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Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) —
also known as Clarence S. Darrow —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kinsman, Trumbull
County, Ohio, April
18, 1857.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1896; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 17th District, 1903-05; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1904,
1924.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Defense attorney for, among many others, Patrick Eugene Prendergast,
who murdered Chicago mayor Carter
H. Harrison. In 1911, he was charged
with bribing
jurors in a California case; tried
and acquitted; a second trial
resulted in a hung jury. Famously cross-examined William
Jennings Bryan during the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial.".
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
13, 1938 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered; statue at Rhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.
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Clifford Davis (1897-1970) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Hazlehurst, Copiah
County, Miss., November
18, 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; city judge in Tennessee, 1923-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1940-65 (9th District 1940-43,
10th District 1943-53, 9th District 1953-65).
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Moose; Elks; Order of
Ahepa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 8,
1970 (age 72 years, 202
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tenn.
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Ewin Lamar Davis (1876-1949) —
also known as Ewin L. Davis —
of Tullahoma, Coffee
County, Tenn.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., February
5, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1910-18; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1919-33; defeated,
1932; member, Federal Trade Commission, 1933-49; died in office 1949;
chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1935, 1940, 1945.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
23, 1949 (age 73 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tullahoma, Tenn.
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Jacob McGavock Dickinson (1851-1928) —
also known as Jacob M. Dickinson —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., January
30, 1851.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
justice
of Tennessee state supreme court, 1891-93; law
professor; general counsel, Illinois Central Railroad,
1899-1909; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1909-11.
Member, Izaak
Walton League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., December
13, 1928 (age 77 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Paul Rand Dixon (1913-1996) —
also known as Paul R. Dixon —
of Washington,
D.C.; Brentwood, Williamson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
29, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member, Federal Trade Commission, 1961-81; chair, Federal Trade
Commission, 1961-69, 1976.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Alpha
Tau Omega; American Bar
Association; Freemasons.
Died May 2,
1996 (age 82 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) —
also known as Andrew J. Donelson —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
25, 1799.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1844-45; U.S. Minister to Prussia, 1846-49; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1856.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 26,
1871 (age 71 years, 305
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Owen Joseph Donley (d. 1995) —
also known as Owen J. Donley —
of Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.; Alexandria,
Va.; Virginia
Beach, Va.
Born in Elk Point, Union
County, S.Dak.
Democrat. Lawyer; Union
County State's Attorney; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Dakota, 1960;
chief of staff to U.S. Sen. George
McGovern, 1963-71; also worked on the Senator's campaigns for
U.S. Senate and President.
Catholic.
Died while recovering from heart
surgery, in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., June 20,
1995.
Burial location unknown.
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Lee Douglas (1885-1959) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Belle Meade, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 23,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1914-22; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1940
(alternate); president, Nashville and Decatur Railroad.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Newcomen
Society; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died August
17, 1959 (age 74 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Byrd Douglas and Adelaide (Gaines) Douglas; married, January
30, 1929, to Elizabeth (Keith) Caldwell. |
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Solomon Weathersbee Downs (1801-1854) —
also known as Solomon W. Downs —
of Louisiana.
Born in Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1801.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1845-46; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1847-53; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1853.
Slaveowner.
Mortally
wounded in a duel, and
subsequently died, at Crab Orchard Springs, Lincoln
County, Ky., August
14, 1854 (age about 53
years).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.; reinterment at
Riverview
Cemetery, Monroe, La.
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Wall Doxey (1892-1962) —
of Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., August
8, 1892.
Democrat. Lawyer; Marshall
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1915-23; District Attorney 3rd
District, 1923-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 2nd District, 1929-41; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1941-43.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 2,
1962 (age 69 years, 206
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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John James Duncan (1919-1988) —
also known as John J. Duncan —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn., March
24, 1919.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1959-64; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1960,
1972
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1965-88; died in
office 1988.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., June 21,
1988 (age 69 years, 89
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Scott County, Tenn.
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John James Duncan Jr. (b. 1947) —
also known as John J. Duncan, Jr.; Jimmy
Duncan —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Lebanon, Wilson
County, Tenn., July 21,
1947.
Republican. Lawyer; state court judge in Tennessee, 1981-88;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1988-; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 2008.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Claiborne Dunlap (1798-1872) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
25, 1798.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 13th District, 1833-37; circuit
judge in Tennessee, 1840-49; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1851-57; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1857-59.
