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Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) —
also known as Aris T. Allen —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
27, 1910.
Republican. Physician;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1972
(delegation chair); Maryland
Republican state chair, 1977-79; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1978; member of Maryland
state senate 30th District, 1979-81.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Medical
Association; American Legion; NAACP.
Following a diagnosis of cancer,
he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his parked rental
car, in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., February
5, 1991 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James V. Allred (1899-1959) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Bowie, Montague
County, Tex., March
29, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Texas
state attorney general, 1931-35; Governor of
Texas, 1935-39; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1939-42,
1949-59; died in office 1959; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1942.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Optimist
Club.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., September
24, 1959 (age 60 years, 179
days).
Interment at Riverside
Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Tex.
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James Harry Ashcraft (1918-2011) —
also known as J. H. Ashcraft —
of Hundred, Wetzel
County, W.Va.; Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born in Hundred, Wetzel
County, W.Va., July 26,
1918.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; merchant;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wetzel County, 1951-52;
defeated, 1952; chair of
Wetzel County Republican Party, 1973.
Methodist.
Member, Elks; Moose;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died June 23,
2011 (age 92 years, 332
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Jolly Ashcraft and Elizabeth (Clark) Ashcraft; married, May 1,
1940, to Freda Naomi Sapp. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1951 |
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Clinton S. Bailey (b. 1890) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary of
Texas Republican Party, 1923-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1926, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Phi
Gamma Delta; Theta
Nu Epsilon; American Legion; Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey; married to
Alice Mae Nicholson. |
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Phillip Benjamin Baldwin (1924-2002) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., December
23, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; chair of
Harrison County Democratic Party, 1962-67; Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1968-82; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982-86; took
senior status 1986.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Tau Omega; Phi
Delta Phi; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., April
20, 2002 (age 77 years, 118
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Andrew Willson Barrett (1892-1945) —
also known as R. A. W. Barrett —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Rusk, Cherokee
County, Tex., November
21, 1892.
Real
estate business; Honorary
Consul for Venezuela in Atlanta,
Ga., 1923-29.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
American Legion.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in the station hospital,
Ellington Field, Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
27, 1945 (age 52 years, 98
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Arthur Barrett and Lela May (Willson) Barrett; married to
Grace NcNaught Bloodworth. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Thomas Harry Barton (1881-1960) —
also known as Thomas H. Barton; T. H.
Barton —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in Marlin, Falls
County, Tex., September
20, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; one of the
founders of the Natural Gas and
Fuel Corporation; president and director of Lion Oil
Company; owner of radio and
television stations; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1940;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1944.
Member, Newcomen
Society; American Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died December
24, 1960 (age 79 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, El Dorado, Ark.
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (1921-2006) —
also known as Lloyd M. Bentsen —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
11, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
county judge in Texas, 1946-48; U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1948-55; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1980;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1984;
speaker, 1988;
president, Lincoln Liberty Life
Insurance Company; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1971-93; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1976;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1988; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1993-94.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Danish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Nu; Elks.
Died, of complications from a 1998 stroke,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 23,
2006 (age 85 years, 101
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Kearie Lee Berry (1893-1965) —
also known as K. L. Berry —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Denton
County, Tex., July 6,
1893.
Democrat. Adjutant
General of Texas, 1947-50; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1948.
Christian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Shriners;
American Legion; National Rifle
Association.
Died in April, 1965
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Interment at Fort
Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Myron Geer Blalock (1891-1950) —
also known as Myron G. Blalock —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Harrison
County, Tex., January
3, 1891.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1913-18; major in the U.S. Army
during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1928,
1940,
1944,
1948;
state court judge in Texas, 1932; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1937; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1940; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
American Legion.
Died in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., December
28, 1950 (age 59 years, 359
days).
Interment at Grange
Hall Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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Lyle H. Boren (1909-1992) —
of Seminole, Seminole
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., May 11,
1909.
Democrat. School
teacher; merchant;
U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 4th District, 1937-47; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II.
Church
of Christ. Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Rotary;
American Legion; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla., July 2,
1992 (age 83 years, 52
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jack Bascom Brooks (1922-2012) —
also known as Jack B. Brooks —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La., December
18, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1953-95 (2nd District 1953-67, 9th
District 1967-95); defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; National Rifle
Association.
