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Episcopalian Politicians in Tennessee
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  William Vollie Alexander Jr. (b. 1934) — also known as Bill Alexander, Jr. — of Osceola, Mississippi County, Ark. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., January 16, 1934. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1969-93. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Rotary; Farm Bureau; National Rifle Association; Kappa Sigma; Phi Delta Phi; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of William V. Alexander and Spencer (Buck) Alexander; married, February 5, 1957, to Marjorie Gwendolyn Haven (who later married Robert Bruce Mathias).
  Cross-reference: Blanche Lambert Lincoln
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Hugh Carmack Anderson (1890-1953) — also known as H. C. Anderson — of Jackson, Madison County, Tenn. Born in Jackson, Madison County, Tenn., May 19, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912 (alternate), 1924, 1936 (alternate); served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Tennessee state senate, 1931-33; Judge, Tennessee Court of Appeals, 1940. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Moose; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Knights of Khorassan. Died in Jackson, Madison County, Tenn., May 7, 1953 (age 62 years, 353 days). Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Hugh Crump Anderson and Emma (Burdette) Anderson; married 1918 to Virginia Ione Ray.
  George White Baxter (1855-1929) — also known as George W. Baxter — of Denver, Colo.; Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Hendersonville, Henderson County, N.C., January 7, 1855. Democrat. Governor of Wyoming Territory, 1886; delegate to Wyoming state constitutional convention, 1889; candidate for Governor of Wyoming, 1890; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912. Episcopalian. Died, after suffering a gastric hemorrhage, in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 18, 1929 (age 74 years, 345 days). Interment at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of John Baxter.
  Samuel Taylor Beare (1901-1971) — of Jackson, Madison County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Humboldt, Gibson County, Tenn., October 18, 1901. Lawyer; coal and ice dealer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1935-37. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; American Legion; Sigma Nu. Died September 21, 1971 (age 69 years, 338 days). Interment at Rose Hill Cemetery, Humboldt, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Taylor Beare and Evelyn Nelson (Hunt) Beare; married 1925 to Evelyn Weatherby; married, October 16, 1942, to Betty Carl Booth.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Harry Pulliam Cain (1906-1979) — also known as Harry P. Cain — of Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., January 10, 1906. Republican. Mayor of Tacoma, Wash., 1940; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Senator from Washington, 1946-53; defeated, 1944. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Amvets; Phi Delta Theta; Eagles; Elks; Kiwanis. Died in Miami Lakes, Miami-Dade County, Fla., March 3, 1979 (age 73 years, 52 days). Cremated; ashes scattered.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Hugh Milton Caldwell (b. 1881) — also known as Hugh M. Caldwell — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., June 7, 1881. Republican. Lawyer; mayor of Seattle, Wash., 1920-22. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Sigma Kappa; American Legion; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas M. Caldwell and Jane (Kearsley) Caldwell; married, October 21, 1903, to Sarah Smith Howard.
  Walter Chandler (1887-1967) — also known as Clift Chandler — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Jackson, Madison County, Tenn., October 5, 1887. Democrat. Member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1917; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Tennessee state senate, 1921-23; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1935-40; resigned 1940; mayor of Memphis, Tenn., 1940-46, 1955; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1940, 1944 (member, Credentials Committee). Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons. Died in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., October 1, 1967 (age 79 years, 361 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of William Henry Chandler and Knoxie (Clift) Chandler; married, October 10, 1925, to Dorothy Wyeth.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) — also known as William C. C. Claiborne — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Sussex County, Va., 1775. Lawyer; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state court judge in Tennessee, 1796; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801; Governor of Mississippi Territory, 1801-04; Governor of Orleans Territory, 1804-12; Governor of Louisiana, 1812-16; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Fought a duel with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh. Died of a liver ailment, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., November 23, 1817 (age about 42 years). Originally entombed at St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
  Relatives: Son of William Charles Cole Claiborne (1748-1809) and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne; brother of Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne; married to Clarissa Duralde, Suzette Bosque and Elizabeth Lewis; uncle of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne; second great-granduncle of Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. and Corinne Claiborne Boggs; third great-granduncle of Claiborne de Borda Pell, Barbara Boggs Sigmund and Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.; first cousin once removed of Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812); second cousin of John Claiborne and Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856); third cousin thrice removed of Andrew Fuller Fox.