Slaveowner.
Died near Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November
16, 1872 (age 74 years, 265
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Charles Eames (1812-1867) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New Braintree, Worcester
County, Mass., March
20, 1812.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela, 1854; U.S. Minister to Venezuela, 1854.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
16, 1867 (age 54 years, 361
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harold Henderson Earthman (1900-1987) —
also known as Harold H. Earthman —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., April
13, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1931-32; Rutherford
County Judge, 1942-45; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1945-47; defeated,
1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
American
Legion; Sigma
Chi; Freemasons;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Modern
Woodmen of America.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., February
26, 1987 (age 86 years, 319
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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John Henry Eaton (1790-1856) —
also known as John H. Eaton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born near Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, N.C., June 18,
1790.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of
1812; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1815-16; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1818-21, 1821-29; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1829-31; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1834-36; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1836-40.
Member, Freemasons.
Resigned
from Cabinet in 1831 during the scandal
(called the "Petticoat Affair") over past infedelities
of his second wife, Peggy Eaton.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
17, 1856 (age 66 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Allison Embrey (1861-1931) —
also known as Thomas A. Embrey —
of Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in Winchester, Franklin
County, Tenn., February
27, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904,
1924
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, from a stroke,
in Florida State Hospital for
the Insane, Chattahoochee, Gadsden
County, Fla., April
11, 1931 (age 70 years, 43
days).
Interment at Florida State Hospital Cemetery, Chattahoochee, Fla.
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Relatives: Son
of Alexander Simmons Embrey and Louisa Summers (Cain) Embrey;
married, October
19, 1883, to Fannie Lindsay. |
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memorial |
| | | Image source: Chattanooga (Tenn.) Daily
Times, April 17, 1931 |
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Benjamin Augustine Enloe (1848-1922) —
also known as Benjamin A. Enloe —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born near Clarksburg, Carroll
County, Tenn., January
18, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1872;
newspaper
editor; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1887-95.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 8,
1922 (age 74 years, 171
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Edward Everett Eslick (1872-1932) —
also known as Edward E. Eslick —
of Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born near Pulaski, Giles
County, Tenn., April
19, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1925-32; died in
office 1932.
Died suddenly while addressing the U.S. House of
Representatives, in the U.S. Capitol
Building, Washington,
D.C., June 14,
1932 (age 60 years, 56
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
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Henry Emerson Etheridge (1819-1902) —
also known as Emerson Etheridge —
of Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn.
Born in Currituck, Currituck
County, N.C., September
18, 1819.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1845-47; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1853-57, 1859-61;
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1861-63; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1867; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1869-70; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1891-94.
Slaveowner.
Died in Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn., October
21, 1902 (age 83 years, 33
days).
Interment at Mt.
Vernon Cemetery, Sharon, Tenn.
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Charles Rountree Evans (b. 1863) —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis., April 4,
1863.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; Hamilton
County Attorney, 1894-98; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1910; circuit judge
in Tennessee, 1911-12.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Jonathan H. Evans and Sarah (Kilbourne) Evans. |
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Lemuel Dale Evans (1810-1877) —
also known as Lemuel D. Evans —
of Arkansas; Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Tennessee, January
8, 1810.
Lawyer; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1842; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1855-57; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1870-73; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1870-71.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1877 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Landon Evins (1910-1984) —
also known as Joe L. Evins —
of Smithville, DeKalb
County, Tenn.
Born in DeKalb
County, Tenn., October
24, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1947-77 (5th District 1947-53, 4th
District 1953-77); delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Tennessee, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Church
of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions;
Elks.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March
31, 1984 (age 73 years, 159
days).
Entombed at Smithville
Town Cemetery, Smithville, Tenn.
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Edwin Hickman Ewing (1809-1902) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
2, 1809.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1841-42; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1845-47; president,
University of Nashville.
Slaveowner.
Died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., April
24, 1902 (age 92 years, 143
days).
Interment at Murfreesboro
City Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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Earl Faircloth (1920-1995) —
also known as William Earl Faircloth —
of Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Chiefland, Levy
County, Fla., September
24, 1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1963-65; Florida
state attorney general, 1965-71; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1968; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1970.
Died, from strokes
and diabetes,
in Holy Cross Hospital,
Fort Lauderdale, Broward
County, Fla., May 5,
1995 (age 74 years, 223
days).
Interment at Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Tenn.
