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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.
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Relatives: Son
of James Cornelius Bailey and Erminnie (Campbell) Bailey; married to
Alice Mae Nicholson. |
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Joseph Weldon Bailey (1862-1929) —
also known as Joseph W. Bailey —
of Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Crystal Springs, Copiah
County, Miss., October
6, 1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Texas; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1891-1901; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1901-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1920.
Died, from a coronary
embolism, in a courtroom
while defending a client, in the Grayson County
Courthouse, Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., April
13, 1929 (age 66 years, 189
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.
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Joseph Weldon Bailey Jr. (1892-1943) —
also known as Joseph W. Bailey, Jr. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex., December
15, 1892.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Texas at-large, 1933-35; served in the U.S.
Marine Corps during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Died
in military service, of pneumonia
following injuries he suffered in a collision,
in the military hospital
at Camp Howze, near Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex., July 17,
1943 (age 50 years, 214
days).
Original interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Gainesville, Tex.; reinterment in 1958 at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Moseley Baker (1802-1848) —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; San Felipe, Austin
County, Tex.; Galveston
County, Tex.; Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., September
20, 1802.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1829; served in the Texas Army
during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836, 1838-39; defeated, 1841;
candidate for Texas
Republic Senate, 1842.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
4, 1848 (age 46 years, 45
days).
Original interment somewhere
in Houston, Tex.; reinterment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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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.
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Thomas Ball (1836-1917) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Northumberland
County, Va., December
10, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Texas
state senate, 1876.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 11,
1917 (age 80 years, 152
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Ball (1814-1849) and Maria Louise (Hurst) Ball; married, February
27, 1878, to Lalla Gresham. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: History of the Bench and
Bar of Southern California (1909) |
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Thomas Henry Ball Jr. (1859-1944) —
also known as Thomas H. Ball; Tom Ball —
of Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Huntsville, Walker
County, Tex., January
14, 1859.
Democrat. Farmer; merchant;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1892,
1896,
1900,
1904,
1912
(speaker),
1924
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1928;
U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1903 (1st District 1897-1903, 8th
District 1903); candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1914.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., May 7,
1944 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Elgin Ballard and Jennie (Peden) Ballard; married, February
16, 1916, to M. Lucille Juzek. |
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W. S. Barron (born c.1889) —
of Bryan, Brazos
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1889.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 26th District, 1925-29; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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George Tilden Bartlett (1877-1939) —
also known as G. T. Bartlett —
of Linden, Cass
County, Tex.
Born in Tippah
County, Miss., February
2, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; postmaster;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1916
(alternate), 1920;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1920, 1922.
Died, from a coronary
occlusion, in Texarkana Hospital,
Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., July 12,
1939 (age 62 years, 160
days).
Interment at Linden Cemetery, Linden, Tex.
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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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James Andrew Beall (1866-1929) —
also known as Jack Beall —
of Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex.
Born near Midlothian, Ellis
County, Tex., October
25, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1892-94; member of Texas
state senate 10th District, 1895-98; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1903-15.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
11, 1929 (age 62 years, 109
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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Carlos Bee (1867-1932) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Saltillo, Coahuila
of American parents, July 8,
1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1908;
member of Texas
state senate, 1915-19; U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., April
20, 1932 (age 64 years, 287
days).
Interment at Confederate
Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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David Owen Belew Jr. (b. 1920) —
of Texas.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., March
27, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1979-90; took
senior status 1990.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Christopher Bell (b. 1959) —
also known as Chris Bell —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, November
23, 1959.
Democrat. Journalist;
lawyer; member Houston City Council, 1997-2001; U.S.
