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Robert Darwood Alexander (1944-2017) —
also known as Robert D. Alexander; Bob
Alexander —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., October
31, 1944.
Served
in the Peace Corps; school teacher; candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives 53rd District, 1974 (Human
Rights), 1992 (Democratic primary); member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1977-79; Democratic candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 8th District, 2004.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Tau; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., April
26, 2017 (age 72 years, 177
days). His body was
donated to the Michigan State University Medical School.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Gibson Alexander and Dorothy (Darwood) Alexander; married
to Julie Horn. |
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Mary M. Anderson (1921-2005) —
also known as Mary Virginia Mize —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born February
2, 1921.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1963-64.
Female.
Died August
15, 2005 (age 84 years, 194
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Memorial Park, Nashville, Tenn.
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John M. Bailey (1859-1946) —
of Langdon, Atchison
County, Mo.
Born in Baileyton, Greene
County, Tenn., April 9,
1859.
Republican. School teacher; merchant;
farmer;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Atchison County, 1911-12.
Died August
1, 1946 (age 87 years, 114
days).
Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Rock Port, Mo.
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James Jefferson Britt (1861-1939) —
also known as James J. Britt —
of Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C.
Born near Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., March 4,
1861.
Republican. Superintendent of schools; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904
(alternate), 1916;
candidate for Presidential Elector for North Carolina; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1909-11; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 10th District, 1915-17, 1919;
defeated, 1906; candidate for chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1926.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Asheville, Buncombe
County, N.C., December
26, 1939 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
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Robert Malone Bugg (1805-1887) —
also known as Robert M. Bugg —
of Lynnville, Giles
County, Tenn.
Born in Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., January
20, 1805.
School teacher; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1853-55; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1871-72.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lynnville, Giles
County, Tenn., February
18, 1887 (age 82 years, 29
days).
Interment at McLaurine
Cemetery, Near Lynnville, Giles County, Tenn.
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Wilburn Cartwright (1892-1979) —
of McAlester, Pittsburg
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Georgetown, Meigs
County, Tenn., January
12, 1892.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1915-18; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1919-22; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 3rd District, 1927-43; major in the
U.S. Army during World War II; secretary
of state of Oklahoma, 1947-51; Oklahoma
state auditor, 1951-55.
Baptist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Acacia;
Lions;
American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; Elks; Junior
Order.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., March
14, 1979 (age 87 years, 61
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Norman, Okla.
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B. Howard Caughran (b. 1890) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born near Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., November
6, 1890.
Democrat. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World
War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, 1940-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hamilton Caughran and Hazeltine (Ashby) Caughran; married,
June
5, 1918, to Effie East. |
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Lewis Minor Coleman (b. 1861) —
also known as Lewis M. Coleman —
of Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tenn.
Born in University, Charlottesville,
Va., May 20,
1861.
Democrat. School principal; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1913-17.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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William A. Cutler (1913-1971) —
of Three Rivers, St. Joseph
County, Mich.
Born in Nottawa, St. Joseph
County, Mich., March
29, 1913.
School teacher; mayor
of Three Rivers, Mich., 1963-65.
Died in Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., August
2, 1971 (age 58 years, 126
days).
Interment at Nottawa Cemetery, Nottawa, Mich.
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Henry Christian Augustus Damm (1874-1929) —
also known as Henry C. A. Damm —
of Sewanee, Franklin
County, Tenn.
Born in West Bloomfield, Waushara
County, Wis., January
19, 1874.
Orange
grower; school teacher; U.S. Consul in Cornwall, 1909-12; Stettin, 1912-15; Aix-la-Chapelle, 1915-17; Stavanger, 1917-18, 1919; Christiania, 1918; Copenhagen, 1919-20; Malaga, 1920-21; Valencia, 1921-22; Nogales, 1922-29, died in office 1929.
Episcopalian.
