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William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918) —
also known as William P. Kellogg —
of Canton, Fulton
County, Ill.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Orwell, Addison
County, Vt., December
8, 1830.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Illinois; justice of
Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; chief
justice of Nebraska territorial supreme court, 1861-65; colonel
in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1865-68; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1868,
1880,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1868-72, 1877-83; Governor of
Louisiana, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1883-85.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1918 (age 87 years, 245
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Presumably named
for: William
Pitt |
| | | Relatives: Son of Rev. Sherman K.
Kellogg and Rebecca (Eaton) Kellogg; married, June 6,
1865, to Mary E. Wills; second cousin twice removed of Jason
Kellogg, Orsamus
Cook Merrill and Timothy
Merrill; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron
Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Silas
Dewey Kellogg, Farrand
Fassett Merrill and Henry
Theodore Kellogg; third cousin twice removed of Charles
Kellogg (1773-1842) and Daniel
Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin once removed of Luther
Walter Badger, Greene
Carrier Bronson, Chester
Ashley, Daniel
Kellogg, Alvan
Kellogg, John
Russell Kellogg, Alvah
Nash, Day
Otis Kellogg, Dwight
Kellogg, George
Smith Catlin, Albert
Gallatin Kellogg, Francis
William Kellogg, Ensign
Hosmer Kellogg, Charles
Kellogg (1839-1903) and Charles
Collins Kellogg. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Murphy-Merrill
family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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Bolivar Edwards Kemp Jr. (1904-1965) —
also known as Bolivar Kemp, Jr. —
of Amite City, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Born in Amite City, Tangipahoa
Parish, La., September
23, 1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1948-52; member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business,
Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Died October
27, 1965 (age 61 years, 34
days).
Interment at Amite
Cemetery, Amite City, La.
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Robert Floyd Kennon (1902-1988) —
also known as Robert F. Kennon; Bob Kennon —
of Louisiana.
Born near Minden, Webster
Parish, La., August
12, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1945-47; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1952;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1952-56; defeated, 1963.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., January
11, 1988 (age 85 years, 152
days).
Interment at Young
Cemetery, Near Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, La.
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Alvin Olin King (1890-1958) —
also known as Alvin O. King —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Leoti, Wichita
County, Kan., June 21,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1924-31; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1931-32; Governor of
Louisiana, 1932.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died, in a hospital
at Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La., February
21, 1958 (age 67 years, 245
days).
Interment at Orange
Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
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William E. King (born c.1891) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse
Parish, La., about 1891.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1925-27, 1929-33; member of Illinois
state senate 3rd District, 1935-39; defeated, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1940,
1944,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1940, 1942, 1944,
1946, 1948.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; Freemasons;
Foresters.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Louis Charles LaCour (1927-1975) —
also known as Louis C. LaCour —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
29, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1961-69.
Catholic.
Member, Navy
League; Blue
Key.
Died in 1975
(age about
47 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Septime V. LaCour and Effie M. (Bonnette) LaCour; married, May 3,
1952, to Gloria Anne Comiskey. |
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Adolphe Jolna Lafargue (1855-1917) —
also known as Adolphe Lafargue —
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., October
3, 1855.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1892-99; district judge in
Louisiana, 1899, 1912-16 (10th District 1899, 14th District 1912-16).
French
ancestry.
Died in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., January
24, 1917 (age 61 years, 113
days).
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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Paul Raymond Lamonica (b. 1944) —
also known as P. Raymond Lamonica —
of Louisiana.
Born in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., June 10,
1944.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1986-94.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 1994.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonard Lamonica and Olivia (Frank) Lamonica; married, August
23, 1971, to Dianne Davis. |
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Alfred Dillingham Land (b. 1842) —
also known as Alfred D. Land —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Holmes
County, Miss., January
15, 1842.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
district judge in Louisiana, 1894-1903; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1903-12; appointed 1903.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Thompson Land and Mary Eliza (Dillingham) Land; married, November
11, 1869, to Sarah Virginia Lister. |
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Maurice Edwin Landrieu (b. 1930) —
also known as Moon Landrieu —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 23,
1930.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1960-65; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1968;
mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1970-78; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1979-81.
Still living as of 2014.
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Philip Kissick Lawrence (c.1793-1841) —
also known as P. K. Lawrence —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., about 1793.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1830; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1836-37; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1837-41;
died in office 1841; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1837-41;
died in office 1841.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March
19, 1841 (age about 48
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Anthony Claude Leach Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Claude Leach; Buddy Leach —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Leesville, Vernon
Parish, La., March
30, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1968-78, 1984-88; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1979-81; defeated,
1980; candidate for Louisiana
state treasurer, 1987; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 2003; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 2006-08; candidate for Louisiana
state senate 30th District, 2007; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 2008;
Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 2010-.
Still living as of 2011.
