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Clergy Politicians in Tennessee

  William Franklin Anderson (1860-1944) — also known as William F. Anderson — of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Winter Park, Orange County, Fla. Born near Morgantown, Monongalia County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 22, 1860. Republican. Minister; Methodist bishop of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1908-12, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1912-24, and Boston, Mass., 1924-32; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1924 ; acting president, Boston University, 1925-26. Methodist. Member, Delta Tau Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons. Died in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Barnstable County, Mass., July 22, 1944 (age 84 years, 91 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Anderson and Elizabeth (Coombs) Anderson; married, June 9, 1887, to Jennie Lulah Ketcham.
  See also Wikipedia article
  James Logan Delk (1887-1963) — also known as James L. Delk — of Missouri; Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky. Born in Fentress County, Tenn., September 21, 1887. Democrat. Pastor; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1959. Pentecostal. Died in Fentress County, Tenn., April 9, 1963 (age 75 years, 200 days). Interment at Davis Cemetery, Fentress County, Tenn.
  James Philip Eagle (1837-1904) — also known as James P. Eagle — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born in Maury County, Tenn., August 10, 1837. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; minister; planter; delegate to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1884; Governor of Arkansas, 1889-93. Baptist. Died, of heart failure, December 20, 1904 (age 67 years, 132 days). Interment at Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
  Relatives: Son of James Eagle and Charity (Swaim) Eagle; married 1882 to Mary Kavanaugh Oldham (sister of William Kavanaugh Oldham).
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Thomas Oscar Fuller Sr. (1867-1942) — also known as Thomas O. Fuller, Sr. — of Wilmington, New Hanover County, N.C.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Franklinton, Franklin County, N.C., October 25, 1867. Minister; member of North Carolina state senate; elected 1898; historian. African ancestry. Member, NAACP. Died in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., June 21, 1942 (age 74 years, 239 days). Interment at New Park Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of J. Henderson Fuller and Mary Eliza Fuller.
  T.O. Fuller State Park, in Memphis, Tennessee, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elmer Everett Gabbard (1890-1960) — also known as Elmer E. Gabbard — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn.; Buckhorn, Perry County, Ky. Born in Ricetown, Owsley County, Ky., October 9, 1890. Republican. Pastor; president, Witherspoon College, Buckhorn, Ky., 1935-56; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1942, 1944; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944, 1948. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary; Freemasons. Died July 17, 1960 (age 69 years, 282 days). Interment at Berea Cemetery, Berea, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of John L. Gabbard and Jaley (Reynolds) Gabbard; married, June 30, 1910, to Myrtle Ward.
  Thomas Frank Gailor (1856-1935) — also known as Thomas F. Gailor — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., September 17, 1856. Democrat. Episcopal priest; university professor; bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, 1898-1935; chancellor, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., 1908-35; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1924. Died October 3, 1935 (age 79 years, 16 days). Interment at University of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Marion Gailor and Charlotte (Moffett) Gailor; married 1885 to Ellen Douglas Cunningham; father of Frank Hoyt Gailor and Ellen Douglas Gailor (daughter-in-law of Grover Cleveland; who married Richard Folsom Cleveland).
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Sam R. Hay Samuel Ross Hay (1865-1944) — also known as Sam R. Hay — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Decaturville, Decatur County, Tenn., October 15, 1865. Democrat. Pastor; bishop; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1928. Methodist. Died, from a coronary occlusion, in Lamar Hotel, Houston, Harris County, Tex., February 4, 1944 (age 78 years, 112 days). Interment at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of William Hay and Martha Jane (England) Hay; married, August 21, 1900, to Margaret Gulick.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Handbook of Texas Online
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1922)
  Benjamin Lawson Hooks (1925-2010) — also known as Benjamin L. Hooks — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., January 31, 1925. Democrat. Lawyer; pastor; state court judge in Tennessee, 1965; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1972-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1996, 2000; speaker, 1988; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee. Baptist. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Civil rights leader; friend and confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; recipient of the Spingarn Medal in 1986. Died April 15, 2010 (age 85 years, 74 days). Burial location unknown.
  See also NNDB dossier
  William Lloyd Imes (1889-1986) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., December 29, 1889. Minister; Dry candidate for delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; president, Knoxville College, 1943-47. Presbyterian. African ancestry. Died in 1986 (age about 96 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin A. Imes and Elizabeth (Wallace) Imes; married, September 9, 1915, to Grace Virginia Frank.
  Samuel Johnson (1804-1882) — of Blount County, Ala.; Tuscaloosa County, Ala.; Blanco County, Tex. Born in Knox County, Tenn., June 15, 1804. Methodist minister; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1832-33; member of Alabama state senate, 1834, 1836. Methodist. Died in Blanco County, Tex., December 17, 1882 (age 78 years, 185 days). Interment at Old Johnson Cemetery, Near Blanco, Blanco County, Tex.