Died, in Baptist Hospital,
Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., December
4, 2012 (age 89 years, 352
days).
Cremated.
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William Evans Burney (1893-1969) —
also known as William E. Burney —
of Pueblo, Pueblo
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Hubbard, Hill
County, Tex., September
11, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 3rd District, 1940-41; colonel in
the U.S. Army during World War II; insurance
executive.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Forty and
Eight.
Died in Denver,
Colo., January
29, 1969 (age 75 years, 140
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-2018) —
also known as George Bush; "Poppy";
"Sheepskin";
"Timberwolf" —
of Midland, Midland
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 12,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1964, 1970; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1967-71; U.S.
Representative to United Nations, 1971-73; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1973-74; U.S. Liaison to China, 1974-75; director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,
1976-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
Vice
President of the United States, 1981-89; President
of the United States, 1989-93; defeated, 1992.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Skull
and Bones; Council on
Foreign Relations; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
30, 2018 (age 94 years, 171
days).
Interment at George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College
Station, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Prescott
Sheldon Bush and Dorothy (Walker) Bush; married, January
6, 1945, to Barbara
Pierce; father of George
Walker Bush (who married Laura
Lane Welch) and John
Ellis Bush; grandfather of George
Prescott Bush; first cousin thrice removed of David
Davis. |
| | | Political family: Bush
family of Texas and Massachusetts. |
| | | Cross-reference: Caspar
W. Weinberger — John
H. Sununu — Don
Evans — James
C. Oberwetter — Mary
McClure Bibby |
| | | The George Bush School of Government and
Public Service, at Texas A&M University,
College
Station, Texas, is named for
him. — George Bush High
School, in Richmond,
Texas, is named for
him. — George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary
School, in Addison,
Texas, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by George H. W. Bush: All
The Best, George Bush: My Life and Other Writings
(1999) — Looking
Forward (1987) — A
World Transformed (1998) |
| | | Books about George H. W. Bush: John
Robert Greene, The
Presidency of George Bush — Tim O'Shei & Joe Marren,
George
H. W. Bush (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about George H. W. Bush:
Kevin Phillips, American
Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the
House of Bush — Kitty Kelly, The
Family : The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty |
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Vincent Waggoner Carr (1918-2004) —
also known as Waggoner Carr —
of Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Fairlie, Hunt
County, Tex., October
1, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; Lubbock
County Attorney, 1948-50; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1951-61; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1957-61; Texas
state attorney general, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1966; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1968.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Breakfasted with Pres. John
F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas, on the morning of his
assassination, November 22, 1963.
Died, of cancer,
in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., February
25, 2004 (age 85 years, 147
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Elmer Anderson Carter (1890-1973) —
also known as Elmer A. Carter —
of Prairie View, Waller
County, Tex.; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 19,
1890.
College
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive
secretary for the Urban League in various cities, 1920-28; editor of
Opportunity, a Journal of Negro Life, 1928-42; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1932;
Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 22nd District, 1950; Republican
candidate for borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1953.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; NAACP;
American Legion; Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Died January
16, 1973 (age 82 years, 181
days).
Interment at Ferncliff
Cemetery, Hartsdale, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George Cook Carter and Florence Lucretia (Young) Carter; married
1922 to
Edna Felicia Billups; married 1927 to Thelma
Charles Johnson. |
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Francis Adams Cherry (1908-1965) —
of Jonesboro, Craighead
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., September
5, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Arkansas, 1942; served in the U.S. Navy during
World War II; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Arkansas, 1944;
Governor
of Arkansas, 1953-55.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Legion; Kappa
Alpha Order; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Lions.
Died July 15,
1965 (age 56 years, 313
days).
Interment at Oaklawn
Cemetery, Jonesboro, Ark.
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Thomas Campbell Clark (1899-1977) —
also known as Tom C. Clark —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
23, 1899.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1945-49; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1949-67; took senior status 1967.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Delta
Tau Delta.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., June 13,
1977 (age 77 years, 263
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Thomas William Creighton (1927-1997) —
also known as Tom Creighton —
of Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto
County, Tex.
Born in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto
County, Tex., February
26, 1927.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1961-81.
Member, American Legion.
Died April
28, 1997 (age 70 years, 61
days).
Interment at Woodland
Park Cemetery, Mineral Wells, Tex.