Representative from Texas 25th District, 2003-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2004;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 2006.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Fortunato Pedro Benavides (b. 1947) —
also known as Fortunato P. Benavides; Pete
Benavides —
of McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Mission, Hidalgo
County, Tex., February
3, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1981-84; Judge,
Texas Court of Appeals, 1984-91; Judge of
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1991-92; defeated, 1992; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1994-2012; took
senior status 2012.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Leonard Julius Benckenstein (1894-1966) —
also known as L. J. Benckenstein —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Wyoming, Hamilton
County, Ohio, July 5,
1894.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Texas
Republican State Executive Committee, 1928; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1932,
1936
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1940,
1944,
1948;
candidate for chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution; Alpha
Chi Rho; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in October, 1966
(age 72
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Leonard Frederick Benckenstein and Genevieve (Peterson)
Benckenstein; married, April
15, 1917, to Elaine Lock. |
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Sterling D. Bennett (b. 1888) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Pocahontas, Randolph
County, Ark., February
24, 1888.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1931-36; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1936.
Christian.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry Swan Bennett and Sarah J. (Pratt) Bennett; married, March 6,
1911, to Avie Shaver. |
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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.
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David E. Bernsen (b. 1950) —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, April 8,
1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; real estate
developer; member of Texas
state senate 4th District, 1999-2002; candidate for Texas land
commissioner, 2002.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2003.
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Relatives: Son
of Walter Bernsen and Helen (Freeman) Bernsen; married to Dinah
Herbert. |
| | | See also Texas
Legislators Past & Present |
| | | Image source: Texas Legislative
Reference Library |
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Ebb Aaron Berry (b. 1879) —
also known as E. A. Berry —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Madison
County, Tex., September
22, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Texas; district judge in Texas 12th District, 1917-19; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1924-25.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Watson A. Berry and Mary (McGee) Berry; married to Jessie
Lindley. |
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James Rumsey Beverley (1894-1967) —
also known as James R. Beverley —
of San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico.
Born in Dalhart, Dallam
County, Tex., June 15,
1894.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Governor of
Puerto Rico, 1929, 1932-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons.
Died, from myocardial
failure, in Seton Hospital,
Austin, Travis
County, Tex., June 17,
1967 (age 73 years, 2
days).
Interment at Austin
Memorial Park, Austin, Tex.
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Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. (b. 1947) —
of Texas.
Born in McAllen, Hidalgo
County, Tex., November
11, 1947.
Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1983-88; Judge, Texas Court
of Appeals, 1989-94; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1994-2000.
Still living as of 2000.
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Jesse Francis Bingaman Jr. (b. 1943) —
also known as Jeff Bingaman —
of Santa Fe, Santa Fe
County, N.M.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., October
3, 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer; New
Mexico state attorney general, 1979-83; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1983-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Mexico, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Charles Birdsall (1802-1839) —
also known as John Birdsall —
of Chautauqua
County, N.Y.
Born in Greene, Chenango
County, N.Y., 1802.
Lawyer; circuit judge in New York, 1826-29; member of New York
state assembly from Chautauqua County, 1831; member of New York
state senate 8th District, 1832-34; resigned 1834; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1837-38.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 22,
1839 (age about 37
years).
Interment at Glendale
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Claude Vivian Birkhead (1880-1950) —
also known as Claude Birkhead —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Phoenix, Jackson
County, Ore., May 27,
1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1910-12; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
19, 1950 (age 70 years, 176
days).
Interment at Fort
Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Miles Teel Bivins (1947-2009) —
also known as Teel Bivins —
of Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex.
Born in Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex., November
22, 1947.
Republican. Lawyer; rancher;
member of Texas
state senate 31st District, 1989-2004; U.S. Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06.
Episcopalian.
Died, from progressive
supranuclear palsy, in Amarillo, Potter
County, Tex., October
26, 2009 (age 61 years, 338
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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Eugene Black (1879-1975) —
of Clarksville, Red River
County, Tex.
Born near Blossom, Lamar
County, Tex., July 2,
1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; wholesale
grocer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1915-29.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 22,
1975 (age 95 years, 324
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Md.
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Norman William Black (1931-1997) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
6, 1931.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1979-96; took
senior status 1996.
