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  Frederick Sherwood Abney (1871-1951) — also known as F. S. Abney — of Brownwood, Brown County, Tex. Born in Angelina County, Tex., August 31, 1871. Democrat. Banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944. Died, from coronary heart disease, in Memorial Hospital, Brownwood, Brown County, Tex., December 19, 1951 (age 80 years, 110 days). Interment at Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of James Addison Abney and Susan Elizabeth (Davis) Abney; married to Clara Brian.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jean Baptiste Adoue (1846-1924) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Aurignac, France, October 24, 1846. Merchant; banker; Consular Agent for France in Dallas, Tex., 1897-1907. French ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Suffered an apoplectic stroke, and fearing that he would become an invalid, he killed himself, by self-inflicted gunshot, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., June 20, 1924 (age 77 years, 240 days). Interment at Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  Presumably named for: John the Baptist
  Relatives: Son of Jean Marie Adoue and Paule (Dorleac) Adoue; married to Mary Neosha Simpson; father of Jean Baptiste Adoue Jr. and Bertrand Adoue.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Jean Baptiste Adoue Jr. (1884-1956) — also known as J. B. Adoue, Jr. — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 4, 1884. President, Dallas National Bank of Commerce, 1924-56; chairman, Gulf Insurance Company; chairman, Universal Life and Accident Insurance Company; director, Graham-Brown Shoe Company; director, First Texas Chemical Company; director, Cosmopolitan Hotel Company; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1951-53; defeated, 1949. Episcopalian. French ancestry. Member, American Bar Association; American Arbitration Association; Rotary; Phi Delta Theta; Newcomen Society. Died, from a heart attack, while working at his bank, in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 17, 1956 (age 72 years, 13 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Crown Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  Presumably named for: John the Baptist
  Relatives: Son of Jean Baptiste Adoue and Mittie Neosha (Simpson) Adoue; married, October 12, 1909, to Hester Ann Allen; married, May 12, 1937, to Mary J. Wilson.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Eduardo Aguirre Jr. (b. 1946) — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Cuba, July 30, 1946. Banker; U.S. Ambassador to Spain, 2005-09; Andorra, 2005-09. Cuban ancestry. Still living as of 2009.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Morris Atlas (b. 1926) — of McAllen, Hidalgo County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., December 25, 1926. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; director, McAllen General Hospital, Texas Commerce Bank; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968, 1972; chair of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1968-80. Jewish. Member, Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Epsilon Pi; American Bar Association. Still living as of 1983.
  Relatives: Son of Sam Atlas and Bertha (Cohen) Atlas; married 1947 to Rita Wilner.
  Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr. (b. 1959) — also known as Ken Bentsen — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., June 3, 1959. Democrat. Investment banker; U.S. Representative from Texas 25th District, 1995-2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996, 2000; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 2002. Presbyterian. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Nephew of Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr..
  Political family: Bentsen family of Houston, Texas.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  William Arvis Blakley (1898-1976) — also known as William A. Blakley — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Miami Station, Carroll County, Mo., November 17, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; real estate developer; insurance business; banker; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1957, 1961; defeated, 1958, 1961. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., January 5, 1976 (age 77 years, 49 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of William J. Blakley and Mary E. Blakley; married to Villa W. Darnell.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
George W. Carroll George W. Carroll (1855-1935) — also known as "The Moneyless Millionaire of Texas" — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex. Born in Mansfield, DeSoto Parish, La., April 11, 1855. Lumber business; banker; oil millionaire; philanthropist; Prohibition candidate for Governor of Texas, 1902; Prohibition candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1904. Baptist. Died, of pneumonia, in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex., December 14, 1935 (age 80 years, 247 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Frank L. Carroll and Sarah (Long) Carroll; married 1877 to Underhill Mixson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: American Prohibition Year Book 1912
  George D. Cates (b. 1876) — of South West City, McDonald County, Mo. Born in Austin, Travis County, Tex., February 9, 1876. Republican. School teacher; banker; member of Missouri state senate 18th District, 1911-14. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, December 26, 1901, to Lela E. Mattox.
