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John Mobley Daniel (b. 1883) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Saluda
County, S.C., July 22,
1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Greenville County,
1910-12; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1925-36.
Baptist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen;
Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Furman Daniel and Susan (Adams) Daniel; married, June 26,
1918, to Pearle Richardson. |
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Julius Alfred Dargan (1815-1861) —
also known as Julius A. Dargan —
of Darlington, Darlington District (now Darlington
County), S.C.
Born in 1815.
Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Darlington, 1860-61;
died in office 1861.
Died March 9,
1861 (age about 45
years).
Interment at First
Baptist Churchyard, Darlington, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Timothy Dargan and Lydia (Keith) Dargan; married to Martha I.
Woods. |
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memorial |
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Fred Henry Davis (1894-1937) —
also known as Fred H. Davis —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 18,
1894.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Leon
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1919-20; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1921-27; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1927; Florida
state attorney general, 1927-31; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1931-37; chief
justice of Florida state supreme court, 1933-35.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Reserve
Officers Association; American
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Lions.
Died in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., June 20,
1937 (age 43 years, 33
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Fred Henry Davis and Annie E. (Pearson) Davis; married, February
3, 1921, to Frances M. Chambers. |
| | | Epitaph: "Lawyer -
Statesman - Jurist - Soldier." |
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memorial |
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Henry Edwards Davis (b. 1879) —
also known as Henry E. Davis —
of Florence, Florence
County, S.C.
Born in Gourdin, Williamsburg
County, S.C., October
4, 1879.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of South Carolina, 1930-34.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Edwards Davis and Emma Watson (Chandler) Davis; married, September
27, 1906, to Lillian Erskine. |
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John Bratton Davis (1917-2004) —
also known as J. Bratton Davis —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Hartsville, Darlington
County, S.C., October
27, 1917.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
campaign manager for Donald
S. Russell for Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1964;
U.S. bankruptcy judge, 1978-2000.
Died October
29, 2004 (age 87 years, 2
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John Bratton Davis (1885-1925) and Sarah Eleanor (Causey) Davis;
married to Margaret Smyth McKissick. |
| | | The J. Bratton Davis U.S. Bankruptcy Courthouse
(built 1936; given current name about 2005), in Columbia,
South Carolina, is named for
him. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: U.S. Bankruptcy Court for
South Carolina |
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John William Davis (1873-1955) —
also known as John W. Davis —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April
13, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1899;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1904
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1911-13; resigned
1913; U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-18; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1918-21; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1920;
candidate for President
of the United States, 1924; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1928,
1932.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Kappa Psi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
24, 1955 (age 81 years, 345
days).
Interment at Locust
Valley Cemetery, Locust Valley, Long Island, N.Y.
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Warren Ransom Davis (1793-1835) —
also known as Warren R. Davis —
of Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., May 8,
1793.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1827-35; died in
office 1835.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
29, 1835 (age 41 years, 266
days). His funeral service at the U.S. Capitol was disrupted when
Richard Lawrence, a house painter, fired two guns at President Andrew
Jackson.
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hosea Jefferson Dean (1806-1855) —
also known as H. J. Dean —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C.
Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., July 11,
1806.
Lawyer; Spartanburg District Commissioner in Equity, 1832-44;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1850-52; Clerk, South
Carolina House of Representatives, 1853.
Baptist.
Died, of heart
disease, in White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier
County, Va (now W.Va.), August
3, 1855 (age 49 years, 23
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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David Deas (1771-1822) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in 1771.
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1794-95, 1800-08; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1802-03.
Died in 1822
(age about
51 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward James Dennis (1844-1904) —
of Charleston
County, S.C.; Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston District (part now in Berkeley
County), S.C., March
23, 1844.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; surveyor;
cotton
planter;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1880-82, 1884-85,
1892-93 (Charleston County 1880-82, Berkeley County 1884-85,
1892-93); member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1894-1904; defeated,
1886, 1890; died in office 1904; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Berkeley
County, 1895.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Macbeth, Berkeley
County, S.C., May 24,
1904 (age 60 years, 62
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Cross, S.C.
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Edward James Dennis (1877-1930) —
also known as E. J. Dennis —
of Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Macbeth, Berkeley
County, S.C., September
23, 1877.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,
1900-04, 1916-18; member of South
Carolina state senate from Berkeley County, 1904-06, 1910-14,
1918-22, 1926-30; died in office 1930.
Methodist.
Tried
and acquitted in 1929 for conspiracy to violate the alcohol
prohibition law.
Shot
and mortally
wounded by Webster Lee 'Sporty' Thornley, on the street in front
of the post
office in Moncks Corner, S.C., and died the next day in a hospital
at Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 25,
1930 (age 52 years, 305
days). Thornley was tried and convicted of murder; Glenn D.
McKnight, who allegedly hired Thornley to murder Dennis, was tried
and not convicted.
Interment at St.
John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C.