Died in Silverthorne, Summit
County, Colo., July 23,
1997 (age 65 years, 229
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Arvis Blakley (1898-1976) —
also known as William A. Blakley —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Miami Station, Carroll
County, Mo., November
17, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
real
estate developer; insurance
business; banker; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957, 1961; defeated, 1958, 1961.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., January
5, 1976 (age 77 years, 49
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957) —
also known as Thomas L. Blanton —
of Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
25, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas 42nd District,
1908-16; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1917-29, 1930-37 (16th District
1917-19, 17th District 1919-29, 1930-37).
Presbyterian.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen.
Censured
in 1921 for inserting a letter into the Congressional Record
which contained words said to be "unspeakable, vile, foul, filthy,
profane, blasphemous and obscene."
A motion to expel
him from the House of Representatives failed by eight votes. Indicted
in 1923 for criminal
libel over his claim that former U.S. Rep. Oscar
Callaway had urged his frends not to buy Liberty bonds during
World War I.
Died in Albany, Shackelford
County, Tex., August
11, 1957 (age 84 years, 290
days).
Interment at Albany
Cemetery, Albany, Tex.
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Harold E. Bledsoe (1896-1974) —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., August
29, 1896.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1935; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Michigan; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1948;
delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Wayne County
11th District, 1961-62.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Died in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., March
26, 1974 (age 77 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Bledsoe and Mattie (Smith) Bledsoe; married to Mamie
Geraldine Neal. |
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Chester E. Blodget —
of Edinburg, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Lawyer; mayor
of Edinburg, Tex., 1951-53.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas R. Bond (born c.1872) —
of Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex.
Born in Texas, about 1872.
Lawyer; farmer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1929.
Burial location unknown.
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Jim D. Bowmer (b. 1919) —
of Temple, Bell
County, Tex.
Born in Temple, Bell
County, Tex., May 4,
1919.
Democrat. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Calvin Box (1871-1941) —
also known as John C. Box —
of Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex.
Born near Crockett, Houston
County, Tex., March
28, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1898-1901; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1919-31.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Jacksonville, Cherokee
County, Tex., May 17,
1941 (age 70 years, 50
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Jacksonville, Tex.
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Charles Albert Boynton (1867-1954) —
also known as Charles A. Boynton —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in East Hatley, Compton County, Quebec,
November
26, 1867.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Texas, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1920,
1924;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1906-13; candidate
for Governor of
Texas, 1918; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1924-47; took
senior status 1947.
Episcopalian.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., October
12, 1954 (age 86 years, 320
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Alpheus S. Boynton and Jane Grannis (Cook) Boynton; married, November
1, 1897, to Laura Bassett Young. |
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Searcy Bracewell (1918-2003) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
19, 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1947; member of Texas
state senate, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
Protestant.
Member, Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died May 13,
2003 (age 85 years, 114
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of J. Searcy Bracewell and Lola (Blount) Bracewell; married to
Elizabeth Weaver. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Louis Brachfield (1871-1947) —
also known as Charles L. Brachfield —
of Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., January
10, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate 8th District, 1903-06; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1916;
Rusk
County Judge.
Jewish.
Died in Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex., June 6,
1947 (age 76 years, 147
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Brachfield and Henrietta 'Yetta'
Brachfield. |
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Rolland Bradley (born c.1897) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Michigan, about 1897.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 19th District, 1929; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944
(speaker).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Bradley (1917-1998) —
also known as Tom Bradley —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., December
29, 1917.
Democrat. Police
officer; lawyer; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1968,
1972;
mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1973-93; defeated, 1969; candidate for Governor of
California, 1982, 1986.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Kappa
Alpha Psi; Urban
League; NAACP.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1984.
Died, of a heart
attack, at Kaiser Permanente Medical
Center, Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
29, 1998 (age 80 years, 274
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Inglewood
Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.
