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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: Caffery
family of Franklin, Louisiana; Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York (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. Howell, Jr.
— 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 — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate
Presidents [anthology] |
| | | 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; Whig Presidential
Elector for Tennessee, 1840;
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; Republican Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1956
(voted for Dwight
D. Eisenhower and Richard
M. Nixon).
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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George Washington Johnson (1811-1862) —
also known as George W. Johnson —
of Georgetown, Scott
County, Ky.
Born in Scott
County, Ky., May 27,
1811.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1838; delegate
to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Confederate Governor of
Kentucky, 1861-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil
War.
Shot
during the Civil War
battle of Shiloh, and died soon after, in Hardin
County, Tenn., April 8,
1862 (age 50 years, 316
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, Ky.
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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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Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-1963) —
also known as Estes Kefauver —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born near Madisonville, Monroe
County, Tenn., July 26,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1944
(alternate; speaker),
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63; died in office 1963; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1952,
1956;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Political Science Association; Kappa
Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from a ruptured
abdominal aortic aneurysm, at Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., August
10, 1963 (age 60 years, 15
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Monroe County, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (Estes) Kefauver;
married, August
8, 1935, to Nancy Patterson Pigott; first cousin once removed of
Joseph
Wingate Folk; second cousin thrice removed of Montgomery
Blair and Francis
Preston Blair Jr.; third cousin twice removed of James
Lawrence Blair, Francis
Preston Blair Lee and Gist
Blair; fourth cousin once removed of Edward
Brooke Lee. |
| | | Political families:Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | The Estes Kefauver Federal
Building, in Nashville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Estes Kefauver: Hugh
Brogan, All
Honorable Men : Huey Long, Robert Moses, Estes Kefauver, Richard J.
Daley — Joseph Bruce Gorman, Kefauver:
A Political Biography |
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Chambers Kellar (b. 1867) —
of Lead, Lawrence
County, S.Dak.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., March 4,
1867.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from South Dakota, 1920
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Keller (b. 1964) —
also known as Ric Keller —
of Orlando, Orange
County, Fla.
Born in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., September
5, 1964.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Florida 8th District, 2001-.
Still living as of 2014.
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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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Jerry Walter Kilgore (b. 1961) —
also known as Jerry W. Kilgore —
of Glen Allen, Henrico
County, Va.
Born in Kingsport, Sullivan
County, Tenn., August
23, 1961.
Republican. Lawyer; Virginia
state attorney general, 2002-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Virginia, 2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 2005.
Still living as of 2008.
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Austin Augustus King (1802-1870) —
also known as Austin A. King —
of Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.; Richmond, Ray
County, Mo.
Born in Sullivan
County, Tenn., September
21, 1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black
Hawk War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1834-36; circuit judge in
Missouri, 1837-48, 1862-63; Governor of
Missouri, 1848-53; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1860;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 6th District, 1863-65; defeated,
1852, 1864.
Slaveowner.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., April
22, 1870 (age 67 years, 213
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Ray County, Mo.; reinterment at Richmond
Cemetery, Richmond, Mo.
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