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Marion Price Daniel (1910-1988) —
also known as Price Daniel —
of Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex.
Born in Dayton, Liberty
County, Tex., October
10, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1939-45; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1943-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940,
1948,
1964;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Texas
state attorney general, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1953-57; Governor of
Texas, 1957-63; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1971-; appointed 1971.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen;
Sigma
Delta Chi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Died, from a stroke,
in Liberty, Liberty
County, Tex., August
25, 1988 (age 77 years, 320
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Liberty County, Tex.
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Eligio de la Garza II (1927-2017) —
also known as E. 'Kika' de la Garza —
of Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex.; McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Mercedes, Hidalgo
County, Tex., September
22, 1927.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in the
U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1952-64; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 15th District, 1965-97.
Catholic.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Catholic
War Veterans; Kiwanis;
Delta
Theta Phi.
Died in McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex., March
13, 2017 (age 89 years, 172
days).
Interment at Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, Tex.
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George Clifton Edwards Jr. (1914-1995) —
also known as George Edwards —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August
6, 1914.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1949; probate judge in Michigan, 1951-54; circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1954-56; appointed 1954; resigned
1956; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1956-62; appointed 1956; resigned
1962; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1963-.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Sigma; Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons;
American
Judicature Society.
Died in 1995
(age about
80 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
Michigan Manual 1957-58 |
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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) —
also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower;
"Ike" —
Born in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., October
14, 1890.
Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president
of Columbia University, 1948-53; President
of the United States, 1953-61.
Presbyterian.
German
and Swiss
ancestry. Member, American Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations; Loyal
Legion.
Died, after a series of heart
attacks, at Walter
Reed Army Hospital, Washington,
D.C., March
28, 1969 (age 78 years, 165
days).
Interment at Eisenhower
Center, Abilene, Kan.
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Relatives: Son
of Ida Elizabeth (Stover) Eisenhower and David Jacob Eisenhower;
brother of Milton
Stover Eisenhower; married, July 1,
1916, to Mamie
Eisenhower; father of John
Sheldon Doud Eisenhower; grandfather of Dwight David Eisenhower
II (son-in-law of Richard
Milhous Nixon). |
| | | Political family: Eisenhower-Nixon
family (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Sherman
Adams — Carter
L. Burgess — Woodrow
Wilson Mann — Jacqueline
C. Odlum — George
E. Allen — Meyer
Kestnbaum — Bernard
M. Shanley |
| | | The Eisenhower Expressway,
from downtown Chicago west to Hillside, in Cook
County, Illinois, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Tunnel
(opened 1973), which carries westbound I-70 under the Continental
Divide, in the Rocky Mountains, from Clear
Creek County to Summit
County, Colorado, is named for
him. — The Eisenhower Range of mountains,
in Victoria
Land, Antarctica, is named for
him. — Mount
Eisenhower (formerly Mount Pleasant), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appeared on the U.S. $1 coin (1971-78). |
| | | Campaign slogan: "I Like
Ike." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower:
Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower
: Soldier and President — Fred I. Greenstein, The
Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader — Carlo
d'Este, Eisenhower
: A Soldier's Life — Robert F. Burk, Dwight
D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician — Wiley T.
Buchanan, Jr., Red
Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the
Eisenhower Administration — Jim Newton, Eisenhower:
The White House Years — William Lee Miller, Two
Americans: Truman, Eisenhower, and a Dangerous
World |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1969) |
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Marshall Conant Graff (1892-1966) —
also known as Marshall C. Graff —
of Appleton, Outagamie
County, Wis.
Born in Elkhorn, Walworth
County, Wis., June 6,
1892.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Wisconsin, 1948.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Legion.
Died July 22,
1966 (age 74 years, 46
days).
Interment at Fort
Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke,
in a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Everett Hutchinson (b. 1915) —
of Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex.; Westmoreland Hills, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., January
2, 1915.
Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1941-44; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1955-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Neely E. Hutchinson and Lida (Hosmer) Hutchinson; married, December
16, 1944, to Elizabeth Stafford. |
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Burris C. Jackson (1906-1967) —
of Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex.
Born January
27, 1906.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1932,
1936;
chair
of Hill County Democratic Party, 1932-38; postmaster;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Protestant.
Member, American Legion; Lions.
