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Edward Albright (1873-1937) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Sumner
County, Tenn., August
18, 1873.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1933-37.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., May 25,
1937 (age 63 years, 280
days).
Interment at Gallatin
City Cemetery, Gallatin, Tenn.
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Howard Henry Baker (1902-1964) —
also known as Howard H. Baker —
of Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn.
Born in Somerset, Pulaski
County, Ky., January
12, 1902.
Republican. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1929-30; candidate for Governor of
Tennessee, 1938; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956,
1960
(delegation chair); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1940; board chairman, First National Bank of
Oneida; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1951-64; died in
office 1964.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Phi
Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital,
Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., January
7, 1964 (age 61 years, 360
days).
Interment at Sherwood
Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, Tenn.
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Bruce Barton (1886-1967) —
also known as "Advertiser"; "The Advertising
King"; "The Great Repealer" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Robbins, Scott
County, Tenn., August
5, 1886.
Republican. Author;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from New York 17th District, 1937-41; derided by
Franklin
Roosevelt as one of "Martin, Barton, and Fish", three Republican
opponents of his New Deal policies; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1940; a founder of the Batten, Barton,
Durstine and Osborn (BBDO) advertising
agency.
Congregationalist.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., July 5,
1967 (age 80 years, 334
days).
Interment at Rock
Hill Cemetery, Foxboro, Mass.
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Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) —
also known as "Old Bullion" —
of Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Hillsborough, Orange
County, N.C., March
14, 1782.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1809; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; Benton
Democrat candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1856.
Fought a duel
with Andrew
Jackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, he
caused a scandal
with his attempt to assault
Sen. Henry
Stuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;
he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in his
hand and undoubtedly would have shot him.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
10, 1858 (age 76 years, 27
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Vincent Boreing (1839-1903) —
of London, Laurel
County, Ky.
Born near Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn., November
24, 1839.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
newspaper publisher; banker;
county judge in Kentucky, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 11th District, 1899-1903; died in
office 1903.
Methodist.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in London, Laurel
County, Ky., September
16, 1903 (age 63 years, 296
days).
Interment at A.R.
Dyche Memorial Park, London, Ky.
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Ulysses Wilhelm Boykin (1914-1987) —
also known as Ulysses W. Boykin —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., October
17, 1914.
Republican. Journalist; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1952; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964
(alternate), 1976;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Elks; Freemasons.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., September
26, 1987 (age 72 years, 344
days).
Interment at Detroit Memorial Park West, Redford Township, Wayne County,
Mich.
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Morgan Welles Brown (1800-1853) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Clarksville, Montgomery
County, Tenn., 1800.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
District Judge for Tennessee, 1834-53; died in office 1853.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., March 7,
1853 (age about 52
years).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Louis Brownlow (1879-1963) —
of Paducah, McCracken
County, Ky.; Washington,
D.C.; Petersburg,
Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Buffalo, Dallas
County, Mo., August
29, 1879.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1915-20; President
of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, 1917-20;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia,
1916
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); city manager, Petersburg, Va.,
1920-23; city manager, Knoxville, Tenn., 1924-26.
Member, American
Public Health Association.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
27, 1963 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Walter Preston Brownlow (1851-1910) —
also known as Walter P. Brownlow —
of Jonesborough, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., March
27, 1851.
Republican. Newspaper editor and publisher; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1880,
1884,
1896,
1900;
postmaster;
member of Tennessee
Republican State Executive Committee, 1882-90; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1896; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1897-1910; died in
office 1910; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1898-99.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., July 8,
1910 (age 59 years, 103
days).
Interment at Mountain
Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Tenn.
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William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) —
also known as William J. Bryan; "The Great
Commoner"; "The Peerless Leader";
"The Silver-Tongued Orator"; "The Boy Orator
of the Platte"; "The Niagaric
Nebraskan" —
of Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill.; Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb.; Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.