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Rembert Coney Dennis (1915-1992) —
also known as Rembert C. Dennis —
of Moncks Corner, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in Pinopolis, Berkeley
County, S.C., August
27, 1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Berkeley County,
1938-42; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1942-88 (Berkeley County 1942-66, 14th
District 1966-84, 37th District 1984-88); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1944,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960;
candidate for justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Lions;
Woodmen
of the World; Blue
Key.
Died June 20,
1992 (age 76 years, 298
days).
Interment at St.
John's Baptist Churchyard, Pinopolis, S.C.
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Butler Carson Derrick Jr. (1936-2014) —
also known as Butler Derrick —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., September
30, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1969-74; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1975-95.
Episcopalian.
Member, Jaycees;
Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Easley, Pickens
County, S.C., May 5,
2014 (age 77 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Henry William de Saussure (1763-1839) —
also known as Henry W. de Saussure —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Jasper
County, S.C., August
16, 1763.
Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1790; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1790-94, 1796-98,
1806-08; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1797-99.
Congregationalist.
Died in Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., March
26, 1839 (age 75 years, 222
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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Wilmot Gibbes de Saussure (1822-1886) —
also known as Wilmot G. de Saussure —
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 23,
1822.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1848-49, 1854-57,
1860-63; Adjutant
General of South Carolina, 1862.
French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Society
of the Cincinnati; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died in Ocala, Marion
County, Fla., February
1, 1886 (age 63 years, 193
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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John Grier Dinkins (d. 1966) —
also known as John G. Dinkins —
of Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon County, 1943-46.
Died in May, 1966.
Interment somewhere
in Manning, S.C.
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Frederick Haskell Dominick (1877-1960) —
also known as Fred H. Dominick —
of Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C.
Born in Peak, Newberry
County, S.C., February
20, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Cole
L. Blease; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Newberry County,
1900-02; chair of
Newberry County Democratic Party, 1906-14; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1917-33;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Redmen.
Died in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., March
11, 1960 (age 83 years, 20
days).
Interment at Rosemont
Cemetery, Newberry, S.C.
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Charles A. Douglas (1862-1939) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairfield
County, S.C., January
31, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Fairfield County,
1884-88; candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916,
1924.
Presbyterian.
Died October
31, 1939 (age 77 years, 273
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Oscar Henry Doyle (b. 1893) —
also known as Oscar H. Doyle —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C., May 7,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of South Carolina, 1937-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jasper Doyle and Ella (Dendy) Doyle; married, October
12, 1921, to Hazel Murphy. |
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John Drayton (1766-1822) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 22,
1766.
Lawyer; author; botanist;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1792-96, 1798, 1802-04;
Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1798-1800; Governor of
South Carolina, 1800-02, 1808-10; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1803-04; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1805-08; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1812-22.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
27, 1822 (age 56 years, 158
days).
Interment at Cathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, S.C.
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Joseph Haynsworth Earle (1847-1897) —
also known as Joseph H. Earle —
of Sumter
County, S.C.; Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., April
30, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Sumter County,
1878-80; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1880;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Sumter County, 1882-86; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1886-90; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1897; died in office 1897.
Died in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., May 20,
1897 (age 50 years, 20
days).
Interment at Christ
Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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John Reid Edwards (b. 1953) —
also known as John Edwards; Johnny Reid Edwards;
"Silk Pony"; "The Breck
Girl" —
of North Carolina.
Born in Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C., June 10,
1953.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1999-2005; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 2000,
2004;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2004,
2008;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 2004; in August 2008, he acknowledged
an extramarital
affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, though at first he denied
having fathered her baby; this revelation discredited
him and ended his
political career.
Methodist.
In June, 2011, he was indicted
in federal court on campaign
finance charges, based on the argument that the donations he
received in 2007-08 to cover up his affair were illegal
contributions to his presidential campaign.
Still living as of 2014.
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Tazewell Ellett (1856-1914) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1895-97.
Died in Summerville, Dorchester
County, S.C., May 19,
1914 (age 58 years, 138
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Robert Brown Elliott (1842-1884) —
also known as R. B. Elliott —
of Edgefield
County, S.C.; Barnwell
County, S.C.; Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in England,
August
11, 1842.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1868; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1868-70, 1874-76
(Barnwell County 1868-70, Aiken County 1874-76); delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1868
(alternate), 1880;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1871-74;
resigned 1874; South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1876; candidate for South
Carolina state attorney general, 1876.
African
ancestry.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
9, 1884 (age 41 years, 364
days).
Interment at St.
Louis Cemetery No. 2, New Orleans, La.
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Franklin Harper Elmore (1799-1850) —
also known as Franklin H. Elmore —
of South Carolina.
Born in Laurensville, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens
County), S.C., October
15, 1799.
Lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1836-39 (4th District
1836-37, 3rd District 1837-39); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850; died in office 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 29,
1850 (age 50 years, 226
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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John Gary Evans (1863-1942) —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville District (now Greenwood
County), S.C., October
15, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Aiken County,
1889-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Aiken County, 1892-93; Governor of
South Carolina, 1894-97; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Aiken
County, 1895; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1896,
1900,
1912,
1916,
1928
(alternate); major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1912-16; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1918-21.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Phi.
Died June 27,
1942 (age 78 years, 255
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.
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Josiah James Evans (1786-1858) —
also known as Josiah J. Evans —
of Society Hill, Darlington
County, S.C.
Born in Marlborough District (now Marlboro
County), S.C., November
27, 1786.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1812-13; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1829-35; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1853-58; died in office 1858.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 6,
1858 (age 71 years, 160
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Darlington County, S.C.; cenotaph at
Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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John Hamilton Evins (1830-1884) —
also known as John H. Evins —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., July 18,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1862-64; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1876
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1877-84; died in
office 1884.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., October
20, 1884 (age 54 years, 94
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Street Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Hamilton Glover Ewart (1849-1918) —
also known as Hamilton G. Ewart —
of Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
23, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
North Carolina; mayor of Hendersonville, N.C., 1877; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1887-88, 1895-97,
1911-12; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 9th District, 1889-91;
defeated, 1890 (9th District), 1904 (10th District); circuit judge in
North Carolina, 1897; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina,
1898-99, 1899-1900.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
28, 1918 (age 68 years, 187
days).
Interment at Oakdale
Cemetery, Hendersonville, N.C.
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Elisha Young Fair (1809-1886) —
also known as Elisha Y. Fair —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Prosperity, Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., July 4,
1809.
Lawyer; planter;
U.S. Minister to Belgium, 1858-61.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., December
23, 1886 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Henry Patillo Farrow (1834-1907) —
also known as Henry P. Farrow —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.; Gainesville, Hall
County, Ga.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., January
24, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1868-72; U.S.
Attorney for Georgia, 1876-80; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Georgia, 1876;
postmaster at Gainesville,
Ga., 1901.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., February
10, 1907 (age 73 years, 17
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Patillo Farrow (1796-1849) and Jane Strather (James) Farrow;
brother of James
Farrow; married to Cornelia Finch Simpson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Samuel Farrow (1759-1824) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Virginia, 1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; planter; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1810-12; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 8th District, 1813-15; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1822-23.
Slaveowner.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
18, 1824 (age about 65
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Spartanburg County, S.C.
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John Myers Felder (1782-1851) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C., July 7,
1782.
Democrat. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1812-16, 1822-24; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1816-20, 1840-51; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1831-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in Union Point, Greene
County, Ga., September
1, 1851 (age 69 years, 56
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Orangeburg County, S.C.
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John Frederick Ficken Jr. (1843-1925) —
also known as John F. Ficken —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 18,
1843.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1876;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1876-91; resigned 1891; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1891-95.
German
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
16, 1925 (age 81 years, 302
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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David Edward Finley (1861-1917) —
also known as David E. Finley —
of Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C.
Born in Trenton, Phillips
County, Ark., February
28, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from York County,
1890-91; member of South
Carolina state senate from York County, 1892-96; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1899-1917; died
in office 1917.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., January
26, 1917 (age 55 years, 333
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
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Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) —
of Garrison, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Albany, Albany
County, N.Y., April
17, 1849.
Lawyer; member of New York
state assembly from Putnam County, 1874, 1876-79, 1889-91,
1893-96; Speaker of
the New York State Assembly, 1895-96; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1884,
1896
(alternate); New York Aqueduct Commissioner, 1886-88; U.S.
Representative from New York 21st District, 1909-11; defeated
(Republican), 1910; candidate for Presidential Elector for New York.
