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Jim R. Alexander (b. 1946) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.; Denton, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Era, Cooke
County, Tex., August
16, 1946.
Democrat. University professor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1980.
Protestant.
Member, Pi
Sigma Alpha; Rotary.
Still living as of 1982.
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Relatives: Son
of Gordon L. Alexander and Esther (Sherrill) Alexander; married 1968 to Mona
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Rafael M. Anchiá —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Democrat. Lawyer;
law professor; member of Texas
state house of representatives 103rd District, 2004-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2008.
Member, Lions.
Suffered minor injuries in the automobile accident which killed State
Rep. Joe
Moreno, May 6, 2005.
Still living as of 2012.
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Richard Keith Armey (b. 1940) —
also known as Dick Armey —
of Arlington, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Cando, Towner
County, N.Dak., July 7,
1940.
Republican. University professor; U.S.
Representative from Texas 26th District, 1985-2003.
Presbyterian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2014.
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Morris Sheppard Arnold (b. 1941) —
also known as Morris S. Arnold —
of Arkansas.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
8, 1941.
Lawyer;
law professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1985-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1992-.
Still living as of 2013.
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Francisco Antonio Balmaseda (b. 1935) —
also known as Francisco A. Balmaseda —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Camagüey, Cuba,
August
8, 1935.
Democrat. School
teacher; college instructor; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1972.
Lutheran.
Hispanic
ancestry. Member, American
Historical Association.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives: Son
of Francisco Fidencio Balmaseda and Zoila Fé (Nápoles)
Balmaseda; married 1955 to Eileen
Bahnsen. |
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Robert Lynn Batts (1864-1935) —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., November
1, 1864.
Lawyer;
law professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1917-19; resigned
1919; general counsel, Gulf Oil Corp.,
Gulf Refining Co.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died May 19,
1935 (age 70 years, 199
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson Batts and Julia (Rice) Batts; married, November
12, 1889, to Harriet Fiquet Boak. |
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Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
19, 1870.
Democrat. College professor; Texas
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-23.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi; Pi
Lambda Theta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Order of the
Eastern Star; Maccabees.
First
woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas.
Died October
2, 1945 (age 75 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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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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Robert Granville Caldwell (b. 1882) —
of Texas; Belmont, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Bogotá, Colombia
of American parents, August
31, 1882.
Democrat. College professor; historian;
U.S. Minister to Portugal, 1933-37; Bolivia, 1937-39.
Member, American
Historical Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Ramsey Clark (1927-2021) —
also known as William Ramsey Clark —
of near Falls Church, Fairfax
County, Va.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., December
18, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney General, 1967-69; law professor; Democratic
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1974, 1976 (primary); delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1976.
Member, American Bar
Association; Federal
Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta.
Defended many controversial figures during his legal and political
career, including David Koresh, Lyndon
LaRouche, Leonard
Peltier, Radovan Karadzic, Slobodan Milosevic, and Saddam Hussein.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April 9,
2021 (age 93 years, 112
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Michael Ference Jr. (1911-1996) —
of Dearborn, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Whiting, Lake
County, Ind., November
6, 1911.
Democrat. University professor; scientist;
vice-president for research, Ford Motor
Company; member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 1960-63; defeated, 1963.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 24,
1996 (age 84 years, 261
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mary Elizabeth Fox (b. 1912) —
of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Tex.; Granger, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born in Granger, Williamson
County, Tex., June 2,
1912.
Democrat. University professor; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1948.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Delta
Delta Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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James Kenneth Galbraith (born c.1952) —
also known as James K. Galbraith —
of Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born about 1952.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1972;
economist;
university professor.
Member, American
Economic Association; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2014.
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George G. Garver (b. 1932) —
of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born June 1,
1932.
Superintendent
of schools; academic dean, Arizona State University West;
mayor
of Georgetown, Tex., 2008-.
Baptist.
German
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2010.
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William Philip Gramm (b. 1942) —
also known as Phil Gramm —
of College Station, Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Benning, Chattahoochee
County, Ga., July 8,
1942.
University professor; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1978-83, 1983-85;
resigned 1983; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1985-; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1996.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Tom Haywood (1939-2001) —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
30, 1939.
Republican. University professor; candidate for Texas
state house of representatives 81st District, 1990; member of Texas
state senate 30th District, 1995-2001; defeated, 1992; died in
office 2001.
Methodist.
Suffered from progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), similar to Parkinson's
disease; died, of a heart
attack, in Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., July 12,
2001 (age 61 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Charles Krueger (b. 1935) —
also known as Bob Krueger —
of New Braunfels, Comal
County, Tex.
Born in New Braunfels, Comal
County, Tex., September
19, 1935.
Democrat. University professor; U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1975-79; U.S. Ambassador
to , 1979-81; Burundi, 1994-95; Botswana, 1996; Texas
railroad commissioner, 1991-93; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1993; defeated, 1978; appointed 1993;
defeated, 1993.
On June 14, 1995, he survived an assassination
attempt in Burundi.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Henry Madonne (b. 1896) —
also known as John H. Madonne —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born, of American parents, in Mornas, France,
April
3, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; construction
worker; college instructor; U.S. Vice Consul in Warsaw, 1929-32; U.S. Consul in Beirut, as of 1938; Berne, as of 1943-47.
Burial location unknown.
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Gary Day McCaleb (b. 1941) —
also known as Gary D. McCaleb —
of Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born in Anson, Jones
County, Tex., November
2, 1941.
Republican. University professor; mayor
of Abilene, Tex., 1990-99; vice-president, Abilene Christian
University.
Still living as of 2014.
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Covey Thomas Oliver (1913-2007) —
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., 1913.
University professor; U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, 1964-66.
Member, American
Society for International Law; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi
Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died, of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease, near Easton, Talbot
County, Md., February
22, 2007 (age about 93
years).
Burial location unknown.
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John Robert Silber (b. 1926) —
also known as John R. Silber —
of Massachusetts.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
15, 1926.
Democrat. University professor; president
of Boston University, 1971-96; candidate for Governor of
Massachusetts, 1990.
Still living as of 2014.
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Joseph Tyree Sneed III (1920-2008) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., July 21,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer;
law professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1973-87; took
senior status 1987.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
9, 2008 (age 87 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Herbert John Spiro (b. 1924) —
also known as Herbert Spiro —
of Washington,
D.C.; Texas.
Born in Hamburg, Germany,
September
7, 1924.
Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Army during
World War II; university professor; U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, 1975; Equatorial Guinea, 1975; Republican candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1992, 1994 (primary);
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1993.
Member, American
Association of University Professors; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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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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Marianne Deborah Williamson (b. 1952) —
also known as Marianne Williamson —
of Santa Monica, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 8,
1952.
Author;
lecturer; Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 33rd District, 2014; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 2020.
Female.
Russian
and Jewish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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