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Robert Edward Lee Allen (1865-1951) —
also known as Robert E. Lee Allen —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Lima, Tyler
County, W.Va., November
28, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1923-25;
defeated, 1924, 1926.
Baptist.
Died in Mountain Lake Park, Garrett
County, Md., January
28, 1951 (age 85 years, 61
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va.
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David Bitner (b. 1948) —
of Florida.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., December
11, 1948.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 71st District, 1993-.
Baptist. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 1999.
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Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) —
also known as Hugo L. Black —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.; Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Harlan, Clay
County, Ala., February
27, 1886.
Democrat. Lawyer;
police court judge in Alabama, 1910-11; Jefferson
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1927-37; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936;
Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1937-71; took senior status 1971.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Ku Klux Klan.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
25, 1971 (age 85 years, 210
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William La Fayette Black and Martha Ardella (Toland) Black;
married, February
23, 1921, to Josephine Patterson Foster; married, September
11, 1957, to Elizabeth Seay DeMeritte. |
| | The Hugo L. Black U.S.
Courthouse, in Birmingham,
Alabama, is named for
him. |
| | Epitaph: "Here lies a good
man." |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Arlington National
Cemetery unofficial website |
| | Books about Hugo L. Black: Roger K.
Newman, Hugo
Black : A Biography — Howard Ball, Hugo
L. Black : Cold Steel Warrior — James F Simon, The
antagonists: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and civil liberties in
modern America — Howard Ball & Phillip J. Cooper, Of
Power and Right: Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, and America's
Constitutional Revolution |
| | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Walter Evan Black Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as Walter E. Black, Jr. —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 7,
1926.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1956-57; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Maryland, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for Maryland, 1982-94; took senior status 1994.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2001.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Evan Black and Margaret (Rice) Black; married, June 30,
1951, to Catharine S. Foster. |
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Corrine Brown (b. 1946) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., November
11, 1946.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1983-93; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Raleigh Bryson (1893-1953) —
also known as Joseph R. Bryson —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C., January
18, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Greenville County,
1921-24; member of South
Carolina state senate from Greenville County, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1939-53; died in
office 1953.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Junior
Order; Redmen;
Woodmen;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died in the naval
hospital at Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
10, 1953 (age 60 years, 51
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Greenville, S.C.
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William Dean Burlison (1933-2019) —
also known as William D. Burlison; Bill
Burlison —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.; Odenton, Anne
Arundel County, Md.; Advance, Stoddard
County, Mo.
Born in Wardell, Pemiscot
County, Mo., March
15, 1933.
Democrat. Cape
Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 10th District, 1969-81; defeated,
1980; candidate for Maryland
state house of delegates, 1986, 1990; candidate for Missouri
state house of representatives, 2008, 2010, 2014.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Jaycees;
Toastmasters;
Sigma
Chi.
Died in Wardell, Pemiscot
County, Mo., March
17, 2019 (age 86 years, 2
days).
Interment at Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Bell City, Mo.
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Thomas Carr (1755-1822) —
of Clark
County, Ind.
Born in Maryland, June 23,
1755.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1816-18.
Baptist.
Died in Charlestown, Clark
County, Ind., October
26, 1822 (age 67 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John James Conyers Jr. (1929-2019) —
also known as John Conyers, Jr. —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Highland Park, Wayne
County, Mich., May 16,
1929.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Michigan, 1965-2017 (1st District 1965-93,
14th District 1993-2013, 13th District 2013-17); resigned 2017;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1968,
1972,
1976,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
arrested
during an anti-apartheid
protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1989; in 2017, it was reported that a former
member of Conyers' staff had alleged
that he had sexually
harassed her, and had been paid a settlement of $27,000;
subsequently, the House Ethics Committee started an investigation
into multiple such allegations; he subsequently resigned
from Congress.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal, 2007.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., October
27, 2019 (age 90 years, 164
days).
Entombed at Detroit
Memorial Park East, Warren, Mich.
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Edward Eugene Cox (1880-1952) —
also known as Edward E. Cox —
of Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga.
Born near Camilla, Mitchell
County, Ga., April 3,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1908,
1936,
1952;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1912-16; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1925-52; defeated,
1916; died in office 1952.
Baptist. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
24, 1952 (age 72 years, 265
days).
Interment at Oakview
Cemetery, Camilla, Ga.
