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Politician members in Texas

John Thomas Browne (1845-1941) — also known as John T. Browne; "The Fighting Irishman"; "Honest John" — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Ballylanders, County Limerick, Ireland, March 23, 1845. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; grocer; mayor of Houston, Tex., 1892-96; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1897-99, 1907. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, Knights of Columbus; Ancient Order of Hibernians. Died, of pneumonia, in Houston, Harris County, Tex., August 19, 1941 (age 96 years, 149 days). Interment at Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Michael Browne and Winifred (Hennessy) Browne; married, September 13, 1871, to Mary Jane 'Mollie' Bergin.   See also Wikipedia article   Thomas Joseph Davis (b. 1963) — also known as Tom Davis — of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex. Born, in Webb Air Force Base Hospital, Big Spring, Howard County, Tex., January 25, 1963. Republican. Chair of Tarrant County Republican Party, 1988-2000; candidate for Texas state house of representatives 89th District, 1992; vice-chair of Texas Republican Party, 2002. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus; Rotary. Still living as of 2004.   Relatives: Married to Susan Brown (second great-granddaughter of Augustus McKinney Carter). 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)   Paul Joseph Kilday (1900-1968) — also known as Paul J. Kilday — of San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex.; Washington, D.C. Born in Sabinal, Uvalde County, Tex., March 29, 1900. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Texas 20th District, 1939-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956; Judge of U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1961-67. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Columbus. Died October 12, 1968 (age 68 years, 197 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Patrick Kilday and Mary (Tallent) Kilday; married, August 9, 1932, to Cecile Newton.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Nicholas V. Lampson (b. 1945) — also known as Nick Lampson — of Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex. Born in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex., February 14, 1945. Democrat. School teacher; Jefferson County Tax Assessor-Collector, 1977-95; U.S. Representative from Texas 9th District, 1997-2005; defeated, 2004 (2nd District), 2008 (22nd District), 2012 (14th District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000, 2004, 2008. Catholic. Member, Knights of Columbus. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Married to Susan Floyd.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier Dan R. Ponder (b. 1907) — of El Paso, El Paso County, Tex. Born in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., November 7, 1907. Democrat. Mayor of El Paso, Tex., 1947-49. Catholic. Member, Kiwanis; Jaycees; Knights of Columbus. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of J. D. Ponder and Fannie (Gemoets) Ponder.   Image source: El Paso Herald-Post, January 9, 1947   Gus James Strauss (b. 1912) — also known as Gus J. Strauss — of Hallettsville, Lavaca County, Tex. Born in Shiner, Lavaca County, Tex., February 12, 1912. Democrat. Member of Texas state senate, 1947-50; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1952. Catholic. Member, Lions; Knights of Columbus. Burial location unknown.

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