Died in Nogales, Sonora,
August
24, 1929 (age 55 years, 217
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Conrad Damm and Maria (Markworth) Damm; married 1902 to Alice
Mary Ann Purdue. |
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John Byrd Dow (1860-1950) —
also known as John B. Dow —
of Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn., March 5,
1860.
School teacher; lumber
business; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1901; mayor
of Cookeville, Tenn., 1911; postmaster at Cookeville,
Tenn., 1914-22.
Died, in a convalescent
home, at Sparta, White
County, Tenn., July 7,
1950 (age 90 years, 124
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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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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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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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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James J. Kyle (1867-1931) —
of Thornfield, Ozark
County, Mo.
Born in Kyles Ford, Hancock
County, Tenn., December
27, 1867.
Republican. School teacher; farmer; merchant;
Ozark
County School Commissioner, 1894-95; Ozark
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1897-98; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Ozark County, 1909-10,
1913-16, 1921-22.
Died in Ozark
County, Mo., February
1, 1931 (age 63 years, 36
days).
Interment at Thornfield Cemetery, Thornfield, Mo.
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Dick Latta Lansden (1869-1924) —
also known as Dick Lansden —
of Sparta, White
County, Tenn.; Cookeville, Putnam
County, Tenn.
Born in Bakers Crossroads, White
County, Tenn., May 15,
1869.
Democrat. School teacher; superintendent of schools; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1904;
justice
of Tennessee state supreme court, 1910-16.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., August
10, 1924 (age 55 years, 87
days).
Interment at Cookeville
City Cemetery, Cookeville, Tenn.
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James Whitcomb Loop (1900-1993) —
also known as James W. Loop —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn., March
12, 1900.
Democrat. Printer;
school teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1947-56,
1965-66, 1969-72; defeated, 1972.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Kappa
Delta Pi; Typographical
Union.
Died December
31, 1993 (age 93 years, 294
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Willis Loop and Dora (Noe) Loop; married, March 9,
1924, to Marguerite McCracken. |
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1951 |
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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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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Republican. School teacher; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1936,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1948; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
19, 1961 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Albert Houston Roberts (1868-1946) —
also known as A. H. Roberts —
of Tennessee.
Born in Overton
County, Tenn., July 4,
1868.
Democrat. Superintendent of schools; lawyer; Governor of
Tennessee, 1919-21; defeated, 1920.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died June 25,
1946 (age 77 years, 356
days).
Interment at Livingston
City Cemetery, Livingston, Tenn.
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William Charles Salmon (1868-1925) —
of Columbia, Maury
County, Tenn.
Born near Paris, Henry
County, Tenn., April 3,
1868.
Democrat. School teacher; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1923-25.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Elks.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 13,
1925 (age 57 years, 40
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.
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Thetus Willrette Sims (1852-1939) —
also known as Thetus W. Sims —
of Linden, Perry
County, Tenn.
Born in Wayne
County, Tenn., April
25, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superintendent of schools; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Tennessee; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1897-1921.
Died in 1939
(age about
87 years).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Kenneth N. Springer (1945-2000) —
also known as Pete Springer —
of Centerville, Hickman
County, Tenn.
Born in Lyles, Hickman
County, Tenn., February
27, 1945.
Democrat. School teacher; member of Tennessee
state senate 25th District, 1981-82, 1991-2000; died in office
2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1996.
Church
of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, apparently of heart
disease, in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., April
12, 2000 (age 55 years, 45
days).
Interment at Harpeth
Hills Memory Gardens, Centerville, Tenn.
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Vinson Martlow Whitley (1855-1947) —
of Red Boiling Springs, Macon
County, Tenn.; Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn.
Born in Red Boiling Springs, Macon
County, Tenn., August
12, 1855.
School teacher; lawyer; real estate
business; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1893-95.
Missionary
Baptist.
Died, from chronic
glomerular nephritis, in Morristown, Hamblen
County, Tenn., August
26, 1947 (age 92 years, 14
days).
Interment at Emma
Jarnagin Cemetery, Morristown, Tenn.
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