Died December
25, 1967 (age 61 years, 332
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex.
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Beauford Halbert Jester (1893-1949) —
also known as Beauford Jester —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., January
12, 1893.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Texas, 1947-49; died in office 1949; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sons of
the American Revolution; Kappa
Sigma; Sigma
Delta Chi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary;
Lions.
Died, aboard a Pullman railroad
car, near Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 11,
1949 (age 56 years, 180
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) —
also known as Lyndon B. Johnson; "L.B.J.";
"Landslide Lyndon"; "Preacher
Lyndon"; "The Accidental President";
"Volunteer"; "Light Bulb
Johnson" —
of Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex.
Born near Stonewall, Gillespie
County, Tex., August
27, 1908.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1937-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1949-61; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1956,
1960,
1968;
Vice
President of the United States, 1961-63; President
of the United States, 1963-69.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American Legion; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1980.
Died from a heart
attack, in Gillespie
County, Tex., January
22, 1973 (age 64 years, 148
days).
Interment at LBJ
Ranch, Stonewall, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Sam Ealy Johnson and Rebekah (Baines) Johnson; married, November
17, 1934, to Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor and Claudia
Alta Taylor; father of Lynda Bird Johnson (who married Charles
Spittal Robb). |
| | | Political family: Johnson
family of Stonewall, Texas. |
| | | Cross-reference: Roger
Kent — Irvine
H. Sprague — A.
W. Moursund — Eliot
Janeway — Barefoot
Sanders |
| | | Lake
LBJ (created as Lake Granite Shoals; renamed in 1965), in Burnet
and Llano
counties, Texas, is named for
him. — The village
of Kampung LB Johnson, Malaysia,
is named for
him. |
| | | Campaign slogan (1964): "All The Way
With L.B.J." |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about Lyndon B. Johnson: Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Lyndon
Johnson and the American Dream — Robert Dallek, Flawed
Giant : Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961-1973 — Sean
J. Savage, JFK,
LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Robert A. Caro, The
Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson — Mark
Updegrove, Indomitable
Will: LBJ in the Presidency — Nicholas deB.
Katzenbach, Some
of It Was Fun: Working with RFK and LBJ — Robert A.
Caro, The
Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol.
IV — Michael A. Schuman, Lyndon
B. Johnson (for young readers) |
| | | Critical books about Lyndon B. Johnson:
Robert A. Caro, Years
of Lyndon Johnson : The Path to Power — Robert A.
Caro, Years
of Lyndon Johnson : Means of Ascent — Robert A. Caro,
Years
of Lyndon Johnson : Master of the Senate — Lance
Morrow, The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power |
| | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp
(1973) |
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John Marvin Jones (1882-1976) —
also known as Marvin Jones —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.
Born near Valley View, Cooke
County, Tex., February
26, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1917-41 (13th District 1917-19, 18th
District 1919-41); Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1940-43, 1945-64.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Woodmen;
Elks.
Died March 4,
1976 (age 94 years, 7
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) —
also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K.";
"Lancer" —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Brookline, Norfolk
County, Mass., May 29,
1917.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S.
Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956;
candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956;
received a 1957 Pulitzer
Prize for his book Profiles in Courage; President
of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Legion; Elks.
Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1963.
Shot
by a sniper,
Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a
motorcade, and died in Parkland Hospital,
Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
22, 1963 (age 46 years, 177
days). Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby.
