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Benjamin Duke Nabers (1812-1878) —
also known as Benjamin D. Nabers —
of Hickory Flat, Benton
County, Miss.; Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.; Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss.
Born in Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., November
7, 1812.
Merchant;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 1st District, 1851-53;
Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1860.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Holly Springs, Marshall
County, Miss., September
6, 1878 (age 65 years, 303
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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John Randolph Neal (1836-1889) —
also known as John R. Neal —
of Rhea Springs, Rhea
County, Tenn.
Born near Clinton, Anderson
County, Tenn., November
26, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1874; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1878-81; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1879-81; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1885-89.
Died in Rhea Springs, Rhea
County, Tenn., March
26, 1889 (age 52 years, 120
days).
Interment at Ault Cemetery, Postoak, Tenn.
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Samuel Monroe Neel (1841-1921) —
also known as Samuel M. Neel —
of Somerville, Fayette
County, Tenn.; Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Ripley, Lauderdale
County, Tenn., November
13, 1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; pastor; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1900.
Presbyterian.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
20, 1921 (age 79 years, 341
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel J. Neel and Louisa (Ross) Neel; married 1866 to Mary
Jane Watkins; married 1871 to Anna
Maria Adger. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Kansas City (Mo.) Times,
October 21, 1921 |
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Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (1812-1873) —
of Elizabethton, Carter
County, Tenn.; Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Kingston, Roane
County, Tenn., March
19, 1812.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1859-61; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1868;
justice
of Tennessee state supreme court, 1870-71.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died, from cholera,
in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., August
24, 1873 (age 61 years, 158
days).
Interment at Gray
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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William Allen Northcott (1854-1917) —
also known as William A. Northcott —
of Greenville, Bond
County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.
Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., January
28, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer; Bond
County State's Attorney, 1882-92; Lieutenant
Governor of Illinois, 1897-1905; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Illinois, 1904;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Illinois, 1905-14;
president, Inter-Ocean Casualty
Co.
Episcopalian.
Member, Modern
Woodmen of America; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons.
Died January
25, 1917 (age 62 years, 363
days).
Interment at Oak
Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.
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S. Watkins Overton (b. 1894) —
also known as Watkins Overton —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 5,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1925; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1927; mayor
of Memphis, Tenn., 1928-39, 1949-53.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order of
the Coif; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi; Tau
Kappa Epsilon; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Watkins Overton and May (Hill) Overton; married, January
18, 1937, to Bessie Ganong. |
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Lemuel Phillips Padgett (1855-1922) —
also known as Lemuel P. Padgett —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., November
28, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; Democratic Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1884;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1901-22; died in
office 1922.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
2, 1922 (age 66 years, 247
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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David Trotter Patterson (1818-1891) —
also known as David T. Patterson —
of Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Cedar Creek, Greene
County, Tenn., February
28, 1818.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1854-63; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1866-69.
Scottish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Afton, Greene
County, Tenn., November
3, 1891 (age 73 years, 248
days).
Interment at Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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Malcolm Rice Patterson (1861-1935) —
also known as Malcolm R. Patterson —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Somerville, Morgan
County, Ala., June 7,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; Shelby
County District Attorney, 1894-1900; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1901-06; resigned
1906; Governor of
Tennessee, 1907-11.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March 8,
1935 (age 73 years, 274
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery Midtown, Memphis, Tenn.
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Herron Carney Pearson (1890-1953) —
also known as Herron C. Pearson —
of Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn.
Born in Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex., July 31,
1890.
Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1913;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1935-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary.
Died in Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., April
24, 1953 (age 62 years, 267
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
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James Blackwood Pearson (1920-2009) —
also known as James B. Pearson —
of Shawnee Mission, Johnson
County, Kan.; Prairie Village, Johnson
County, Kan.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 7,
1920.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; probate judge in Kansas, 1954-56; member of Kansas
state senate 10th District, 1956-60; Kansas
Republican state chair, 1960; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1962-78; resigned 1978.
Died in Gloucester, Essex
County, Mass., January
13, 2009 (age 88 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Austin Peay IV (1876-1927) —
also known as "The Maker of Modern
Tennessee" —
of Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn.
