-53; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853.
Slaveowner.
Mortally
wounded in a duel, and
subsequently died, at Crab Orchard Springs, Lincoln
County, Ky., August
14, 1854 (age about 53
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.; reinterment at
Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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William Duer (1805-1879) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Oswego, Oswego
County, N.Y.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1805.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Oswego County, 1840-41; defeated, 1832; U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Consul
in Valparaiso, 1851-53.
Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., August
25, 1879 (age 74 years, 92
days).
Interment at Silver
Mount Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Duer and Anna Bedford (Bunner) Duer; married to Lucy A. Chew;
nephew of William
Alexander Duer; grandson of William
Duer (1747-1799); great-grandnephew of Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; second great-grandson of James
Alexander; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Pieter
Van Brugh; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724), Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler, Johannes
de Peyster and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Denning
Duer; first cousin twice removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, John
Stevens III and Henry
Brockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger, Johannes
DePeyster, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746), Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Jay and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr. and Edward
Livingston (1764-1836); second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson, Philip
P. Schuyler, Stephen
John Schuyler, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin once removed of Hamilton
Fish, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer, Nicholas
Fish, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1849-1936), John
Kean, Hamilton
Fish Kean and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Philip
DePeyster, James
Parker, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting, Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991), Robert
Winthrop Kean and Brockholst
Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of John
Eliot Thayer Jr., Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996) and Thomas
Howard Kean; fourth cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson and John
Jacob Astor III; fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor and Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; VanRensselaer
family of Albany, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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William Dunbar (1805-1861) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; St.
Bernard Parish, La.
Born in Virginia, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1853-55; sugar cane
planter.
Slaveowner.
Died in St. Bernard
Parish, La., March
18, 1861 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914) —
of Forrest City, St.
Francis County, Ark.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.; Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., November
3, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1858; served in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1879-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
12, 1914 (age 79 years, 343
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Ferdinand Butler Earhart (1840-1901) —
also known as Ferdinand B. Earhart —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., October, 1840.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1892-96;
postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1901.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 9,
1901 (age 60 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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Edwin Washington Edwards (b. 1927) —
also known as Edwin Edwards; "Fast
Eddie" —
of Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., August
7, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate 35th District, 1964-65; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1965-72; Governor of
Louisiana, 1972-80, 1984-88, 1992-96; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1980.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Lions.
Charged
in federal court in 1985 with racketeering involving hospital
licenses; his first trial ended in hung jury; acquitted in second
trial. Convicted
in federal court in 2000 on seventeen counts of fraud and
racketeering over a scheme to extort
money from applicants for casino licenses; sentenced
in 2001 to ten years in federal prison
and fined
$250,000.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Essex Elam (1829-1873) —
also known as James E. Elam —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
7, 1829.
Lawyer; mayor
of Baton Rouge, La., 1859-62, 1865-69, 1870-72, 1872-73; died in
office 1873.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., July 31,
1873 (age 43 years, 236
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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James Mason Elam (1796-1856) —
also known as James M. Elam; "Old
Tripoli" —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Nottoway
County, Va., January
30, 1796.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1843.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
7, 1856 (age 60 years, 282
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Joseph Barton Elam (1821-1885) —
of Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La.
Born near Hope, Hempstead
County, Ark., June 12,
1821.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1851-61; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1877-81; defeated,
1880.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mansfield, DeSoto
Parish, La., July 4,
1885 (age 64 years, 22
days).
Interment at Mansfield
Cemetery, Mansfield, La.
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Allen Joseph Ellender (1890-1972) —
also known as Allen J. Ellender —
of Houma, Terrebonne
Parish, La.
Born in Montegut, Terrebonne
Parish, La., September
24, 1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1924-36; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1932-36; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936,
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1937-72; died in office 1972; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1939-40.
Died in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 27,
1972 (age 81 years, 307
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Houma, La.
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Robert Brown Elliott (1842-1884) —
also known as R. B. Elliott —
of Edgefield
County, S.C.; Barnwell
County, S.C.; Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in England,
August
11, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-70, 1874-76
(Barnwell County 1868-70, Aiken County 1874-76); delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1868
(alternate), 1880;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1871-74;
resigned 1874; South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1876; candidate for South
Carolina state attorney general, 1876.
African
ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
9, 1884 (age 41 years, 364
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.
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George Kent Favrot (1868-1934) —
also known as George K. Favrot —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
26, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; district attorney, 22nd District, 1892-96,
1900-04; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; district
judge in Louisiana, 1904-06, 1926-34 (22nd District 1904-06, 19th
District 1926-34); died in office 1934; on November 6, 1906, he shot
and killed Dr. Robert H. Aldrich, because the latter had insulted
his wife; arrested
and imprisoned
for five months awaiting indictment and trial; however, the grand
jury refused to indict him, and he was released in April, 1907.; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1907-09, 1921-25;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1912-16.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
26, 1934 (age 66 years, 30
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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John Williams Walker Fearn (1832-1899) —
also known as Walker Fearn —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala., January
13, 1832.
Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
U.S. Minister to Romania, 1885-89; Serbia, 1885-89; Greece, 1885-89; U.S. Consul General in Athens, as of 1885-89.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., April 7,
1899 (age 67 years, 84
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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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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Charles Forman (1866-1928) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
8, 1866.
Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Turks Island, 1912-13; Moncton, 1913-15; Bergen, 1915-17; Christiansand, 1917-18; Curaçao, as of 1919; Nueva Gerona, as of 1920-24; Buenaventura, as of 1926.
Died July 10,
1928 (age 61 years, 215
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eligius Fromentin (c.1767-1822) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in France,
about 1767.
Catholic
priest; school
teacher; lawyer; clerk of the Orleans Territory House of
Representatives, 1807-11; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1813-19; criminal court judge in
Louisiana, 1821; U.S.
District Judge for Florida, 1821.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
6, 1822 (age about 55
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Rice Garland (1798-1863) —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.; Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., September
30, 1798.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1834-40; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1840-46; Cameron
County Judge, 1853-54.
Slaveowner.
Died in Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex., August
12, 1863 (age 64 years, 316
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Brownsville, Tex.
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John Gayle (1792-1859) —
of Alabama.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., September
11, 1792.
Lawyer; member
Alabama territorial council, 1817; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1829; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1829; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1823-28; Governor of
Alabama, 1831-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1847-49; U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1849-59.
Slaveowner.
Died near Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., July 21,
1859 (age 66 years, 313
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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Samuel Louis Gilmore (1859-1910) —
also known as Samuel L. Gilmore —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 30,
1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1908;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1909-10; died in
office 1910.
Died in Abita Springs, St. Tammany
Parish, La., July 18,
1910 (age 50 years, 353
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Emile Godchaux (b. 1874) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
29, 1874.
Lawyer; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1909-18;
with American Red Cross in France, 1918.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leon Godchaux and Justine (Lamm) Godchaux; married to Mabel N.
Gostter. |
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John Milton Goodenow (1782-1838) —
of Ohio.
Born in Westmoreland, Cheshire
County, N.H., 1782.
Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1823; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1829-30; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1830; state court judge in Ohio, 1833.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 20,
1838 (age about 56
years).
Original interment at Episcopal
Burial Grounds, Cincinnati, Ohio; reinterment in 1851 at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Ed Lee Gossett (1902-1990) —
also known as Ed Gossett —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born near Many, Sabine
Parish, La., January
27, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1939-51; resigned 1951.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
6, 1990 (age 88 years, 283
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Camille Francis Gravel Jr. (1915-2005) —
also known as Camille F. Gravel, Jr. —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born August
10, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1954; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1956.
Catholic.
Served as defense counsel for Otto
Passman in 1979, and Edwin
W. Edwards in 1985; both were acquitted.
Died, in the Naomi Heights nursing
home, Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., December
23, 2005 (age 90 years, 135
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Oscar Lee Gray (1865-1936) —
also known as Oscar L. Gray —
of Butler, Choctaw
County, Ala.
Born in Mississippi, July 2,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1912;
U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1915-19; circuit judge
in Alabama, 1935-36.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., January
2, 1936 (age 70 years, 184
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Al Green (b. 1947) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
1, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 2005-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Judson Marion Grimmet (1877-1955) —
also known as Judson M. Grimmet —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Tennessee, October
13, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Louisiana, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952.
Died in Caddo
Parish, La., April
27, 1955 (age 77 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Walter Guion (1849-1927) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., April 3,
1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Louisiana, 1888-1900 (20th
District 1888-92, 27th District 1892-1900); Louisiana
state attorney general, 1900-12; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1913-17; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1918; appointed 1918.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
7, 1927 (age 77 years, 310
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Luther Egbert Hall (1869-1921) —
also known as Luther E. Hall —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Morehouse
Parish, La., August
30, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1898-1900; district judge in Louisiana, 1900-06;
Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1906-10; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court; elected 1910; Governor of
Louisiana, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1912.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., November
6, 1921 (age 52 years, 68
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Bastrop, La.
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Winfield Scott Hammond (1863-1915) —
also known as Winfield S. Hammond —
of St. James, Watonwan
County, Minn.
Born in Southborough, Worcester
County, Mass., November
17, 1863.
Democrat. School
principal; superintendent
of schools; lawyer; Watonwan
County Attorney, 1895-96, 1901-04; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1907-15; defeated,
1892; resigned 1915; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1908 ;
Governor
of Minnesota, 1915; died in office 1915.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, from apoplexy,
in Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., December
30, 1915 (age 52 years, 43
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, St. James, Minn.
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James Allison Hayes (b. 1946) —
also known as James A. Hayes; Jimmy Hayes —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.
Born in Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., December
21, 1946.
Lawyer; real estate
developer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1987-97; Republican
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 1998.
