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Politician members in Texas

  Alexander Wilson Acheson (1842-1934) — also known as Alexander W. Acheson; Sandie Acheson — of Denison, Grayson County, Tex. Born in Washington, Washington County, Pa., October 12, 1842. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; physician; surgeon; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1906; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1916; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas 4th District, 1920. Presbyterian. Member, Elks. Died in Denison, Grayson County, Tex., September 7, 1934 (age 91 years, 330 days). Interment at Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Judge Alexander Wilson Acheson and Jane Belch (Wishart) Acheson; brother of Ernest Francis Acheson; married, June 20, 1864, to Sarah M. Cooke; nephew of Marcus Wilson Acheson; first cousin of Charles Louis Valcoulon Acheson.
  Political family: Acheson family of Washington, Pennsylvania.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Renne Allred and Mary (Hinson) Allred; married, June 20, 1927, to Jo Betsy Miller.
  See also federal judicial profile — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Edward Anderson (1879-1947) — also known as John E. Anderson — of El Paso, El Paso County, Tex. Born in Rockingham County, N.C., August 25, 1879. Mayor of El Paso, Tex., 1938-47; died in office 1947. Episcopalian. Member, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Freemasons; Shriners; Jesters; Elks; Kiwanis. Died, from a heart condition and pulmonary edema, in his room at the Hotel Paso del Norte, El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., February 4, 1947 (age 67 years, 163 days). Interment at Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Nathan Anderson and Sallie Jane Anderson; married, November 19, 1932, to Georgia Lee Ann Sewell.
J. H. Ashcraft 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.
  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
  William Hawley Atwell (1869-1961) — also known as William H. Atwell — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Sparta, Monroe County, Wis., June 9, 1869. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1898-1913; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1922; U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1923-54; took senior status 1954. Methodist. Member, Elks; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Redmen. Died December 22, 1961 (age 92 years, 196 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Capt. Benjamin D. Atwell and De Emma (Greene) Atwell; married, December 7, 1892, to Susie Snyder.
  Phil E. Baer (b. 1866) — of Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex.; Paris, Lamar County, Tex. Born in Peru, Miami County, Ind., April 24, 1866. Republican. Employed by Texas & Pacific Railway, 1882-1912, 1916-21; chair of Bowie County Republican Party, 1898-1904; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1912, 1916, 1920; U.S. Marshal. Catholic. Member, Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Severin Baer and Catherine (Weidner) Baer.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey; married to Alice Mae Nicholson.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of John B. Baldwin and Lucille (Jones) Baldwin; married 1949 to Mertie Juanita Bellamy.
  See also federal judicial profile — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Byron L. Ballard (b. 1890) — of Lansing, Ingham County, Mich. Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., February 21, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Charles H. Hayden, 1917-30, and of Edmund C. Shields, 1931; chair of Ingham County Democratic Party, 1920-24; candidate for Michigan state senate 14th District, 1926; treasurer of Michigan Democratic Party, 1937; charged on July 20, 1946 (along with 18 other legislators) with accepting bribes to vote against a banking bill, but the entire case collapsed when the star prosecution witness, Charles F. Hemans, refused to testify. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Rotary; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons; Knights Templar; Elks; Sigma Phi Epsilon. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married, February 16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek.
  Ben F. Barnes (b. 1938) — of Brownwood, Brown County, Tex. Born in Gorman, Eastland County, Tex., April 17, 1938. Democrat. Rancher; construction business; motel owner; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1960-68; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1965-68; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1968; Lieutenant Governor of Texas, 1969-73. Methodist. Member, Elks; Jaycees. Still living as of 1973.
  Relatives: Son of B. F. Barnes and Ina B. (Carrigan) Barnes; married, July 26, 1971, to Nancy Sayres.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Lloyd M. Bentsen, Sr. and Edna Ruth (Colbath) Bentsen; married, November 27, 1943, to Beryl Ann Longino; uncle of Kenneth E. Bentsen Jr..
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Mark Lattimar Boren and Nannie Mae (Weatherall) Boren; married, December 26, 1936, to Christine McKown; father of David Lyle Boren; grandfather of David Daniel Boren.