  Edward Clark (b. 1906) — also known as Ed Clark — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., July 5, 1906. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; secretary of state of Texas, 1937-39; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940, 1944 (alternate), 1948, 1960; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Australia, 1965-67. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John David Clark and Leila (Downs) Clark; married, December 27, 1927, to Anne Metcalfe.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  K. Michael Conaway (b. 1948) — also known as Mike Conaway — of Midland, Midland County, Tex. Born near Borger, Carson County, Tex., June 11, 1948. Republican. Accountant; banker; U.S. Representative from Texas 11th District, 2005-; defeated, 2003. Still living as of 2014.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Fred Lewis Crawford (1888-1957) — also known as Fred L. Crawford — of Saginaw, Saginaw County, Mich. Born near Dublin, Erath County, Tex., May 5, 1888. Republican. Accountant; builder, financier, and operator of beet sugar mills; director, Michigan National Bank; director, Petroleum Transit Corporation; U.S. Representative from Michigan 8th District, 1935-53; defeated in primary, 1952. Methodist. Member, Elks. Died in Washington, D.C., April 13, 1957 (age 68 years, 343 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
  Relatives: Son of William Carroll Crawford and Mary Jane (Rape) Crawford; married 1910 to Clara Belle Lyons; married 1932 to Elizabeth Ann Jones.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Richard Moberley Dudley (1860-1925) — also known as Richard M. Dudley — of El Paso, El Paso County, Tex. Born in Waco, Madison County, Ky., 1860. Engineer; banker; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1910; mayor of El Paso, Tex., 1923-25; died in office 1925. Died, following ulcer surgery, in Hotel Dieu Hospital, El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., May 1, 1925 (age about 64 years). Interment at Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Parker Dudley and Mary Susan (Gentry) Dudley; married to Frances Dow Moore.
  R. M. Dudley School (opened 1925; now gone), in El Paso, Texas, was named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Phil Dyer (b. 1951) — of Plano, Collin County, Tex. Born July 6, 1951. Banker; mayor of Plano, Tex., 2009-. Member, Rotary. Still living as of 2012.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Christopher Stephen Flanagan (1876-1943) — also known as Christopher S. Flanagan — of Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Tex. Born in Quebec, December 26, 1876. Stevedoring business; bank director; Honorary Vice-Consul for Argentina in Port Arthur, Tex., 1911-42; Honorary Vice-Consul for Brazil in Port Arthur, Tex., 1935. Catholic. Died, following a heart attack, in Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Tex., February 16, 1943 (age 66 years, 52 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Christopher Michael Flanagan and Maria Rachael (Cunningham) Flanagan; married to Mae Katherine Sims; father of Christopher Stephen Flanagan Jr..
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Gallagher (1850-1930) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Concord, Merrimack County, N.H., July 6, 1850. Democrat. Hat business; bank director; U.S. Representative from Illinois 8th District, 1909-21. Catholic. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., February 4, 1930 (age 79 years, 213 days). Interment at St. Boniface Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of John Gallagher and Margaret (Tighe) Gallagher; married, October 12, 1886, to Margaretta Borsch.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Hampson Gary (1873-1952) — of Tyler, Smith County, Tex.; Washington, D.C. Born in Tyler, Smith County, Tex., April 23, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; vice-president, Royall National Bank; director, Guaranty State Bank; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1901-02; member of Texas Democratic State Executive Committee, 1902-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Egypt, 1917-18; U.S. Consul General in Cairo, 1917-20; U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1920-21. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau Omega; Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars. Died April 18, 1952 (age 78 years, 361 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Franklin Newman Gary and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary; married, December 18, 1901, to Bessie Royall.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Arthur H. Geissler (1877-1945) — of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Germany, October 30, 1877. Republican. Lawyer; banker; insurance business; chair of Oklahoma County Republican Party, 1910-14; member of Oklahoma Republican State Committee, 1912-18; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, 1916, 1940, 1944; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1922-30. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., February 17, 1945 (age 67 years, 110 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Julia (Henderson) Adams.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Eugene Benjamin Germany (1892-1971) — also known as E. B. 'Gene' Germany — of Highland Park, Dallas County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Tex., September 18, 1892. Democrat. School teacher and principal; geologist; oil producer; industrialist; founder of Preston State Bank, Dallas, Tex.; founder of Cozby-Germany Hospital, Grand Saline, Tex.; founder and president of Lone Star Steel Company; mayor of Highland Park, Tex., 1934-40; Texas Democratic state chair, 1939-44; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940, 1944 (alternate); candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., July 12, 1971 (age 78 years, 297 days). Interment at Woodside Cemetery, Grand Saline, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Arona Lea Germany.
  Jack Harvard (b. 1946) — of Plano, Collin County, Tex. Born October 23, 1946. Republican. Banker; mayor of Plano, Tex., 1982-90; candidate for Texas state senate 2nd District, 1992. Indicted in August 1995, along with David B. McCall, Jr. and others, on federal bank fraud charges relating to $25 million in loans; pleaded guilty in September 1996 to one count of providing false information on one loan; sentenced to three years in prison. Still living as of 1996.