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John W. Farley (1878-1942) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born March 4,
1878.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1916; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(alternate), 1924.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons.
Led drive to establish
the West Tennessee Normal School (now University of Memphis) in 1912.
Died, of pneumonia
and severe arthritis,
November, 1942
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Joseph Charles Feduccia (1910-1978) —
also known as Joe Feduccia —
of Cleveland, Bolivar
County, Miss.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1960;
circuit judge in Mississippi 11th District, 1971-78.
Sicilian
ancestry.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
28, 1978 (age about 68
years).
Interment at New
Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Miss.
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Relatives: Son
of Salvatore A. Feduccia and Maria Grace (Serio)
Feduccia. |
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Hubert Frederick Fisher (1877-1941) —
also known as Hubert Fisher —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Milton, Santa Rosa
County, Fla., October
6, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1912;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1913-14; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1914-17; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1917-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 16,
1941 (age 63 years, 253
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Smith
County, Tenn., June 12,
1816.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1850; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; district judge in Tennessee, 1858-61, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1875; died in office
1875.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., October
23, 1875 (age 59 years, 133
days).
Original interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.; reinterment in 1908 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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George Washington Fithian (1854-1921) —
also known as George W. Fithian —
of Newton, Jasper
County, Ill.
Born near Willow Hill, Jasper
County, Ill., July 4,
1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Jasper
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1876-84; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1889-95; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916,
1920;
member of Illinois
Democratic State Central Committee, 1919.
Died of pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., January
21, 1921 (age 66 years, 201
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Newton, Ill.
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William Fitzgerald (1799-1864) —
of Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; Paris, Henry
County, Tenn.
Born in Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., August
6, 1799.
Lawyer; Stewart
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1822-25; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1825-27; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1831-33; circuit
judge in Tennessee, 1845-61.
Slaveowner.
Died in Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., March, 1864
(age 64
years, 0 days).
Interment at Fitzgerald
Cemetery, Near Paris, Henry County, 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 Charles Floyd (1858-1930) —
also known as John C. Floyd —
of Yellville, Marion
County, Ark.
Born in Sparta, White
County, Tenn., April
14, 1858.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1889-91; prosecuting attorney,
14th judicial circuit, 1890-94; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1905-15; candidate for
Governor
of Arkansas, 1920.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Yellville, Marion
County, Ark., November
4, 1930 (age 72 years, 204
days).
Interment at Layton
Cemetery, Yellville, Ark.
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Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) —
also known as Henry S. Foote; "Hangman
Foote" —
of Tuscumbia, Colbert
County, Ala.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., February
28, 1804.
Lawyer; co-founder
of LaGrange College, which later became the University of North
Alabama; fought four duels;
fled
Alabama in 1830 to escape
prosecution for dueling;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; exchanged blows with Thomas
Hart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate; Governor of
Mississippi, 1852-54; Representative
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; expelled
from the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on an unauthorized
peace mission; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 19,
1880 (age 76 years, 81
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (b. 1970) —
also known as Harold E. Ford, Jr. —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., May 11,
1970.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John B. Forester (d. 1845) —
of Tennessee.
Born in McMinnville, Warren
County, Tenn.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 5th District, 1833-37.
Died August
31, 1845.
Burial location unknown.
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Abe Fortas (1910-1982) —
also known as "Fiddlin' Abe Fortas" —
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 19,
1910.
Lawyer; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1965-69.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Federal
Bar Association.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 5,
1982 (age 71 years, 290
days).
Cremated.
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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.
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Robert Coleman Foster (1769-1844) —
also known as Robert C. Foster —
of Tennessee.
Born in Virginia, July 8,
1769.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1803-07; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1805-07; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1809-15, 1825-27; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1813-15, 1825-27; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1815, 1817.
Christian.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
27, 1844 (age 75 years, 81
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Coleman Foster Jr. (b. 1796) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., November
10, 1796.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1829-31, 1833-35, 1839-41; member
of Tennessee
state senate, 1841-43.
Burial location unknown.
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James A. Fowler (1863-1955) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knox
County, Tenn., 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1928-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1928; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932.
Died in 1955
(age about
92 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) —
also known as Joseph S. Fowler —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, August
31, 1820.
Republican. College
professor; president,
Howard Female College, Gallatin, Tenn., 1856-61; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-71; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1866-68; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April 1,
1902 (age 81 years, 213
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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William Howard Fowler (b. 1925) —
also known as Howard Fowler —
of Tifton, Tift
County, Ga.
