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Alma Shealey Adams (b. 1946) —
also known as Alma Adams; Alma Shealey —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in High Point, Guilford
County, N.C., May 27,
1946.
Democrat. Artist;
college professor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives 58th District, 1994-2014;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 2014-.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Eben Alexander (1851-1910) —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., March 9,
1851.
University professor; U.S. Minister to Greece, 1893-97; Romania, 1893-97; Serbia, 1893-97; U.S. Consul General in Athens, as of 1893-97; Bucharest, as of 1893-97; Belgrade, as of 1893-97.
Died suddenly of heart
disease, in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., March
11, 1910 (age 59 years, 2
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Paul Douglas Bagwell (1913-1973) —
also known as Paul D. Bagwell —
of East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe Park, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., August
23, 1913.
Republican. College professor; candidate for Michigan
state auditor general, 1956; candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1958, 1960; candidate for Michigan
State University board of trustees, 1964.
Congregationalist.
Member, Jaycees;
American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Pi
Kappa Delta; Lambda
Chi Alpha; Kappa
Delta Pi; Rotary;
Freemasons.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., October
23, 1973 (age 60 years, 61
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank W. Ballance Jr. (b. 1942) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Windsor, Bertie
County, N.C., February
15, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; librarian;
college professor; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1982-85; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1989-2002; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from North Carolina, 1996,
2000;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 1st District, 2003-04;
resigned 2004; indicted
in federal court in September 2004 on federal money
laundering charges
for diverting
state funds through a charitable foundation; pleaded
guilty to one count, sentenced
to four years in prison,
fined
$10,000, ordered to pay restitution,
and disbarred.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Horn Battle (1802-1879) —
also known as William H. Battle —
of Franklin
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Edgecombe
County, N.C., 1802.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons from Franklin County, 1833-34; delegate
to Whig National Convention from North Carolina, 1839; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1840; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1848, 1852-67; law
professor.
Died in 1879
(age about
77 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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James Crawford Biggs (1872-1960) —
of Oxford, Granville
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Oxford, Granville
County, N.C., August
29, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; mayor of Oxford, N.C., 1897-98; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1905; superior court
judge in North Carolina, 1907-11; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1916;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1933-35.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., January
30, 1960 (age 87 years, 154
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eugene Clyde Brooks (b. 1871) —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Greene
County, N.C., December
3, 1871.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; superintendent
of schools; college professor; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1921.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Ida Myrtle Sapp. |
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Martin Grove Brumbaugh (1862-1930) —
also known as Martin G. Brumbaugh; "Hercules of the
Educational World" —
of Huntingdon
County, Pa.; Germantown, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Penn Township, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April
14, 1862.
Republican. Huntingdon
County Superintendent of Schools, 1884-90; university
professor; president,
Juniata College, 1895-1906; Puerto Rico Commissioner of Education,
1900-02; Philadelphia superintendent of schools, 1906-15; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1915-19; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1916;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1916.
Brethren.
German
ancestry. Member, Union
League.
Died in Pinehurst, Moore
County, N.C., March
14, 1930 (age 67 years, 334
days).
Interment at Valley
View Cemetery, McConnellstown, Pa.
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Relatives: Son
of George Boyer Brumbaugh and Martha (Peightal) Brumbaugh; married 1884 to Anna
Konigmacher; married, January
29, 1916, to Flora Belle Parks. |
| | | Brumbaugh Hall, a residence hall at
Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, State
College, Pennsylvania, is named for
him. |
| | | See also National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Martin Grove Brumbaugh:
Earl C. Kaylor, Jr., Martin
Grove Brumbaugh : A Pennsylvanian's Odyssey from Sainted Schoolman to
Bedeviled World War I Governor, 1862-1930 |
| | | Image source: Smull's Legislative Hand
Book and Manual 1916 |
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Lawrence William Cramer (1897-1978) —
also known as Lawrence W. Cramer —
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
26, 1897.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; Lieutenant
Governor of Virgin Islands, 1931-35; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1935-40; major in the U.S. Army during World
War II.