Died in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., January
15, 1936 (age 86 years, 273
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Hamilton
Fish (1808-1893) and Julia (Kean) Fish; brother of Nicholas
Fish (1848-1902); married, April
28, 1880, to Emily Maria Mann; father of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1888-1991); grandson of Nicholas
Fish (1758-1833); grandfather of Hamilton
Fish Jr. (1926-1996); great-grandson of John
Kean (1756-1795); great-grandfather of Hamilton
Fish (born 1951) and Alexa
Fish Ward; great-grandnephew of Robert
Gilbert Livingston and Philip
Peter Livingston; second great-grandson of Gilbert
Livingston and Peter
Van Brugh Livingston; second great-grandnephew of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Philip
Livingston and William
Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert
Livingston the Elder and James
Alexander; third great-grandnephew of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724) and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Pieter
Stuyvesant and Pieter
Van Brugh; fourth great-grandnephew of Abraham
de Peyster, Johannes
Cuyler and Johannes
de Peyster; first cousin of John
Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton
Fish Kean; first cousin once removed of Robert
Winthrop Kean; first cousin twice removed of Philip
Van Cortlandt, Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., Charles
Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873) and Thomas
Howard Kean; first cousin thrice removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, John
Stevens III, Henry
Brockholst Livingston and Thomas
Howard Kean Jr.; first cousin four times removed of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin five times removed of Nicholas
Bayard (c.1644-1707), David
Davidse Schuyler, Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler, Johannes
DePeyster, Cornelis
Cuyler and John
Cruger Jr.; second cousin once removed of Jonathan
Mayhew Wainwright; second cousin twice removed of James
Jay, John
Jay, Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Frederick
Jay, Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Augustus Jay (1776-1843), Rensselaer
Westerlo, Edward
Philip Livingston, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer and William
Jay; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Pierre
Van Cortlandt, Philip
John Schuyler, Philip
P. Schuyler and Stephen
John Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Matthew
Clarkson, Henry
Cruger and Henry
Rutgers; third cousin of Gilbert
Livingston Thompson; third cousin once removed of Philip
Schuyler, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840), William
Duer, Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning
Duer, Henry
Brockholst Ledyard and John
Jay II; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard (1736-1802), Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer, Robert
Van Rensselaer, Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792), James
Livingston, Peter
Samuel Schuyler, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, James
Parker, Guy
Vernor Henry and Montgomery
Schuyler Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Philip
DePeyster; fourth cousin of John
Jacob Astor III, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Charles
Ludlow Livingston (born 1870); fourth cousin once removed of Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Maturin
Livingston, James
Alexander Hamilton, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker, Philip
N. Schuyler, William
Waldorf Astor, Herbert
Livingston Satterlee, Peter
Augustus Jay (1877-1933), Robert
Reginald Livingston, Bronson
Murray Cutting and Brockholst
Livingston. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: New York Red Book
1896 |
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Edward Ladson Fishburne (b. 1883) —
also known as E. L. Fishburne —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C., November
4, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of Walterboro, S.C., 1909-10; member
of South
Carolina Democratic State Executive Committee, 1931-34; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1931-35; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1935-40.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Josiah Fishburne and Mamie (Carn) Fishburne; married, October
8, 1912, to Mary Patterson Gage. |
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John Gadsden (1787-1831) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born March 4,
1787.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1819; U.S.
Attorney for South Carolina, 1820-31; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1827-29.
Died January
24, 1831 (age 43 years, 326
days).
Interment at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Philip Henry Gadsden (1867-1945) —
also known as Philip H. Gadsden —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
4, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; utility
executive; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1894-1900; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias.
Died February
28, 1945 (age 77 years, 147
days).
Interment at West
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
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Henry Augustus Gaillard (1837-1921) —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.; Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston District (now part of Berkeley
County), S.C., November
26, 1837.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Fairfield County,
1877-80; member of South
Carolina state senate from Fairfield County, 1880-84; chair of
Fairfield County Democratic Party, 1886.
Episcopalian.
Member, Knights
of Honor.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
8, 1921 (age 83 years, 316
days).
Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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John Gaillard (1765-1826) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Pendleton, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephens Parish, Charleston District (now part of Berkeley
County), S.C., September
5, 1765.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Stephen,
1794-96; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Stephen, 1796-1804; resigned 1804;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1804-26; died in office 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
26, 1826 (age 60 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Peter Charles Gaillard (1812-1889) —
also known as Peter C. Gaillard —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Berkeley
County, S.C., December
29, 1812.
Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
hit by a shell during the war, and lost his
left arm; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1865-68.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
11, 1889 (age 76 years, 13
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Casper G. Garrett (1865-1947) —
also known as C. G. Garrett —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Laurens
County, S.C., 1865.
Republican. Lawyer; teacher
and administrator, Allen University; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1928.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry.
Died, from uremia,
in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., November
15, 1947 (age about 82
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Richland County, S.C.
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Eugene Blackburn Gary (1854-1926) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., August
22, 1854.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1889-90; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1891-93; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1893-1912; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1912-26.
Died, from encephalitis
lethargica, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., December
10, 1926 (age 72 years, 110
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Frank Boyd Gary (1860-1922) —
also known as Frank B. Gary —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville District (now Greenwood
County), S.C., March 9,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1890-1900, 1906-08, 1910-12; resigned 1912; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1896-1900; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Abbeville
County, 1895; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1908-09; circuit judge in South
Carolina 8th Circuit, 1912-22; died in office 1922.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
7, 1922 (age 62 years, 273
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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John Ralph Gasque (1913-2004) —
also known as J. Ralph Gasque —
of Washington,
D.C.; Marion, Marion
County, S.C.
Born near Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., May 16,
1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; real estate
developer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marion County,
1945-48; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1949-52, 1956-76 (Marion County 1949-52,
1956-66, 9th District 1967-68, 16th District 1969-72, 11th District
1972-76); resigned 1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1960,
1964.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Sigma
Delta Kappa.
Died, in Marion Nursing
Center, Rains, Marion
County, S.C., April
26, 2004 (age 90 years, 346
days).
