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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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John Black (1800-1854) —
of Monroe, Franklin
County, Miss.; Winchester,
Va.
Born in Virginia, August
11, 1800.
School
teacher; lawyer; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1826-32; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1832-33, 1833-38; resigned 1838; sugar cane
planter.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
29, 1854 (age 54 years, 18
days).
Interment at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Innis, La.
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Eugene P. Booze (c.1880-1939) —
of Mound Bayou, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Mississippi, about 1880.
Republican. Farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Mississippi, 1920,
1924,
1928,
1932,
1936.
Shot
by an unknown assailant as he was leaving his office,
and died the
next day in a hospital
at Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., November
7, 1939 (age about 59
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Blanche Kelso Bruce (1841-1898) —
also known as Blanche K. Bruce —
of Floreyville (unknown
county), Miss.
Born in slavery
near Farmville, Prince
Edward County, Va., March 1,
1841.
Republican. School
teacher; planter; Bolivar
County Sheriff and Tax Collector, 1872-75; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1875-81; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1880,
1884;
Register of the U.S. Treasury, 1881, 1897-98; District of Columbia
Recorder of Deeds, 1891-93.
African
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
17, 1898 (age 57 years, 16
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Walter Marion Chandler (1867-1935) —
also known as Walter M. Chandler —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Yazoo
County, Miss., December
8, 1867.
Cowboy; school
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 19th District, 1913-19, 1921-23;
defeated (Republican), 1918, 1922, 1923, 1924.
Died, from a heart
attack and intestinal
malady, in Post-Graduate Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
16, 1935 (age 67 years, 98
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Fla.
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Charles Wylie Doherty (b. 1857) —
also known as Charles W. Doherty —
Born in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
5, 1857.
Telegraph
operator; stenographer;
farmer; merchant;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1890; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul
in Rosario, 1898-99; Cartagena, 1913-15; U.S. Vice Consul in Cartagena, 1915; Nogales, 1916-17; Mexicali, as of 1924-29.
Burial location unknown.
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John A. Fairchild (1828-1903) —
of Siskiyou
County, Calif.
Born in Mississippi, January
23, 1828.
Rancher; member of California
state assembly 28th District, 1867-69.
Died in California, June 22,
1903 (age 75 years, 150
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Yreka, Calif.
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Thomas Marston Greene (1758-1813) —
also known as Thomas M. Greene —
of Mississippi.
Born in James City
County, Va., February
26, 1758.
Planter; member of Mississippi
territorial House of Representatives, 1800; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Mississippi Territory, 1802-03.
Slaveowner.
Died February
7, 1813 (age 54 years, 347
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Miss.
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Wade Hampton (1791-1858) —
of Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C.
Born in Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., April
21, 1791.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; planter;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland, 1826-29.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mississippi, February
9, 1858 (age 66 years, 294
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Rufus Hardy (1855-1943) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born near Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., December
16, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer;
farmer; Navarro
County Attorney, 1880-84; district attorney, 13th District,
1884-88; district judge in Texas 13th District, 1888-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1907-23.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March
13, 1943 (age 87 years, 87
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Patrick Henry (1843-1930) —
of Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss.
Born near Cynthia, Madison
County, Miss., February
12, 1843.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
farmer; lawyer;
member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1878, 1890; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1897-1901; member
of Mississippi
state senate, 1904-08.
Died in Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss., May 18,
1930 (age 87 years, 95
days).
Interment at Brandon
Cemetery, Brandon, Miss.
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Albert Richards Howe (1840-1884) —
of Como, Panola
County, Miss.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Brookfield, Worcester
County, Mass., January
1, 1840.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; cotton
planter; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1868;
delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1868; Panola
County Treasurer, 1869; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1870-72; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1873-75.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 1,
1884 (age 44 years, 152
days).
Interment at Brookfield
Cemetery, Brookfield, Mass.
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Benjamin F. Lacey (b. 1867) —
of Shiloh Plantation, Issaquena
County, Miss.
Born in Louisiana, 1867.
Republican. Cotton
farmer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Mississippi, 1908.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1825-1893) —
also known as Lucius Q. C. Lamar —
of Covington, Newton
County, Ga.; Abbeville, Lafayette
County, Miss.; Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born near Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga., September
17, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton
planter; president,
University of Mississippi, 1849-52; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1853; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1857-60, 1873-77;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1865, 1868, 1875,
1877, 1881; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1877-85; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1885-88; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1888-93; died in office 1893.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Slaveowner.
Died in Vineville (now part of Macon), Bibb
County, Ga., January
23, 1893 (age 67 years, 128
days).
Original interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Macon, Ga.; reinterment in 1894 at St.
Peter's Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Lucius
Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (1797-1834) and Sarah Williamson (Bird)
Lamar; married to Virginia Longstreet; nephew of Mirabeau
Buonaparte Lamar and Loretta Rebecca Lamar (who married Absalom
Harris Chappell); uncle of William
Bailey Lamar; fourth cousin of William
McKendree Robbins and Joseph
Rucker Lamar; fourth cousin once removed of Gaston
Ahi Robbins. |
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family of Georgia. |
| | | Lamar counties in Ala., Ga. and Miss. are
named for him. |
| | | Lamar Hall,
at the University
of Mississippi, Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar River,
in Yellowstone National Park, Park
County, Wyoming, is named for
him. — Lamar Boulevard,
in Oxford,
Mississippi, is named for
him. — Lamar Avenue,
in Memphis,
Tennessee, is named for
him. — Lamar School
(founded 1964), in Meridian,
Mississippi, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Lucius Q. C. Lamar: John F.