  Thomas William House (1814-1880) — also known as Thomas W. House — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Stoke St. Gregory, Somersetshire, England, March 4, 1814. Bakery owner; merchant; banker; mayor of Houston, Tex., 1862. English ancestry. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., January 17, 1880 (age 65 years, 319 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  Relatives: Married, October 6, 1840, to Mary Elizabeth Shearn.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William J. Hutchins (1813-1884) — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Fishkill, Dutchess County, N.Y., March 3, 1813. Merchant; cotton mill business; hotel owner; banker; co-founded Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway; owner and president of the Houston and Texas Central Railway; mayor of Houston, Tex., 1861. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., June 4, 1884 (age 71 years, 93 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Israel B. Hutchins and Ruth (Rushmore) Hutchins; married, September 5, 1844, to Elvira Harris.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison (b. 1943) — also known as Kay Bailey Hutchison; Kathryn Ann Bailey; Kay Parks — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex.; Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., July 22, 1943. Republican. Banker; television journalist; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988 (alternate), 2008; Texas state treasurer, 1991; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1993-. Female. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Married, April 8, 1967, to John Pierce Parks; married, March 16, 1978, to Ray Hutchison.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Jesse Holman Jones (1874-1956) — also known as Jesse H. Jones — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Robertson County, Tenn., April 5, 1874. Democrat. Lumber business; builder; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1924 (alternate), 1928, 1940; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45. Methodist. Died June 1, 1956 (age 82 years, 57 days). Interment at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of William Hasque Jones and Anne (Holman) Jones; married, December 15, 1920, to Mary Gibbs.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Books about Jesse H. Jones: Stephen Fenberg, Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good
  John Erik Jonsson (1901-1995) — also known as J. Erik Jonsson — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., September 6, 1901. Among the founders of Geophysical Service, which became Texas Instruments; president (1951-58), and chairman of the board (1958-66) of Texas Instruments; director for Republic Bank, Dallas, 1954-80; Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1958-73; Dallas Power and Light, 1955-64; Neiman Marcus, 1956-65; mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1964-71. Member, Newcomen Society. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., August 31, 1995 (age 93 years, 359 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  See also OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Joseph Hubert Kurth (1857-1930) — also known as Joseph H. Kurth; Simon Joseph Kurth — of Keltys (now part of Lufkin), Angelina County, Tex. Born in Endenich, Germany, July 3, 1857. Republican. Lumberman; railroad builder; bank director; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1904; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1924. Catholic; later Methodist. Died June 16, 1930 (age 72 years, 348 days). Interment somewhere in Lufkin, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Johann Adam Kurth and Martha (Brenig) Kurth; married 1882 to Hattie Martin Glenn.
  James Marvin Leath (1931-2000) — also known as Marvin Leath — of Marlin, Falls County, Tex. Born in Henderson, Rusk County, Tex., May 6, 1931. Democrat. Country musician; banker; U.S. Representative from Texas 11th District, 1979-91. Presbyterian. Died, of heart failure, in a hospital in Arlington, Tarrant County, Tex., December 8, 2000 (age 69 years, 216 days). Interment at Memorial Gardens, Henderson, Tex.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) — also known as J. C. Looney — of Edinburg, Hidalgo County, Tex. Born in Kossuth, Alcorn County, Miss., May 18, 1903. Democrat. Lawyer; director of many firms involved in activities such as banking, bus transit, concrete, lumber, radio broadcasting, automobile service, and operating a hotel; chair of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68; Hidalgo County Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968. Protestant. Member, Pi Kappa Alpha; American Bar Association; Kiwanis; Freemasons; Royal Arch Masons; Knights Templar; Royal and Select Masters; Shriners. Died in March, 1977 (age 73 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married, June 15, 1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery.
  Martin Horace Milliken (1883-1952) — also known as Horace Milliken — of Lewisville, Denton County, Tex. Born October 18, 1883. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; banker; mayor of Lewisville, Tex., 1941-49. Died January 12, 1952 (age 68 years, 86 days). Interment at Old Hall Cemetery, Lewisville, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of William Dickerson Milliken and Margaret Crockett (Young) Milliken.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John William Minton (1875-1959) — also known as J. W. Minton — of Hemphill, Sabine County, Tex. Born in Geneva, Sabine County, Tex., December 31, 1875. Democrat. Lawyer; president, Hemphill State Bank; one of the organizers of the Sabine Citizens Telephone Co.; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1910-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940 (alternate), 1952. Baptist. Died, as a result of a heart attack, in City Hospital, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Tex., April 19, 1959 (age 83 years, 109 days). Interment at Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Tex.
