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Teacher Politicians in Mississippi
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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.
  Relatives: Son of James Oliver Bilbo and Beedy (Wallace) Bilbo; married, May 25, 1898, to Lillian S. Herrington; married, January 27, 1903, to Linda R. Gaddy.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Mary C. Booze (1878-1955) — also known as Mary Cordelia Montgomery — of Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Miss. Born in Warren County, Miss., March, 1878. Republican. Bookkeeper; school teacher; member of Republican National Committee from Mississippi, 1924-55; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944. Female. First African-American woman to be on the Republican National Committee. Died in Hampton, Va., May 17, 1955 (age 77 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Isaiah T. Montgomery; married 1901 to Eugene P. Booze.
  Political family: Booze family of Mound Bayou, Mississippi.
  See also Wikipedia article
Blanche K. Bruce 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.
  The Blanche K. Bruce Foundation (supporitng arts and high-risk youth) is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886)
  William Garner Burgin (b. 1892) — of Starkville, Oktibbeha County, Miss. Born July 4, 1892. School teacher; college professor; member of Mississippi state senate 23rd District, 1936. Member, Pi Gamma Mu; Freemasons; Lions. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Augustus Burgin and Nancy Myrtis (Garner) Burgin; married, July 24, 1919, to Susie Will Gunter; married, June 22, 1929, to Florence Knight Ramond.
  Benjamin Franklin Cameron Jr. (1890-1964) — also known as Ben F. Cameron — of Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss. Born in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Miss., December 14, 1890. School teacher; lawyer; attorney for railroads and Southern Bell Telephone; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1929-33. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias. Died in 1964 (age about 73 years). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Meridian, Miss.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Franklin Cameron and Elizabeth (Garner) Cameron; married, June 3, 1919, to Polly Paine.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of King David Chandler and Mary Frances (Harrison) Chandler.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  John H. Cook (b. 1874) — of Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Miss. Born in Jasper County, Miss., February 27, 1874. School teacher; postmaster; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1922; U.S. Marshal, 1922-25; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, 1928. Methodist. German, English, and Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Marshall Cook and Susan (Mounger) Cook; married 1900 to Annie Griffith.
  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.
  Lawrence Russell Ellzey (1891-1977) — also known as Russell Ellzey — of Wesson, Copiah County, Miss. Born near Wesson, Copiah County, Miss., March 20, 1891. Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; U.S. Representative from Mississippi 7th District, 1932-35. Baptist. Died in Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., December 7, 1977 (age 86 years, 262 days). Interment at Wesson Cemetery, Wesson, Miss.
  Relatives: Son of William Judson Ellzey and Alice Arabella (McPherson) Ellzey; married, December 20, 1917, to Ruth Ratcliff.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Scott Field (1847-1931) — of Calvert, Robertson County, Tex. Born in Canton, Madison County, Miss., January 26, 1847. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; school teacher; lawyer; Robertson County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82; member of Texas state senate, 1887-91; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1892; U.S. Representative from Texas 6th District, 1903-07. Died in Calvert, Robertson County, Tex., December 20, 1931 (age 84 years, 328 days). Interment at Calvert Cemetery, Calvert, Tex.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Katie Hall (1938-2012) — also known as Katie Beatrice Green — of Gary, Lake County, Ind. Born in Mound Bayou, Bolivar County, Miss., April 3, 1938. Democrat. School teacher; member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1974; member of Indiana state senate, 1976; U.S. Representative from Indiana 1st District, 1982-85. Female. African ancestry. Died, in Methodist Hospital (Northlake Campus), Gary, Lake County, Ind., February 20, 2012 (age 73 years, 323 days). Interment at Washington Memory Gardens, Homewood, Ill.
  Relatives: Daughter of Jeff L. Green and Bessie Mae (Hooper) Green; married 1957 to John Henry Hall.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Macye Maness (1904-1993) — also known as Macye Dona Jones — of Doniphan, Ripley County, Mo. Born in Blue Springs, Union County, Miss., June 5, 1904. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; abstractor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1940; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Ripley County, 1941-42; chair of Ripley County Democratic Party, 1949. Female. Died in Doniphan, Ripley County, Mo., March 18, 1993 (age 88 years, 286 days). Interment at Doniphan Oak Ridge Cemetery, Doniphan, Mo.
  Relatives: Married, June 5, 1930, to Howard Randolph Maness.
  Political family: Maness-Carroll-Caudle-Gavin family of Sanford, North Carolina.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Roderick R. Paige — Born in Monticello, Lawrence County, Miss. Superintendent of schools; U.S. Secretary of Education, 2001-. Member, NAACP. Still living as of 2003.
  Franklin E. Plummer (d. 1852) — of Westville, Simpson County, Miss. Born in Massachusetts. School teacher; lawyer; member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1820; U.S. Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1831-35. Slaveowner. Died in Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., September 24, 1852. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Richard Alvin Tonry (1935-2012) — also known as Richard A. Tonry — of Arabi, St. Bernard Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., June 25, 1935. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1976; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1977. Catholic. Died in Lumberton, Lamar County, Miss., July 3, 2012 (age 77 years, 8 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
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