Kennedy, Profiles
in Courage |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Adolph Meyer (1842-1908) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., October
19, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; cotton and
sugar
planter; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1891-1908; died in
office 1908.
Jewish.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., March 8,
1908 (age 65 years, 141
days).
Interment at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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John Anthony Quitman (1799-1858) —
also known as John A. Quitman —
of Mississippi.
Born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess
County, N.Y., September
1, 1799.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton and
sugar
planter; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1826-27; delegate
to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1832; member of
Mississippi
state senate, 1835-36; Governor of
Mississippi, 1835-36, 1850-51; state court judge in Mississippi,
1838; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1848,
1856;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 5th District, 1855-58; died in
office 1858.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Slaveowner.
While in Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of President James
Buchanan, he became ill with "National Hotel disease" (attributed
to poison,
but probably dysentery),
and subsequently died, near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., July 17,
1858 (age 58 years, 319
days).
Interment at Natchez
City Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.; cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Francis DuBose Richardson (1812-1901) —
also known as Francis D. Richardson —
Born in Woodville, Wilkinson
County, Miss., 1812.
Planter; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1840.
Died in Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., June 15,
1901 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Bayside Cemetery, Jeanerette, La.
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Winthrop Sargent (1753-1820) —
of Ohio.
Born in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., May 1,
1753.
Ship
captain; major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1788-98; Governor
of Mississippi Territory, 1798-1801; planter.
Died on
board ship at sea in the Gulf of
Mexico, June 3,
1820 (age 67 years, 33
days).
Interment at Gloucester
Plantation Cemetery, Natchez, Miss.
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Anson Hoisington Sheldon (b. 1905) —
also known as Anson H. Sheldon —
of Hollandale, Washington
County, Miss.; Avon, Washington
County, Miss.
Born in Nehawka, Cass
County, Neb., June 5,
1905.
Republican. Business
executive; farmer; member of Mississippi
Republican State Executive Committee, 1944-67; Mississippi
Republican state chair, 1948-52; vice-chair of
Mississippi Republican Party, 1952-67; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Mississippi, 1956,
1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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George Lawson Sheldon (1870-1960) —
also known as George L. Sheldon —
of Nehawka, Cass
County, Neb.
Born in Nehawka, Cass
County, Neb., May 31,
1870.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
farmer; Governor of
Nebraska, 1907-09; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice
President, 1908;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1908;
U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for Mississippi, 1932; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Mississippi.
Member, Freemasons.
First
native of Nebraska to serve as Governor.
Died in Mississippi, April 4,
1960 (age 89 years, 309
days).
Interment at Greenville
Cemetery, Greenville, Miss.
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John Sparks (1843-1908) —
also known as "Honest John" —
of Nevada.
Born in Winston
County, Miss., August
30, 1843.
Rancher; Governor of
Nevada, 1903-08; died in office 1908.
Died in Carson
City, Nev., May 22,
1908 (age 64 years, 266
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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William Henry Haywood Tison (1822-1882) —
also known as W. H. H. Tison —
of Carrollville, Prentiss
County, Miss.
Born in Jackson
County, Ala., November
6, 1822.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer; postmaster;
dry goods
merchant; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1860,
1880;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Murdered,
in Baldwyn, Lee
County, Miss., December
4, 1882 (age 60 years, 28
days).
Interment at Baldwyn
Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Miss.
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Lindsey Hilton Tubb (1857-1928) —
also known as L. Hilton Tubb —
of Cotton Gin Port, Monroe
County, Miss.; Amory, Monroe
County, Miss.
Born in Monroe
County, Miss., September
19, 1857.
Republican. Farmer; postmaster at Amory,
Miss., 1905-13; brick
manufacturer.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 11,
1928 (age 70 years, 296
days).
Interment at Masonic Cemetery, Amory, Miss.
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James Weir (1802-1885) —
of Yalobusha
County, Miss.; Grenada
County, Miss.
Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern
Ireland), March 5,
1802.
Planter; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1849-52.
Presbyterian;
later Baptist.
Died in Cadaretta, Webster
County, Miss., May 12,
1885 (age 83 years, 68
days).
Interment at Lamon's
Cemetery, South Graysport, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of James Wier and Mary (Hamilton) Wier; married to Elizabeth Evans
and Elizabeth Jane Pruett. |
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William Madison Whittington (1878-1962) —
also known as William M. Whittington —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.
Born in Little Springs, Franklin
County, Miss., May 4,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton
grower; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1916-20, 1924; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 3rd District, 1925-51; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940,
1948.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died of a heart
attack in Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss., August
20, 1962 (age 84 years, 108
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Greenwood, Miss.
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John Sharp Williams (1854-1932) —
of Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 30,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton
planter; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Mississippi, 1892,
1904
(Temporary
Chair; member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1912
(speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1920;
U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1893-1909 (5th District
1893-1903, 8th District 1903-09); U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1911-23.
Episcopalian.
Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died near Yazoo City, Yazoo
County, Miss., September
7, 1932 (age 78 years, 39
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Yazoo County, Miss.
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George Malone Yarbrough (b. 1916) —
of Red Banks, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Red Banks, Marshall
County, Miss., August
15, 1916.
Democrat. Farmer; cattle
dealer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1953-56; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1956-66; Lieutenant
Governor of Mississippi, 1967.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Knights
of Pythias; Farm
Bureau; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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