Born in Salem, Marion
County, Ill., March
19, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 1st District, 1891-95; candidate for
President
of the United States, 1896, 1900, 1908; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Nebraska, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1920;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 1913-15; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Pi; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Dayton, Rhea
County, Tenn., July 26,
1925 (age 65 years, 129
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue at Rhea County Courthouse Grounds, Dayton, Tenn.
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Relatives: Son
of Silas
Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth (Jennings) Bryan; brother of
Charles
Wayland Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Bryan (who married Thomas
Stinson Allen); married, October
1, 1884, to Mary Elizabeth Baird; father of Ruth
Bryan Owen; grandfather of Helen
Rudd Brown; cousin *** of William
Sherman Jennings. |
| | | Political family: Bryan-Jennings
family of Illinois. |
| | | Cross-reference: Clarence
S. Darrow — Willis
J. Abbot |
| | | Bryan County,
Okla. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: William
J. Bryan Jarvis
— W.
J. Bryan Dorn
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| | | Campaign slogan (1896): "Sixteen to
one." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about William Jennings Bryan:
Robert W. Cherny, A
Righteous Cause : The Life of William Jennings Bryan —
Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 1: Political Evangelist,
1860-1908 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 2: Progressive Politician and Moral Statesman,
1909-1915 — Paolo E. Coletta, William
Jennings Bryan, Vol. 3: Political Puritan, 1915-1925 —
Michael Kazin, A
Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan — Scott
Farris, Almost
President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the
Nation — Gerard N. Magliocca, The
Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and the
Politics of Backlash |
| | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,
October 1903 |
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Edward Ward Carmack (1858-1908) —
also known as Edward W. Carmack —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born near Castalian Springs, Sumner
County, Tenn., November
5, 1858.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1885; editor of
newspapers, including the Nashville American, the
Memphis Commercial, and the Nashville Tennesseean;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1896,
1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1897-1901; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1901-07; candidate for nomination for Governor of
Tennessee, 1908.
Member, Freemasons.
Shot
and killed by
Robin J. Cooper, whose father, Col. Duncan B. Cooper, had been
ridiculed in the Tennesseean, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
9, 1908 (age 50 years, 4
days). Robin and Duncan Cooper were convicted of second-degree
murder and sentenced to prison, but Duncan Cooper was pardoned, and
Robin Cooper's conviction was overturned on appeal; in 1919, Robin
Cooper was himself murdered in an apparent robbery.
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.; statue (now gone) at State
Capitol Grounds, Nashville, Tenn.
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Jesse Samuel Cottrell (1878-1944) —
also known as Jesse S. Cottrell —
of Tennessee; Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., October
23, 1878.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1907-09; secretary to U.S. Sen.
Newell
Sanders, 1910-11; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S. Minister to Bolivia, 1921-28.
Baptist.
Member, Elks.
Died March
24, 1944 (age 65 years, 153
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William T. Dowdall (1835-1915) —
of Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.
Born in Illinois, 1835.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1868,
1880;
postmaster at Peoria,
Ill., 1886-89.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., December
31, 1915 (age about 80
years).
Interment at Springdale
Cemetery, Peoria, Ill.
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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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Thomas Emmerson (1772-1837) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., 1772.
Newspaper editor; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1815-17.
Died in 1837
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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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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John Draper Erwin (b. 1883) —
also known as John D. Erwin —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Meador, Allen
County, Ky., November
14, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; secretary to U.S. Sen. John
K. Shields, 1913, and to U.S. Sen. Luke
Lea, 1913-17; U.S. Minister to Honduras, 1937-43; U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, 1943, 1951.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Bruce Haldeman (b. 1862) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; Glenview, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., November
5, 1862.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; delegate
to Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Presbyterian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Newman Haldeman and Elizabeth (Metcalfe) Haldeman; married,
January
20, 1892, to Annie Ford Milton. |
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Greenbury Horras Harrison (1811-1856) —
also known as Greenbury H. Harrison; G. H.
Harrison —
of Houston
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Warren
County, Tenn., 1811.
Member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-41; newspaper editor
and publisher; shipmaster.
Died in 1856
(age about
45 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frederick S. Heiskell (1786-1882) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Hagerstown, Washington
County, Md., 1786.