Member, Chi Psi;
American
Legion.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., October
18, 1978 (age 80 years, 296
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) —
also known as Jabez L. M. Curry —
of Talladega, Talladega
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Double Branches, Lincoln
County, Ga., June 5,
1825.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1847-48, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1857-61; Delegate
from Alabama to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Alabama in the Confederate Congress 4th District, 1862-64;
defeated, 1863; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
president,
Howard College, Alabama, 1866-68; college professor; U.S.
Minister to Spain, 1885-88.
Baptist.
Slaveowner.
Died near Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., February
12, 1903 (age 77 years, 252
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Walter Estes Dellinger III (b. 1941) —
also known as Walter E. Dellinger III —
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., May 15,
1941.
Lawyer;
U.S. Solicitor General, 1996-97; law professor.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alexander Vincent Dye (1876-1956) —
of Douglas, Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Flora, Clay
County, Ill., February
11, 1876.
Bookkeeper;
college professor; U.S. Consul in Nogales, 1909-13; assistant general manager of a mining
corporation, 1913-17.
Died in Tryon, Polk
County, N.C., June 2,
1956 (age 80 years, 112
days).
Interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Fletcher, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander E. Dye and Mary (Hudsteth) Dye; married to Margaret
Scott. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Clarence Clyde Ferguson Jr. (1924-1983) —
Born in Wilmington, New Hanover
County, N.C., November
4, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
law professor; U.S. Ambassador to Uganda, 1970-72.
Unitarian.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
21, 1983 (age 59 years, 47
days).
Interment at Baltimore
National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Virginia Ann Foxx (b. 1943) —
also known as Virginia Ann Palmieri —
of Grandfather, Avery
County, N.C.; Banner Elk, Avery
County, N.C.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., June 29,
1943.
Republican. College professor; president,
Mayland Community College, 1987-94; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1994-2004; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 5th District, 2005-.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2018.
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David B. Funderburk (b. 1944) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Langley Field (now Langley Air Force Base), Hampton,
Va., April
28, 1944.
Republican. University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Romania, 1981-85; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1995-97;
defeated, 1996.
Still living as of 1998.
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Benjamin Franklin Grady (1831-1914) —
also known as Benjamin F. Grady —
of Wallace, Duplin
County, N.C.
Born near Sarecta, Duplin
County, N.C., October
10, 1831.
Democrat. College professor; served in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1891-95.
Died in Clinton, Sampson
County, N.C., March 6,
1914 (age 82 years, 147
days).
Interment at Clinton
Cemetery, Clinton, N.C.
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Frank Porter Graham (1886-1972) —
also known as Frank P. Graham —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., October
14, 1886.
Democrat. School
teacher; college instructor; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; university
professor; president
of the University of North Carolina, 1931-49; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1949-50; appointed 1949; defeated,
1950.
Presbyterian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., February
16, 1972 (age 85 years, 125
days).
Interment at Old
Chapel Hill Cemetery, Chapel Hill, N.C.
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John Hjalmar Hougen (1889-1978) —
also known as John H. Hougen —
of Fisher, Polk
County, Minn.; Crookston, Polk
County, Minn.
Born in Fargo, Cass
County, N.Dak., July 7,
1889.
Republican. Lawyer;
law professor; member of Minnesota
state senate 66th District, 1927-30; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Minnesota, 1930; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II.
Norwegian
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., July 14,
1978 (age 89 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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David Franklin Houston (1866-1940) —
also known as David F. Houston —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Monroe, Union
County, N.C., February
17, 1866.
Superintendent
of schools; university professor; president,
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, 1902-05; president,
University of Texas, 1905-08; chancellor,
Washington University, St. Louis, 1908-16; U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture, 1913-20; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1920-21; vice president, American Telephone
and Telegraph
Co. and president, Bell Telephone
Securities Co.; president, Mutual Life
Insurance Company of New York, 1930-1940; director, United States
Steel
Corporation.
Member, American
Economic Association.
Died, from heart
disease, at the Harkness Pavilion of the Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center, Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
2, 1940 (age 74 years, 198
days).
Interment at Memorial
Cemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y.
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Calvin Jones (b. 1810) —
of Somerville, Fayette
County, Tenn.
Born in Person
County, N.C., July 8,
1810.
Democrat. University professor; lawyer;
Chancellor, Western Division of Tennessee, 1847-54.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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James Yadkin Joyner (1862-1954) —
also known as James Y. Joyner —
of La Grange, Lenoir
County, N.C.; Goldsboro, Wayne
County, N.C.; Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Davidson
County, N.C., August
7, 1862.
