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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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Asa Leonard Allen (1891-1969) —
also known as A. Leonard Allen —
of Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La.
Born in a log
cabin near Winnfield, Winn
Parish, La., January
5, 1891.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1937-53.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners; Knights
of Pythias.
Died January
5, 1969 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Winnfield
Cemetery, Winnfield, La.
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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 Overton Brooks (1897-1961) —
also known as Overton Brooks —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born near Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., December
21, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1937-61; died in
office 1961.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Kiwanis.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
16, 1961 (age 63 years, 269
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East 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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John Depinet (b. 1855) —
of Erie, Erie
County, Pa.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Erie, Erie
County, Pa., November
14, 1855.
Republican. Erie
County Register and Recorder, 1891-1896; mayor of
Erie, Pa., 1899-1901.
French
and German
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Depinet and Mary (Ehret) Depinet; married, October
2, 1882, to Jessie Densmore. |
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Robert LaFayette Gay (1881-1953) —
also known as R. L. Gay —
of Zwolle, Sabine
Parish, La.
Born in Many, Sabine
Parish, La., August
26, 1881.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana; member of
Louisiana
state senate, 1940-50.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died August
24, 1953 (age 71 years, 363
days).
Interment at Robeline Cemetery, Robeline, La.
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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. |
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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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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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Speedy Oteria Long (1928-2006) —
also known as Speedy O. Long —
of Louisiana.
Born in Tullos, LaSalle
Parish, La., June 16,
1928.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; member
of Louisiana
state senate, 1956-64; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 8th District, 1965-73.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Jena, LaSalle
Parish, La., October
5, 2006 (age 78 years, 111
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Otto Ernest Passman (1900-1988) —
also known as Otto E. Passman —
of Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La.
Born near Franklinton, Washington
Parish, La., June 27,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; furniture
business; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 5th District, 1947-77; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Charged
in 1978 with accepting
$200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park, in what became
known as the "Koreagate" influence
buying scandal;
also charged
with tax
evasion; tried
and found not guilty.
Died in Monroe, Ouachita
Parish, La., August
13, 1988 (age 88 years, 47
days).
Interment at Mulhearn
Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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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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Charles Ben Sherrouse (b. 1891) —
of Winnsboro, Franklin
Parish, La.
Born in Gilbert, Franklin
Parish, La., August
15, 1891.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Louisiana.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Aaron Martin Spainhour (1928-2016) —
also known as Aaron Spainhour —
of Ringgold, Bienville
Parish, La.
Born in Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark., August
9, 1928.
Democrat. Restauranteur;
automobile
dealer; furniture
merchant; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Louisiana, 1968.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Ringgold, Bienville
Parish, La., July 10,
2016 (age 87 years, 336
days).
Interment at Providence Cemetery, Ringgold, La.
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Relatives: Son
of J. I. Spainhour and Marie Spainhour. |
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Joe David Waggonner Jr. (1918-2007) —
also known as Joe Waggonner, Jr. —
of Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La.
Born near Plain Dealing, Bossier
Parish, La., September
7, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict; wholesale petroleum
products distribution business; member, Louisiana state board of
education, 1960-61; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1961-79.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Freemasons;
Shriners; Elks; Lions; Kappa
Sigma.
Arrested
in Washington, D.C., 1976, for soliciting
a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
7, 2007 (age 89 years, 30
days).
Interment at Plain
Dealing Cemetery, Plain Dealing, La.
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