  Political family: Claiborne-Dallas family of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Claiborne counties in La., Miss. and Tenn. are named for him.
  Epitaph: "Cara patria, carior libertas; ubi est libertas, ibi mea patria." [Dear my country, dearer liberty; where liberty is, there is my country.]
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  John Story Coke (b. 1867) — also known as John S. Coke — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore. Born in Morristown, Hamblen County, Tenn., August 21, 1867. Lawyer; circuit judge in Oregon 2nd District, 1909-23; U.S. Attorney for Oregon, 1923-25. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, May 27, 1903, to Annie Laurie Anderson.
  James Hayes Shofner Cooper (b. 1954) — also known as Jim Cooper — of Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 19, 1954. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1983-95, 2003- (4th District 1983-95, 5th District 2003-04); candidate for U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 2004, 2008. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma; Chi Psi. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Son of William Prentice Cooper Jr. and Hortense Powell Cooper.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  William Wirt Courtney (1889-1961) — also known as W. Wirt Courtney — of Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn. Born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., September 7, 1889. Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Tennessee, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Adjutant General of Tennessee, 1932; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1933-39; U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1939-49 (6th District 1939-43, 7th District 1943-49). Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Sigma Chi. Died in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., April 6, 1961 (age 71 years, 211 days). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Tenn.
  Presumably named for: William Wirt
  Relatives: Son of Wirt Courtney and Anne (Neely) Courtney; married 1919 to Currey Taylor.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Henry Christian Augustus Damm (1874-1929) — also known as Henry C. A. Damm — of Sewanee, Franklin County, Tenn. Born in West Bloomfield, Waushara County, Wis., January 19, 1874. Orange grower; school teacher; U.S. Consul in Cornwall, 1909-12; Stettin, 1912-15; Aix-la-Chapelle, 1915-17; Stavanger, 1917-18, 1919; Christiania, 1918; Copenhagen, 1919-20; Malaga, 1920-21; Valencia, 1921-22; Nogales, 1922-29, died in office 1929. Episcopalian. Died in Nogales, Sonora, August 24, 1929 (age 55 years, 217 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Conrad Damm and Maria (Markworth) Damm; married 1902 to Alice Mary Ann Purdue.
  Nugent Dodds (b. 1887) — of Washington, D.C. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Isabella County, Mich., June 17, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1926. Episcopalian. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Francis Henry Dodds and Mollie (Nugent) Dodds; married, June 6, 1907, to Dorothy Vaughan Shaddick; nephew of Peter F. Dodds.
  Political family: Dodds family of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
  Ephraim Hubbard Foster (1794-1854) — also known as Ephraim H. Foster — of Tennessee. Born near Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., September 17, 1794. Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1827-31, 1835-37; Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1829-31, 1835-37; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1837-39, 1843-45; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; candidate for Governor of Tennessee, 1845. Episcopalian. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., September 6, 1854 (age 59 years, 354 days). Interment at Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Coleman Foster; brother of Robert Coleman Foster Jr.; father-in-law of Edward Saunders Cheatham.
  Political family: Cheatham-Foster family of Nashville, Tennessee.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) — of Texas. Born near Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., January 31, 1788. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1837-39; judge of Texas Republic, 1843; member of Texas state legislature, 1847-51. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Bastrop County, Tex., January 15, 1854 (age 65 years, 349 days). Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1937 at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Hardeman and Mary (Perkins) Hardeman; brother of Bailey Hardeman; married 1814 to Mary Ophelia Polk (aunt of James Knox Polk and William Hawkins Polk); married, October 26, 1836, to Eliza DeWitt; fourth cousin of Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Wayles Eppes and John Randolph of Roanoke; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr., Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, Francis Wayles Eppes, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph.
  Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Hardeman County, Tenn. is named for him; Hardeman County, Tex. is named partly for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Emil William Henry (b. 1929) — also known as E. William Henry — of Tennessee; Washington, D.C. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., March 4, 1929. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member, Federal Communications Commission, 1962-66; chair, Federal Communications Commission, 1963-66. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi; Chi Psi. Still living as of 1967.
  Relatives: Son of John Phillips Henry and Elizabeth (Tschudy) Henry; married, December 21, 1955, to Sherrye Eileen Patton.