Interment at Devotion Gardens, Marion, S.C.; cenotaph at Little Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Marion County, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Cordie Allison Gasque and Jennie (Price) Gasque. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Arthur Lee Gaston (1876-1951) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., August
14, 1876.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester County,
1900-06; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1920;
director of banks and
cotton
mills.
Presbyterian.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from Hodgkins
lymphoma, in Charlotte Memorial Hospital,
Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., August
13, 1951 (age 74 years, 364
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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John Gayle (1792-1859) —
of Alabama.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., September
11, 1792.
Lawyer; member
Alabama territorial council, 1817; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1822-23, 1829; Speaker of
the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1829; associate
justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1823-28; Governor of
Alabama, 1831-35; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1847-49; U.S.
District Judge for Louisiana, 1849-59.
Slaveowner.
Died near Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., July 21,
1859 (age 66 years, 313
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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John Geddes (1777-1828) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
25, 1777.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1808-16; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1816-18; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1817-19, 1823-24; Governor of
South Carolina, 1818-20.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March 4,
1828 (age 50 years, 70
days).
Interment at First
Scots Presbyterian Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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Thomas Smithwick Gettys (1912-2003) —
also known as Thomas S. Gettys —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., June 19,
1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
staff for U.S. Rep. James
P. Richards; postmaster;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1964-74;
resigned 1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Rotary.
Died in Rock Hill, York
County, S.C., June 8,
2003 (age 90 years, 354
days).
Interment at Neely's Creek Associate Reformed Church Cemetery, Rock Hill,
S.C.
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William Crosland Goldberg (b. 1917) —
of Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C.
Born in Bennettsville, Marlboro
County, S.C., January
25, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; prisoner of war in
Germany for 18 months; lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Marlboro County,
1949-50; member of South
Carolina state senate from Marlboro County, 1959-62.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Patrick Grace (1874-1940) —
also known as John P. Grace —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
30, 1874.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Charleston, S.C., 1911-15, 1919-23.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 25,
1940 (age 65 years, 178
days).
Interment at St.
Lawrence Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Lindsey Olin Graham (b. 1955) —
also known as Lindsey Graham —
of South Carolina.
Born in Central, Pickens
County, S.C., July 9,
1955.
Republican. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1992-94; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1995-2003; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 2003-.
Southern
Baptist.
Still living as of 2020.
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William Norwood Graydon (1860-1931) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Cokesbury, Abbeville District (now Greenwood
County), S.C., December
11, 1860.
Lawyer; bank
director; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1898-1902, 1906-10;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1914-16.
Methodist.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
3, 1931 (age 70 years, 235
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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William John Grayson (1788-1863) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., November
2, 1788.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1813-15, 1822-25; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1826-31; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1833-37.
Slaveowner.
Died in Newberry, Newberry
County, S.C., October
4, 1863 (age 74 years, 336
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Maxcy Gregg (1814-1862) —
of Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland District (now Richland
County), S.C., August
1, 1814.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1860-62;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
During the Battle of
Fredericksburg, he was shot in
the spine, mortally wounded, and died two days later, in Fredericksburg,
Va., December
15, 1862 (age 48 years, 136
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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Lawrence Marion Gressette (b. 1902) —
also known as L. Marion Gressette —
of St. Matthews, Calhoun
County, S.C.
Born near St. Matthews, Calhoun
County, S.C., February
11, 1902.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Calhoun County,
1925-28, 1931-32; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1937-76 (Calhoun County 1937-66, 19th
District 1967-68, 11th District 1969-72, 13th District 1972-76);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1952
(alternate), 1956,
1964;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1953-54.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Lions; Blue
Key.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. T. Gressette and Rosa (Wannamaker) Gressette; married, August
18, 1927, to Florence
Howell. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Harry Percy Grier (b. 1871) —
also known as H. P. Grier —
of Statesville, Iredell
County, N.C.
Born in Yorkville (now York), York
County, S.C., March
20, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Statesville, N.C., 1907; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Iredell County,
1913-16, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Cecil Claymon Grimes Jr. (1922-2014) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., July 23,
1922.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1959-62; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1962-72 (Georgetown County 1962-66, 10th
District 1967-68, 15th District 1969-72); bank
director.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Rotary.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., October
8, 2014 (age 92 years, 77
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Prince
George Winyah Cemetery, Georgetown, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Sadie (Ehlers) Grimes and Cecil Claymon Grimes, Sr.; married, October
4, 1947, to Harriet Horry Pyatt. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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John Faucheraud Grimké (1752-1819) —
also known as John Grimké —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
16, 1752.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1781-83, 1784-90; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1783; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1786-88; resigned 1788.
French
Huguenot and German
ancestry.
Died in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., August
9, 1819 (age 66 years, 236
days).
Interment somewhere in Long Branch, N.J.
