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Gabriel A. Ackal (1915-2001) —
of New Iberia, Iberia
Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, July 6,
1915.
Democrat. Chiropodist; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1956;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1956-60.
Syrian
ancestry.
Died January
2, 2001 (age 85 years, 180
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Antoine Ackal and Julia (Betar) Ackal. |
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James W. Ames (1864-1944) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
12, 1864.
Republican. Physician; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1901-02; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1908;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
African
ancestry.
One of the founders of Dunbar Hospital
(1918).
Died in 1944
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles W. Boustany Jr. (b. 1956) —
of Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
21, 1956.
Republican. Physician; surgeon; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 2005-.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Cassidy (b. 1957) —
also known as Bill Cassidy —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., September
28, 1957.
Republican. Physician; member of Louisiana
state senate 16th District, 2006-08; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 2009-.
Christian.
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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John Cooksey (b. 1941) —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., August
20, 1941.
Republican. Physician; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1997-2003; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 2002.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Chester Bidwell Darrall (1842-1908) —
also known as Chester B. Darrall —
of Brashear (now Morgan City), St. Mary
Parish, La.; Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born near Addison, Somerset
County, Pa., June 24,
1842.
Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; merchant;
planter;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1868; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1869-79, 1881-83;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1888.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
1, 1908 (age 65 years, 191
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Samuel Augustus Dickson (1852-1916) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Bossier
Parish, La., 1852.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1908-10, 1914-16; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1916.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., 1916
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John Calvin Fleming Jr. (b. 1951) —
also known as John Fleming —
of Minden, Webster
Parish, La.
Born in Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss., July 5,
1951.
Republican. Physician; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 2009-17; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 2016; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Economic Development, 2019-.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Delta Theta.
Still living as of 2019.
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William Walton George (1807-1865) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Georgia, 1807.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1840-41, 1842-44.
Baptist.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1865
(age about
58 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John Keller Griffith (1882-1942) —
also known as John K. Griffith —
of Slidell, St.
Tammany Parish, La.
Born in Port Hudson, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., October
16, 1882.
Democrat. Physician; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1937-41.
Died in Slidell, St. Tammany
Parish, La., September
25, 1942 (age 59 years, 344
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Slidell, La.
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Parker Griffith (b. 1942) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
6, 1942.
Physician; real estate
developer; candidate for mayor
of Huntsville, Ala., 2004; member of Alabama
state senate, 2006-08; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 2009-11; defeated in
Republican primary, 2010; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 2014.
Still living as of 2014.
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James C. Kellogg (1859-1916) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Woodville, Wilkinson
County, Miss., 1859.
Physician; U.S. Consul in Stettin, 1890-93; Barranquilla, 1905; Colón, 1905-14.
Died November
18, 1916 (age about 57
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alvan Lafargue (1883-1963) —
of Sulphur, Calcasieu
Parish, La.
Born in Marksville, Avoyelles
Parish, La., October
14, 1883.
Physician; mayor
of Sulphur, La., 1926-38.
Catholic.
French
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; Rotary;
Woodmen
of the World.
Died in Sulphur, Calcasieu
Parish, La., February
11, 1963 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Orange
Grove Cemetery, Lake Charles, La.
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Oscar R. Lanng (1843-1915) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Denmark,
1843.
Physician; oculist;
Consul
for Denmark in New
Orleans, La., 1893-99.
Danish
ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
20, 1915 (age about 71
years).
Entombed at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 3, New Orleans, La.
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Thomas Buxton Lawn Layton (b. 1878) —
also known as Thomas B. L. Layton —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 12,
1878.
Physician; U.S. Consular Agent in Bluefields, 1906; U.S. Consul in Tahiti, 1914-19; Casablanca, 1919-21.
Burial location unknown.
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Ladislas Lazaro (1872-1927) —
of Washington, St. Landry
Parish, La.
Born near Ville Platte, St. Landry Parish (now Evangeline
Parish), La., June 5,
1872.
Democrat. Physician; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1908; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 7th District, 1913-27; died in
office 1927.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
30, 1927 (age 54 years, 298
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Ville Platte, La.
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David Arthur Lines (1860-1942) —
also known as D. A. Lines —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Illinois, January
29, 1860.
Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1912,
1916,
1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1924;
Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1925.
Died August
21, 1942 (age 82 years, 204
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, 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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Joseph Aloysius O'Hara (1869-1948) —
also known as Joseph A. O'Hara —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
25, 1869.
Democrat. Physician; Orleans Parish Coroner, 1908-24
president, Louisiana state board of health, 1928-40; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; Elks.
Died, at Hotel
Dieu, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
25, 1948 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph O'Hara and Annie G. O'Hara; married to Mary Theresa
Cosgrove; father of William
Joseph O'Hara. |
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Amos Morris Peters (1878-1941) —
also known as A. Morris Peters —
of Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La.
Born in Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., February
26, 1878.
Democrat. Physician; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1936.
Member, American Medical
Association; American
Legion.
Died in Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 19,
1941 (age 63 years, 113
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan Joseph Peters and Minerva Jane (Stacy) Peters; married to
Ethel Wilson. |
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E. L. Sanderson (born c.1864) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Louisiana, about 1864.
Democrat. Physician; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1928
(alternate), 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Taylor (1815-1880) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in 1815.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Shreveport, La.; elected 1873.
Died in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., 1880
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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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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