  Political family: Boren family of Seminole, Oklahoma.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
Charles A. Boyer Charles A. Boyer (1911-1991) — of Manistee, Manistee County, Mich. Born in Texas, August 19, 1911. Republican. Insurance business; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1955-62. Methodist. Member, Jaycees; Rotary; Freemasons; Elks. Died April 17, 1991 (age 79 years, 241 days). Burial location unknown.
  Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58
  Randolph Bryant (1893-1951) — of Sherman, Grayson County, Tex. Born in Sherman, Grayson County, Tex., May 2, 1893. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1922-31; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1931-51; died in office 1951. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Delta Theta; Phi Delta Phi; Elks. Died April 24, 1951 (age 57 years, 357 days). Interment at West Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of David Ezekiel Bryant and Arizona (Thompson) Bryant; married, April 27, 1918, to Julia Hoard.
  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.
  Relatives: Married, October 26, 1921, to Eunice L. Latamore.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Earle Cabell (1906-1975) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Dallas County, Tex., October 27, 1906. Democrat. Mayor of Dallas, Tex., 1961-64; U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 1965-73; defeated, 1972. Episcopalian. Member, Elks. Died in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., September 24, 1975 (age 68 years, 332 days). Interment at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Earl Cabell and Sadie (Earle) Cabell; married, February 22, 1932, to Elizabeth Holder; grandson of William Lewis Cabell; grandnephew of George Craighead Cabell; great-grandson of Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell; third great-grandnephew of William Cabell; first cousin thrice removed of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed of William Cabell Jr. and William Henry Cabell; second cousin twice removed of John Cabell Breckinridge, Carter Henry Harrison, Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864), Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin thrice removed of Frederick Mortimer Cabell and Edward Carrington Cabell; second cousin four times removed of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin five times removed of Theodorick Bland and Beverley Randolph; third cousin of Carter Henry Harrison II; third cousin once removed of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; third cousin twice removed of John William Leftwich; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; fourth cousin of Henry De La Warr Flood and Joel West Flood; fourth cousin once removed of Edith Wilson and Harry Flood Byrd.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Alfred Courchesne (1848-1932) — of El Paso, El Paso County, Tex. Born in Quebec, November 15, 1848. Owner, limestone quarry; president, El Paso Ice and Refrigerator Company; Consular Agent for France in El Paso, Tex., 1897-1907. French Canadian ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Elks. Died in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., July 18, 1932 (age 83 years, 246 days). Interment at Concordia Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
  Relatives: Married to Severiana Rodriguez.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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
  Robert Green Crow (1883-1942) — also known as Robert G. Crow; Bob Crow — of Caruthersville, Pemiscot County, Mo. Born in Scott County, Mo., December 24, 1883. Republican. Insurance agent; postmaster at Caruthersville, Mo., 1909-14; indicted in October 1915 on federal charges of revealing information from the federal civil service examination, to help his half-brother, James L. Crow; pleaded guilty in April 1916, and was fined $500. Member, Elks; Eagles; Modern Woodmen. On December 21, 1914, he mysteriously disappeared from the Pontiac Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., leaving behind all of his clothes, and the room disordered as if a scuffle had taken place; he was thought to have been kidnapped and murdered by a gang, but a few months later, he was found to be serving in the U.S. Army. Died in Harlingen, Cameron County, Tex., September 16, 1942 (age 58 years, 266 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Levi Eugene Elijah Crow and Mahulda Paralee (Rodden) Crow; half-brother of Charles Augustus Crow; married, September 16, 1904, to Ella Pauline Brown.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Marion Price Daniel and Nannie (Partlow) Daniel; brother of William Partlow Daniel; married, June 28, 1940, to Jean Houston Baldwin (second great-granddaughter of Samuel Houston); father of Marion Price Daniel Jr..
  Political family: Daniel-Houston family of Texas.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Books about Price Daniel: Dan Murph, Texas Giant: The Life of Price Daniel
  Clayton A. Dills (b. 1908) — of Gardena, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Rosston, Cooke County, Tex., April 2, 1908. Democrat. Musician; member of California state assembly, 1942-62; candidate for Presidential Elector for California. Member, Freemasons; Lions; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Clyde Otis Eastus (b. 1886) — also known as Clyde O. Eastus — of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex. Born in Cleburne, Johnson County, Tex., November 19, 1886. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1933-45. Presbyterian. Member, Elks; Woodmen. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jefferson Franklin Eastus and Junnie Marie (Wilkinson) Eastus; married, January 5, 1909, to Lily Dwyer.
