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Wilson Tate Baggett Jr. (1911-1987) —
also known as W. Tate Baggett, Jr. —
of St. Stephen, Berkeley
County, S.C.
Born in St. Stephen, Berkeley
County, S.C., February
4, 1911.
Republican. Farmer; timber
broker; manufacturer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1948,
1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960,
1972.
Presbyterian. Member, Lions; Farm
Bureau.
Died May 21,
1987 (age 76 years, 106
days).
Interment at St.
Stephen Episcopal Church Cemetery, St. Stephen, S.C.
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George Washington Barnett (1793-1848) —
also known as G. W. Barnett —
of Texas.
Born in South Carolina, December
12, 1793.
Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Washington, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Washington, 1837-43.
Presbyterian.
Killed by
Lipan-Apache Indians while hunting
deer near Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., October
8, 1848 (age 54 years, 301
days).
Interment at Old
Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.
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William F. Barr (1832-1895) —
of Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C.
Born in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., 1832.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; merchant;
postmaster at Anderson,
S.C., 1894-95.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., August
27, 1895 (age about 63
years).
Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Anderson, S.C.
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Jefferson Blakely Bates (1896-1966) —
also known as Jeff B. Bates —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Wateree, Richland
County, S.C., October
16, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1923-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Richland County, 1934-40; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1940; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1952,
1956.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Kiwanis.
Died August
17, 1966 (age 69 years, 305
days).
Interment at Old
Richmond Presbyterian Churchyard, Wateree, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of John M. Bates and Amanda (Scott) Bates. |
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Thomas Wilson Beaty (1825-1886) —
also known as Thomas W. Beaty —
of Conwayboro (now Conway), Horry
County, S.C.
Born in Horry District (now Horry
County), S.C., October
11, 1825.
Democrat. Merchant;
newspaper
editor; postmaster at Conwayboro,
S.C., 1854-57, 1874-75; delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Horry, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Horry County, 1864;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Horry County, 1880-84.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Grange.
Died April
18, 1886 (age 60 years, 189
days).
Interment at Kingston Presbyterian Churchyard, Conway, S.C.
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Walter James Bristow Jr. (b. 1924) —
also known as Walter J. Bristow, Jr. —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., October
14, 1924.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Richland County,
1957-58; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1958-76 (Richland County 1958-66, 21st
District 1966-68, 10th District 1968-72, 7th District 1972-76);
circuit judge in South Carolina 5th Circuit; elected 1976.
Presbyterian. Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Exchange
Club; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Walter J. Bristow and Caroline Belser (Melton) Bristow;
married, September
12, 1952, to Katherine Stewart Mullins. |
| | | Image source: South Carolina
Legislative Manual 1964 |
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Boyd Brown (1897-1949) —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in 1897.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1937-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1940,
1944.
Presbyterian.
Died in 1949
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Bethel
Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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Walter Boyd Brown Sr. (1920-1998) —
also known as Walter Brown, Sr.; W. B.
Brown —
of Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C.
Born in Smallwood, Fairfield
County, S.C., May 16,
1920.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1950; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1960,
1964,
1968;
first director of South Carolina Department of General Services;
vice-president of Norfolk Southern Corporation (formerly Southern Railway).
Presbyterian.
Blind
in one eye.
Died, following a stroke,
at Fairfield Memorial Hospital,
Winnsboro, Fairfield
County, S.C., March 9,
1998 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Bethel
Cemetery, Winnsboro, S.C.
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Maurice Gwinn Burnside (1902-1991) —
also known as M. G. 'Burnie' Burnside —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
23, 1902.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1949-53, 1955-57;
defeated, 1946, 1952, 1956; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from West Virginia, 1960.
Presbyterian. Member, Moose; Rotary.
Died in Wilson, Wilson
County, N.C., February
2, 1991 (age 88 years, 163
days).
Cremated.
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Thornwell Howard Clyburn (1899-1980) —
also known as Thornwell H. Clyburn; Fatty
Clyburn —
of Lee
County, S.C.