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Benjamin Guerard (1740-1788) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., 1740.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1779-81, 1783, 1785-86;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1782-83; Governor of
South Carolina, 1783-85.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
21, 1788 (age about 48
years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Stuart Hall (1869-1938) —
also known as William S. Hall —
of Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C.
Born in Chester
County, S.C., October
24, 1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; college
professor; lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Cherokee County,
1908-10; member of South
Carolina state senate from Cherokee County, 1911-14.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Knights
of Pythias; Sons of
the American Revolution; Chi Psi.
Died, from heart
disease, in Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C., July 20,
1938 (age 68 years, 269
days).
Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Gaffney, S.C.
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James Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., May 8,
1786.
Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1821-22; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29; Governor of
South Carolina, 1830-32.
Slaveowner.
While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through some mishap, was
drowned
in the Gulf of
Mexico, November
15, 1857 (age 71 years, 191
days). His remains were probably never
found.
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James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., November
15, 1807.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1835-36; Governor of
South Carolina, 1842-44; defeated, 1840; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1857-60.
Slaveowner.
Died, of a stomach
disorder, at Beech Island, Aiken
County, S.C., November
13, 1864 (age 56 years, 364
days).
Interment at Beech
Island Cemetery, Beech Island, S.C.
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Butler Black Hare (1875-1967) —
also known as Butler B. Hare —
of Saluda, Saluda
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield County (part now in Saluda
County), S.C., November
25, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; secretary to U.S. Reps. George
W. Croft and Theodore
G. Croft; statistician;
lawyer; vice-president, Farmers Bank of
Saluda; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1925-33, 1939-47 (2nd
District 1925-33, 3rd District 1939-47); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1936
(alternate), 1940.
Lutheran.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Saluda, Saluda
County, S.C., December
30, 1967 (age 92 years, 35
days).
Interment at Travis
Park Cemetery, Saluda, S.C.
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Joseph Emile Harley (1880-1942) —
also known as J. E. Harley —
of Barnwell, Barnwell
County, S.C.
Born in Williston, Barnwell
County, S.C., September
14, 1880.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1904-08, 1927-30; mayor
of Barnwell, S.C., 1912-22; law partner of Solomon
Blatt, 1917-34; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1928;
Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1931-41; Governor of
South Carolina, 1941-42; died in office 1942.
Died, from throat
cancer, in the South Carolina Governor's
Mansion, Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., February
27, 1942 (age 61 years, 166
days).
Interment at Barnwell Baptist Church Cemetery, Barnwell, S.C.
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Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania
County, Va., January, 1765.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1790-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1795-1801 (2nd District 1795,
1st District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801);
general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1816; received 3 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 1816;
received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1820;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1819-20.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
14, 1825 (age about 60
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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James Pershing Harrelson (1919-2003) —
also known as James P. Harrelson; J. P. Harrelson;
"Preacher" —
of Walterboro, Colleton
County, S.C.
Born in Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., June 28,
1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; Baptist
minister; lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-60, 1991-94; member
of South
Carolina state senate, 1963-76 (Colleton County 1963-66, 17th
District 1967-68, 13th District 1969-72, 15th District 1972-76);
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1968,
1972.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen
of the World; Elks; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Bar
Association.
Recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's highest
civilian award.
Died, from strokes
and Parkinson's
disease, in Roper Hospital,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
30, 2003 (age 83 years, 306
days).
Interment at Black
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Walterboro, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Carson A. Harrelson and Bertha Mae Harrelson; married, June 24,
1943, to Hazel H. Richardson. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Jaime R. Harrison (b. 1976) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
5, 1976.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 2008;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 2013-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 2020; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 2021-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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Julian Hartridge (1829-1879) —
of Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga.
Born in Daufuskie Island, Beaufort
County, S.C., September
9, 1829.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1858; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1860;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1875-79; died in office
1879.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
8, 1879 (age 49 years, 121
days).
Interment at Laurel
Grove North Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
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William Brantley Harvey (b. 1893) —
of Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Hampton, Hampton
County, S.C., June 5,
1893.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; member of
South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1924-28; member of South
Carolina state senate from Beaufort County, 1928-52.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Brantley Harvey and Ella (Causey) Harvey; married, December
20, 1923, to Thelma Lightsey. |
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Lewis Wardlaw Haskell (1868-1938) —
also known as Lewis W. Haskell —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Pastoria, Jefferson
County, Ark., December
2, 1868.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1902-06; U.S. Consul in Salina Cruz, 1910-12; Hull, 1912-13; Belgrade, 1913-15; Geneva, 1915-24; Algiers, as of 1926; U.S. Consul General in Zurich, as of 1929-32.
Died in Hendersonville, Henderson
County, N.C., April
29, 1938 (age 69 years, 148
days).
Interment at St.
John in the Wilderness Cemetery, Flat Rock, N.C.
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Robert Wesley Hayes (b. 1916) —
also known as Robert W. Hayes —
of Rock Hill, York
County, S.C.