Thomas P. Gore Thomas Pryor Gore (1870-1949) — also known as Thomas P. Gore — of Texas; Lawton, Comanche County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born near Embry, Webster County, Miss., December 10, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Texas, 1898; member Oklahoma territorial council, 1903-05; U.S. Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-21, 1931-37; defeated, 1920, 1936; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1912 (speaker), 1928; member of Democratic National Committee from Oklahoma, 1912-16. Member, Knights of Pythias; Moose; Woodmen; Elks. Blind due to an accident suffered when he was a boy; first blind member of the U.S. Senate. Died March 16, 1949 (age 78 years, 96 days). Originally entombed at Rose Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.; later interred in 1949 at Fairlawn Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
  Relatives: Son of Tom M. Gore and Carrie E. (Wingo) Gore; married, December 27, 1900, to Nina Kay; father of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married Hugh Dudley Auchincloss); grandfather of Eugene Luther Gore Vidal Jr..
  Political family: Kennedy family.
  The town of Gore, Oklahoma, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Congress
  Richard Fielding Harless (1905-1970) — also known as Richard F. Harless — of Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Kelsey, Upshur County, Tex., August 6, 1905. Democrat. Lawyer; Maricopa County Attorney, 1939-42; U.S. Representative from Arizona at-large, 1943-49; defeated, 1954, 1958, 1960; candidate for Governor of Arizona, 1948, 1950; candidate for mayor of Phoenix, Ariz., 1963. Member, Sigma Nu; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Delta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Elks; Woodmen; Optimist Club. Died in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., November 24, 1970 (age 65 years, 110 days). Interment at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
  Relatives: Son of William Crousin Harless and Mary Matilda (Pennington) Harless; married, June 8, 1934, to Margaret Leone Harris; married 1948 to Meredith Howard.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Robert Alexander Hefner (b. 1874) — also known as Robert A. Hefner — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; Ardmore, Carter County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born near Lone Oak, Hunt County, Tex., February 7, 1874. Democrat. Lawyer; justice of Oklahoma state supreme court, 1927-36. Baptist. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Elks; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Lafayette Hefner and Sallie Jane (Masters) Hefner; married, July 18, 1906, to Eva Johnson.
  Charles J. Jenkins (b. 1897) — of Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Austin, Travis County, Tex., October 4, 1897. Republican. Lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives 3rd District, 1931-41. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel J. Jenkins and Irene B. Jenkins; married to Cynthia Flowers.
  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.
  Relatives: Son of George Taylor Jester and Frances Paine (Gordon) Jester; married, June 15, 1921, to Mabel Buchanan; second cousin of Perry Northen Jester.
  Political family: Jester family of Corsicana, Texas.
  Jester Center Residence Hall (built 1969), at the University of Texas, Austin, is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Horace K. Jones and Dosia J. Jones.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
John F. Kennedy 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.
  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)
  Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo (1859-1930) — also known as Octaviano A. Larrazolo; O. A. Larrazolo — of San Elizario, El Paso County, Tex.; Las Vegas, San Miguel County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M. Born in Allende, Chihuahua, December 7, 1859. Republican. School teacher; Governor of New Mexico, 1919-21; member of New Mexico state house of representatives, 1927; U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1928-29. Catholic. Member, Elks. Died April 7, 1930 (age 70 years, 121 days). Interment at Santa Barbara Cemetery, Albuquerque, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Octaviano Larrazolo and Donaciana (Corral) Larrazolo; married 1881 to Rosalia Cobos; married, August 4, 1892, to Maria Garcia.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  Walter A. Ledbetter (b. 1863) — of Ardmore, Carter County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Okla. Born in Warrenton, Fayette County, Tex., March 9, 1863. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Thmas A. Ledbetter and Almieda (Robison) Ledbetter; married, August 17, 1887, to Letitia Paranteau.