Born in Kershaw
County, S.C., April
22, 1899.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Lee County, 1932-34.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Lee County Memorial Hospital,
Bishopville, Lee
County, S.C., September
5, 1980 (age 81 years, 136
days).
Interment at Turkey Creek Cemetery, Lee County, S.C.
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William Richard Clyburn (1936-2020) —
also known as Bill Clyburn —
of Kershaw
County, S.C.
Born in Westville, Kershaw
County, S.C., August
8, 1936.
Automobile
dealer; real estate
business; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1970-78 (Kershaw County
1970-74, 53rd District 1974-78).
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Died in Lancaster, Lancaster
County, S.C., February
4, 2020 (age 83 years, 180
days).
Interment at Kershaw
City Cemetery, Kershaw, S.C.
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Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (b. 1952) —
also known as Bob Corker —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., August
24, 1952.
Republican. Real estate
developer; Tennessee Commissioner of Finance and Administration,
1995-96; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 2001-05; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 2007-; defeated in primary, 1994.
Presbyterian. Member, Sigma
Chi.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas Perrin Cothran (1857-1934) —
also known as Thomas P. Cothran —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., October
24, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Greenville County,
1904-10, 1914-21; resigned 1921; Speaker of
the South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1918-21; South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1920; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1921-34; died in office 1934.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died April
11, 1934 (age 76 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert H. Curry (1842-1892) —
of Bossier
Parish, La.
Born in Fairfield District (now Fairfield
County), S.C., November
26, 1842.
Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1887.
Presbyterian. Member, Grange;
Knights
of Pythias.
Shot in the right ankle during the Battle of Manassas, and crippled
for the rest of his life.
Died June 24,
1892 (age 49 years, 211
days).
Interment at Rocky
Mount Cemetery, Rocky Mount, La.
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William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) —
also known as "Father of the University of North
Carolina" —
of Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Egremont, England,
June
22, 1756.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Governor of
North Carolina, 1798-99.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Land's Ford, Chester
County, S.C., November
5, 1820 (age 64 years, 136
days).
Interment at Old
Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, The Waxhaws, S.C.
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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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James W. DeMint (b. 1951) —
also known as Jim DeMint —
of Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., September
2, 1951.
Republican. Business
owner; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1999-; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 2005-13.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Joshua Fulton Ensor (1834-1907) —
also known as Joshua F. Ensor —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Butler, Baltimore
County, Md., December
12, 1834.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1890, 1892;
postmaster at Columbia,
S.C., 1897-1907; delegate to Republican National Convention from
South Carolina, 1900.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., August
9, 1907 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Thomas Walker Huey (1798-1854) —
also known as Thomas W. Huey —
of South Carolina.
Born November
27, 1798.
Member of South
Carolina state senate, 1844-47, 1852-54; died in office 1854;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died April
23, 1854 (age 55 years, 147
days).
Interment at Tirzah
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, The Waxhaws, N.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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| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
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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William Johnson (1771-1834) —
of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., December
27, 1771.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from St. Philip & St.
Michael, 1787-90, 1794-99; common pleas court judge in South
Carolina, 1799-1800; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1804-34.
Presbyterian.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., August
4, 1834 (age 62 years, 220
days). His remains were apparently lost in
transit.
Cenotaph at St.
Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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John Morgan Landrum (1815-1861) —
also known as John M. Landrum —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., July 3,
1815.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1848-49; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 4th District, 1859-61.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., October
18, 1861 (age 46 years, 107
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930) —
also known as William H. Leavell —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., May 24,
1850.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1913-18.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., 1930
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.
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Thomas Allen Legaré Jr. (1915-2010) —
also known as T. Allen Legaré, Jr. —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Wadmalaw Island, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 22,
1915.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1947-48, 1951-53; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1953-66.
Presbyterian. Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 11,
2010 (age 94 years, 324
days).