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Richard Webster Leche (1898-1965) —
also known as Richard W. Leche —
of Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., May 17,
1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
secretary to Gov. O. K.
Allen, 1932-34; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of Appeals,
1934-36; Governor of
Louisiana, 1936-39; Louisiana
Democratic state chair, 1937.
Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died February
22, 1965 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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George Shannon Long (1883-1958) —
also known as George S. Long —
of Oklahoma; Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.; Pineville, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in a log
cabin, Tunica, Winn
Parish, La., September
11, 1883.
Democrat. Dentist;
lawyer; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1920-22; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1948;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1953-58; died in
office 1958.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
22, 1958 (age 74 years, 192
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Pineville, La.
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Gillis William Long (1923-1985) —
also known as Gillis W. Long —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., May 4,
1923.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1963-65, 1973-85;
died in office 1985; candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1963; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1964.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Lions.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
20, 1985 (age 61 years, 261
days).
Interment at Alexandria
National Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) —
also known as Huey P. Long; Hugh Pierce Long;
"The Kingfish" —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., August
30, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1928;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1928-32; member of Democratic
National Committee from Louisiana, 1928; impeached
by the Louisiana House in 1929 over multiple charges including his
attempt to impose an oil tax and his unauthorized demolition of the
governor's mansion, but not convicted by the Senate; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1932-35; died in office 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Dr. Carl Weiss (who was immediately killed at the
scene), in the Louisiana State
Capitol Building, September 8, 1935, and died two days later at
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital,
Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., September
10, 1935 (age 42 years, 11
days).
Interment at State
Capitol Grounds, Baton Rouge, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Hugh Pierce Long and Caledonia Palestine (Tison) Long; brother of
George
Shannon Long and Earl
Kemp Long (who married Blanche
B. Revere); married, April
12, 1913, to Rose
McConnell; father of Russell
Billiu Long; second cousin once removed of Gillis
William Long and Speedy
Oteria Long. |
| | | Political family: Long
family of Louisiana. |
| | | Cross-reference: Cecil
Morgan — John
H. Overton — Harvey
G. Fields — Gerald
L. K. Smith |
| | | The Huey P. Long - O.K. Allen Bridge
(opened 1940), which carries U.S. Highway 190 and a rail line over
the Mississippi River, between East Baton
Rouge Parish and West Baton
Rouge Parish, Louisiana, is partly named for
him. — Senador Huey Pierce Long, a street
in Asunsion,
Paraguay, is named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Every Man a
King." |
| | | Campaign slogan: "Share Our
Wealth." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
| | | Books by Huey P. Long: Every
Man a King : The Autobiography of Huey P. Long |
| | | Books about Huey P. Long: T. Harry
Williams, Huey
Long — Harnett T. Kane, Huey
Long's Louisiana Hayride: The American Rehearsal for Dictatorship
1928-1940 — Richard D. White, Kingfish:
The Reign of Huey P. Long — David R. Collins, Huey
P. Long : Talker and Doer (for young readers) |
| | | Image source: KnowLA Encyclopedia of
Louisiana |
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Russell Billiu Long (1918-2003) —
also known as Russell B. Long; Huey Pierce Long
III —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., November
3, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1952,
1960,
1968.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Order of
the Coif; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 9,
2003 (age 84 years, 187
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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John Augusta Way Lowry Jr. (1848-1899) —
also known as J. A. W Lowry, Jr. —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born January
12, 1848.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1893.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died March
20, 1899 (age 51 years, 67
days).
Interment at Bellevue
Cemetery, Bellevue, La.
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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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Robert Todd Lytle (1804-1839) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Williamsburg, Clermont
County, Ohio, May 19,
1804.
Lawyer; member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1828-29; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1833-34, 1834-35.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
22, 1839 (age 35 years, 217
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Allan Bowie Magruder (1775-1822) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Kentucky, 1775.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1810; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13.
Died in Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La., April
16, 1822 (age about 46
years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Herman Mahon (1900-1985) —
also known as George H. Mahon —
of Colorado City, Mitchell
County, Tex.; Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Mahon, Claiborne
Parish, La., September
22, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mitchell
County Attorney, 1926-27; District Attorney, 32nd District,
1927-33; U.S.
Representative from Texas 19th District, 1935-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Methodist.
Died in San Angelo, Tom Green
County, Tex., November
19, 1985 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Loraine
Cemetery, Loraine, Tex.
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Thomas Courtland Manning (1825-1887) —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., September
14, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1864-65, 1882-86; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1877-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1876;
U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1886-87.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1887 (age 62 years, 27
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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Carl Edgar Mapes (1874-1939) —
also known as Carl E. Mapes —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in Eaton
County, Mich., December
26, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Kent County 1st District,
1905-06; member of Michigan
state senate 16th District, 1909-12; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 5th District, 1913-39; died in
office 1939.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in his hotel
room at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
12, 1939 (age 64 years, 351
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Mich.
