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Julian Power Alexander (1887-1953) —
also known as Julian P. Alexander —
of Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
7, 1887.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1919-21;
circuit judge in Mississippi, 1934-39; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1941-53; died in office 1953.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Rotary;
American Bar
Association; Newcomen
Society; Kappa
Sigma.
Died, from coronary
thrombosis, while a spectator at the Sugar Bowl football
game, in Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., January
1, 1953 (age 65 years, 25
days).
Interment at Cedarlawn
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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Henry Watkins Allen (1820-1866) —
of Texas; Louisiana.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., April
29, 1820.
Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; Governor of
Louisiana, 1864-65.
Presbyterian.
Died in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, April
22, 1866 (age 45 years, 358
days).
Interment at Old
State Capitol, Baton Rouge, La.
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Joseph Clinton Beall (1813-1867) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Prince
George's County, Md., 1813.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1845-46, 1851-54, 1862-64.
Presbyterian.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1867
(age about
54 years).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Edward Caffery (1889-1982) —
of Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born in Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., February
14, 1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice
Consul in Bucharest, 1921-24; U.S. Consul in Bucharest, 1924-25; Havana, 1925-27; San Jose, 1927-31; Niagara Falls, 1931-40; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II.
Presbyterian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
16, 1982 (age 93 years, 183
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Samuel Shepherd Caldwell (1892-1953) —
also known as Sam S. Caldwell —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Mooringsport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1892.
Democrat. Caddo Parish Police Juror, 1932-34; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1934-46.
Presbyterian.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1953
(age about
61 years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Victor D. Crist (b. 1957) —
of Florida.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., June 21,
1957.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 60th District, 1993-.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1999.
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Robert H. Curry (1842-1892) —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., November
26, 1842.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1887.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange;
Knights
of Pythias.
Shot in the right ankle during the Battle of Manassas, and crippled
for the rest of his life.
Died June 24,
1892 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rocky
Mount Cemetery, Rocky Mount, La.
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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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Andrew Jackson Gilbert (1907-1992) —
of Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Louisiana, 1907.
Democrat. Speaker of
the Arizona State House of Representatives, 1965-66.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1992
(age about
85 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Fremont Goodwine (1857-1956) —
of Williamsport, Warren
County, Ind.; St. Joseph, Tensas
Parish, La.
Born in West Lebanon, Warren
County, Ind., May 22,
1857.
Republican. School
teacher; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1904;
member of Indiana
state senate, 1900; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Indiana, 1908; member of Louisiana
Republican State Central Committee, 1928-50; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from Louisiana, 1944.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Farm
Bureau.
Died August
25, 1956 (age 99 years, 95
days).
Interment at Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton, La.
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Relatives: Son
of James Goodwine and Sophia (Buckles) Goodwine; married to Mary
Moore. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Gilbert Hunton Green (1851-1909) —
also known as Gilbert H. Green —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Prince
William County, Va., August
17, 1851.
Banker;
Vice-Consul
for Uruguay in New
Orleans, La., 1892-1907.
Presbyterian.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., February
9, 1909 (age 57 years, 176
days).
Interment at Greenwich Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Greenwich, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Green and Lucinda Irland (Hunton) Green; married, June 4,
1879, to Annie H. Hunton. |
| | | Epitaph: "Thou Wilt Keep Him In Perfect
Peace / Whose Mind Is Stayed On Thee." |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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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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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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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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John Morgan Landrum (1815-1861) —
also known as John M. Landrum —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., July 3,
1815.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1859-61.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
18, 1861 (age 46 years, 107
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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Thomas Overton Moore (1804-1876) —
of Louisiana.
Born in Sampson
County, N.C., April
10, 1804.
Democrat. Planter;
member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1848; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1856; Governor of
Louisiana, 1860-64; delegate
to Louisiana secession convention, 1861.
Presbyterian.
At the end of the Civil War, the military governor of Louisiana
ordered his arrest
as a Confederate
leader; he fled
to Mexico and settled in Havana, Cuba. Pardoned
by President Andrew
Johnson.
Died near Alexandria, Rapides
Parish, La., June 25,
1876 (age 72 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La.
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John Milliken Parker (1863-1939) —
also known as John M. Parker —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Washington, St. Landry
Parish, La., March
16, 1863.
Cotton
business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1920;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1920-24; defeated (Progressive), 1916.
Presbyterian.
Died May 20,
1939 (age 76 years, 65
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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William Henry Pipes (1841-1892) —
also known as William H. Pipes —
of Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Beech Grove Plantation, East
Feliciana Parish, La., May 20,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; planter;
member of Louisiana state legislature, 1870; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1876;
Louisiana
state treasurer, 1888-92.
Presbyterian.
Died near Clinton, East
Feliciana Parish, La., July 1,
1892 (age 51 years, 42
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Lloyd Posey (1750-1818) —
also known as Thomas Posey —
Born in Fairfax
County, Va., July 9,
1750.
Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1805-06; Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1806-08; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1812-13; Governor
of Indiana Territory, 1813-16; candidate for Governor of
Indiana, 1816.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died of typhus
fever in Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill., March
19, 1818 (age 67 years, 253
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Shawneetown, Ill.
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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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James Reily (1811-1863) —
of Texas.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, July 3,
1811.
Lawyer;
major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas Republic
Minister to the United States, 1841-42; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul in St. Petersburg, as of 1856; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War.
Presbyterian; later Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Killed
in the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April
14, 1863 (age 51 years, 285
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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John Octavius Sewall (1806-1840) —
also known as John O. Sewall —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Hallowell, Kennebec
County, Maine, 1806.
Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1839-40.
Presbyterian.
Died in Elysian Fields, Harrison
County, Tex., 1840
(age about
34 years).
Burial location unknown.
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George Garver Sims (b. 1951) —
also known as George G. Sims —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in a hospital
at Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La., September
9, 1951.
Republican. Morehouse Parish Police Jury, 1984-88.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2006.
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Walter Byers Sommerville (b. 1854) —
also known as Walter B. Sommerville —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
7, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Louisiana, 1900-11; justice of
Louisiana state supreme court, 1911-16.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Byers Sommerville and Eleanor (Casey) Sommerville;
married, November
15, 1906, to Fannie Palmer Caldwell. |
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George Thomas Summerlin (1872-1947) —
also known as George T. Summerlin —
of Rayville, Richland
Parish, La.
Born in Rayville, Richland
Parish, La., November
11, 1872.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1925-29; Venezuela, 1929-34; Panama, 1935-37.
Presbyterian. Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 1,
1947 (age 74 years, 232
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895) —
also known as Robert C. Wickliffe —
of Bayou Sara, West
Feliciana Parish, La.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
6, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1850; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1854-56; Governor of
Louisiana, 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1876,
1884.
Presbyterian.
Died in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., April
18, 1895 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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