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Alfred Armstrong Adams (b. 1865) —
also known as A. A. Adams —
of Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn.
Born in Mt. Juliet, Wilson
County, Tenn., April 9,
1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-02, 1929-30; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1903-05, 1911-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alfred Armstrong Adams and Margaret Jarman (Gleaves) Adams;
married, August
29, 1889, to Mary Dove Albright. |
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George Leonard Berry (1882-1948) —
also known as George L. Berry —
of Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn.
Born in Lee Valley, Hawkins
County, Tenn., September
12, 1882.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee,
1916;
major in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
International Pressmen and Assistants Union; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1924;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1937-38.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died December
4, 1948 (age 66 years, 83
days).
Interment at Pressmen's
Home Cemetery, Pressmen's Home, Tenn.
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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; Democratic Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1905;
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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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas M. Caldwell and Jane (Kearsley) Caldwell; married, October
21, 1903, to Sarah Smith Howard. |
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Jere Cooper (1893-1957) —
of Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn.
Born near Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn., July 20,
1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1929-57 (9th District 1929-33, 8th
District 1933-43, 9th District 1943-53, 8th District 1953-57); died
in office 1957.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kappa
Sigma; Maccabees.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., December
18, 1957 (age 64 years, 151
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Dyersburg, Tenn.
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Delmar Daniel Dennis (1940-1996) —
also known as Delmar Dennis —
Born in Scott
County, Miss., May 9,
1940.
Minister;
American candidate for President
of the United States, 1984, 1988.
Southern
Baptist. Member, John
Birch Society; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died the next day, in Fort Sanders Sevier Medical
Center, Sevierville, Sevier
County, Tenn., June 1,
1996 (age 56 years, 23
days).
Interment at Smoky Mountain Memory Gardens, Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
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Harvey H. Hannah (b. 1868) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Oliver Springs, Roane
County, Tenn.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., August
30, 1868.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Adjutant
General of Tennessee, 1900-06; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1928.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; United
Spanish War Veterans; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John H. Hannah and Lillie L. (Gerding) Hannah; married, August
23, 1910, to Gertrude Taylor. |
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Nathaniel Edwin Harris (1846-1929) —
also known as Nat E. Harris —
of Macon, Bibb
County, Ga.; Hampton, Carter
County, Tenn.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., January
21, 1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1882-86; member of Georgia
state senate, 1894-96; superior court judge in Georgia, 1912; Governor of
Georgia, 1915-17.
Methodist.
Member, Chi Phi;
Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
United
Confederate Veterans.
Died September
21, 1929 (age 83 years, 243
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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J. LeRoy Huffman (1878-1962) —
also known as Roy Huffman —
of Raleigh
County, W.Va.
Born in Washington College, Washington
County, Tenn., August
30, 1878.
Democrat. Lumber
dealer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Raleigh County, 1939-42.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in 1962
(age about
83 years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sunset
Memorial Park, Beckley, W.Va.
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Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.; Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
29, 1808.
Mayor
of Greeneville, Tenn., 1830; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1843-53; Governor of
Tennessee, 1853-57, 1862-65; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875; died in office 1875; Vice
President of the United States, 1865; President
of the United States, 1865-69; impeached
in 1868 by the House of Representatives; tried
and acquitted by the Senate, which voted 35 to 19 (short of the
required two-thirds) for three of the eleven articles of impeachment;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Slaveowner.
Died, after a series of strokes,
at his daughter's home in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1875 (age 66 years, 214
days).
Interment at Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Married, May 17,
1827, to Eliza
McCardle; father of Martha Johnson (who married David
Trotter Patterson). |
| | | Political family: Johnson
family of Greeneville, Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Edmund
G. Ross — George
T. Brown — Christopher
G. Memminger — Thomas
Overton Moore — John
W. Chanler — John
B. Castleman — Jubal
A. Early |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Andrew Johnson: Hans L.
Trefousse, Andrew
Johnson: A Biography — Howard Means, The
Avenger Takes His Place: Andrew Johnson and the 45 Days That Changed
the Nation — Paul H. Bergeron, Andrew
Johnson's Civil War and Reconstruction — Mary Malone,
Andrew
Johnson (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Andrew Johnson:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Thomas McKissick Jones (1816-1892) —
also known as Thomas M. Jones —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Person
County, N.C., December
16, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1840; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1840; Delegate
from Tennessee to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan was organized in his law office; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1872-73; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died in Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., March
13, 1892 (age 75 years, 88
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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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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Albert Major Lea (1848-1901) —
also known as Albert M. Lea —
of Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss.
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., December
10, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1889-97,
1897-1901; died in office 1901; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Mississippi, 1896
(member, Credentials
Committee).
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Elks.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died, in the Edwards House hotel,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., December
24, 1901 (age 53 years, 14
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss.
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James Whitcomb Loop (1900-1993) —
also known as James W. Loop —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn., March
12, 1900.
Democrat. Printer;
school
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1947-56,
1965-66, 1969-72; defeated, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Kappa
Delta Pi; Typographical
Union.
Died December
31, 1993 (age 93 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Willis Loop and Dora (Noe) Loop; married, March 9,
1924, to Marguerite McCracken. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Joseph Carlton Loser (1892-1984) —
also known as J. Carlton Loser —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
1, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1952,
1960;
Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1957-63.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Kiwanis.
Died July 31,
1984 (age 91 years, 304
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Nashville, Tenn.
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Norman Massa (1881-1947) —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born near Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., April
11, 1881.
Republican. Merchant;
postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1922-33.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Lions.
Died in Putnam
County, Tenn., April 6,
1947 (age 65 years, 360
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of William Massa and Dorinda (Burgess) Massa; married 1901 to
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Brown. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John Tyler Morgan (1824-1907) —
also known as John T. Morgan —
of Selma, Dallas
County, Ala.
Born in Athens, McMinn
County, Tenn., June 20,
1824.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1860;
delegate
to Alabama secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1876,
1900;
Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1876;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1877-1907; died in office 1907.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 11,
1907 (age 82 years, 356
days).
Interment at Live
Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.
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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.
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Kenneth N. Springer (1945-2000) —
also known as Pete Springer —
of Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn.
Born in Lyles, Hickman
County, Tenn., February
27, 1945.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Tennessee
state senate 25th District, 1981-82, 1991-2000; died in office
2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1996.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners.
Died, apparently of heart
disease, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April
12, 2000 (age 55 years, 45
days).
Interment at Harpeth
Hills Memory Gardens, Centerville, Tenn.
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Andrew Jackson Titus (1814-1855) —
of Texas.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., March
12, 1814.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas state
legislature, 1851-52.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar.
Died April 9,
1855 (age 41 years, 28
days).
Interment at Savannah
Cemetery, Red River County, Tex.
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Newton Harris White (b. 1860) —
also known as Newton H. White —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., September
2, 1860.
Democrat. Farmer;
member, Tennessee Railroad Commission, 1897; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1899; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1901-03, 1913-15; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904,
1924.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights Templar; Shriners;
Sons
of the American Revolution; Junior
Order.
Burial location unknown.
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