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; memorial monument at John
F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy;
step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married Newton
Ivan Steers Jr.); brother of Joseph
Patrick Kennedy Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert
Sargent Shriver Jr.), Patricia
Kennedy Lawford (who married Peter
Lawford), Robert
Francis Kennedy, Jean
Kennedy Smith and Edward
Moore Kennedy (who married Virginia
Joan Bennett); married, September
12, 1953, to Jaqueline
Lee Bouvier (step-daughter of Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss; step-sister of Eugene
Luther Gore Vidal Jr. and Hugh
Dudley Auchincloss III); father of John
Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr.; uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who
married Arnold
Alois Schwarzenegger), Kathleen
Kennedy Townsend, Joseph
Patrick Kennedy II, Mark
Kennedy Shriver and Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (born 1967); grandson of Patrick
Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John
Francis Fitzgerald. |
| | | Political family: Kennedy
family. |
| | | Cross-reference: John
B. Connally — Henry
B. Gonzalez — Henry
M. Wade — Walter
Rogers — Gerry
E. Studds — James
B. McCahey, Jr. — Mark
Dalton — Waggoner
Carr — Theodore
C. Sorensen — Pierre
Salinger — John
Bartlow Martin — Abraham
Davenport |
| | | The John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge
(opened 1963), which carries southbound I-65 over the Ohio River from
Jeffersonville,
Indiana, to Louisville,
Kentucky, is named for
him. |
| | | Coins and currency: His portrait
appears on the U.S. half dollar coin. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles
in Courage (1956) |
| | | Books about John F. Kennedy:
Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, JFK
: Remembering Jack — Robert Dallek, An
Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 — Michael
O'Brien, John
F. Kennedy : A Biography — Sean J. Savage, JFK,
LBJ, and the Democratic Party — Thurston Clarke, Ask
Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed
America — Thomas Reeves, A
Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy —
Chris Matthews, Jack
Kennedy: Elusive Hero — Shelley Sommer, John
F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for young
readers) |
| | | Critical books about John F. Kennedy:
Seymour Hersh, The
Dark Side of Camelot — Lance Morrow, The
Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948:
Learning the Secrets of Power — Victor Lasky, JFK:
the Man and the Myth |
| | | Image source: Warren Commission report
(via Wikipedia) |
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Yale Leland Kerby (1925-2013) —
of Lenawee
County, Mich.; Uvalde, Uvalde
County, Tex.
Born in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., April
11, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
candidate for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1948; district judge in Michigan,
1969-78; candidate in primary for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1974.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died in Uvalde, Uvalde
County, Tex., July 31,
2013 (age 88 years, 111
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Uvalde, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Yale Harrington Kerby and Eltha Kerby; married, June 30,
1956, to Grace Gail Cutler. |
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Gregory H. Laughlin (b. 1942) —
also known as Greg Laughlin —
of West Columbia, Brazoria
County, Tex.
Born in Bay City, Matagorda
County, Tex., January
21, 1942.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1989-97; defeated, 1986
(Democratic), 1996 (Republican primary).
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Henry Dickinson Lindsley (1872-1938) —
also known as Henry D. Lindsley —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., February
29, 1872.
Mayor
of Dallas, Tex., 1915-17; colonel in the U.S. Army during World
War I.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
18, 1938 (age 66 years, 0
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Fontaine Maury Maverick (1895-1954) —
also known as Maury Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
23, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1935-39; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Coined the word "gobbledygook," during World War II, for pompously
worded directives.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 7,
1954 (age 58 years, 227
days).
Interment at San
Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Tex.
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Thomas Gayle Morris (1919-2016) —
also known as Tom Morris —
of New Mexico.
Born in Eastland
County, Tex., August
20, 1919.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1953-58; U.S.
Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1959-69; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Mexico, 1960.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Disabled
American Veterans; American Legion; Elks; Lions.
Died in Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex., March 4,
2016 (age 96 years, 197
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stanley Mosk (1912-2001) —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
12, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
California, 1943-58; California
state attorney general, 1959-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1960-64; justice of
California state supreme court, 1964-2001; appointed 1964; died
in office 2001.
Jewish.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 19,
2001 (age 88 years, 280
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.; statue at Capitol
Grounds, Sacramento, Calif.
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William Brooks Oliver (b. 1895) —
also known as Brooks Oliver —
of Bastrop, Morehouse
Parish, La.
Born in Douglassville, Cass
County, Tex., August
31, 1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1940-50.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Freemasons;
Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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Alvin Mansfield Owsley (1888-1967) —
of Denton, Denton
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Denton, Denton
County, Tex., June 11,
1888.
Lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1912-14; Denton
County District Attorney, 1915-17; served in the U.S. Army during
World War I; U.S. Minister to Romania, 1933-35; Ireland, 1935-37; Denmark, 1937-39.
Christian.
Member, American Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; Lions; American Bar
Association; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1967
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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John William Wright Patman (1893-1976) —
also known as Wright Patman —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born near Hughes Springs, Cass
County, Tex., August
6, 1893.
Democrat. Cotton farmer; lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1921-24; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1929-76; died in office
1976; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1976 (age 82 years, 214
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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James Richard Perry (b. 1950) —
also known as Rick Perry —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Paint Creek, Haskell
County, Tex., March 4,
1950.
