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  Maryon Pittman Allen (1925-2018) — also known as Maryon Pittman; Maryon Pittman Mullins; Mrs. Jim Allen — of Gadsden, Etowah County, Ala.; Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss., November 30, 1925. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1978; appointed 1978; defeated, 1978; columnist for the Washington Post newspaper, 1978-81. Female. Presbyterian. Member, Zonta. Died July 23, 2018 (age 92 years, 235 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of John D. Pittman and Tellie (Chism) Pittman; married, August 7, 1964, to James Browning Allen; married, October 17, 1946, to Joshua Sanford Mullins, Jr.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Solomon Saladin Calhoon (1838-1908) — also known as S. S. Calhoon — of Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Miss.; Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips County, Ark.; Canton, Madison County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds County, Miss. Born near Brandenburg, Meade County, Ky., January 2, 1838. Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Gov. William McWillie, 1857; newspaper editor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1876-82; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1888 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization); delegate to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1890; justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1900-08; appointed 1900; died in office 1908. Episcopalian. Scotch-Irish and German ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died November 10, 1908 (age 70 years, 313 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of George Calhoon and Louisiana (Brandenburg) Calhoon; married, December 21, 1865, to Margaret McWillie (daughter of William McWillie).
  Political family: Calhoon-McWillie family of Mississippi and Kentucky.
  James Plemon Coleman (1914-1991) — also known as J. P. Coleman — of Ackerman, Choctaw County, Miss. Born in Ackerman, Choctaw County, Miss., January 9, 1914. Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. Aaron Lane Ford, 1935-39; lawyer; newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1940, 1956; candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; circuit judge in Mississippi, 1947-50; justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1950; Mississippi state attorney general, 1950-56; Governor of Mississippi, 1956-60; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1960-64; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1965-. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Shriners; Rotary. Died September 28, 1991 (age 77 years, 262 days). Interment at Enon Cemetery, Ackerman, Miss.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas A. Coleman and Jennie Essie (Worrell) Coleman; married, May 2, 1937, to Margaret Janet Dennis.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  John Patrick Henry Culkin (1887-1951) — also known as J. H. Culkin — of Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss. Born in Oak Ridge, Warren County, Miss., April 17, 1887. Democrat. School teacher and principal; newspaper editor; Warren County Superintendent of Education, 1912-26; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1928; member of Mississippi state senate, 1929-42. Catholic. Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry. Member, Elks; Moose; Rotary; Woodmen; Knights of Columbus. Died in 1951 (age about 64 years). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
  Presumably named for: Patrick Henry
  Relatives: Son of Patrick Lawrence Culkin and Elizabeth (Hearn) Culkin; married, July 12, 1915, to Clara Augusta Linstrom.
  Alonzo Gustavus Mayers (1821-1905) — also known as Alonzo G. Mayers — of Brandon, Rankin County, Miss. Born in Winchester, Wayne County, Miss., March 6, 1821. Lawyer; newspaper editor; circuit judge in Mississippi 8th District, 1876-98. Died in Brandon, Rankin County, Miss., February 6, 1905 (age 83 years, 337 days). Interment at Brandon Cemetery, Brandon, Miss.
  Relatives: Married 1848 to Elizabeth C. King; married, February 14, 1856, to Nancy Louise Nannie McLaurin.
  Andrew Jackson McConnico (1875-1969) — also known as Andrew J. McConnico — of Vaiden, Carroll County, Miss. Born in Vaiden, Carroll County, Miss., February 20, 1875. Newspaper reporter; lawyer; U.S. Consul in St. Johns, 1909-13; Trinidad, 1913-17; Corinto, 1917-19; Guadalajara, 1919-24; Bluefields, 1924-26; Hull, as of 1932. Died July 21, 1969 (age 94 years, 151 days). Interment at Vaiden Cemetery, Vaiden, Miss.