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William Oscar Braecklein (1920-2001) —
also known as William O. Braecklein; Bill
Braecklein —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
20, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; member of
Texas
state house of representatives, 1966-72; member of Texas
state senate 16th District, 1972-78.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died, of Alzheimer's
disease, at Presbyterian Village North nursing
home, Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., November
14, 2001 (age 80 years, 329
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Sam Gilbert Bratton (1888-1963) —
also known as Sam G. Bratton —
of Clovis, Curry
County, N.M.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in Kosse, Limestone
County, Tex., August
19, 1888.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1916,
1928,
1932;
district judge in New Mexico 5th District, 1919-22; justice of
New Mexico state supreme court, 1923-24; resigned 1924; U.S.
Senator from New Mexico, 1925-33; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 1933-61; took
senior status 1961.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., September
22, 1963 (age 75 years, 34
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Leo Brewster (1903-1979) —
of Texas.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., October
16, 1903.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1961-73; took
senior status 1973.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., November
27, 1979 (age 76 years, 42
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Clay Stone Briggs (1876-1933) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., January
8, 1876.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1906-08; district judge in Texas
10th District, 1909-19; U.S.
Representative from Texas 7th District, 1919-33; died in office
1933.
Episcopalian.
Died of a heart
attack, in Washington,
D.C., April
29, 1933 (age 57 years, 111
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
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David Briones (b. 1943) —
of Texas.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1943.
Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1991-94; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1994-.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2002.
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Charles Robin Britt (b. 1942) —
also known as Robin Britt —
of Greensboro, Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 29,
1942.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Guilford County Democratic Party, 1979-81; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1980;
U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1983-85;
defeated, 1984, 1986.
Still living as of 1998.
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Jack Bascom Brooks (1922-2012) —
also known as Jack B. Brooks —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Crowley, Acadia
Parish, La., December
18, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1946-50; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1953-95 (2nd District 1953-67, 9th
District 1967-95); defeated, 1994; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1964.
Methodist.
Member, Sigma
Delta Chi; American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; National Rifle
Association.
Died, in Baptist Hospital,
Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., December
4, 2012 (age 89 years, 352
days).
Cremated.
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John Robert Brown (1909-1993) —
also known as John R. Brown —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Funk, Phelps
County, Neb., December
10, 1909.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War
II; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,
1952;
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1955-84; took
senior status 1984.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
23, 1993 (age 83 years, 44
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Neeley Brown (b. 1926) —
also known as Paul N. Brown —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Grayson
County, Tex., 1926.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1959-60; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1985-2001; took
senior status 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Thomas Jefferson Brown (1836-1915) —
also known as Thomas J. Brown —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Jasper
County, Ga., July 24,
1836.
Lawyer; law partner of James
W. Throckmorton and Samuel
A. Roberts; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1889-92; district judge in Texas,
1892; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1893-1911; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1911-15; died in office
1915.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., May 26,
1915 (age 78 years, 306
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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Willie Lewis Brown Jr. (b. 1934) —
also known as Willie L. Brown, Jr. —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Mineola, Wood
County, Tex., March
20, 1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1964-96; Speaker of
the California State Assembly, 1981-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1972,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
candidate for Presidential Elector for California; mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1996-2004; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Recipient of the Spingarn
Medal in 2018.
Still living as of 2018.
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James Nathan Browning (1850-1921) —
also known as J. N. Browning —
of Clarendon, Donley
County, Tex.; Mobeetie, Wheeler
County, Tex.
Born in Clark
County, Ark., March
13, 1850.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 43rd District, 1883-88, 1891-92;
Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1898-1902.
Died November
9, 1921 (age 71 years, 241
days).
Interment at Llano
Cemetery, Amarillo, Tex.
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David Ezekiel Bryant (1849-1910) —
also known as David E. Bryant —
of Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Larue
County, Ky., October
19, 1849.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1890-1910; died
in office 1910.
Died in Sherman, Grayson
County, Tex., February
5, 1910 (age 60 years, 109
days).
Interment at West
Hill Cemetery, Sherman, Tex.
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John Wiley Bryant (b. 1947) —
also known as John W. Bryant —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Lake Jackson, Brazoria
County, Tex., February
22, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1974-82; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1976,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1983-97; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1996.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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William Curtis Bryson (b. 1945) —
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., 1945.