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Elijah Eugene Cummings (1951-2019) —
also known as Elijah E. Cummings —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., January
18, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-96; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1996-; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 2004.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, in Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., October
17, 2019 (age 68 years, 272
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James John Davis (1873-1947) —
also known as James J. Davis; "Puddler
Jim" —
of Elwood, Madison
County, Ind.; Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Tredegar, Wales,
October
27, 1873.
Republican. Madison
County Recorder, 1903-07; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1921-30; resigned 1930; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1928,
1936,
1940
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1930-45; defeated, 1944.
Baptist. Welsh
ancestry. Member, Moose; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Grotto;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Eagles;
Foresters;
Woodmen;
Maccabees;
Delta
Sigma Phi.
Died in a hospital
at Takoma Park, Montgomery
County, Md., November
22, 1947 (age 74 years, 26
days).
Interment at Union
Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Robert Lee Doughton (1863-1954) —
also known as Robert L. Doughton —
of Laurel Springs, Alleghany
County, N.C.
Born in Laurel Springs, Alleghany
County, N.C., November
7, 1863.
Democrat. Farmer; banker;
member of North
Carolina state senate 35th District, 1908-10; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1911-53 (8th District
1911-33, 9th District 1933-53); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1940.
Baptist.
Died in Laurel Springs, Alleghany
County, N.C., October
1, 1954 (age 90 years, 328
days).
Interment at Laurel
Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Laurel Springs, N.C.
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Cyrus Edwards (1793-1877) —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Howard
County, Md., June 17,
1793.
Whig. Candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1838; postmaster at Alton,
Ill., 1841-43; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Madison County,
1847.
Baptist.
Died in Alton, Madison
County, Ill., August
31, 1877 (age 84 years, 75
days).
Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Alton, Ill.
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Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) —
of Kaskaskia, Randolph
County, Ill.; Edwardsville, Madison
County, Ill.
Born in Montgomery
County, Md., March
17, 1775.
Democrat. Member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge in
Kentucky, 1803; justice of
Kentucky state supreme court, 1808; Governor
of Illinois Territory, 1809-18; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1818-24; Governor of
Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1832.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died of cholera,
in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., July 20,
1833 (age 58 years, 125
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue at Ninian
Edwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill.
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Arthur Herbert Greenwood (1880-1963) —
also known as Arthur H. Greenwood —
of Washington, Daviess
County, Ind.
Born near Plainville, Daviess
County, Ind., January
31, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1923-39 (2nd District 1923-33, 7th
District 1933-39); defeated, 1944.
Baptist.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., April
26, 1963 (age 83 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Washington, Ind.
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Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898-1981) —
also known as Brooks Hays —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.; North Carolina; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in London, Pope
County, Ark., August
9, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1932-39; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1943-59; defeated,
1958; member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 1972.
Baptist. Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association.
Died in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., October
11, 1981 (age 83 years, 63
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Russellville, Ark.
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Steny Hamilton Hoyer (b. 1939) —
also known as Steny H. Hoyer —
of Berkshire, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mechanicsville, St. Mary's
County, Md.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 14,
1939.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate District 4-C, 1967-78; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1978; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1981-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008
(speaker).
Baptist. Danish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2019.
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Cordell Hull (1871-1955) —
also known as "Father of the United
Nations" —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett
County), Tenn., October
2, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army
during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31;
defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1928,
1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1936.
Baptist; later Episcopalian.
Received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1945.
Died, of heart
disease and sarcoidosis,
at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 23,
1955 (age 83 years, 294
days).
Entombed at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull. |
| | Cross-reference: Thomas
K. Finletter |
| | Cordell Hull Dam
on the Cumberland River, and its impoundment, Cordell Hull Lake,
in Smith
and Jackson
counties, Tennessee, are named for
him. — The Cordell Hull State
Office Building (built 1952-54), in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Cordell Hull Highway,
in Barren
and Monroe
counties, Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Books by Cordell Hull: The
Memoirs of Cordell Hull |
| | Books about Cordell Hull: Julius
William Pratt, Cordell
Hull, 1933-44 |
| | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1963) |
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Richard Howard Ichord II (1926-1992) —
also known as Richard H. Ichord; Dick
Ichord —
of Houston, Texas
County, Mo.; Tantallon, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Licking, Texas
County, Mo., June 27,
1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; college
instructor; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Texas County, 1953-60; Speaker of
the Missouri State House of Representatives, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 8th District, 1961-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1968.