  Allen Francis Moore (1869-1945) — also known as Allen F. Moore — of Monticello, Piatt County, Ill. Born in St. Charles, Kane County, Ill., September 30, 1869. Republican. President, Pepsin Syrup Company (patent medicine); vice-president, Moore State Bank; mayor of Monticello, Ill., 1901-03; University of Illinois trustee; elected 1908; U.S. Representative from Illinois 19th District, 1921-25; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1924, 1932; member of Republican National Committee from Illinois, 1925. Universalist. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., August 15, 1945 (age 75 years, 319 days). Interment at Monticello Cemetery, Monticello, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Van Rensallaer Moore and Alzina W. (Freeman) Moore; married, March 20, 1895, to Madora Bradford.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Charles Robert Morehead Jr. (1836-1921) — of El Paso, El Paso County, Tex. Born in Richmond, Ray County, Mo., February 28, 1836. Banker; mayor of El Paso, Tex., 1903-05. Died in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., December 15, 1921 (age 85 years, 290 days). Interment at Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
  Morehead Middle School, in El Paso, Texas, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Adam Mosbacher, Sr. (1927-2010) — also known as Robert Mosbacher — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester County, N.Y., March 11, 1927. Republican. Founder, Mosbacher Energy Company; member, board of directors and Executive Committee, American Petroleum Institute; director, Texas Commerce Bank; director, New York Life Insurance Company; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988; U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92. Jewish; later Presbyterian. German ancestry. Died, of pancreatic cancer, in the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Harris County, Tex., January 24, 2010 (age 82 years, 319 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Emil Mosbacher and Gertrude (Schwartz) Mosbacher; married to Jane Pennybacker; married 1973 to Sandra Smith Gerry; married 2000 to Michele 'Mica' McCutchen; married, March 1, 1985, to Georgette Mosbacher; father of Robert Mosbacher Jr..
  Political family: Mosbacher family of Houston, Texas.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Albert Wadel Moursund III (1919-2002) — also known as A. W. Moursund — of Johnson City, Blanco County, Tex.; Round Mountain, Blanco County, Tex. Born in Johnson City, Blanco County, Tex., May 23, 1919. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1948-52; Blanco County Judge, 1953-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956; banker; insurance business; abstract and title business; rancher. Member, Freemasons. Close friend and advisor to Lyndon B. Johnson. Died in Round Mountain, Blanco County, Tex., April 22, 2002 (age 82 years, 334 days). Interment somewhere in Round Mountain, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Albert Wadel Moursund, Jr. and Mary Frances (Stribling) Moursund; married 1941 to Mary Allen Moore.
  Lyndon Lowell Olson Jr. (b. 1947) — of Texas. Born in 1947. Cattle rancher; banker; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1973-78; president and CEO, Travelers Insurance Holdings, and National Group Insurance Company; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 1997-2001. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons. Still living as of 2001.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  William Edmund Orgain (b. 1882) — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex. Born in Bastrop, Bastrop County, Tex., December 26, 1882. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1907; director, American National Bank, Gulf States Utilities Co., and Sabine Towing Co. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Darby Orgain and Drusilla (Johnson) Orgain; married, December 2, 1908, to May Bolinger.
  William Franklin Ramsey (1855-1922) — also known as William F. Ramsey — of Cleburne, Johnson County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Bell County, Tex., October 25, 1855. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; Judge of Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1908-11; justice of Texas state supreme court, 1911-12; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1912; board chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, 1916. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., October 27, 1922 (age 67 years, 2 days). Interment at Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Nancy (Clark) Ramsey and John J. Ramsey; married, January 28, 1878, to Emma W. Johnson; married, October 13, 1886, to Rowena Benton Hill; father of Mary Jane Ramsey (who married Thomas Campbell Clark); grandfather of Ramsey Clark.
  Political family: Clark-Ramsey family of Dallas, Texas.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Thomas Jasper Record (1852-1935) — also known as T. J. Record — of Paris, Lamar County, Tex. Born in Bonham, Fannin County, Tex., January 26, 1852. Merchant; Lamar County District Clerk, 1879-84; banker; mayor of Paris, Tex., 1932-34; defeated, 1930, 1934. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died, in the Sanitarium of Paris, Paris, Lamar County, Tex., July 13, 1935 (age 83 years, 168 days). Burial location unknown.
  Edwin Merwyn Rowlands (1901-1961) — also known as E. Merwyn Rowlands — of Cambria, Columbia County, Wis. Born in Cambria, Columbia County, Wis., April 1, 1901. Banker; member of Wisconsin state assembly from Columbia County, 1927-33; member of Wisconsin state senate 27th District, 1935-38; defeated (Progressive), 1938; Wisconsin Progressive state chair, 1936. Welsh ancestry. Died in Harris County, Tex., March 28, 1961 (age 59 years, 361 days). Interment at Cambria Cemetery, Cambria, Wis.