  James Marion Hewgley Jr. (b. 1916) — also known as James M. Hewgley, Jr. — of Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla. Born in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tenn., November 8, 1916. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; oil operator; mayor of Tulsa, Okla., 1966-70. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Kappa Psi. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Marion Hewgley and Margaret (Corbett) Hewgley; married, November 15, 1946, to Jocelyn C. Moser.
Cordell Hull Cordell Hull (1871-1955) — also known as "Father of the United Nations" — of Carthage, Smith County, Tenn. Born in a log cabin at Olympus, Overton County (now Pickett County), Tenn., October 2, 1871. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1893-97; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1903-07; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1907-21, 1923-31; defeated, 1920; member of Democratic National Committee from Tennessee, 1914-24; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1921-24; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1928, 1940, 1944; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1931-33; U.S. Secretary of State, 1933-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1936. Baptist; later Episcopalian. Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. Died, of heart disease and sarcoidosis, at Bethesda Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., July 23, 1955 (age 83 years, 294 days). Entombed at Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of William Hull and Elizabeth (Riley) Hull.
  Cross-reference: Thomas K. Finletter
  Cordell Hull Dam on the Cumberland River, and its impoundment, Cordell Hull Lake, in Smith and Jackson counties, Tennessee, are named for him.  — The Cordell Hull State Office Building (built 1952-54), in Nashville, Tennessee, is named for him.  — Cordell Hull Highway, in Barren and Monroe counties, Kentucky, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books by Cordell Hull: The Memoirs of Cordell Hull
  Books about Cordell Hull: Julius William Pratt, Cordell Hull, 1933-44
  Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1963)
  Chambers Kellar (b. 1867) — of Lead, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., March 4, 1867. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Dakota, 1920 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1932. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Delta Theta; Freemasons; Elks; Sons of the American Revolution. Burial location unknown.
  Thomas A. Kercheval (1837-1915) — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Maury County, Tenn., January 16, 1837. Mayor of Nashville, Tenn., 1871-74, 1875-83, 1886-88; resigned 1888. Episcopalian. Died March 22, 1915 (age 78 years, 65 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  Thomas Erby Kilby (1865-1943) — also known as Thomas E. Kilby — of Anniston, Calhoun County, Ala. Born in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., July 9, 1865. Democrat. Manufacturer; mayor of Anniston, Ala., 1905-09; member of Alabama state senate, 1911-15; Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, 1915-19; Governor of Alabama, 1919-23; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1924. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias. Died October 22, 1943 (age 78 years, 105 days). Interment at Highland Cemetery Annex, Anniston, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of Peyton Phillips Kilby and Sarah Ann (Marchant) Kilby; married to Mary Elizabeth Clark.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  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
  Luke Lea (1879-1945) — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., April 12, 1879. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912 (speaker); colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, after the war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in an unauthorized attempt to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; they illegally entered the Netherlands (which was neutral territory) using forged passports; he and the others were reprimanded by the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank and Trust, he and others were indicted in 1931 for bank fraud; convicted on three counts; sentenced to prison, served two years before being paroled; ultimately pardoned in 1937. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Delta Phi; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Redmen. Died, in Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., November 18, 1945 (age 66 years, 220 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of John Overton Lea and Ella (Cocke) Lea; married, November 1, 1906, to Mary Louise Warner; married 1920 to Minnie Percie Warner; grandson of John McCormick Lea; great-grandson of Luke Lea (1783-1851); great-grandnephew of Major Lea, Hugh Lawson White and Frederick Bird Smith Cocke; second great-grandson of James White and John Alexander Cocke; third great-grandson of William Cocke; first cousin twice removed of Pryor Newton Lea, George McNutt White and Luke Lea (1810-1898); first cousin thrice removed of William Michael Cocke; second cousin once removed of Albert Major Lea and William Alexander Cocke.
  Political family: Lea-Cocke family of Tennessee.