Baptist. Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Lions;
Odd
Fellows; Phi
Eta Sigma; Delta
Sigma Pi; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Beta
Gamma Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died one week later, in a hospital
at Houston, Texas
County, Mo., December
25, 1992 (age 66 years, 181
days).
Interment at Pine
Lawn Cemetery, Houston, Mo.
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Robert Franklin Jones (1907-1968) —
also known as Robert F. Jones —
of Lima, Allen
County, Ohio; Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Cairo, Allen
County, Ohio, June 25,
1907.
Republican. Lawyer; Allen
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1935-39; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 1939-47; member, Federal
Communications Commission, 1947-52.
Methodist;
later Baptist. Member, Delta
Sigma Phi; American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died June 22,
1968 (age 60 years, 363
days).
Interment at Lima
Memorial Park Cemetery, Lima, Ohio.
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Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) —
also known as Estes Kefauver —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born near Madisonville, Monroe
County, Tenn., July 26,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944
(alternate; speaker),
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Political Science Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a ruptured
abdominal aortic aneurysm, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
10, 1963 (age 60 years, 15
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (Estes) Kefauver;
married, August
8, 1935, to Nancy Patterson Pigott; first cousin once removed of
Joseph
Wingate Folk; second cousin thrice removed of Montgomery
Blair and Francis
Preston Blair Jr.; third cousin twice removed of James
Lawrence Blair, Francis
Preston Blair Lee and Gist
Blair; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Brooke Lee. |
| | Political family: Lee-Randolph
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | The Estes Kefauver Federal
Building, in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Books about Estes Kefauver: Hugh
Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Joseph Bruce Gorman, Kefauver:
A Political Biography |
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Joshua Levering (1845-1935) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born September
12, 1845.
Prohibition candidate for Governor of
Maryland, 1895; Prohibition candidate for President
of the United States, 1896; Dry candidate for delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.
Baptist.
President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., October
5, 1935 (age 90 years, 23
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Robert Lewis (1940-2020) —
also known as John Lewis —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Troy, Pike
County, Ala., February
21, 1940.
Democrat. Among the leaders of the civil rights movement of the
1960s; chair, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-66;
board member, Southern Christian Leadership Conference; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1987-; defeated, 1977;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 2002.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Died July 17,
2020 (age 80 years, 147
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Glenard Paul Lipscomb (1915-1970) —
also known as Glenard P. Lipscomb —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Jackson, Jackson
County, Mich., August
19, 1915.
Republican. Accountant;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of California
state assembly, 1947-53; U.S.
Representative from California 24th District, 1953-70; died in
office 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1956,
1960
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died, of intestinal
cancer, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., February
1, 1970 (age 54 years, 166
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park - Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Darrell A. Malone (1908-1974) —
of Philippi, Barbour
County, W.Va.; Oakland, Garrett
County, Md.
Born in Mt. Clare, Harrison
County, W.Va., July 9,
1908.
Republican. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Barbour County, 1947-48;
defeated, 1948, 1950.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in April, 1974
(age 65
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Kweisi Mfume (b. 1948) —
also known as Frizzell Gerard Tate; Frizzell Gerard
Gray —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., October
24, 1948.
Democrat. University
professor; program director for a radio
station; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 7th District, 1987-96; resigned
1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988;
chief executive officer of the NAACP.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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Harvey Lee Milbourne (1895-1966) —
also known as Harvey L. Milbourne —
of Charles Town, Jefferson
County, W.Va.
Born in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., May 10,
1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Amoy, 1919-20, 1927-28; Swatow, 1920; Tsinan, 1920-24; Tientsin, 1925-26; U.S. Consul in Hankow, 1928-29; Cologne, 1930-32; Quebec City, 1932; Windsor, 1936-41; Calcutta, 1941; St. Lucia, 1941; Chungking, 1943-46.
Baptist. Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died March
16, 1966 (age 70 years, 310
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Lodowic Ralph Milbourne and Virginia (Strickler) Milbourne;
married, May 31,
1932, to Helen Victoria Pasderin. |
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William Huston Natcher (1909-1994) —
also known as William H. Natcher —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., September
11, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; Warren
County Attorney, 1938-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Kentucky, 1940;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; commonwealth attorney,
8th District, 1951-53; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1953-94; died in
office 1994.