Born in Mullins, Marion
County, S.C., January
20, 1916.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
South
Carolina state senate from York County, 1957-66; resigned 1966;
circuit judge in South Carolina 16th Circuit; elected 1966.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; Elks; Kiwanis.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of J. W. Hayes and Mary (Love) Hayes; married, November
27, 1937, to Ruth Kirkland. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Arthur Peronneau Hayne (1788-1867) —
also known as Arthur P. Hayne —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., March
12, 1788.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1858; appointed 1858.
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
7, 1867 (age 78 years, 301
days).
Interment at St.
Michael's Church Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Clement Furman Haynsworth Jr. (1912-1989) —
also known as Clement F. Haynsworth, Jr. —
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., October
30, 1912.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1957-81; took
senior status 1981.
Died in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., November
22, 1989 (age 77 years, 23
days).
Interment at Springwood
Cemetery, Greenville, S.C.
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Walter Hazard (1859-1930) —
of Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C.
Born in Georgetown, Georgetown District (now Georgetown
County), S.C., December
25, 1859.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Georgetown County,
1882-84, 1888-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Georgetown County, 1892-93.
Methodist;
later Episcopalian.
Died in Georgetown, Georgetown
County, S.C., February
6, 1930 (age 70 years, 43
days).
Interment at Prince
George Winyah Cemetery, Georgetown, S.C.
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James Hemphill (1813-1902) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., July 3,
1813.
Lawyer; banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester, 1857,
1862-64; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Chester, 1865-66.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chester
County, S.C., January
12, 1902 (age 88 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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John Hemphill (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., December
18, 1803.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died
in office 1862; candidate for Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
7, 1862 (age 58 years, 20
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Paul Hemphill Jr. (b. 1930) —
of Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., November
27, 1930.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Chester County, 1965-66.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1966.
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Robert Reid Hemphill (1840-1908) —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville District (now Abbeville
County), S.C., May 3,
1840.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
newspaper
editor; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1876-80, 1884-86; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1886-94; Clerk of
the South Carolina Senate, 1894-1908; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Abbeville
County, 1895.
Presbyterian.
Advocate of woman suffrage.
Died in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., December
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 239
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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Peronneau Finley Henderson (1877-1968) —
also known as P. F. Henderson —
of Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C.
Born in Aiken, Aiken
County, S.C., November
29, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Carolina Light &
Power Co.; vice-president, Georgia-Carolina Electric
Co.; director, South Carolina Power
Co., Powell Hardware
Co.; receiver, Langley Cotton
Mills Co.; treasurer, Aiken Hospital;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1924.
Southern
Presbyterian. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Kiwanis.
Died April 7,
1968 (age 90 years, 130
days).
Interment at Bethany Cemetery, Aiken, S.C.
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Hilary Abner Herbert (1834-1919) —
also known as Hilary A. Herbert —
of Greenville, Butler
County, Ala.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Laurensville, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens
County), S.C., March
12, 1834.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1877-93; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1893-97.
Slaveowner.
Died March 6,
1919 (age 84 years, 359
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Joshua Hill (1812-1891) —
of Madison, Morgan
County, Ga.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., January
10, 1812.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 7th District, 1857-61; resigned 1861;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1869-73.
Slaveowner.
Died in Madison, Morgan
County, Ga., March 6,
1891 (age 79 years, 55
days).
Interment at Madison
Cemetery, Madison, Ga.
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Solomon Lafayette Hoge (1836-1909) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.; Kenton, Hardin
County, Ohio.
Born in Logan
County, Ohio, July 11,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1868; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1869-71,
1875-77; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1874-75; banker.
Died in Battle Creek, Calhoun
County, Mich., February
23, 1909 (age 72 years, 227
days).
Interment at Grove
Cemetery, Kenton, Ohio.
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Kenneth Lamar Holland (b. 1934) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Hickory, Catawba
County, N.C., November
24, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from South Carolina, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1975-83.
Still living as of 2004.
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Isaac Edward Holmes (1796-1867) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April 6,
1796.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1826-29, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1839-51 (4th District
1839-41, 5th District 1841-43, 6th District 1843-51).
Slaveowner.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
24, 1867 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C.
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John Bee Holmes (1760-1827) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
23, 1760.
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1790-98; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1794-95; member of South
Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1799-1802.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., September
5, 1827 (age 67 years, 135
days).
Interment at Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C.
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Charles Edward Hooker (1825-1914) —
also known as Charles E. Hooker —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born in Union, Union
County, S.C., 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1859; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1860,
1904
(Honorary
Vice-President); colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War; Mississippi
state attorney general, 1865; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1875-83, 1887-95, 1901-03 (5th
District 1875-83, 7th District 1887-95, 1901-03).
Slaveowner.
Died in Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., January
8, 1914 (age about 88
years).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Jackson, Miss.
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William Churchill Houston (c.1746-1788) —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., about 1746.