Born in Etowah, McMinn
County, Tenn., November
6, 1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives from Tift County, 1955-56.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta; Phi
Alpha Delta; Kiwanis.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Thomas Fowler and Bertha (Chastain) Fowler; married, June 3,
1949, to Sarah Charlyne King. |
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James Beriah Frazier Jr. (1890-1978) —
also known as James B. Frazier, Jr. —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., June 23,
1890.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1933-48; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1949-63.
Methodist.
Died in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., October
30, 1978 (age 88 years, 129
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Horace Frierson Jr. (1881-1956) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., February
5, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; District Attorney, 11th Circuit, 1911-17; major in the
U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1933-47.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., August
30, 1956 (age 75 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Little Frierson (1868-1953) —
also known as William L. Frierson —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Shelbyville, Bedford
County, Tenn., September
3, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Gold Democrat National
Convention from Tennessee, 1896; mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1905-07; U.S. Solicitor General, 1920-21.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from a cerebral
hemorrhage, in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 25,
1953 (age 84 years, 264
days).
Interment at Forest
Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Frank Hoyt Gailor (1892-1954) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn., May 9,
1892.
Rhodes
scholar; lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1921; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1923; Shelby
County Attorney, 1936-41; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1941-42; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1942-48.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; American
Legion.
Died in 1954
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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John Wesley Gaines (1860-1926) —
also known as John W. Gaines —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Wrencoe, Davidson
County, Tenn., August
24, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1897-1909; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 4,
1926 (age 65 years, 314
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Augustus Hill Garland (1832-1899) —
also known as Augustus H. Garland —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Tipton
County, Tenn., June 11,
1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Arkansas; delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 3rd District, 1862-64;
Senator
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1868;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1874-77; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1877-85; U.S.
Attorney General, 1885-89.
Slaveowner.
Died suddenly while arguing a case before the Supreme
Court, in the U.S.
Capitol Building, Washington,
D.C., January
26, 1899 (age 66 years, 229
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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Abraham Ellison Garrett (1830-1907) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., March 6,
1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1865-66; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1871-73.
Died in Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn., February
14, 1907 (age 76 years, 345
days).
Interment at Carthage
Cemetery, Carthage, Tenn.
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Daniel Edward Garrett (1869-1932) —
also known as Daniel E. Garrett —
of Springfield, Robertson
County, Tenn.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., April
28, 1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-97; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1903-05; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1913-15, 1917-19, 1921-32 (at-large
1913-15, 1917-19, 8th District 1921-32); died in office 1932.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
13, 1932 (age 63 years, 229
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Finis James Garrett (1875-1956) —
also known as Finis J. Garrett —
of Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn.
Born near Ore Springs, Weakley
County, Tenn., August
26, 1875.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
editor; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1905-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(alternate), 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1929.
Died May 26,
1956 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Interment at Sunset
Cemetery, Dresden, Tenn.
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Henry Richard Gibson (1837-1938) —
also known as Henry R. Gibson —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Kent Island, Queen
Anne's County, Md., December
24, 1837.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1871-72; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1875-76; law partner of Leonidas
C. Houk, 1876-79; newspaper
editor and publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1895-1905; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1900.
Died May 25,
1938 (age 100 years,
152 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Presley Thornton Glass (1824-1902) —
also known as Presley T. Glass —
of Ripley, Lauderdale
County, Tenn.
Born in Halifax, Halifax
County, Va., October
18, 1824.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1848, 1882; served in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1885-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Ripley, Lauderdale
County, Tenn., October
9, 1902 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Ripley, Tenn.
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Aaron Goodrich (1807-1887) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Dover, Stewart
County, Tenn.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Sempronius town, Cayuga
County, N.Y., July 6,
1807.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1847-48; chief
justice of Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-51; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, 1860.
Died June 2,
1887 (age 79 years, 331
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Genesee County, Mich.
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Barton Jennings Gordon (b. 1949) —
also known as Bart Gordon —
of Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn.; Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
24, 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1981-83; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 6th District, 1985-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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Everett Greer (b. 1890) —
of Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn.
