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Theodore Gilmore Bilbo (1877-1947) —
also known as Theodore G. Bilbo —
of Poplarville, Pearl
River County, Miss.
Born near Poplarville, Pearl River
County, Miss., October
13, 1877.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; farmer;
member of Mississippi
state senate, 1908-12; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1912-16; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Mississippi, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928,
1936,
1940,
1944;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1916-20, 1928-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1935-47; died in office 1947.
Baptist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks;
Odd Fellows; Ku Klux Klan.
Author
of the book Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization,
which advocated deportation of all Black Americans to Africa. During
the 1946 campaign, in a radio address, he called on "every
red-blooded Anglo-Saxon man in Mississippi to resort to any means to
keep hundreds of Negroes from the polls in the July 2 primary. And if
you don't know what that means, you are just not up to your
persuasive measures." After he won re-election, the Senate, appalled
at his racist
views and tactics, refused to
seat him, and started an investigation.
Died, of mouth
cancer, in a hospital
at New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
21, 1947 (age 69 years, 312
days).
Interment at Juniper
Grove Cemetery, Near Poplarville, Pearl River County, Miss.
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Thomas 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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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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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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John Harvey Lowery (1860-1941) —
also known as J. H. Lowery —
of Donaldsonville, Ascension
Parish, La.
Born in Plaquemine, Iberville
Parish, La., October
18, 1860.
Republican. Physician;
sugar grower;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1916
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928,
1940.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Odd Fellows.
Died, in Flint-Goodridge Hospital,
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
25, 1941 (age 80 years, 342
days).
Interment at Ascension
Catholic Cemetery, Donaldsonville, 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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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 C. Word Ramspeck (1890-1972) —
also known as Robert Ramspeck —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., September
5, 1890.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. William
S. Howard, 1912; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1929-45.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks;
Odd Fellows; Junior
Order.
Died in Castor, Bienville
Parish, La., September
10, 1972 (age 82 years, 5
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Thomas Ross Wallace (1848-1929) —
also known as Thomas R. Wallace —
of Atlantic, Cass
County, Iowa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
20, 1848.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer;
U.S. Consul in Crefeld, 1901-07; Jerusalem, 1907-10; Martinique, 1910-24.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Odd Fellows; Elks.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
8, 1929 (age 81 years, 49
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Wallace and Jane (Ross) Wallace; married, October
6, 1874, to Margaret Gill. |
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Hamilton Mercer Wright (b. 1852) —
also known as Hamilton M. Wright —
of Bay City, Bay
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
26, 1852.
Democrat. Physician;
lawyer;
member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Bay County 1st District,
1883-86; mayor
of Bay City, Mich., 1887-89, 1895-97; probate judge in Michigan,
1889-1900.
Episcopalian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Odd Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton Mercer Wright and Virginia (Huckins) Wright; married 1871 to Anne
Dana Fitzhugh. |
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