Lawyer; law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Henry
Friendly 1973-74, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood
Marshall, 1974-75; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1994-.
Still living as of 2004.
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Jerry Buchmeyer (b. 1933) —
Born in Overton, Rusk
County, Tex., 1933.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1979-2003;
took senior status 2003.
Still living as of 2003.
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Raymond Elliot Buck (1894-1971) —
also known as Raymond E. Buck —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., July 13,
1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
insurance
executive; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1944
(alternate), 1956,
1960,
1964.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died March
27, 1971 (age 76 years, 257
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Greenwood
Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.
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Carl Olaf Bue Jr. (b. 1922) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1970-87; took
senior status 1987.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Orville Canada Bullington (1882-1956) —
also known as Orville Bullington —
of Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex.
Born in Indian Springs, Vernon
County, Mo., February
10, 1882.
Republican. Lawyer; president and chairman, Wichita Falls &
Southern Railroad;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business), 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee; speaker),
1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948;
candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1932; member of Texas
Republican State Committee, 1947-51; Texas
Republican state chair, 1951.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, from mesenteric
thrombosis while also suffering from emphysema,
in Wichita Falls, Wichita
County, Tex., November
24, 1956 (age 74 years, 288
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Lucius Desha Bunton III (1924-2001) —
also known as Lucius Bunton —
of Odessa, Ector
County, Tex.
Born in Del Rio, Val Verde
County, Tex., December
1, 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney, 83rd District, 1954-60;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1979-92; took
senior status 1992.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
17, 2001 (age 76 years, 47
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Farmer Burgess (1861-1919) —
also known as George F. Burgess —
of Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex.
Born in Wharton
County, Tex., September
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; Gonzales
County Attorney, 1886-89; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Texas; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1901-17 (10th District 1901-03, 9th
District 1903-17); candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916.
Died in Gonzales, Gonzales
County, Tex., December
31, 1919 (age 58 years, 101
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Gonzales, Tex.
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Albert Sidney Burleson (1863-1937) —
also known as Albert S. Burleson —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in San Marcos, Hays
County, Tex., June 7,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1899-1913 (9th District 1899-1903,
10th District 1903-13); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1912
(speaker);
U.S.
Postmaster General, 1913-21.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., November
24, 1937 (age 74 years, 170
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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George Prescott Bush (b. 1976) —
also known as George P. Bush —
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., April
24, 1976.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; Texas land
commissioner, 2015-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2022.
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George Charles Butte (1877-1940) —
also known as George C. Butte —
of Muskogee, Muskogee
County, Okla.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., May 9,
1877.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1924; Puerto
Rico attorney general, 1925; Governor-General
of the Philippine Islands, 1932.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
American
Society for International Law; American
Law Institute; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta
Theta Phi.
Died, following surgery for an intestinal
blockage, in American Hospital,
Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, January
18, 1940 (age 62 years, 254
days).
Interment at Live Oak Cemetery, Dublin, Tex.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) —
also known as Richard E. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., August
13, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1884-1904; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Frederick County & Winchester city,
1906-13; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1908-13; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1912,
1920;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1914-20.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
25, 1925 (age 65 years, 73
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. William Byrd and Jennie (Rivers) Byrd; married, September
15, 1886, to Eleanor Bolling Flood (sister of Henry
De La Warr Flood); father of Harry
Flood Byrd and Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer);
grandfather of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; great-grandnephew of Charles
Willing Byrd; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791) and Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780); second cousin of Lucia Cary Harrison
(who married Edmund
Randolph Cocke); second cousin thrice removed of George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and William
Henry Harrison; third cousin of Connally
Findlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and John
Scott Harrison; third cousin thrice removed of Burwell
Bassett; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Peter
Myndert Dox, Edmund
Randolph, Carter
Henry Harrison and Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901). |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Clark-Thomson
family of Iowa and Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in Virginia
(1906) |
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