Born in Mountain City, Johnson
County, Tenn., May 26,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War
I; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1928-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ben W. Greer and Martha (Gentry) Greer; married to Elizabeth
Brickey. |
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George William Grider (1912-1991) —
also known as George W. Grider;
"Gindy" —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, N.Y.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., October
1, 1912.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Tennessee, 1959-64; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1965-67.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March
20, 1991 (age 78 years, 170
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Judson Marion Grimmet (1877-1955) —
also known as Judson M. Grimmet —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Tennessee, October
13, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Louisiana, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940
(Honorary
Vice-President; member, Credentials
Committee), 1944,
1948,
1952.
Died in Caddo
Parish, La., April
27, 1955 (age 77 years, 196
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George W. Guess (c.1829-1868) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in North Carolina, about 1829.
Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
mayor
of Dallas, Tex., 1866-68.
Member, Freemasons.
Died of sunstroke,
aboard a steamboat
on the Mississippi River, at a wharf in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., July 18,
1868 (age about 39
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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Thomas Montague Gunter (1826-1904) —
also known as Thomas M. Gunter —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born near McMinnville, Warren
County, Tenn., September
18, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; prosecuting attorney, 4th Circuit, 1866-68; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas, 1874-83 (3rd District 1874-75, 4th
District 1875-83); defeated, 1872.
Died in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., January
12, 1904 (age 77 years, 116
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Fayetteville, Ark.
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Benjamin Franklin Hackney (1849-1950) —
also known as Benjamin F. Hackney —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born in Giles
County, Tenn., December
30, 1849.
Democrat. Lawyer; Jasper
County Circuit Clerk, 1886; postmaster at Carthage,
Mo., 1914-22.
Died, in Jane Chinn Hospital,
Webb City, Jasper
County, Mo., November
1, 1950 (age 100 years,
306 days).
Interment at Park Cemetery, Carthage, Mo.
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Thomas Hackney (1861-1946) —
of Carthage, Jasper
County, Mo.
Born near Campbellsville, Giles
County, Tenn., December
11, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Jasper County Eastern
District, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1907-09; defeated,
1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1912.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
24, 1946 (age 85 years, 13
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Clint Wood Hager (1890-1944) —
also known as Clint W. Hager —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Bristol, Sullivan
County, Tenn., June 19,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, 1921-34; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1924,
1928,
1932,
1940;
Georgia
Republican state chair, 1937-41.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Fulton
County, Ga., December
11, 1944 (age 54 years, 175
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Jackson Hager and Maud Livingston (Caldwell) Hager; married,
February
4, 1918, to Mary Kelley. |
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John Tedford Hammond (b. 1905) —
also known as J. T. Hammond —
of Benton Harbor, Berrien
County, Mich.
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn., October
30, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Michigan
state senate 7th District, 1939-42; defeated in primary, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 4th District, 1942.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. John T. Hammond; married 1926 to Ruth
M. Lyon. |
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Bolling Hall Handy (b. 1891) —
also known as Bolling H. Handy —
of Bristol,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Spring City, Rhea
County, Tenn., February
26, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1920; member, Virginia
State Industrial Commission, 1922-29; chairman, Mutual Insurance
Company of Richmond.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Civitan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas R. Handy and Caroline S. (Hall) Handy; married, October
9, 1917, to Ann Roy Johnston. |
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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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Joseph Hanover (1889-1984) —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Pultusk, Poland,
December
18, 1889.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1918-19.
Jewish.
Member, Elks; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in 1984
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hanover and Esther (Frost) Hanover; married, February
4, 1929, to Jeanette Kaplan. |
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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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William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) —
also known as William H. Hastie —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
17, 1904.
Lawyer; law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for Virgin Islands, 1937-39; dean,
Howard University law school, 1939-46; Governor of
U.S. Virgin Islands, 1946-49; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1949-71; took
senior status 1971.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omega
Psi Phi; Freemasons;
American
Civil Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Received Spingarn
Medal in 1943.
Died, at Suburban General Hospital,
East Norriton, Montgomery
County, Pa., April
14, 1976 (age 71 years, 149
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Copeland Hawkins Jr. (1918-1991) —
also known as George C. Hawkins, Jr. —
of Gadsden, Etowah
County, Ala.
Born in Elora, Lincoln
County, Tenn., December
4, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1948;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives; elected 1950, 1954; candidate for
Governor
of Alabama, 1958; member of Alabama
state senate; elected 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar
Association.
Died, of kidney
failure, August
9, 1991 (age 72 years, 248
days).
Interment at Forrest
Cemetery, Gadsden, Ala.