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Robert Hardin Marr (c.1820-1892) —
also known as Robert H. Marr —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Tennessee, about 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
18, 1892 (age about 72
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Sigur Joseph Martin (b. 1886) —
also known as Sigur Martin —
of Lutcher, St. James
Parish, La.
Born in Lutcher, St. James
Parish, La., December
21, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1912-16, 1944-50; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1921; member of Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee, 1924-44.
Catholic.
Member, Lions; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Harold Barnett McSween (1926-2002) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., July 19,
1926.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; writer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1959-63.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., January
12, 2002 (age 75 years, 177
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Pineville, La.
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John Purroy Mitchel (1879-1918) —
of New York.
Born in Fordham, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx
County), N.Y., July 19,
1879.
Lawyer; law partner of George
V. Mullan, 1902-13; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1913; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1914-17; defeated (Fusion), 1917; on
April 17, 1914, at Park Row, New York, he was shot
at by an Michael P. Mahoney, an unemployed carpenter; the bullet
missed the mayor, but struck and wounded Frank L. Polk, the city's
Corporation Counsel.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Killed in a plane
crash during World
War I military training, at Gerstner Field, near Holmwood, Calcasieu
Parish, La., July 6,
1918 (age 38 years, 352
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.; memorial monument at Columbia University, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Lansing Leroy Mitchell (1914-2001) —
of Ponchatoula, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Sun, St. Tammany
Parish, La., January
17, 1914.
Lawyer; FBI
special agent; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1966-81;
took senior status 1981.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
24, 2001 (age 87 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Warren Moise (c.1811-1868) —
also known as E. Warren Moise —
of Louisiana.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., about 1811.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1853-55; member
of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1859; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1860; circuit judge in Louisiana, 1860.
Jewish.
Died in Jefferson, Jefferson
Parish, La., June 29,
1868 (age about 57
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Numa Francois Montet (1892-1985) —
also known as Numa F. Montet —
of Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La.
Born in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., September
17, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1916-20; candidate for Louisiana
state attorney general, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1924;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1929-37.
Catholic.
Died in Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., October
12, 1985 (age 93 years, 25
days).
Interment at Assumption
Catholic Cemetery, Plattenville, La.
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Joseph Moore (b. 1870) —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.; Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Leesville, Vernon
Parish, La., September
21, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; District Attorney, 15th District, 1901-05,
1909-13; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, 1917-21.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph William Moore and Eliza Bridget (Kavanaugh) Moore; married,
May
10, 1900, to Annie F. Reid. |
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Cecil Morgan (1898-1999) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Nebraska, August
20, 1898.
Lawyer; member of Louisiana state legislature, 1927-34; leader
of a group of state legislators who impeached Gov. Huey P.
Long in 1929; counsel and executive for Standard Oil
Company; dean,
Tulane University Law School, 1963-68.
Member, American
Legion.
He was the last surviving legislator to have served in the old
Louisiana state capitol.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 14,
1999 (age 100 years,
298 days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Baton Rouge, La.
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Harry Hays Morgan (b. 1860) —
also known as Harry H. Morgan; Henry H.
Morgan —
of Louisiana; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
24, 1860.
Cashier of a gas-light
company in St. Louis, 1887-91; lawyer; mining
business; U.S. Consul in Horgen, 1897-98; Aarau, 1898-1902; Lucerne, 1902-06; Stuttgart, 1906-07; Amsterdam, 1907-10; U.S. Consul General in Barcelona, 1910-13; Hamburg, 1913-17; Antwerp, 1918-19; Brussels, 1919-22; Buenos Aires, as of 1924.
Burial location unknown.
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Dave Hennen Morris (1872-1944) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April
24, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1933-37; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1933-37.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 4,
1944 (age 72 years, 10
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Haight Morrison IV (1905-1974) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Roads, Pointe
Coupee Parish, La., March
12, 1905.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; member of Louisiana
state board of education, 1930; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Catholic.
Member, National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
4, 1974 (age 69 years, 267
days).
Interment at Lafayette
Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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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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John F. Morton (b. 1861) —
of Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 6,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state senate 8th District, 1895-1906, 1915-18.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Missouri Official Manual 1917 |
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Cherubusco Newton (1848-1910) —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Greensburg, St. Helena
Parish, La., May 15,
1848.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1879-83; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1887-89.
Died May 26,
1910 (age 62 years, 11
days).
Interment at New
Cemetery, Bastrop, La.
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Francis Redding Tillou Nicholls (1834-1912) —
also known as Francis T. Nicholls —
of Napoleonville, Assumption
Parish, La.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La., August
20, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; lost an
arm in the battle of Winchester, Va.; lost a
foot at Chancellorsville; Governor of
Louisiana, 1877-80, 1888-92; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1892-1904; appointed
1892; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1904-11; resigned 1911.
