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Politician members in North Carolina

James Braxton Craven Jr. (1918-1977) — also known as J. Braxton Craven, Jr. — of North Carolina. Born in Lenoir, Caldwell County, N.C., April 3, 1918. U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, 1961-66; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1966-77. Member, Order of the Coif; American Judicature Society. Died in 1977 (age about 59 years). Burial location unknown. 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.   Relatives: Son of John Olai Jensen Hougen and Thrine Christine (Johnson) Hougen; married, November 29, 1946, to Rita Mary Zini.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — Minnesota Legislator record   Image source: Moorhead Daily News, July 5, 1930   John Johnston Parker (1885-1958) — also known as John J. Parker — of Monroe, Union County, N.C.; Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, N.C. Born in Monroe, Union County, N.C., November 20, 1885. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of North Carolina, 1920; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1924; member of Republican National Committee from North Carolina, 1924; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1925-58; died in office 1958. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Freemasons; Kiwanis. Died in Washington, D.C., March 17, 1958 (age 72 years, 117 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Francis Ann (Johnston) Parker and John Daniel Parker; married, November 23, 1910, to Maria Burgwin Maffitt.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell (b. 1864) — also known as Aaron A. F. Seawell — of Moore County, N.C.; Jonesboro (now part of Sanford), Lee County, N.C.; Sanford, Lee County, N.C.; Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C. Born in Moore County, N.C., October 30, 1864. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1901, 1913-16, 1931 (Moore County 1901, Lee County 1913-16, 1931); member of North Carolina state senate, 1907, 1925; North Carolina state attorney general, 1935-38; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1938-45; appointed 1938. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Junior Order; Order of the Coif; Kiwanis; Phi Delta Phi; Newcomen Society. Interment at Buffalo Cemetery, Sanford, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Aaron Ashley Flowers Seawell and Jeanette Anne (Buie) Seawell; married, April 12, 1905, to Bertha Alma Smith; father of Malcolm Buie Seawell; grandfather of Buie Seawell.   Political family: Seawell family of North Carolina.   Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996) — of Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C. Born in Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., July 7, 1907. Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1949-62; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1962-74; chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1974-79. Female. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Gamma; Altrusa; Soroptimists. Died March 1, 1996 (age 88 years, 238 days). Interment somewhere in Reidsville, N.C.   Relatives: Daughter of James Merritt Sharp and Annie (Blackwell) Sharp.   Willis Smith (1887-1953) — of Raleigh, Wake County, N.C. Born in Norfolk, Va., December 19, 1887. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1927-32; Speaker of the North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1931-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business), 1952; U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1950-53; died in office 1953. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Order of the Coif; American Legion; Forty and Eight; Sigma Phi Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Kiwanis. Died in the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., June 26, 1953 (age 65 years, 189 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Willis Smith and Mary Shaw (Creecy) Smith; married, April 30, 1919, to Anna Lee.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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