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Edwin Crawford Alexander (b. 1879) —
also known as E. C. Alexander —
of Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn., February
23, 1879.
Republican. Banker; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Woodmen;
Knights of Pythias; Junior
Order; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James H. Alexander and Senorita V. (Lutz) Alexander; married,
February
6, 1915, to Lillian Gardner. |
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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.
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Hugh Crump Anderson (1851-1915) —
also known as Hu C. Anderson —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in McNairy
County, Tenn., February
2, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1879-81, 1881-83; mayor
of Jackson, Tenn., 1884-1908; president, Peoples Savings Bank,
1889-1915; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1915; died in office 1915; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1915; died in office 1915.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Knights of Pythias.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 1,
1915 (age 64 years, 27
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Taylor Anderson and Mahala (Wisdom) Anderson; married to
Helen Bond, Emma Burdette and Ellen Bond; father of Hugh
Carmack Anderson. |
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Nathan Lynn Bachman (1878-1937) —
also known as Nathan L. Bachman —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., August
2, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Tennessee 6th District, 1908-12; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1918-24; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1933-37; died in office 1937.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks;
Knights of Pythias.
Died, from a heart
attack in his room at the Continental Hotel, Washington,
D.C., April
23, 1937 (age 58 years, 264
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Tyler Berry (b. 1882) —
of Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., September
16, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1915-17; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Cabell Rives Berry and Mary McKendree (Oden) Berry; married, March
31, 1911, to Elizabeth Avalyn Fleming. |
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James Thomas Blair (1871-1944) —
also known as James T. Blair —
of Maysville, DeKalb
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Loudon, Loudon
County, Tenn., November
11, 1871.
Democrat. College
professor; president,
Obion College, 1895-96; lawyer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from DeKalb County, 1899-1902; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1915-24; defeated, 1924; chief
justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1921-22.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April
12, 1944 (age 72 years, 153
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Jefferson City, Mo.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March
19, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Rhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother of
Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown; cousin *** of William
Sherman Jennings. |
| | | Political family: Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
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| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Gerard N. Magliocca, The
Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and the
Politics of Backlash |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,
October 1903 |
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Robert Reyburn Butler (1881-1933) —
also known as Robert R. Butler —
of Condon, Gilliam
County, Ore.; The Dalles, Wasco
County, Ore.
Born in Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., September
24, 1881.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Oregon; circuit judge in
Oregon, 1909-11; member of Oregon
state senate, 1913-17, 1925-28; U.S.
Representative from Oregon 2nd District, 1928-33; died in office
1933.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died of heart
disease and pneumonia,
at Providence Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., January
7, 1933 (age 51 years, 105
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, The Dalles, Ore.
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Joseph Wellington Byrns (1869-1936) —
also known as Joseph W. Byrns; Jo Byrns —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Cedar Hill, Robertson
County, Tenn., July 20,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1895-1901; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1899-1901;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1901; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1909-36 (6th District 1909-33, 5th
District 1933-36); died in office 1936; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1935-36; died in office 1936.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Redmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1936 (age 66 years, 320
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Millard Fillmore Caldwell Jr. (1897-1984) —
also known as Millard F. Caldwell, Jr. —
of Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla.; Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
6, 1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1929-32; U.S.
Representative from Florida 3rd District, 1933-41; Governor of
Florida, 1945-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Florida, 1948,
1956;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1962-69.
Protestant.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights of Pythias; Elks; Newcomen
Society; American
Legion; American
Judicature Society; Alpha
Kappa Psi; Blue
Key.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., October
23, 1984 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Harwood
Plantation Cemetery, Leon County, Fla.
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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.
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Edwin Sheddan Cunningham (b. 1868) —
also known as Edwin S. Cunningham —
of Maryville, Blount
County, Tenn.
Born in Sevier
County, Tenn., July 6,
1868.
U.S. Consul in Aden, 1898-1901; Bergen, 1901-06; Durban, 1906-10; Bombay, 1910-12; U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1912-14; Hankow, 1914-19; Shanghai, as of 1920-32.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Maj. Ben A. Cunningham and Jane A. (Sheddan)
Cunningham. |
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John Green Duke (1848-1928) —
also known as John G. Duke —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Lancaster, Smith
County, Tenn., July 18,
1848.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1882-86, 1897-1901.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., January
15, 1928 (age 79 years, 181
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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William L. Fitzgerald (b. 1872) —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
14, 1872.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1924.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph M. Fitzgerald and Mary A. (Ford) Fitzgerald; married, November
26, 1913, to Lucille Wilson. |
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John Thilman Hendrick (b. 1876) —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., November
12, 1876.
Democrat. Member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1920-21; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1920-21.
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;
Chi
Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of David Stewart Hendrick and Pattie (Warfield) Hendrick; married, March
18, 1918, to Elizabeth Graff. |
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George Huddleston (1869-1960) —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born near Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., November
11, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 9th District, 1915-37.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; United
Spanish War Veterans; Knights of Pythias; Redmen.
Died February
29, 1960 (age 90 years, 110
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Wesley Travis Kennerly (1877-1944) —
also known as Wesley T. Kennerly —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Henry
County, Tenn., August
29, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1917-21; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1940.
Southern
Methodist. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Sons of
the Revolution; United
Spanish War Veterans.
Died January
29, 1944 (age 66 years, 153
days).
Interment at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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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.
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Dick Latta Lansden (1869-1924) —
also known as Dick Lansden —
of Sparta, White
County, Tenn.; Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Bakers Crossroads, White
County, Tenn., May 15,
1869.
Democrat. School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904;
justice
of Tennessee state supreme court, 1910-16.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., August
10, 1924 (age 55 years, 87
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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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.
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Hugh Allen Locke (b. 1885) —
also known as Hugh A. Locke —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Fayette
County, Tenn., February
9, 1885.
Lawyer;
Independent candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Locke and Susanna F. (Crenshaw) Locke; married, October
12, 1921, to Mabel Plosser. |
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper,
1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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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.
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Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) —
also known as "The Maker of Modern
Tennessee" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., June 1,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1924;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks;
Knights of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Governor's
Residence, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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James Willis Taylor (1880-1939) —
also known as J. Will Taylor —
of La Follette, Campbell
County, Tenn.
Born in Lead Mine Bend, Union
County, Tenn., August
28, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
mayor
of La Follette, Tenn., 1910-12; Tennessee Insurance Commissioner,
1913-14; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1917-18; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1919-39; died in
office 1939; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1924-34.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Grotto;
Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Junior
Order.
Died November
14, 1939 (age 59 years, 78
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, La Follette, Tenn.
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Charles H. Whitney (1838-1912) —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Bridgton, Cumberland
County, Maine, January
16, 1838.
Republican. Real estate
business; contractor;
postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1907-10.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Knights of Pythias.
Died in Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., December
25, 1912 (age 74 years, 344
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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