  Relatives: Son of David Morris Rowlands and Emma (Davies) Rowlands; married 1924 to Mary Allen Neal; father of Virginia 'Gena' Rowlands.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Julius Runge (1851-1906) — of Galveston, Galveston County, Tex. Born in New Braunfels, Comal County, Tex., February 1, 1851. Wholesale grocer; coffee importer; Consul for Germany in Galveston, Tex., 1875-1906; banker; president, Galveston Cotton Exchange. German ancestry. Died in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., February 6, 1906 (age 55 years, 5 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alfonso Arnold Rutis (1859-1928) — also known as Alfonso A. Rutis — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, Pa.; Edgewood, Allegheny County, Pa. Born in St. Gall, Switzerland, October 20, 1859. Naturalized U.S. citizen; banker; Consul-General for Paraguay in Philadelphia, Pa., 1900-03; Consul-General for Persia in Philadelphia, Pa., 1903. Died, from apoplexy and diabetes, in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Tex., July 22, 1928 (age 68 years, 276 days). Interment at Rosemont Cemetery, Wichita Falls, Tex.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Henry Schroeder (1867-1950) — also known as Enrique Schroeder — of Galveston, Galveston County, Tex. Born in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., December 4, 1867. Banker; Honorary Vice-Consul for Uruguay in Galveston, Tex., 1902-48. Member, Elks; Lions. Struck by a car while crossing a street, suffered a skull fracture, and died three days later, in St. Mary's Infirmary, Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., October 20, 1950 (age 82 years, 320 days). Interment at Old City Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Louis Schroeder and Helene (Dietzel) Schroeder.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Theodore Francis Sevier and Mary (Douglas) Sevier; married, July 31, 1906, to Clara Driscoll.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Melvin Alvah Traylor (1878-1934) — also known as Melvin A. Traylor — of Malone, Hill County, Tex.; Ballinger, Runnels County, Tex.; East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born, in a log cabin near Breeding, Adair County, Ky., October 21, 1878. Democrat. Lawyer; banker; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928, 1932; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932. Died, of pneumonia, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., February 14, 1934 (age 55 years, 116 days). Interment at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
  Relatives: Son of James Milton Traylor and Kitty (Harvey) Traylor; married to Dorothy Arnold Yerby.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Blanca Vela (1936-2014) — also known as Blanca Sanchez — of Brownsville, Cameron County, Tex. Born in Harlingen, Cameron County, Tex., May 27, 1936. Democrat. Mayor of Brownsville, Tex., 1999-2003; bank director. Female. Mexican ancestry. Died in Brownsville, Cameron County, Tex., February 19, 2014 (age 77 years, 268 days). Interment at Buena Vista Burial Park, Brownsville, Tex.
  Relatives: Married 1962 to Filemon Bartolome Vela; mother of Filemon Bartolome Vela Jr..
  Political family: Vela family of Harlingen, Texas.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank Durward White (1933-2003) — also known as Frank White; Durward Frank Kyle — of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. Born in Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex., June 4, 1933. Republican. Stockbroker; banker; Governor of Arkansas, 1981-83; defeated, 1982, 1986; Arkansas banking commissioner, 1998-2003. Member, Rotary. Died, of a heart attack, in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark., May 21, 2003 (age 69 years, 351 days). Interment at Mt. Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Alexander Penn Wooldridge (1847-1930) — also known as A. P. Wooldridge — of Austin, Travis County, Tex. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., April 13, 1847. Lawyer; bank president; mayor of Austin, Tex., 1909-19. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., September 8, 1930 (age 83 years, 148 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
  Wooldridge Park, in downtown Austin, Texas, is named for him.  — Wooldridge Elementary School, in Austin, Texas, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
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The Political Graveyard

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 320,919 politicians, living and dead.
 
  The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.  
  The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.  
  Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.  
  The official URL for this page is: https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/banking.html.  
  Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.  
  If you are searching for a specific named individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.  
Copyright notices: (1) Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. (2) Politician portraits displayed on this site are 70-pixel-wide monochrome thumbnail images, which I believe to constitute fair use under applicable copyright law. Where possible, each image is linked to its online source. However, requests from owners of copyrighted images to delete them from this site are honored. (3) Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2023 Lawrence Kestenbaum. (4) This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.
Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — The mailing address is The Political Graveyard, P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — This site is hosted by HDL. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 8, 2023.

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