Interment at Second Presbyterian Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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John Alexander Lusk (1859-1939) —
also known as John A. Lusk —
of Guntersville, Marshall
County, Ala.
Born in Salem, Pickens
County, S.C., November
29, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1903; member of Alabama
state senate 5th District, 1907, 1915; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1920,
1924.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Guntersville, Marshall
County, Ala., November
4, 1939 (age 79 years, 340
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Eleanor Swafford (Alexander) Lusk and Erastus Capehart Lusk;
married, October
27, 1887, to Leila Lee Fearn. |
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John Brown Moore (1835-1926) —
of Anderson
County, S.C.; Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif.
Born in Anderson District (now Anderson
County), S.C., March
22, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Anderson County,
1868-70; vice-chair of
South Carolina Democratic Party, 1878; member of South
Carolina state senate from Anderson County, 1882-86; involved in
a dispute over alcohol prohibition in Anderson County, which he
opposed; on September 15, 1885, in the public square of Anderson,
S.C., he shot
at Edwards
Bobo Murray, and was shot and
injured; subsequently pleaded
guilty to disturbing
the peace and to carrying a concealed
weapon; charges against Murray were dismissed.
Presbyterian.
Died in Colusa, Colusa
County, Calif., November
22, 1926 (age 91 years, 245
days).
Interment at Colusa Community Cemetery, Colusa, Calif.
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Daniel Morgan (1736-1802) —
of Virginia.
Born in Hunterdon
County, N.J., 1736.
General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1797-99.
Presbyterian. Welsh
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died July 6,
1802 (age about 66
years).
Original interment at Old
Stone Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; reinterment
at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.; statue at Morgan
Square, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Herbert Doyle Morgan Jr. (b. 1929) —
also known as Herbert D. Morgan —
of Seneca, Oconee
County, S.C.; Oconee
County, S.C.
Born in Six Mile, Pickens
County, S.C., November
28, 1929.
Democrat. Feed and
farm supply dealer; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1960
(alternate), 1964;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1966-68, 1970-72,
1974-76 (Oconee County 1966-68, 1970-72, 2nd District 1974-76);
member of South
Carolina state senate 1st District, 1977-80.
Presbyterian. Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary;
Jaycees;
Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Still living as of 1980.
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Relatives: Son
of Herbert Doyle Morgan and Christine (Jones) Morgan; married, October
6, 1956, to Kate Nimmons. |
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Earle Elias Morris Jr. (1928-2011) —
also known as Earle E. Morris, Jr. —
of Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C.
Born in Pickens, Pickens
County, S.C., July 14,
1928.
Democrat. Banker; merchant;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1951-54; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1954-70 (Pickens County 1954-66, 2nd
District 1966-70); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956,
1968,
1972;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1966-68; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1971-74; South
Carolina state comptroller general, 1976-99; convicted
in 2004 of securities
fraud following the collapse of Carolina Investors, though he
denied any intent to defraud anyone; sentenced
to 44 months in prison.
Presbyterian. Member, Lions; Elks; Moose; Woodmen of
the World; Jaycees;
Kiwanis;
Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died, from prostate
cancer, in Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C., February
11, 2011 (age 82 years, 212
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Bush River Memorial Gardens, Columbia, S.C.
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Jehu Amaziah Orr (1828-1921) —
of Mississippi.
Born in Anderson
County, S.C., April
10, 1828.
Lawyer;
member of Mississippi state legislature, 1852; delegate
to Mississippi secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Representative
from Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; district
judge in Mississippi 6th District, 1870-76.
Presbyterian.
Died in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., March 9,
1921 (age 92 years, 333
days).
Interment at Friendship
Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
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Thomas H. Peeples (b. 1882) —
of Blackville, Barnwell
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C., August
4, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1910-12, 1924-26
(Barnwell County 1910-12, Richland County 1924-26); South
Carolina state attorney general, 1913-18.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Peeples and Leila (Hay) Peeples; married, January
8, 1921, to Hallie M. Armstrong. |
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John Gardiner Richards (1864-1941) —
also known as John G. Richards —
of South Carolina.