Died near Thibodaux, Lafourche
Parish, La., January
4, 1912 (age 77 years, 137
days).
Entombed at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Thibodaux, La.
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James O'Connor (1870-1941) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., April 4,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898, 1913; member
of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1900-12; criminal court judge in
Louisiana, 1918-19; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1919-31.
Died in Covington, St. Tammany
Parish, La., January
7, 1941 (age 70 years, 278
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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R. W. Oglesby (c.1872-1963) —
of Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La.
Born about 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1920.
Died in 1963
(age about
91 years).
Interment somewhere
in Winnfield, La.
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William Joseph O'Hara (b. 1891) —
also known as William J. O'Hara —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
14, 1891.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; Judge, Criminal District Court, Orleans
Parish, 1932.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American
Judicature Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Joseph O'Keefe Jr. (b. 1901) —
also known as Arthur J. O'Keefe —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
15, 1901.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Louisiana
state senate 6th District, 1948-50.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Burial location unknown.
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John Holmes Overton (1875-1948) —
also known as John H. Overton —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., September
17, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; chief counsel defending Huey
Long during his 1929 impeachment trial; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1931-33; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48; died in office 1948; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Nu; Phi
Kappa Phi; Elks; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., May 14,
1948 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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Don Albert Pardee (1837-1919) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Wadsworth, Medina
County, Ohio, March
29, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Union Army during the Civil
War; district judge in Louisiana 2nd District, 1868-80; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1879; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1880;
candidate for Louisiana
state attorney general, 1880; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1881-1919.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., September
26, 1919 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Wadsworth, Ohio.
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Leander Henry Perez (1891-1969) —
also known as Leander H. Perez —
of Dalcour, Plaquemines
Parish, La.
Born in Jesuit Bend, Plaquemines
Parish, La., July 16,
1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936,
1948,
1952,
1960;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Catholic.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in 1969
(age about
77 years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Plaquemines Parish, La.
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John Robert Graham Pitkin (1840-1901) —
also known as John R. G. Pitkin —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
12, 1840.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S. Minister to Argentina, 1889-93; postmaster at New
Orleans, La., 1898-1901.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., July 4,
1901 (age 61 years, 142
days).
Entombed at Lafayette
Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of John Waldo Pitkin and Adaline (Graham) Pitkin; married, August
28, 1866, to Helen Feaning Fuller; married, January
16, 1878, to Annie Lovell; grandnephew of Daniel
Pitkin; first cousin thrice removed of William
Pitkin; first cousin four times removed of Roger
Wolcott; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus
Wolcott and Oliver
Wolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed of Timothy
Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Moses
Seymour, Oliver
Wolcott Jr., Roger
Griswold and Frederick
Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel
Clesson Allen, Horatio
Seymour, Henry
Seymour, Henry
Leavitt Ellsworth, William
Wolcott Ellsworth, Joseph
Pomeroy Root, Frederick
Walker Pitkin and Luther
S. Pitkin. |
| | | Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Ruffin Golson Pleasant (1871-1937) —
also known as Ruffin G. Pleasant —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Shiloh, Union
Parish, La., June 2,
1871.
Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Louisiana
state attorney general, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1916,
1924;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1916-20.
Baptist.
Died September
12, 1937 (age 66 years, 102
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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James Pinckney Pope (1884-1966) —
also known as James P. Pope —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Jonesboro, Jackson
Parish, La., March
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1936;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1929-33; resigned 1933; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1933-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., January
23, 1966 (age 81 years, 298
days).
Interment at Lynnhurst
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Seargent Smith Prentiss (1808-1850) —
also known as Seargent S. Prentiss —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Portland, Cumberland
County, Maine, September
30, 1808.
Lawyer; famed for his oratory; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1836-37; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1838-39.
His right
leg was "lame and feeble" due to childhood disease.
Died near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 1,
1850 (age 41 years, 274
days).
Interment at Gloucester
Plantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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George H. Proffit (1807-1847) —
of Petersburg, Pike
County, Ind.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
7, 1807.
Merchant;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1831-33, 1836-39; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1839-43; U.S. Minister
to Brazil, 1843-44.
French
and English
ancestry.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., September
7, 1847 (age 40 years, 0
days).
Interment at Walnut
Hills Cemetery, Petersburg, Ind.
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Arsène Paulin Pujo (1861-1939) —
also known as Arsène P. Pujo —
of Lake Charles, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Calcasieu
Parish, La., December
16, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1903-13; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1908
(alternate), 1912.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
31, 1939 (age 78 years, 15
days).
Interment at Orange
Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
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Samuel Miller Quincy (1832-1887) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 13,
1832.
Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1865.
Died in Keene, Cheshire
County, N.H., March
24, 1887 (age 54 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mt.
Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
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