  Relatives: Married to Hannah D. Harrison (sister of Greenbury Horras Harrison and Joseph Carroll Harrison); grandfather of Leonidas Johnson Rountree.
  Political family: Harrison-Rountree family of Austin, Texas.
  Wythe Leigh Kinsolving (1878-1964) — of St. Louis, Mo.; Winchester, Franklin County, Tenn.; Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn.; Jackson, Jackson County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Oakland, Garrett County, Md.; Charlottesville, Va.; Stanardsville, Greene County, Va. Born in Halifax, Halifax County, Va., November 14, 1878. Democrat. Episcopal priest; rector of Epiphany Episcopal Church, Barton Heights, Va., until 1908, when he resigned following a widely reported fist fight with his father-in-law, Rev. Dr. E. H. Pitt; composer; poet; translator; prolific writer of opinion pieces for newspapers, expressing moderate pacifist views, along with strong support for the League of Nations; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1924 ; in 1928, he toured the country giving speeches in support of Democratic presidential nominee Al Smith; initially supported President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, but in the late 1930s turned toward isolationism and anti-Communism. Episcopalian. Died, from cerebral vascular accident, while suffering from chronic brain syndrome due to cerebral arteriosclerosis, in DeJarnette State Sanatorium, a mental hospital, in Augusta County, Va., December 21, 1964 (age 86 years, 37 days). Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Ovid Americus Kinsolving and Roberta Elizabeth (Cary) Kinsolving; married, December 27, 1906, to Annie Laurie Pitt; granduncle of Charles McIlvaine Kinsolving Jr.; great-grandson of John Mathews; great-grandnephew of James William Mathews; second cousin once removed of Peter Johnston Otey; second cousin twice removed of Neal Arlon Kinsolving.
  Political family: Kinsolving-Mathews family of Virginia.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ira Landrith (1865-1941) — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Milford, Ellis County, Tex., March 23, 1865. Presbyterian minister; president, Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12; president, Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance Council, 1928-31. Presbyterian. Member, Anti-Saloon League. Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith; married, January 21, 1891, to Harriet C. Grannis.
  James McBride (1802-1875) — also known as "Uncle Jim" — of Oregon. Born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., 1802. Physician; preacher; member Oregon territorial council, 1850; U.S. Minister to Hawaiian Islands, 1863-66. Died in St. Helens, Columbia County, Ore., 1875 (age about 73 years). Interment at Masonic Cemetery, St. Helens, Ore.
  Relatives: Father of John Rogers McBride, Thomas Allen McBride and George Wycliffe McBride.
  Political family: McBride family of St. Helens, Oregon.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
Samuel M. Neel Samuel Monroe Neel (1841-1921) — also known as Samuel M. Neel — of Somerville, Fayette County, Tenn.; Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tenn., November 13, 1841. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1900. Presbyterian. Died in Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo., October 20, 1921 (age 79 years, 341 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel J. Neel and Louisa (Ross) Neel; married 1866 to Mary Jane Watkins; married 1871 to Anna Maria Adger.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Kansas City (Mo.) Times, October 21, 1921
  James H. Robinson (born c.1907) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., about 1907. Liberal. Minister; candidate for borough president of Manhattan, New York, 1953. Presbyterian. African ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Books by James H. Robinson: Road Without Turning : The Story of Reverend James H. Robinson (1950)
  Samuel Alphonsus Stritch (1887-1958) — also known as Samuel Stritch — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio; Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., August 17, 1887. Catholic priest; bishop of Toledo, 1921-30; archbishop of Milwaukee, 1930-39; archbishop of Chicago, 1940-58; cardinal, 1946-58; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention, 1952 ; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1952. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in Rome, Italy, May 27, 1958 (age 70 years, 283 days). Entombed at Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hillside, Ill.; cenotaph at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of Garret Stritch and Katherine (O'Malley) Stritch.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Herbert McNultie Wyrick (1893-1978) — also known as H. M. Wyrick — of Aurora, Dearborn County, Ind.; Fairbury, Jefferson County, Neb.; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, N.Dak.; Omaha, Douglas County, Neb.; Barberton, Summit County, Ohio. Born in Maynardville, Union County, Tenn., October 6, 1893. Republican. Pastor; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1948. Baptist. Member, Pi Gamma Mu; Freemasons. Died in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., December 28, 1978 (age 85 years, 83 days). Interment at Union Cemetery, Maloneyville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of George M. Wyrick and Catherine (Hawkins) Wyrick; married, June 27, 1917, to Roxie Peters.
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