Born in Christian
County, Ky., June 1,
1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901-05; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1905; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1916
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1924;
Governor
of Tennessee, 1923-27; died in office 1927.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, at the Governor's
Residence, Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
2, 1927 (age 51 years, 123
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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William Young Pemberton (1843-1922) —
also known as William Y. Pemberton —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 1,
1843.
Lawyer; delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1884, 1886; district
judge in Montana 2nd District, 1891-92; chief
justice of Montana state supreme court, 1893-98.
Died in Excelsior Springs, Clay
County, Mo., August
26, 1922 (age 79 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Le Roy Percy (1860-1929) —
of Greenville, Washington
County, Miss.
Born near Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., November
9, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Mississippi, 1892,
1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1910-13.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
24, 1929 (age 69 years, 45
days).
Interment at Greenville
Cemetery, Greenville, Miss.
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William Armstrong Percy (1863-1912) —
also known as William A. Percy —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Greenville, Washington
County, Miss., January
24, 1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Tennessee, 1904
(Honorary
Vice-President), 1912.
Episcopalian.
Died, from Bright's
disease, in the Maxwell House Hotel,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 22,
1912 (age 49 years, 119
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Relatives: Son
of William Alexander Percy and Nancy Irwin 'Nannie' (Armstrong)
Percy; brother of Le
Roy Percy; married 1891 to Lottie
Galloway; married to Caroline Yarborough. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Augustus Herman Pettibone (1835-1918) —
also known as A. H. Pettibone —
of Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Bedford, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, January
21, 1835.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the Union Army during the Civil
War; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1881-87; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1897-99.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
26, 1918 (age 83 years, 309
days).
Interment at Nashville
National Cemetery, Madison, Tenn.
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Marlin T. Phelps (b. 1880) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Dunlap, Sequatchie
County, Tenn., October
9, 1880.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Arizona, 1923-49; justice of
Arizona state supreme court, 1949-61; chief
justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1954-55, 1959-60.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Moose; John
Birch Society.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William A. Phelps and Rebecca (Johnson) Phelps; married, September
14, 1910, to Margaret Louise Nelson. |
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Howell L. Pickett (1847-1914) —
of Tennessee; New Mexico; Tombstone, Cochise
County, Ariz.
Born in Wilson
County, Tenn., August
13, 1847.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1880.
Died, from colon
cancer, in Tombstone, Cochise
County, Ariz., July 12,
1914 (age 66 years, 333
days).
Interment somewhere
in Tombstone, Ariz.
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Rice Alexander Pierce (1848-1936) —
of Union City, Obion
County, Tenn.
Born in Dresden, Weakley
County, Tenn., July 3,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1883-85, 1889-93,
1897-1905.
Died in Union City, Obion
County, Tenn., July 12,
1936 (age 88 years, 9
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Union City, Tenn.
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Miles Poindexter (1868-1946) —
of Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., April
22, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; Walla
Walla County Prosecuting Attorney, 1892-94; superior court judge
in Washington, 1904-08; U.S.
Representative from Washington 3rd District, 1909-11; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1911-23; defeated, 1922; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1920;
U.S. Ambassador to Peru, 1923-28.
Died in Greenlee, Rockbridge
County, Va., September
21, 1946 (age 78 years, 152
days).
Original interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Va.; reinterment at Fairmount
Memorial Park, Spokane, Wash.
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James Knox Polk (1795-1849) —
also known as James K. Polk; "Young Hickory";
"Napoleon of the Stump" —
of Tennessee.
Born in Pineville, Mecklenburg
County, N.C., November
2, 1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1823-25; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1825-39 (6th District 1825-33, 9th
District 1833-39); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1835-39; Governor of
Tennessee, 1839-41; President
of the United States, 1845-49.
Presbyterian
or Methodist.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died, of cholera,
in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 15,
1849 (age 53 years, 225
days).