College
professor; served in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1777-78; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1779-81, 1784-85;
lawyer; clerk, New Jersey Supreme Court, 1781-88; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787.
Presbyterian.
Died of tuberculosis,
while lodging at an inn in
Frankford, Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
12, 1788 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Daniel Elliott Huger (1779-1854) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Berkeley
County, S.C., June 28,
1779.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1804-19; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1819-30; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1830-32, 1838-42; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1843-45; resigned 1845.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sullivan's Island, Charleston
County, S.C., August
21, 1854 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Richard Hutson (1748-1795) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in South Carolina, July 9,
1748.
Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1776-79, 1781-82, 1785,
1788; Delegate
to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1778-79; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of South
Carolina Legislative Council, 1780-82; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1782-83; intendant
of Charleston, South Carolina, 1783-85; delegate
to South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., April
12, 1795 (age 46 years, 277
days).
Entombed at Circular
Congregational Church Burying Ground, Charleston, S.C.
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Robert Durden Inglis (b. 1959) —
also known as Bob Inglis —
of South Carolina.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., October
11, 1959.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1993-99;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1998.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Laurens Manning Irby (1854-1900) —
also known as John L. M. Irby —
of Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C.
Born in Laurens, Laurens
County, S.C., September
10, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1886-90; South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1890; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1891-97.
Died in 1900
(age about
45 years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Laurens, S.C.
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James Ferdinand Izlar (1832-1912) —
also known as James F. Izlar —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born near Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., November
25, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1872,
1884;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Orangeburg County, 1880-89; resigned
1889; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1894-95.
Slaveowner.
Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., May 26,
1912 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March
15, 1767.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37; censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans.
Slaveowner.
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;
married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Caffery
family of Louisiana (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
J. Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
J. Waterman
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Beale
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Greenfield
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
Jackson Speer
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Balliet
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— A.
J. Sherwood
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew
J. May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
J. Dunning, Jr.
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Goodwin
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
— Andrew
Jackson Kupper
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appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait
appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait
appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes.
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham, American
Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald Barr
Chidsey, Andrew
Jackson, Hero |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Douglas Jenkins (1880-1961) —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Adams Run, Charleston
County, S.C., February
6, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
reporter; U.S. Consul in St. Pierre and Miquelon, 1908-12; Gothenberg, 1912-13; Riga, 1913-17; Harbin, 1918-22; U.S. Consul General in Canton, as of 1924-29; Hong Kong, as of 1932; London, as of 1938; U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1939-41.
Episcopalian.
Died in South Carolina, December
18, 1961 (age 81 years, 315
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Cemetery, Adams Run, S.C.
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Thomas Bothwell Jeter (1827-1883) —
of Union, Union
County, S.C.
Born in Santuc, Union District (now Union
County), S.C., October
13, 1827.
Lawyer; railroad
executive; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1856-58; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state senate from Union County, 1872-80, 1880-82; Governor of
South Carolina, 1880.
Died in Union, Union
County, S.C., May 20,
1883 (age 55 years, 219
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Union, S.C.
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David Johnson (1782-1855) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., October
3, 1782.
Lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1810-11; Judge, South
Carolina Court of Appeals, 1824-35; Governor of
South Carolina, 1846-48.
Died in South Carolina, January
7, 1855 (age 72 years, 96
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Union, S.C.
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Joseph Travis Johnson (1858-1919) —
also known as Joseph T. Johnson —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born in Brewerton, Laurens
County, S.C., February
28, 1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1901-15;
resigned 1915; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of South Carolina,
1915-19; died in office 1919.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., May 8,
1919 (age 61 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston (1896-1965) —
also known as Olin D. Johnston —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.; Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.
Born near Honea Path, Anderson
County, S.C., November
18, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-24, 1927-30; Governor of
South Carolina, 1935-39, 1943-45; member of Democratic
National Committee from South Carolina, 1935-40, 1944-48;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1948
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956,
1964;
U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1945-65; died in office 1965.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Optimist
Club; Redmen;
Woodmen;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died April
18, 1965 (age 68 years, 151
days).
Interment at Barkers
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Honea Path, S.C.
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Fleming Adolphus Jones Jr. (b. 1895) —
also known as Fleming A. Jones, Jr. —
of Welch, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born in Gaffney, Cherokee
County, S.C., October
10, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County, 1935-42,
1945-48; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
West Virginia, 1952.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Phi
Beta Sigma; American
Legion.
First
Black Democratic member of West Virginia House of Delegates.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Felix Jones and Emeline (Young) Jones; married, June 15,
1921, to H. Preston Mills. |
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Francis Cyril Jones (b. 1919) —
also known as Francis C. Jones —
of Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C., October
10, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
chair
of Lexington County Democratic Party, 1952; member of South
Carolina state senate from Lexington County, 1957-64.
Baptist.
Member, Civitan;
American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cyril E. Jones and Freida (Rutland) Jones; married, November
12, 1949, to Marguerite Marshall Watson. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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