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Josiah H. Baker (1875-1945) —
also known as Joe H. Baker —
of Quitman, Wood
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, April
24, 1875.
Minister; farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 34th District, 1929.
Died in Wood
County, Tex., February
28, 1945 (age 69 years, 310
days).
Interment at Ingram Cemetery, Wood County, Tex.
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M. T. Banks —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Democrat. Evangelist; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
African
ancestry.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William S. Banowsky (b. 1936) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex., March 4,
1936.
Republican. Minister; president,
Pepperdine University, 1968-78; president,
University of Oklahoma, 1978-85; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1972;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1972-73; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Church
of Christ.
Still living as of 2000.
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Willie Taplin Barrow (1924-2015) —
also known as Willie T. Barrow; Willie Beatrice
Taplin —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Burton, Washington
County, Tex., December
7, 1924.
Democrat. Minister; civil rights activist; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1972,
1984,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Illinois, 2004-08.
Female.
Church
of God. African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
12, 2015 (age 90 years, 95
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Stephen E. Broden (b. 1952) —
of Dallas
County, Tex.
Born April
11, 1952.
Republican. Pastor; university
professor; radio show
host; car wash
owner; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 30th District, 2010; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 2012.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Petit Brooks (1826-1915) —
also known as John P. Brooks —
of Galesburg, Knox
County, Ill.; Lewistown, Fulton
County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Sangamon
County, Ill.; Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill.; Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill.; College Mound, Macon
County, Mo.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 24,
1826.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; newspaper
editor and publisher; preacher; Illinois
superintendent of public instruction, 1863-65.
Methodist;
later Pentecostal.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., June 16,
1915 (age 88 years, 327
days).
Interment at College
Mound Cemetery, College Mound, Mo.
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W. M. Bunch —
of Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex.
Minister; mayor
of Weatherford, Tex., 1918-20.
Burial location unknown.
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Benajah Harvey Carroll Jr. (1874-1922) —
also known as B. Harvey Carroll, Jr. —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., March 3,
1874.
Minister; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American
War; U.S. Consul in Venice, 1914-17; Naples, 1918-19.
Baptist.
Member, Beta
Theta Pi.
Died, in the English Colonial Hospital,
Gibraltar, Gibraltar,
March
31, 1922 (age 48 years, 28
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Emanuel Cleaver II (b. 1944) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., October
26, 1944.
Democrat. Pastor; radio show
host; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1996
(speaker),
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 2004; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 2005-.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2017.
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James Britton Cranfill (1858-1942) —
also known as James B. Cranfill —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Parker
County, Tex., September
12, 1858.
Physician;
newspaper
editor; Baptist minister; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892.
Baptist.
Died December
28, 1942 (age 84 years, 107
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Eaton Cranfill and Martha Jane (Galloway) Cranfill; married 1878 to Ollie
Allen. |
| | | Image source: American Prohibition Year
Book 1912 |
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Ernest C. Estelle —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Minister; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1964.
Still living as of 1964.
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John H. Fisher (d. 1936) —
of Graham, Young
County, Tex.
Pastor; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1931-36.
Baptist.
Died in Newcastle, Young
County, Tex., 1936.
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Graham, Tex.
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George Gilmour (1872-1948) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Denver,
Colo.; St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Pennsylvania, 1872.
Democrat. Minister, First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Tex.,
1908-21; First Unitarian Church of Denver, Colo., 1921-32; United
Liberal Church (Unitarian-Universalist) of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
1932-48; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1928.
Unitarian.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Optimist
Club.
He and his wife were killed when their car
was hit
by a train, the southbound Silver Meteor of the Seaboard Air Line
Railroad, at a grade crossing near Frostproof, Polk
County, Fla., March
12, 1948 (age about 75
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Samuel Ross Hay (1865-1944) —
also known as Sam R. Hay —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Decaturville, Decatur
County, Tenn., October
15, 1865.
Democrat. Pastor; bishop; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1928.
Methodist.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Lamar Hotel,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
4, 1944 (age 78 years, 112
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Samuel Johnson (1804-1882) —
of Blount
County, Ala.; Tuscaloosa
County, Ala.; Blanco
County, Tex.