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James Marshall Head Jr. (1855-1930) —
also known as James M. Head —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., July 25,
1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1881-84; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1900-04; member of Democratic
National Committee from Tennessee, 1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1904
(chair, Credentials
Committee; speaker).
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
31, 1930 (age 74 years, 249
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. James Marshall Head and Berthenia P. (Branham) Head; married,
June
30, 1885, to Mary C. Cherry. |
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Samuel G. Heiskell (1858-1923) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Monroe
County, Tenn., 1858.
Lawyer; historian;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1890; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1896-97, 1900-01, 1906-07, 1910-12, 1912-15.
Died in 1923
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Thomas Jefferson Henderson (1824-1911) —
also known as Thomas J. Henderson —
of Princeton, Bureau
County, Ill.
Born in Brownsville, Haywood
County, Tenn., November
29, 1824.
Republican. Stark
County Clerk of the Court, 1849-53; lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1855-56; member of Illinois
state senate, 1857-60; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil
War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S. Collector
of Internal Revenue for the 5th Illinois District, 1871; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1875-95 (6th District 1875-83, 7th
District 1883-95); delegate to Republican National Convention from
Illinois, 1896.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
6, 1911 (age 86 years, 69
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Princeton, Ill.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of John Phillips Henry and Elizabeth (Tschudy) Henry; married, December
21, 1955, to Sherrye Eileen Patton. |
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Gustavus Adolphus Henry (1804-1880) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., October
8, 1804.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1831-33; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1851; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1853, 1855; Senator
from Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.
Died in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., September
10, 1880 (age 75 years, 338
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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L. M. Henson (b. 1876) —
of Poplar Bluff, Butler
County, Mo.
Born in Marion
County, Tenn., December
18, 1876.
Republican. Lawyer; Butler
County Circuit Court Clerk, 1903-07; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 21st District,
1922-23.
Burial location unknown.
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Van Hilleary (b. 1959) —
of Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn.
Born in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., June 20,
1959.
Republican. Lawyer; business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1995-2003; candidate
for Governor of
Tennessee, 2002; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 2004,
2008;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 2008.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Holland (1754-1823) —
of Rutherfordton, Rutherford
County, N.C.; Maury
County, Tenn.
Born in Anson
County, N.C., 1754.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; justice
of the peace; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1783, 1797; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1786, 1789; delegate
to North Carolina convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1789;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1795-97, 1801-11 (at-large
1795-97, 1801-03, 11th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 11th
District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11).
Slaveowner.
Died in Maury
County, Tenn., May 19,
1823 (age about 68
years).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Maury County, Tenn.
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Philip Holland (b. 1877) —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Murray, Calloway
County, Ky., August
26, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Puerto Plata, 1910-11; Saltillo, 1911-13; Basel, 1913-23; Guatemala City, 1923-24; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1924-27; Liverpool, as of 1929-38.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Philip A. Holland and Sarah (Williams) Holland; married, May 10,
1904, to Corabelle Anderson. |
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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.
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Ben Walter Hooper (1870-1957) —
also known as Ben W. Hooper; Ben Walter
Wade —
of Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn.
Born in Newport, Cocke
County, Tenn., October
13, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-95; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1900
(alternate), 1916,
1928;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1911-15; defeated, 1914; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1916.
Baptist.
Died in Carson Springs, Cocke
County, Tenn., April
18, 1957 (age 86 years, 187
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Newport, Tenn.
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Leonidas Campbell Houk (1836-1891) —
also known as Leonidas C. Houk —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born near Boyds Creek, Sevier
County, Tenn., June 8,
1836.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; state court
judge in Tennessee, 1866; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Tennessee, 1868
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1873; law partner of Henry
R. Gibson, 1876; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1879-91; died in
office 1891.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., May 25,
1891 (age 54 years, 351
days).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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George Smith Houston (1811-1879) —
also known as George S. Houston —
of Athens, Limestone
County, Ala.
Born near Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., January
17, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1832; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1841-49, 1851-61 (at-large 1841-43,
5th District 1843-49, 1851-61); Governor of
Alabama, 1874-78; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1879; died in office 1879.
Slaveowner.
Died in Athens, Limestone
County, Ala., December
31, 1879 (age 68 years, 348
days).
Interment at Athens
City Cemetery, Athens, Ala.
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James H. Howard (b. 1838) —
of Pike
County, Ark.
Born in Tennessee, 1838.
