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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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Jesse Bledsoe (1776-1836) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., April 6,
1776.
Democrat. Secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1808-12; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1812; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1817-20; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Kentucky; state court judge in Kentucky, 1822.
Disciples of Christ.
Slaveowner.
Died near Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., June 25,
1836 (age 60 years, 80
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Martin Dies (1900-1972) —
of Orange, Orange
County, Tex.; Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex.
Born in Colorado City, Mitchell
County, Tex., November
5, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1931-45, 1953-59 (2nd District
1931-45, at-large 1953-59); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
Disciples of Christ.
Died in Lufkin, Angelina
County, Tex., November
14, 1972 (age 72 years, 9
days).
Interment at Garden
of Memories Mausoleum, Lufkin, Tex.
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Charles A. Duck (1866-1948) —
of Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex.
Born in Elkhart, Elkhart
County, Ind., April
18, 1866.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1916
(alternate), 1920;
postmaster at Greenville,
Tex., 1922-33 (acting, 1922).
Disciples of Christ.
Died, following a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., May 21,
1948 (age 82 years, 33
days).
Interment at Forest Park Cemetery, Greenville, Tex.
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George Washington Hardy (1900-1967) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., 1900.
Democrat. Mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1932-34; Judge, Louisiana Circuit Court of
Appeals, 1942-67.
Disciples of Christ.
Died in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., 1967
(age about
67 years).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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John T. Johnson (b. 1856) —
of Texas; Lawton, Comanche
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Livingston, Overton
County, Tenn., January
9, 1856.
Democrat. County judge in Texas, 1890; district judge in Oklahoma,
1907-15; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1919-25; chief
justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1923-25.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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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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James Ivey Phelps (b. 1875) —
also known as James I. Phelps —
of El Reno, Canadian
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Newton, Newton
County, Tex., June 20,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Canadian
County Judge, 1901-07; district judge in Oklahoma 13th District,
1919-25; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1925-29, 1935.
Disciples of Christ. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Woodmen;
Kiwanis.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elza V. M. Phelps and Mary A. (Simmons) Phelps; married, February
1, 1903, to Lydia B. Malcom. |
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Anson Rainey (1848-1922) —
of Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in El Dorado, Union
County, Ark., March 1,
1848.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1881-82; district judge in Texas, 1885-93; Judge,
Texas Court of Appeals, 1893.
Disciples of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Hinsdale, DuPage
County, Ill., August
6, 1922 (age 74 years, 158
days).
Interment at Waxahachie
City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Tex.
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