Newspaper publisher; farmer; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1835.
Died in 1882
(age about
96 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Netherland Heiskell (1872-1972) —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Rogersville, Hawkins
County, Tenn., November
2, 1872.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1913.
Editor of the Arkansas Gazette newspaper, which won a Pulitzer
Prize for Meritorious Public Service in 1958.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
28, 1972 (age 100 years,
56 days).
Interment at Mt.
Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
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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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Luke Lea (1879-1945) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April
12, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper editor and publisher; founder of the Nashville
Tennesseean; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(speaker);
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, after
the war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in an unauthorized
attempt to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; they illegally
entered the Netherlands (which was neutral
territory) using forged
passports; he and the others were reprimanded
by the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank and
Trust, he and others were indicted
in 1931 for bank
fraud; convicted
on three counts; sentenced to prison,
served two years before being paroled; ultimately pardoned
in 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Redmen.
Died, in Vanderbilt University Hospital,
Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., November
18, 1945 (age 66 years, 220
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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David Bell Macgowan (1870-1960) —
also known as David B. Macgowan —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., June 5,
1870.
Reporter and correspondent for the Chicago Tribune
newspaper, and for the Associated Press; editor of the
Knoxville, Tenn. Sentinel newspaper, 1908-14; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Moscow, 1917-18; Vladivostok, 1918-22; Riga, 1922-25; Kovno, 1927.
Unitarian.
Died in Lynchburg,
Va., November
30, 1960 (age 90 years, 178
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.
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Karl de Giers MacVitty (1883-1959) —
also known as Karl MacVitty —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
27, 1883.
Newspaper reporter; theatrical
manager; U.S. Vice Consul in Genoa, 1917-19; Belfast, 1919; Nassau, 1919-20; U.S. Consul in Saigon, 1920; Sydney, 1921; Auckland, 1921-22; Teheran, 1925; Stockholm, 1926-27; Leghorn, 1928-29, 1929; Malta, 1929; Nairobi, as of 1932; Sofia, as of 1938; Nouméa, 1942; U.S. Consul General in Nouméa, 1942; Alexandria, as of 1943.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1959
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Dow MacVitty and Kateryn (de Giers)
MacVitty. |
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William Mahoney (1869-1952) —
of Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
13, 1869.
Pressman;
labor
leader; Socialist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 5th District, 1904; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Minnesota; founder and editor, Minnesota
Union Advocate newspaper, 1920-32; mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., 1932-34; Farmer-Labor candidate for U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 4th District, 1943.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
17, 1952 (age 83 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sunset
Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Leake Marling (1825-1856) —
also known as John L. Marling —
of Tennessee.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1825.
Lawyer;
newspaper editor; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1854-56.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
16, 1856 (age 30 years, 299
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abram Poindexter Maury (1801-1848) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., December
26, 1801.
Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1831-32, 1843-44; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1835-39 (8th District 1835-37, 5th
District 1837-39); member of Tennessee
state senate, 1845-46.
Slaveowner.
Died near Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., July 22,
1848 (age 46 years, 209
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Williamson County, Tenn.
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Samuel Milligan (1814-1874) —
of Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Greene
County, Tenn., November
16, 1814.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1841-47; newspaper editor;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1860;
justice
of Tennessee state supreme court, 1864-68; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1868-74; died in office 1874.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
20, 1874 (age 59 years, 155
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Fort Milton (1869-1924) —
also known as George F. Milton —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in 1869.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1904
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker).
Died in 1924
(age about
55 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Patrick Joseph Mooney (b. 1865) —
also known as C. P. J. Mooney —
of Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn.
Born in Bardstown Junction, Bullitt
County, Ky., September
15, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee).
Catholic.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Francis Mooney and Hannah (Spraggins) Mooney; married, June 6,
1891, to Corinne G'Sell O'Connor. |
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George Washington Oakes (b. 1861) —
also known as George W. Oakes; George Washington Ochs;
George W. Ochs —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, October
27, 1861.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Tennessee, 1892;
mayor
of Chattanooga, Tenn., 1893-97; delegate to Gold Democrat
National Convention from Tennessee, 1896; served in the U.S. Army
during World War I.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, Civitan;
American
Historical Association.