  Cross-reference: John D. Erwin
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Horace Harmon Lurton (1844-1914) — of Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tenn.; Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Newport, Campbell County, Ky., February 26, 1844. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1886-93; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1893-1909; law professor; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1909-14; died in office 1914. Episcopalian. Died in Atlantic City, Atlantic County, N.J., July 12, 1914 (age 70 years, 136 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Lycurgus L. Lurton and Sarah (Harmon) Lurton; married 1867 to Frances Owen.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Horace H. Lurton (built 1943 at Brunswick, Georgia; scrapped 1968) was named for him.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier
  Karl de Giers MacVitty (1883-1959) — also known as Karl MacVitty — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill.; Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., February 27, 1883. Newspaper reporter; theatrical manager; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-19; Belfast, 1919; Nassau, 1919-20; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1920; Sydney, 1921; Auckland, 1921-22; Teheran, 1925; Stockholm, 1926-27; Leghorn, 1928-29, 1929; Malta, 1929; Nairobi, as of 1932; Sofia, as of 1938; Nouméa, 1942; U.S. Consul General in Nouméa, 1942; Alexandria, as of 1943. Episcopalian. Died in 1959 (age about 76 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Frank Dow MacVitty and Kateryn (de Giers) MacVitty.
William G. McAdoo William Gibbs McAdoo (1863-1941) — also known as William G. McAdoo — of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, Calif. Born near Marietta, Cobb County, Ga., October 31, 1863. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner with William McAdoo (no relation); attorney for railroads; president, Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co.; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1904, 1912; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1908; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1912; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1920, 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932, 1936; U.S. Senator from California, 1933-38; member of Democratic National Committee from California, 1937-39. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., February 1, 1941 (age 77 years, 93 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1849) and Mary Faith (Floyd) McAdoo; married, November 18, 1885, to Sarah Houston Fleming; married, May 7, 1914, to Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter of Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Wilson); married, September 14, 1935, to Doris Isabel Cross; great-grandson of John Floyd.
  Political family: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Byron R. Newton — Nat Rogan
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Federal Reserve History
  Image source: Munsey's Magazine, May 1919
  John Parks Newsome (1893-1961) — also known as John P. Newsome — of Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., February 13, 1893. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1943-45. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners. Died in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., November 10, 1961 (age 68 years, 270 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  William Allen Northcott (1854-1917) — also known as William A. Northcott — of Greenville, Bond County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn., January 28, 1854. Republican. Lawyer; Bond County State's Attorney, 1882-92; Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, 1897-1905; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1904; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1905-14; president, Inter-Ocean Casualty Co. Episcopalian. Member, Modern Woodmen of America; Odd Fellows; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons. Died January 25, 1917 (age 62 years, 363 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
  Relatives: Son-in-law of Nathaniel S. Dresser; son of Robert Saunders Northcott and Mary (Cunningham) Northcott; brother of Elliott Northcott; married, September 11, 1882, to Ada R. Stoutzenberg.
  Political family: Northcott family of Illinois.
  Ernest Campbell Norvell (1870-1941) — of Tracy City, Grundy County, Tenn. Born in Bedford County, Tenn., December 16, 1870. Republican. Furniture and undertaking business; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1917-25. Episcopalian. Member, Junior Order; Woodmen; Odd Fellows. Died, of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Tracy City, Grundy County, Tenn., December 28, 1941 (age 71 years, 12 days). Interment at Tracy City Cemetery, Tracy City, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Elijah Arnold Norvell and Nancy Elizabeth (Campbell) Norvell; married, October 3, 1897, to Eda 'Ida' Von Bergen; third cousin twice removed of John Norvell and Caleb Cushing Norvell; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Laurence Norvell and Dallas Norvell.
  Political family: Conway-Norvell-Johnson-Carroll family.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Williamson Simpson Oldham (1813-1868) — Born in Franklin County, Tenn., July 19, 1813. Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1838; justice of Arkansas state supreme court, 1842; candidate for U.S. Representative from Arkansas, 1846; candidate for Texas state house of representatives, 1853; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas, 1859; delegate to Texas secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died of typhoid fever in Houston, Harris County, Tex., May 8, 1868 (age 54 years, 294 days). Original interment at Episcopal Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; reinterment in 1938 at Brookside Memorial Park, Houston, Tex.
  Oldham County, Tex. is named for him.