  Thomas Bell Love (1870-1948) — also known as Thomas B. Love — of Springfield, Greene County, Mo.; Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Webster County, Mo., June 23, 1870. Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of Missouri Democratic Party, 1896-98; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1902-07; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1906-07; Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, 1907-10; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic National Committee from Texas, 1920-24; member of Texas state senate, 1927-30; candidate for Governor of Texas, 1930. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Elks; Odd Fellows; Woodmen of the World; Modern Woodmen. Died September 17, 1948 (age 78 years, 86 days). Interment at Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Calvin Love and Sarah Jane (Rodgers) Love; married, June 11, 1892, to Mattie Roberta Goode.
  George Clarence Moffett (1895-1972) — also known as George Moffett — of Quanah, Hardeman County, Tex.; Chillicothe, Hardeman County, Tex. Born in Chillicothe, Hardeman County, Tex., November 20, 1895. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928 (alternate), 1932 (alternate), 1940, 1964; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1931-38; member of Texas state senate, 1939-50. Member, Freemasons; Lions; Elks; Woodmen of the World. Died in 1972 (age about 76 years). Interment at Texas State Cemetery, Austin, 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
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  Relatives: Son of John Patman and Emma (Spurlin) Patman; married, February 14, 1919, to Merle Connor; father of William Neff Patman.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Books about Wright Patman: Nancy Beck Young, Wright Patman : Populism, Liberalism, & the American Dream
  Herron Carney Pearson (1890-1953) — also known as Herron C. Pearson — of Jackson, Madison County, Tenn. Born in Taylor, Williamson County, Tex., July 31, 1890. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 7th District, 1935-43. Presbyterian. Member, American Bar Association; Kappa Sigma; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died in Jackson, Madison County, Tenn., April 24, 1953 (age 62 years, 267 days). Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Jackson, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of John Lafayette Pearson and Annie (Herron) Pearson; married, June 23, 1915, to Evelyn Pearcy.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Rogers and Minnie M. (Gentry) Rogers; married, July 11, 1933, to Helen Pauline Kepler.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Tillman Kulp Saylor and Minerva Jane (Phillips) Saylor; married 1937 to Grace Doerstler.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — 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
  John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) — also known as Morris Sheppard — of Texarkana, Bowie County, Tex. Born in Wheatville, Morris County, Tex., May 28, 1875. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st District 1903-13); U.S. Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941. Methodist. Member, Woodmen of the World; Freemasons; Odd Fellows; Redmen; Elks; Knights of Pythias; Kappa Alpha Order; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from a brain hemorrhage, in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C., April 9, 1941 (age 65 years, 316 days). Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of John Levi Sheppard and Margaret Alice (Eddins) Sheppard; married, December 1, 1909, to Lucile Ferguson Sanderson (who later married Thomas Terry Connally); grandfather of Richard Sheppard Arnold, Connie Mack III and Morris Sheppard Arnold; great-grandfather of Connie Mack IV.
  Political family: Sheppard-Arnold family of Texarkana, Texas.
  Sheppard Air Force Base (opened 1941 as Sheppard Field; runways are shared with the Wichita Falls Regional Airport), in Wichita County, Texas, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  L. B. Snyder (1893-1964) — of New Martinsville, Wetzel County, W.Va. Born in Glovers Gap, Marion County, W.Va., October 24, 1893. Democrat. Wetzel County Sheriff, 1929-32; business executive; member of West Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Moose. Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex., January 16, 1964 (age 70 years, 84 days). Interment at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of H. C. Snyder and Mary A. (Murray) Snyder.
  Jacob Franklin Spears, Sr. (1899-1946) — also known as J. Franklin Spears — of Tarpon Springs, Pinellas County, Fla.; San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. Born in Darlington County, S.C., October 6, 1899. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; mayor of Tarpon Springs, Fla., 1921; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1934-36; member of Texas state senate, 1937-46. Member, Freemasons; Knights of Pythias; Elks; Eagles; Redmen; Odd Fellows. Died, from a heart attack, in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., May 29, 1946 (age 46 years, 235 days). Interment at Mission Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of James Monroe Spears.
  Elmer Gifford Walker (b. 1898) — also known as E. G. Walker — of Homewood, Jefferson County, Ala. Born in Commerce, Hunt County, Tex., February 9, 1898. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; mayor of Homewood, Ala., 1956-67. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Shriners; Lions; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Pink Walker and Mary C. (Starkey) Walker; married, May 19, 1920, to Gertrude Louise Lunn.
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