Born in Knox
County, Tenn., June 15,
1804.
Methodist minister; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1832-33; member of Alabama
state senate, 1834, 1836.
Methodist.
Died in Blanco
County, Tex., December
17, 1882 (age 78 years, 185
days).
Interment at Old
Johnson Cemetery, Near Blanco, Blanco County, Tex.
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Ira Landrith (1865-1941) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Winona Lake, Kosciusko
County, Ind.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Ellis
County, Tex., March
23, 1865.
Presbyterian minister; president,
Belmont College, Nashville, 1904-12; president,
Ward-Belmont College, 1913-15; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1916; president, Intercollegiate
Prohibition Association, 1920-27; president, National Temperance
Council, 1928-31.
Presbyterian.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
11, 1941 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Martin Luther Landrith and Mary M. (Groves) Landrith; married, January
21, 1891, to Harriet C. Grannis. |
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William Hayne Leavell (1850-1930) —
also known as William H. Leavell —
of Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Meridian, Lauderdale
County, Miss.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.; Carrollton, Carroll
County, Miss.
Born in Newberry District (now Newberry
County), S.C., May 24,
1850.
Democrat. Ordained minister; U.S. Minister to Guatemala, 1913-18.
Baptist
or Presbyterian.
Died in Harris
County, Tex., 1930
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, North Carrollton, Miss.
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Bob Long (born c.1944) —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born about 1944.
Republican. Minister; rancher;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 2004,
2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Walter Scott McNutt (1887-1969) —
also known as Walter S. McNutt —
of Batesville, Independence
County, Ark.; Jefferson, Marion
County, Tex.
Born in Searcy, White
County, Ark., September
2, 1887.
Minister; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1938 (Republican), 1940 (Independent), 1942; candidate
in Democratic primary for Governor of
Texas, 1946; Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957; president,
Four States Co-Operative University.
Presbyterian.
Died in the Marion County Hospital,
Jefferson, Marion
County, Tex., November
26, 1969 (age 82 years, 85
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Jefferson, Tex.
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Melvin M. Newland (born c.1933) —
of Brownsville, Cameron
County, Tex.
Born about 1933.
Republican. Minister; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 2004.
Still living as of 2004.
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Rick Scarborough —
of Pearland, Brazoria
County, Tex.
Republican. Pastor; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 2012.
Southern
Baptist.
Still living as of 2012.
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Henry Elbert Stubbs (1881-1937) —
also known as Henry E. Stubbs —
of Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, Calif.
Born in Coleman
County, Tex., March 4,
1881.
Democrat. Ordained minister; U.S.
Representative from California 10th District, 1933-37; died in
office 1937.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Eagles;
Redmen.
Died February
28, 1937 (age 55 years, 361
days).
Interment at Santa
Maria Cemetery, Santa Maria, Calif.
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Dean L. Tucker (b. 1951) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born December
6, 1951.
Libertarian. Minister; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas, 2002 (9th District), 2004 (1st
District); candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 22nd District, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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George T. Walsh (1873-1933) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 25,
1873.
Democrat. Catholic priest; pastor, Church of the Annunciation,
Houston, Tex., 1914-33; offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,
1928.
Catholic.
Died November
25, 1933 (age 60 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Lee Williams (1868-1948) —
also known as Robert L. Williams —
of Durant, Bryan
County, Okla.
Born near Brundidge, Pike
County, Ala., December
20, 1868.
Democrat. Methodist minister; lawyer;
member of Democratic National Committee from Indian Territory,
1904-07; delegate
to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1907-14; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker);
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1915-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1919-37; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1937-39.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
at Wilson N. Jones Hospital,
Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April
10, 1948 (age 79 years, 112
days).
Interment at Highland
Cemetery, Durant, Okla.
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Ervin Freeman Yearling (1929-2005) —
also known as E. Freeman Yearling —
of Lake View, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Red River
Parish, La., March
26, 1929.
Conservative. Minister; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1967 (18th District), 1978 (19th
District).
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, John
Birch Society.
Died January
7, 2005 (age 75 years, 287
days).
Burial location unknown.
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