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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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Charles Hillman Brough (1876-1935) —
also known as Charles H. Brough —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Clinton, Hinds
County, Miss., July 9,
1876.
Democrat. College
professor; Governor of
Arkansas, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1924.
Baptist.
Member, American
Economic Association; American
Political Science Association; Beta
Theta Pi; Tau
Kappa Alpha; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen of America; Columbian
Woodmen; Ancient
Order of United Workmen; Maccabees.
Died, from a heart
attack, December
26, 1935 (age 59 years, 170
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Thomas Jefferson Busby (1884-1964) —
also known as T. Jeff Busby —
of Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss.
Born near Short, Tishomingo
County, Miss., July 26,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; Chickasaw
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1912-20; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1923-35.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died in Houston, Chickasaw
County, Miss., October
18, 1964 (age 80 years, 84
days).
Interment at Houston
Cemetery, Houston, Miss.
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George Waddel Currie (b. 1885) —
also known as George W. Currie —
of Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss.
Born in Mt. Carmel, Covington
County, Miss., October
18, 1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; chair of
Forrest County Democratic Party, 1920-29.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen of
the World; Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward James Currie and Lucy (Westbrook) Currie; married, June 12,
1912, to Anita Gibon. |
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Lester Glenn Fant (1875-1946) —
also known as Lester G. Fant —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., October
29, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1912-14,
1929-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi,
1920,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died December
6, 1946 (age 71 years, 38
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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Benjamin Whitfield Griffith (b. 1853) —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born near Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
3, 1853.
College
professor; lawyer; banker; mayor
of Vicksburg, Miss., 1905-09; Warren
County Treasurer, 1912-16.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Griffith and Sallie (Whitfield) Griffith; married, May 7,
1879, to Cora Bertha Griffing. |
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Albert Major Lea (1848-1901) —
also known as Albert M. Lea —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., December
10, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1889-97,
1897-1901; died in office 1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died, in the Edwards House hotel,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
24, 1901 (age 53 years, 14
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) —
also known as J. C. Looney —
of Edinburg, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Kossuth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 18,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director of many firms involved in activities such as banking,
bus transit, concrete,
lumber,
radio
broadcasting, automobile
service, and operating a hotel;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68; Hidalgo
County Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Protestant.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners.
Died in March, 1977
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married, June 15,
1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery. |
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Booth M. Malone (b. 1854) —
of Beloit, Rock
County, Wis.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Benton
County, Miss., August
9, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Beloit, Wis., 1883-85; Rock
County District Attorney, 1885-91; district judge in Colorado 2nd
District, 1901-07.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Harwell Malone and Mary Cole (Cossitt) Malone; married, July 1,
1878, to Alma M. Bennett. |
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Henry Floyd Samuels (1869-1948) —
also known as H. F. Samuels —
of Wallace, Shoshone
County, Idaho.
Born in Washington
County, Miss., April 4,
1869.
Lawyer;
Shoshone
County Attorney, 1898-1900; developed zinc, lead and silver mining in
Idaho; built the Samuels Hotel in
1907; banker;
candidate for Governor of
Idaho, 1918 (Democratic), 1922 (Progressive), 1924 (Progressive);
Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1926.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in 1948
(age about
79 years).
Interment at Sequim
View Cemetery, Near Sequim, Clallam County, Wash.
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Thomas Webber Wilson (1893-1948) —
also known as T. Webber Wilson —
of Laurel, Jones
County, Miss.
Born in Coldwater, Tate
County, Miss., January
24, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1923-29; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1933-35.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Woodmen.
Died in 1948
(age about
55 years).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Coldwater, Miss.
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