Shoemaker;
lawyer; Pike
County Clerk, 1862-68; member of Arkansas
state senate 17th District, 1871-73.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Simon P. Hughes (1830-1906) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Carthage, Smith
County, Tenn., August
14, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; sheriff;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1866-67; delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1874-77; Governor of
Arkansas, 1885-89; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1888; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1889-1904.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., June 29,
1906 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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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.
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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) |
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Parry Wayne Humphreys (1778-1839) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.
Born in Staunton,
Va., 1778.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Tennessee, 1807-09;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1809-13, 1818-36; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1813-15; banker.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss., February
12, 1839 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Methodist
Cemetery, Hernando, Miss.
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (1842-1924) —
also known as Joseph C. Hutcheson —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born near Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., May 18,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1893-97.
Died in Signal Mountain, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 26,
1924 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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John Edward Hutton (1828-1893) —
also known as John E. Hutton —
of Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo.
Born in Polk
County, Tenn., March
28, 1828.
Democrat. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician;
lawyer; newspaper
publisher; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 7th District, 1885-89.
Died in Mexico, Audrain
County, Mo., December
28, 1893 (age 65 years, 275
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Mexico, Mo.
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William Marshall Inge (1802-1846) —
of Tennessee; Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala.
Born in Granville
County, N.C., 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1833-35; member of
Alabama
state house of representatives, 1840, 1844-45.
Slaveowner.
Died in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., 1846
(age about
44 years).
Interment at Livingston
Cemetery, Livingston, Ala.
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March
15, 1767.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37; censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans.
Slaveowner.
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;
married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Caffery
family of Louisiana (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
J. Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
J. Waterman
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Beale
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Greenfield
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
Jackson Speer
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Balliet
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— A.
J. Sherwood
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew
J. May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
J. Dunning, Jr.
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Goodwin
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
— Andrew
Jackson Kupper
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appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait
appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait
appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes.
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| | | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham, American
Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald Barr
Chidsey, Andrew
Jackson, Hero |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Spencer Jarnagin (1792-1853) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Athens, McMinn
County, Tenn.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Grainger
County, Tenn., 1792.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-35; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Tennessee; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1843-47.
Slaveowner.
Became ill with cholera,
subjected to "heroic treatment" by his doctor, and died, in Memphis,
Shelby
County, Tenn., June 25,
1853 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
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James Howard Jarvis II (1937-2007) —
also known as James H. Jarvis II —
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., February
28, 1937.
Lawyer; Blount
County Law and Equity Court Judge, 1972-77; circuit judge in
Tennessee, 1977-84; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1984-2002;
took senior status 2002.
Member, Sigma
Chi.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., June 6,
2007 (age 70 years, 98
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Ray Howard Jenkins (1897-1980) —
also known as Ray H. Jenkins; "The Terror of Tellico
Plains" —
of Tellico Plains, Monroe
County, Tenn.
Born in Unaka, Cherokee
County, N.C., 1897.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;
lawyer; committee counsel during the "Army-McCarthy" hearings
in 1954; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died in 1980
(age about
83 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Columbus Sheridan Jenkins; married to Eva Nash. |
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William Lewis Jenkins (b. 1936) —
also known as William L. Jenkins; Bill
Jenkins —
of Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
29, 1936.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1963-71; Speaker
of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1969-71;
candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1970; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1988;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1990-96; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1997-.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Cave Johnson (1793-1866) —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Robertson
County, Tenn., January
11, 1793.
Democrat. Lawyer; Montgomery
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1817; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1829-37, 1839-45 (8th District
1829-33, 11th District 1833-37, 1839-43, 9th District 1843-45); U.S.
Postmaster General, 1845-49; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1850-51;
banker.
Slaveowner.
Died in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., November
23, 1866 (age 73 years, 316
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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Tillman Davis Johnson (1858-1953) —
also known as Tillman D. Johnson —
of Utah.
Born in Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
8, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Lindsay
R. Rogers; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Utah at-large, 1912; U.S.
District Judge for Utah, 1915-49; took senior status 1949.
Died in Ogden, Weber
County, Utah, November
1, 1953 (age 95 years, 297
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Calvin Jones (b. 1810) —
of Somerville, Fayette
County, Tenn.
Born in Person
County, N.C., July 8,
1810.
Democrat. University
professor; lawyer; Chancellor, Western Division of
Tennessee, 1847-54.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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