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Philemon Thomas Herbert (1825-1864) —
also known as Philemon T. Herbert —
of Mariposa, Mariposa
County, Calif.; El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Pine Apple, Wilcox
County, Ala., November
1, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1853-55 (10th District 1853-54, 6th District
1854-55); U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1855-57; in 1856, drunk
at breakfast, he shot
and killed Thomas Keating, a waiter at the Willard Hotel in
Washington; charged
with murder,
twice tried,
and eventually acquitted; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Wounded at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, and died
in Kingston, DeSoto
Parish, La., July 23,
1864 (age 38 years, 265
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Kingston, La.
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John Walter Heselton (1900-1962) —
also known as John W. Heselton —
of Deerfield, Franklin
County, Mass.; Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Fla.
Born in Gardiner, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
17, 1900.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Republican State Committee, 1936-38; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1945-59; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1952
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Died August
19, 1962 (age 62 years, 155
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Clarence Bussey Hewes (b. 1890) —
also known as Clarence B. Hewes —
of Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Jeanerette, Iberia
Parish, La., February
1, 1890.
Republican. Foreign Service officer; lawyer; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia,
1948,
1952.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Carey R. Holliday (born c.1951) —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born about 1951.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Louisiana, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1760.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10; Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12; Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1812-13; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
18, 1814 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Old
Grace Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William Marcellus Howard (1857-1932) —
also known as William M. Howard —
of Lexington, Oglethorpe
County, Ga.; Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Berwick, St. Mary
Parish, La., December
6, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; Solicitor-General, Northern Judicial
Circuit, 1884-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Georgia, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1897-1911.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 5,
1932 (age 74 years, 212
days).
Interment at Clarke
Cemetery, Lexington, Ga.
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Richard Phillip Ieyoub (b. 1944) —
also known as Richard P. Ieyoub —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., August
11, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1992-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1996; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 2003.
Lebanese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2004.
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Alfred Briggs Irion (1833-1903) —
of Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La.
Born near Evergreen, Avoyelles
Parish, La., February
18, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1860; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1864-65; newspaper
editor; planter; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; Judge,
Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals, 1880-84; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1885-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 21,
1903 (age 70 years, 92
days).
Interment at Baptist
Cemetery, Evergreen, La.
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Paulette R. Irons (born c.1954) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., about 1954.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1993-94; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1995-; candidate in primary for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 2002.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 2002.
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Thomas Irwin (1785-1870) —
of Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa.; Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., February
22, 1785.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1824-28; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1829-31; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1831-59;
resigned 1859.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., May 14,
1870 (age 85 years, 81
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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George Whitfield Jack (1875-1924) —
also known as George W. Jack —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Natchitoches, Natchitoches
Parish, La., November
1, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1913-17; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1917-24;
died in office 1924.
Member, Kappa
Sigma.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., March
15, 1924 (age 48 years, 135
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March
15, 1767.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37; censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans.
Slaveowner.
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;
married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Caffery
family of Louisiana (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
J. Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
J. Waterman
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Beale
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Greenfield
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
Jackson Speer
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Balliet
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— A.
J. Sherwood
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew
J. May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
J. Dunning, Jr.
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Goodwin
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
— Andrew
Jackson Kupper
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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait
appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait
appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes.
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham, American
Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald Barr
Chidsey, Andrew
Jackson, Hero |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Ellett Jackson (b. 1892) —
also known as John E. Jackson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex., August
3, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1928; Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1929-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Louisiana, 1934-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Louise Allen. |
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William Jennings Jefferson (b. 1947) —
also known as William J. Jefferson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Lake Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La., March
14, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1979-90; candidate for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1982, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1999; named as unindicted
co-conspirator by prosecutors in connection with Brent Pfeffer's
guilty plea to bribery
charges.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Bennett Johnston Jr. (b. 1932) —
also known as J. Bennett Johnston —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., June 10,
1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1964-68; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1968-72; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1971; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1972-97; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1996.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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Benjamin Franklin Jonas (1834-1911) —
also known as Benjamin F. Jonas —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Williamsport, Johnson
County, Ky., July 19,
1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1865, 1876-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1868,
1884;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1879-85; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1880.
Jewish.
Died December
21, 1911 (age 77 years, 155
days).
Interment at Dispersed
of Judah Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Sam Houston Jones (1897-1978) —
also known as Sam H. Jones —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Merryville, Beauregard
Parish, La., July 15,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1952,
1960;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1940-44; defeated in primary, 1948; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Died in Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., February
8, 1978 (age 80 years, 208
days).
Interment at Prien
Memorial Park Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
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Spencer Cone Jones (1836-1915) —
also known as Spencer C. Jones —
of Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., July 3,
1836.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
Montgomery
County State's Attorney, 1872-79; Maryland
state treasurer, 1892-96; mayor
of Rockville, Md., 1898-1901; member of Maryland
state senate, 1901-05.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 1,
1915 (age 78 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph H. Jones and Elizabeth (Clagett) Jones; married, December
21, 1871, to Ellen Brewer. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
| | | Image source: Baltimore Sun, September
17, 1903 |
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