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Engineer Politicians in Tennessee

Edward Cole Bryan (1919-1997) — also known as Edward C. Bryan; Ed Bryan — of Ewa, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, August 22, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; surveyor; electrical engineer; business executive; delegate to Hawaii state constitutional convention, 1950, 1968; Hawaii Territory Republican Party chair, 1957-58; housing director, Ewa Sugar Company; board member, St. Francis Hospital. Member, Rotary; Freemasons; Humane Society. Died in Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn., May 27, 1997 (age 77 years, 278 days). Cremated; ashes scattered in Pacific Ocean.   Relatives: Son of Kenneth Cole Bryan and Mary (Hayes) Bryan; married to Shada I. Pflueger.   William Carter Burdett (1884-1944) — also known as William C. Burdett — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., February 3, 1884. Mining engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Ensenada, 1919-22; Seville, 1922-25; Brussels, 1925-30; U.S. Consul General in Callao-Lima, 1930-35; Buenos Aires, 1935-38; Rio de Janeiro, as of 1939-40; U.S. Minister to New Zealand, 1943-44, died in office 1944. Died, in a hospital at Wellington, New Zealand, January 14, 1944 (age 59 years, 345 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Potter Burdett and Serafina (Carter) Burdett; married 1918 to Elizabeth Hardwick Burke; father of William Carter Burdett Jr..   See also U.S. State Dept career summary   George Whitney Cooke (b. 1856) — of Bowman's Creek, Wyoming County, Pa.; Johnson City, Washington County, Tenn. Born in Wyoming County, Pa., October 3, 1856. Engineer; surveyor; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1891. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.   Relatives: Married to Emma Florence Clark.   Cassius Paul Fletcher (b. 1890) — also known as C. Paul Fletcher — of Hickory Valley, Montgomery County, Tenn. Born in Ridge Farm, Vermilion County, Ill., April 1, 1890. Engineer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Vice Consul in Toronto, 1924-29; U.S. Consul in Toronto, 1929-33; Alexandria, 1938-42. Burial location unknown.   George Washington Gordon (1836-1911) — also known as George W. Gordon — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn., October 5, 1836. Democrat. Civil engineer; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Tennessee Railroad Commissioner, 1883-85; Special U.S. Indian Agent in Arizona and Nevada, 1885-89; superintendent of schools; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1907-11; died in office 1911. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Slaveowner. Died, from asthma and uremia, in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., August 9, 1911 (age 74 years, 308 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.   Presumably named for: George Washington   Relatives: Married 1876 to Ora Susan Paine; uncle by marriage of Rowlett Paine.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Herbert Sanford Walters (1891-1973) — also known as Herbert S. Walters — of Morristown, Hamblen County, Tenn. Born in Leadvale, Jefferson County, Tenn., November 17, 1891. Democrat. Engineer for railroads; general contractor; banker; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1933; member of Tennessee Democratic State Executive Committee, 1934-47; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1936, 1940, 1944; Tennessee Democratic state chair, 1940-44, 1953-55; member of Democratic National Committee from Tennessee, 1945-47, 1956-67; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1963-65; appointed 1963. Baptist or Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Kiwanis. Died in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., August 17, 1973 (age 81 years, 273 days). Interment at Emma Jarnagin Cemetery, Morristown, Tenn.   Relatives: Son of John Milo Walters and Lula (Franklin) Walters; married, July 23, 1928, to Sarah Buckman Lockridge.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial

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