Baptist. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
29, 1994 (age 84 years, 199
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Relatives: Son
of J. M. Natcher and Blanche (Hays) Natcher; married, June 17,
1937, to Virginia Reardon. |
| | The William H. Natcher Federal
Building and U.S.
Courthouse, in Bowling
Green, Kentucky, is named for
him. — The William H. Natcher Parkway
(opened 1972 as the Green River Parkway; renamed 1994; redesignated
2018 as Interstate 165, without the Natcher name), which ran through
Warren,
Butler,
Ohio,
and Daviess
counties, Kentucky, was named for
him. — The William H. Natcher Bridge
(opened 2002), which takes U.S. Highway 231 over the Ohio River,
between Daviess
County, Kentucky and Spencer
County, Indiana, is named for
him. |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
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Major Robert Odell Owens (1936-2013) —
also known as Major R. Owens —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Collierville, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 28,
1936.
Democrat. Librarian;
member of New York
state senate 17th District, 1975-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
U.S.
Representative from New York, 1983-2007 (12th District 1983-93,
11th District 1993-2007).
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Died, from renal
failure and heart
failure, in New York University Langone Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
21, 2013 (age 77 years, 115
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John William Wright Patman (1893-1976) —
also known as Wright Patman —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Hughes Springs, Cass
County, Tex., August
6, 1893.
Democrat. Cotton farmer; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1929-76; died in office
1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1976 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Arthur Jerome Payne —
also known as Arthur J. Payne —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Republican. Pastor;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1948.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1936,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1948; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
19, 1961 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Kenneth Allison Roberts (1912-1989) —
also known as Kenneth A. Roberts —
of Anniston, Calhoun
County, Ala.
Born in Piedmont, Calhoun
County, Ala., November
1, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during World
War II; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1951-65 (4th District 1951-63,
at-large 1963-65); defeated, 1964; shot and
wounded in an attack on the U.S. House by Puerto Rican
nationalists, 1954.
Baptist. Member, Lions; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Woodmen;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Potomac, Montgomery
County, Md., May 9,
1989 (age 76 years, 189
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles Aurelius Smith (1861-1916) —
of Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Hertford
County, N.C., January
21, 1861.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Florence County,
1908-10; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1911-15; Governor of
South Carolina, 1915.
Baptist.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., April 1,
1916 (age 55 years, 71
days).
Interment at Byrd
Cemetery, Timmonsville, S.C.
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John Roach Straton (1875-1929) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Norfolk,
Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., April 6,
1875.
Democrat. Pastor;
offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1912,
1924.
Baptist.
He was a creationist who led a campaign against the teaching of
evolution, and a strong supporter of alcohol prohibition. During the
1928 presidential campaign, he strongly opposed the candidacy of
Democratic nominee Al
Smith, who was Catholic and "wet" (anti-Prohibition).
Died in Clifton Springs, Ontario
County, N.Y., October
29, 1929 (age 54 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Olin Earl Teague (1910-1981) —
also known as Olin E. Teague; "Tiger
Teague" —
of Bryan, Brazos
County, Tex.; College Station, Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in Woodward, Woodward
County, Okla., April 6,
1910.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1946-78; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Baptist. Member, Lions.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
23, 1981 (age 70 years, 292
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Charles William Tobey (1880-1953) —
also known as Charles W. Tobey —
of Temple, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Roxbury, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., July 22,
1880.
Republican. President, F. M. Hoyt Shoe
Company; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20,
1923-24; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1919-20; member
of New
Hampshire state senate, 1925-26; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1929-31; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1933-39; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1936,
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee); U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1939-53; died in office 1953.
Baptist. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died in the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 24,
1953 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Miller
Cemetery, Temple, N.H.
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James L. Walls Jr. —
of District Heights, Prince
George's County, Md.
Ordained
minister; mayor
of District Heights, Md., 2006-13.
Baptist. African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Marvin Wharton —
also known as Henry M. Wharton —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Democrat. Pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1912.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Russell Wynn (b. 1951) —
also known as Albert R. Wynn —
of Largo, Prince
George's County, Md.; Mitchellville, Prince
George's County, Md.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
10, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1983-86; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Maryland, 1984,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1993-.
Baptist. African
ancestry. Member, Kappa
Alpha Psi.
Still living as of 2014.
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