Interment at Mt.
Sinai Cemetery, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.
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James Percy Priest (1900-1956) —
also known as J. Percy Priest —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Carter's Creek, Maury
County, Tenn., April 1,
1900.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper work; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1941-56 (5th District 1941-43, 6th
District 1943-53, 5th District 1953-56); died in office 1956.
Died, in a hospital
at Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
12, 1956 (age 56 years, 194
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Nashville, Tenn.
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James Henry Quillen (1916-2003) —
also known as James H. Quillen; Jimmy
Quillen —
of Kingsport, Sullivan
County, Tenn.
Born near Gate City, Scott
County, Va., January
11, 1916.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1964,
1968,
1972,
1976,
1992;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1963-97.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Moose.
Director, Kingsport National Bank,
1961-82.
Died November
2, 2003 (age 87 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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W. B. A. Ramsey (1799-1874) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., 1799.
Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; steamboat
business; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1838-39; secretary
of state of Tennessee, 1847-55.
Died in Davidson
County, Tenn., 1874
(age about
75 years).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Carl Thomas Rowan (1925-2000) —
also known as Carl T. Rowan —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Ravenscroft, White
County, Tenn., August
11, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; syndicated
newspaper columnist,
author,
biographer,
television
and radio
commentator; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1963-64; in 1988, he shot
and wounded an intruder in his backyard in Washington, D.C.; he
was arrested,
charged
with a weapons
violation, and tried;
the jury was unable to reach a verdict, and a mistrial was declared;
received the Spingarn
Medal in 1997.
African
ancestry. Member, Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of heart and
kidney
ailments and diabetes,
at the Washington Hospital
Center, Washington,
D.C., September
23, 2000 (age 75 years, 43
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Rule (1839-1928) —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Knox
County, Tenn., 1839.
Republican. Newspaper editor; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1873, 1898-99; postmaster at Knoxville,
Tenn., 1873-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1924.
Died in 1928
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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William Hepburn Russell (b. 1857) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo., May 17,
1857.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
general attorney, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railroad;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Member, Tammany
Hall.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Daniel L. Russell and Matilda (Richmond) Russell; married, June 23,
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Henry Hulme Sevier (1878-1940) —
also known as Hal H. Sevier —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn., March
16, 1878.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; vice-president, Corpus
Christi Bank and
Trust Co.; U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1933-35.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1940
(age about
62 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Wilkins F. Tannehill (1787-1858) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., March 2,
1787.
Newspaper editor; author; mayor
of Nashville, Tenn., 1825-26.
Member, Freemasons.
Died June 2,
1858 (age 71 years, 92
days).
Interment at Nashville
City Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Robert Love Taylor (1850-1912) —
also known as Robert L. Taylor; Bob Taylor;
"Our Bob" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer;
newspaper publisher; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1879-81; Governor of
Tennessee, 1887-91, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1907-12; died in office 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
31, 1912 (age 61 years, 244
days).
Original interment at Old
Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.; reinterment in 1938 at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Caswell Walker (1903-1998) —
also known as Cas Walker —
of Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Sevier
County, Tenn., March
23, 1903.
Grocery store
owner; newspaper publisher; radio show
host; mayor
of Knoxville, Tenn., 1946, 1959.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., September
28, 1998 (age 95 years, 189
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891) —
also known as Harvey M. Watterson —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bedford
County, Tenn., November
23, 1811.
Democrat. Newspaper editor; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1839-43; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1845-47; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1845-47.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., October
1, 1891 (age 79 years, 312
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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Elihu Stephen Williams (1835-1903) —
also known as Elihu S. Williams —
of New Middleton, Smith
County, Tenn.; Troy, Miami
County, Ohio.
Born in New Carlisle, Clark
County, Ohio, January
24, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1867-69; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1887-91; newspaper
editor.
Died in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, December
1, 1903 (age 68 years, 311
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Troy, Ohio.
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