School
teacher and principal; Lenoir
County Superintendent of Schools, 1882-83; lawyer;
college professor; North
Carolina superintendent of public instruction, 1902-19; one of
the organizers of the Virginia-Carolina Tobacco
Growers Cooperative Association, 1922.
Baptist.
Died in Lenoir
County, N.C., January
24, 1954 (age 91 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John Joyner and Sarah Ann 'Sallie' (Wooten) Joyner; married 1887 to Effie
Harper Rouse. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: American Review of
Reviews, January 1922 |
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Isaac Beverly Lake (1906-1996) —
also known as I. Beverly Lake —
of Wake Forest, Wake
County, N.C.
Born in Wake Forest, Wake
County, N.C., August
29, 1906.
Lawyer;
law professor; candidate for Governor of
North Carolina, 1960, 1964; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1965-78.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in 1996
(age about
89 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Lake and Lula (Caldwell) Lake; married to Gertrude Bell;
father of I.
Beverly Lake Jr.. |
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Charles Buchanan Markham (1926-2010) —
also known as Charles Markham —
of Durham, Durham
County, N.C.
Born in Durham, Durham
County, N.C., September
15, 1926.
Lawyer;
law professor; mayor of
Durham, N.C., 1981-85.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died, in Britthaven Nursing
& Rehabilitation Center, Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C., March
22, 2010 (age 83 years, 188
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Durham, N.C.
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James Grubbs Martin (b. 1935) —
also known as James G. Martin —
of Davidson, Mecklenburg
County, N.C.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
11, 1935.
Republican. College professor; delegate to Republican National
Convention from North Carolina, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1973-85; Governor of
North Carolina, 1985-93.
Presbyterian.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 2014.
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Arnold Artemus McKay (1889-1957) —
also known as Arnold A. McKay —
of North Carolina.
Born in North Carolina, November
19, 1889.
U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, as of 1917; Antofagasta, 1917-19; college professor.
Died August
8, 1957 (age 67 years, 262
days).
Interment at Hillside
Cemetery, Laurinburg, N.C.
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David Eugene Price (b. 1940) —
also known as David E. Price —
of Chapel Hill, Orange
County, N.C.
Born in Erwin, Unicoi
County, Tenn., August
17, 1940.
Democrat. Legislative aide, U.S. Senator E.
L. 'Bob' Bartlett, 1963-67; university professor; North
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1983-84; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 4th District, 1987-95, 1997-;
defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Earl Baker Ruth (1916-1989) —
also known as Earl B. Ruth —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.
Born in Spencer, Rowan
County, N.C., February
7, 1916.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; athletic
coach; athletic director and dean, Catawba College; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 8th District, 1969-75; Governor of
American Samoa, 1975-76.
Presbyterian.
Died August
15, 1989 (age 73 years, 189
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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Franklin Shirley —
of Winston-Salem, Forsyth
County, N.C.
University professor; mayor
of Winston-Salem, N.C., 1970-77.
Still living as of 1977.
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Image source:
City of Winston-Salem |
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Thomas H. Steele (b. 1887) —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Virginia, August
26, 1887.
Democrat. Writer; accountant;
lecturer; member of North
Carolina state senate 25th District, 1935.
Baptist.
Member, Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Patriotic
Order Sons of America.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Steele and Julia (Hensley) Steele; married to Grace Vawter
Bates. |
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Lawrence Davis Tyson (1861-1929) —
also known as Lawrence D. Tyson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C., July 4,
1861.
Democrat. University professor; lawyer;
president, Knoxville Cotton
Mills, Knoxville Spinning
Co., Poplar Creek Coal and
Iron Co., Lenoir City Land
Co., East Tennessee Coal and
Iron Co., Coal Creek Mining and
Manufacturing
Co.; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member
of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1903-05;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908;
general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1920;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1925-29; died in office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in 1929
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Hugh Williamson (1735-1819) —
of Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C.
Born in West Nottingham, Chester
County, Pa., December
5, 1735.
Preacher;
university professor; physician;
member of North Carolina state legislature, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1789-93.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 22,
1819 (age 83 years, 168
days).
Entombed at Trinity
Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
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