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Politician members in North Carolina

Algernon Lee Butler (1905-1978) — also known as Algernon L. Butler — of Clinton, Sampson County, N.C. Born in Clinton, Sampson County, N.C., August 2, 1905. Republican. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1931; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1936, 1940 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization), 1948; Sampson County Attorney, 1938-51; member of North Carolina Republican State Executive Committee, 1942-59; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, 1959-75; took senior status 1975. Episcopalian. Member, Sigma Nu; American Bar Association; Rotary. Died May 5, 1978 (age 72 years, 276 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Edwin Butler and Eva Boykin (Lee) Butler; married, June 5, 1935, to Josephine Lydia Broadwell.   Cross-reference: Frank William Bullock, Jr.   Oliver Max Gardner (1882-1947) — also known as O. Max Gardner — of Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C. Born in Shelby, Cleveland County, N.C., March 22, 1882. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; chair of Cleveland County Democratic Party, 1907-08; member of North Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910-14; member of North Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1911-12, 1915-16; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1917-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924, 1932, 1940, 1944; Governor of North Carolina, 1929-33; defeated, 1920. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Sigma Nu; Odd Fellows; Elks. Died, from coronary thrombosis, in his suite at the St. Regis Hotel, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 6, 1947 (age 64 years, 321 days). Interment at Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Oliver Perry Gardner and Margaret (Blanton) Gardner; brother of Bessie Gardner (who married Clyde Roark Hoey); married, November 6, 1907, to Fay Lamar Webb.   Political family: Gardner family of Shelby, North Carolina.   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial   Jacob Elmer Long (1880-1955) — also known as J. Elmer Long — of Graham, Alamance County, N.C.; Durham, Durham County, N.C. Born in Yanceyville, Caswell County, N.C., July 31, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to U.S. Rep. Charles M. Stedman; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Alamance County, 1911-14; member of North Carolina state senate 18th District, 1917-22; Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina, 1925-29; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1944. Presbyterian; later Methodist. Member, Sigma Nu; Lions; Sphinx. Died, from a coronary occlusion, in Durham, Durham County, N.C., April 28, 1955 (age 74 years, 271 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, N.C.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Alson Long and Esta (Teague) Long; married, November 10, 1909, to Lessie Ermine Peay.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Walter Murphy (b. 1872) — of Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C. Born in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., October 24, 1872. Democrat. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives from Rowan County, 1897, 1901-07, 1913-14, 1921-22; member of North Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1898; Democratic Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1909; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1916. Episcopalian. Member, Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Knights of Pythias; Sigma Nu. Burial location unknown.   Marshall Joyner Parker (b. 1922) — also known as Marshall J. Parker — of Seneca, Oconee County, S.C. Born in Seaboard, Northampton County, N.C., April 25, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of South Carolina state senate from Oconee County, 1957-66; candidate for U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1966, 1968. Methodist. Member, Sigma Nu; Lions; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   David Jennings Rose (b. 1896) — also known as D. J. Rose — of Goldsboro, Wayne County, N.C. Born in Wayne County, N.C., September 26, 1896. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; physician; surgeon; member of North Carolina state senate 8th District, 1955-59. Christian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Sigma Nu. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Joel L. Rose and Mary Elizabeth (Stafford) Rose; married 1925 to Janet T. Conway; married 1956 to Mary Elizabeth Farrior.

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