Republican. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1985-90; Texas
commissioner of agriculture, 1991-98; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1999-2000; Governor of
Texas, 2000-15; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 2008
(delegation chair); candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 2016.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion.
Still living as of 2016.
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William Robert Poage (1899-1987) —
also known as William R. Poage; Bob Poage —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., December
28, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1925-29; member of Texas
state senate, 1931-37; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1937-78; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956.
Member, American Legion.
Died in Temple, Bell
County, Tex., January
3, 1987 (age 87 years, 6
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Waco, Tex.
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Willard Lloyd Rambo (1917-1984) —
also known as W. L. Rambo —
of Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La.
Born in Georgetown, Grant
Parish, La., March
22, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; oilfield
drilling contractor; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1952-60; defeated, 1968, 1976;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1964-68.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American Legion.
Died, of heart
failure, in a hospital
at Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
28, 1984 (age 67 years, 251
days).
Interment at Georgetown
Cemetery, Georgetown, La.
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Byron Giles Rogers (1900-1983) —
also known as Byron G. Rogers —
of Bent
County, Colo.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., August
1, 1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1931-35; Speaker of
the Colorado State House of Representatives, 1933; Colorado
state attorney general, 1936-40; Colorado
Democratic state chair, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1951-71; defeated,
1940.
Baptist.
Member, American Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Lions; Elks; Odd
Fellows; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in a hospital
in Denver,
Colo., December
31, 1983 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at Mt.
Lindo Cemetery, Near Tiny Town, Jefferson County, Colo.
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John Phillips Saylor (1908-1973) —
also known as John P. Saylor —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Conemaugh Township, Somerset
County, Pa., July 23,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1949-73 (26th District 1949-53,
22nd District 1953-73, 12th District 1973); died in office 1973;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church; later United
Church of Christ. Member, Elks;
American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Eagles.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
28, 1973 (age 65 years, 97
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Robert Gerald Storey (1893-1981) —
also known as R. G. Storey —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., December
4, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; director, Southwestern
Bell
Telephone Company; director and counsel of life
insurance companies.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died, from pneumonia
and heart
disease, while suffering from senile
dementia, in a nursing
home at Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., January
16, 1981 (age 87 years, 43
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Edith (Thomson) Storey and Frank Wilson Storey; married, July 26,
1917, to Frances Hazel Porter; married to Jewel Hope
Watson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Eminent Americans
1954 |
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Clark Wallace Thompson (1896-1981) —
also known as Clark W. Thompson —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in La Crosse, La Crosse
County, Wis., August
6, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I; insurance
business; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1933-35, 1947-67 (7th District
1933-35, 9th District 1947-67); served in the U.S. Marine Corps
during World War II; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1956
(alternate), 1964.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Eagles;
Redmen.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., December
16, 1981 (age 85 years, 132
days).
Interment at Galveston
Memorial Park Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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John Goodwin Tower (1925-1991) —
also known as John G. Tower —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
29, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1954; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968,
1972
(delegation chair), 1980;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961-85; defeated, 1960.
Methodist.
Member, American Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Kiwanis;
American
Political Science Association; American
Association of University Professors.
Nominated for Secretary of Defense in 1989, but defeated amid
allegations of heavy drinking and womanizing.
Killed in the crash
of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311, two miles short of the
runway of Glynco Airport,
near Brunswick, Glynn
County, Ga., April 5,
1991 (age 65 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Francis Eugene Worley (1908-1974) —
also known as Eugene Worley —
of Shamrock, Wheeler
County, Tex.
Born in Lone Wolf, Kiowa
County, Okla., October
10, 1908.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1935-40; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1941-50; resigned 1950;
Associate
Judge of U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1950-59.
Member, American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died in Naples, Collier
County, Fla., December
17, 1974 (age 66 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Columbia
Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Ralph Webster Yarborough (1903-1996) —
also known as Ralph W. Yarborough —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Chandler, Henderson
County, Tex., June 8,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Texas, 1936-41; candidate for nomination for Texas
state attorney general, 1938; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War II; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1952, 1954, 1956; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957-71; defeated in primary, 1970, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964,
1980.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Phi
Delta Phi; Order of
the Coif; Moose; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Acacia.
Died January
27, 1996 (age 92 years, 233
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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