  William Armstrong Percy (1863-1912) — also known as William A. Percy — of Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn. Born in Greenville, Washington County, Miss., January 24, 1863. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904 (Honorary Vice-President), 1912. Episcopalian. Died, from Bright's disease, in the Maxwell House Hotel, Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., May 22, 1912 (age 49 years, 119 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
  Relatives: Son of William Alexander Percy and Nancy Irwin 'Nannie' (Armstrong) Percy; brother of Le Roy Percy; married 1891 to Lottie Galloway; married to Caroline Yarborough.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Bradford Ross (1873-1924) — also known as W. B. Ross — of Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyo. Born in Dover, Stewart County, Tenn., December 4, 1873. Democrat. Laramie County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-07; Governor of Wyoming, 1923-24; died in office 1924; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming, 1924 (member, Credentials Committee). Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Kiwanis. Died October 2, 1924 (age 50 years, 303 days). Interment at Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
  Relatives: Son of Ambrose B. Ross and Sue (Gray) Ross; married, September 11, 1902, to Nellie Davis Tayloe.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Edward Terry Sanford (1865-1930) — also known as Edward T. Sanford — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., July 23, 1865. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1908-23; U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1908-23; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1923-30; died in office 1930. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1930 (age 64 years, 228 days). Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Jackson Sanford; brother of Louise Sanford (who married Hubert Frederick Fisher).
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) — also known as Hal H. Sevier — of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex. Born in Columbia, Maury County, Tenn., March 16, 1878. Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus Christi Bank and Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Woodmen. Died in 1940 (age about 62 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Theodore Francis Sevier and Mary (Douglas) Sevier; married, July 31, 1906, to Clara Driscoll.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  John Bell Tansil (b. 1881) — also known as John B. Tansil — of Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont. Born in Dresden, Weakley County, Tenn., July 13, 1881. Democrat. Lawyer; Yellowstone County Attorney, 1923-29; U.S. Attorney for Montana, 1935-50. Episcopalian. Member, Alpha Tau Omega; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Egbert E. Tansil and Jackie (Bell) Tansil; married, February 12, 1908, to Lillian Summers; married, August 12, 1931, to Helen Fletcher.
  Lawrence Davis Tyson (1861-1929) — also known as Lawrence D. Tyson — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Greenville, Pitt County, N.C., July 4, 1861. Democrat. University professor; lawyer; president, Knoxville Cotton Mills, Knoxville Spinning Co., Poplar Creek Coal and Iron Co., Lenoir City Land Co., East Tennessee Coal and Iron Co., Coal Creek Mining and Manufacturing Co.; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1903-05; Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1903-05; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1908; general in the U.S. Army during World War I; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1920; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1925-29; died in office 1929. Episcopalian. Member, Sons of the Revolution. Died in 1929 (age about 67 years). Interment at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Lawrence Tyson and Margaret Louise (Turnage) Tyson; married, February 10, 1886, to Bettie Humes McGhee.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
John Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (1854-1932) — of Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Miss. Born in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn., July 30, 1854. Democrat. Lawyer; cotton planter; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1892, 1904 (Temporary Chair; member, Platform and Resolutions Committee; chair, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker), 1912 (speaker), 1916 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1920; U.S. Representative from Mississippi, 1893-1909 (5th District 1893-1903, 8th District 1903-09); U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1911-23. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons; Elks. Died near Yazoo City, Yazoo County, Miss., September 7, 1932 (age 78 years, 39 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Yazoo County, Miss.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Harris Williams (Confederate Army colonel; killed in battle of Shiloh) and Annie Louise (Sharp) Williams; married, October 2, 1877, to Elizabeth Dial 'Bettie' Webb; father of John Sharp Williams Jr.; grandson of Christopher Harris Williams (1798-1857); second great-grandson of John Williams; cousin *** of Sydenham Benoni Alexander.
  Political family: Williams family of North Carolina (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John Sharp Williams (built 1943 at New Orleans, Louisiana; scrapped 1961) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Image source: Men of Mark in America (1906)
  Thomas Lee Woolwine (1874-1925) — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., October 31, 1874. Democrat. Los Angeles County District Attorney, 1915-23; became one of the nation's best-known prosecutors; Democratic candidate for Governor of California, 1918 (primary), 1922. Episcopalian. Died, of a liver ailment, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., July 8, 1925 (age 50 years, 250 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  Arthur Rutledge Young (1876-1947) — of Charleston County, S.C. Born in Sewanee, Franklin County, Tenn., July 3, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County, 1916-18; member of South Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1918-22, 1925-26. Episcopalian. Member, Elks. Died in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., May 16, 1947 (age 70 years, 317 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Edward Young and Elizabeth (Rutledge) Young; married, December 19, 1907, to Nannie Cabell Conner.
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