Born September
11, 1864.
Democrat. Governor of
South Carolina, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Died October
9, 1941 (age 77 years, 28
days).
Interment at Liberty
Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Liberty Hill, S.C.
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Willis Roberts (1779-1853) —
of Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in South Carolina, February
8, 1779.
Candidate for secretary
of state of Alabama, 1818; personal secretary to Gov. William
W. Blount, 1819-20; newspaper
publisher; member of Alabama
state senate, 1833-35; Texas Republic Collector of Customs for
the Port of Galveston, 1838-39.
Presbyterian or Episcopalian.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., December
23, 1853 (age 74 years, 318
days).
Interment at Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.
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John McKee Spratt Jr. (b. 1942) —
also known as John M. Spratt, Jr. —
of York, York
County, S.C.
Born in Charlotte, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
1, 1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1964
(alternate), 1996
(speaker),
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1983-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Taylor Hudnall Stukes (1893-1961) —
also known as Taylor H. Stukes —
of Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C.
Born in Manning, Clarendon
County, S.C., June 1,
1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Clarendon County,
1922-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Clarendon County, 1927-40; South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 1938-40; justice of
South Carolina state supreme court, 1940-56; chief
justice of South Carolina state supreme court, 1956-61.
Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons;
Rotary.
Died, from an aortic
aneurysm, in Medical University Hospital,
Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., February
20, 1961 (age 67 years, 264
days).
Interment at Clarenden
Memorial Gardens, Manning, S.C.
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Thomas Thomson (1813-1881) —
of Abbeville, Abbeville District (now Abbeville
County), S.C.
Born in Tarbolton, South Ayrshire, Scotland,
June
5, 1813.
Lawyer;
delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from Abbeville, 1860-62;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Presbyterian. Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., May 6,
1881 (age 67 years, 335
days).
Interment at Upper
Long Cane Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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John Thrasher (b. 1943) —
of Florida.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., December
18, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 19th District, 1993-; Speaker of
the Florida State House of Representatives, 1999; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Florida.
Presbyterian. Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2000.
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James Madison Waddell Jr. (1922-2003) —
also known as James M. Waddell, Jr. —
of Beaufort, Beaufort
County, S.C.
Born in Boydell, Ashley
County, Ark., November
1, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
business; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Beaufort County,
1954-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South
Carolina, 1956
(alternate), 1964;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1960-92 (Beaufort County 1960-66, 16th
District 1966-68, 13th District 1968-72, 15th District 1972-84, 46th
District 1984-92); resigned 1992.
Presbyterian. Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Navy
League; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sertoma;
Farm
Bureau; Nature
Conservancy.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., January
15, 2003 (age 80 years, 75
days).
Interment at Beaufort
National Cemetery, Beaufort, S.C.
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John Carl West (1922-2004) —
also known as John C. West —
of near Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C.
Born in Camden, Kershaw
County, S.C., August
27, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Kershaw County, 1955-66; Governor of
South Carolina, 1971-75; U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1977-81.
Presbyterian. Member, Kiwanis;
Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died March
21, 2004 (age 81 years, 207
days).
Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Camden, S.C.
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Addison Graves Wilson (b. 1947) —
also known as Joe Wilson —
of West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C.; Springdale, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 31,
1947.
Republican. Staff for U.S. Sen. Strom
Thurmond, and for U.S. Rep. Floyd
Spence; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972,
2008;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1984-2001; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 2001-; rebuked
by the House of Representatives in September, 2009, for a breach of
decorum; he had shouted
"You Lie!" during an address by President Barack
Obama.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2018.
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Barry Dean Wynn (born c.1945) —
also known as Barry D. Wynn —
of South Carolina.
Born in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., about 1945.
Republican. South
Carolina Republican state chair, 1991-93; candidate for
Presidential Elector for South Carolina.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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