  Presumably named for: Andrew Jackson
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814-1865) — also known as Alexander B. Meek — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., July 17, 1814. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; Alabama state attorney general, 1830; county judge in Alabama, 1842-44; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1846-50; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1853, 1859; Speaker of the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1859; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860. Died in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss., November 30, 1865 (age 51 years, 136 days). Interment at Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
  Vail Montgomery Pittman (1880-1964) — also known as Vail Pittman — of Tonopah, Nye County, Nev.; Ely, White Pine County, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss., September 17, 1880. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Nevada state senate, 1930; Lieutenant Governor of Nevada; elected 1942; candidate for U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1944; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1944, 1956; Governor of Nevada, 1945-51; defeated, 1950, 1954. Died, from lung cancer, in St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., January 29, 1964 (age 83 years, 134 days). Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
  Relatives: Son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman; brother of Key Pittman; married 1919 to Ida Louise Brewington; great-grandnephew of Richard Aylett Buckner; first cousin twice removed of Aylette Buckner; second cousin four times removed of John Walker and Francis Walker; third cousin once removed of James Francis Buckner Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Brooke, George Madison and Meriwether Lewis; fourth cousin once removed of Aylett Hawes Buckner.
  Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Tyler family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) — of Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C. Born in Tupelo, Lee County, Miss., July 9, 1889. Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public relations business. Jewish. Member, Freemasons. Died, of a kidney ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 15, 1956 (age 66 years, 281 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Sack and Sarah Lee (Romansky) Sack; married, November 12, 1913, to Regina Rogers.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Roscoe Conkling Simmons (d. 1951) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Mississippi. Republican. Orator, writer, columnist for the Chicago Tribune; first African-American columnist for a Chicago daily newspaper; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1928 (alternate), 1932, 1936 (member, Credentials Committee), 1948; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1938. African ancestry. Died in 1951. Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Roscoe Conkling
  Relatives: Nephew by marriage of Booker T. Washington.
  Frederick Ingate Thompson (1875-1952) — also known as Frederick I. Thompson — of Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Aberdeen, Monroe County, Miss., September 29, 1875. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1912, 1924 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1928 (alternate); member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1920-; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1939-41. Episcopalian. Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., February 19, 1952 (age 76 years, 143 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Edward P. Thompson and Laura (Cox) Thompson; married, February 5, 1900, to Adrianna Ingate.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) — also known as James K. Vardaman; "The Great White Chief" — of Greenwood, Leflore County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds County, Miss. Born near Edna, Jackson County, Tex., July 26, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1890-96; Speaker of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1894; major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1904, 1912 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1916; Governor of Mississippi, 1904-08; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1913-19. Died in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., June 25, 1930 (age 68 years, 334 days). Interment at Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
  Relatives: Son of William Sylvester Vardaman and Mary Ann (Fox) Vardaman; brother of John Fox Vardaman; married 1884 to Anna Elizabeth Burleson; grandnephew by marriage of Simon Cockrell; first cousin of Hernando De Soto Money; second cousin of William E. Spell (who married Jane Madden Cotten).
  Political family: Cockrell-South family of Kentucky.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert John Walker (1801-1869) — also known as Robert J. Walker — of Madisonville, Madison County, Miss.; Washington, D.C. Born in Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pa., July 19, 1801. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1835-45; resigned 1845; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1845-49; Governor of Kansas Territory, 1857; newspaper publisher. Slaveowner. Died in Washington, D.C., November 11, 1869 (age 68 years, 115 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Jonathan Hoge Walker and Lucretia (Duncan) Walker; married, April 4, 1825, to Mary Blechenden Bache (daughter of Richard Bache Jr.; brother of Alexander Dallas Bache; niece of George Mifflin Dallas; granddaughter of Richard Bache and Alexander James Dallas; great-granddaughter of Benjamin Franklin); father of Mary Walker (who married Benjamin Harris Brewster); second great-grandfather of Daniel Baugh Brewster.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Bache-Dallas family of Pennsylvania and New York; Claiborne-Dallas family of Virginia and Louisiana (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Walker County, Tex. is named for him.
  The community of Walker, Kansas (founded 1872), is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  William Henry Weathersby (1914-2001) — of Princeton, Mercer County, N.J. Born in Clinton, Hinds County, Miss., November 30, 1914. Newspaper reporter; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Sudan, 1965-67. Died in Sykesville, Carroll County, Md., November 20, 2001 (age 86 years, 355 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Hennington Weathersby and Mary (Conerly) Weathersby; married, January 17, 1942, to Ruth S. Mowers.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
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