Original interment at Polk Place Grounds (which no longer exists), Nashville, Tenn.;
reinterment in 1893 at Tennessee
State Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph at Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Polk and Jane Gracy (Knox) Polk; brother of William
Hawkins Polk; married, January
1, 1824, to Sarah
Childress (daughter of Joel
Childress); nephew of Mary Ophelia Polk (who married Thomas
Jones Hardeman); uncle of Marshall
Tate Polk and Tasker
Polk; first cousin once removed of Edwin
Fitzhugh Polk; second cousin once removed of Mary Adelaide Polk
(who married George
Davis) and Richard
Tyler Polk; second cousin twice removed of Rufus
King Polk and Frank
Lyon Polk; second cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Polk Guest; second cousin four times removed of Raymond
R. Guest; third cousin once removed of Charles
Polk and Augustus
Caesar Dodge; fourth cousin of Trusten
Polk; fourth cousin once removed of Albert
Fawcett Polk. |
| | | Political families: Polk
family of New York City, New York; Polk
family of Tennessee; Ashe
family of North Carolina (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Aaron
V. Brown — John
C. Frémont |
| | | Polk counties in Ark., Fla., Ga., Iowa, Minn., Neb., Ore., Tenn., Tex. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | | The city
of Polk
City, Florida, is named for
him. — The city
of Polk
City, Iowa, is named for
him. — The borough
of Polk,
Pennsylvania, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary
School, in Alexandria,
Virginia, is named for
him. — James K. Polk Elementary
School, in Fresno,
California, is named for
him. — The World War II Liberty
ship SS James K. Polk (built 1942 at Wilmington,
North Carolina; torpedoed in the North
Atlantic Ocean, 1943; towed away and scrapped) was named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: James
Knox Polk Hall
— James
P. Latta
— James
K. P. Fenner
— J.
K. P. Goggans
— James
P. Willett
— J.
K. P. Carter
— J.
K. P. Marshall
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biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | | Books about James K. Polk: Sam W.
Haynes, James
K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse — Paul H.
Bergeron, The
Presidency of James K. Polk — Thomas M. Leonard, James
K. Polk : A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny — Eugene
Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the Prelude to War
1795-1845 — Eugene Irving McCormac, James
K. Polk: A Political Biography to the End of a Career
1845-1849 — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings
Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American
History — John Seigenthaler, James
K. Polk: 1845 - 1849 |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Tasker Polk (1861-1928) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born in Tennessee, March
24, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state senate 16th District, 1915-16.
Died in North Carolina, July 5,
1928 (age 67 years, 103
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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James Pinckney Pope (1884-1966) —
also known as James P. Pope —
of Boise, Ada
County, Idaho.
Born near Jonesboro, Jackson
Parish, La., March
31, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Idaho, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1936;
mayor
of Boise, Idaho, 1929-33; resigned 1933; U.S.
Senator from Idaho, 1933-39.
Congregationalist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., January
23, 1966 (age 81 years, 298
days).
Interment at Lynnhurst
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Alan M. Prewitt (b. 1893) —
of Bolivar, Hardeman
County, Tenn.
Born in Grand Junction, Hardeman
County, Tenn., February
1, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; Democratic Presidential Elector for
Tennessee, 1917;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Tennessee
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1925; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1940;
justice
of Tennessee state supreme court, 1942-.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Paine Paige Prim (b. 1822) —
also known as P. P. Prim —
of Jackson
County, Ore.
Born in Tennessee, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oregon state constitutional convention from Jackson County,
1857; justice of
Oregon state supreme court, 1859-80; chief
justice of Oregon state supreme court, 1864-66, 1870-72, 1876-78.
Burial location unknown.
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Jeter Connelly Pritchard (1857-1921) —
also known as Jeter C. Pritchard —
of Marshall, Madison
County, N.C.
Born in Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., July 12,
1857.
Republican. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Madison County,
1885-88, 1891-92; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of North Carolina, 1888; candidate for U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1892; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1895-1903; justice of
District of Columbia supreme court, 1903-04; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1904-21; died in
office 1921.
Died April
10, 1921 (age 63 years, 272
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Bill Purcell —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1986-96; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 2000;
speaker, 1996;
mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 2000-.
Still living as of 2007.
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Relatives:
Married to Debbie Miller. |
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