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Joshua Lucius Halbert (1869-1929) —
also known as Josh Halbert —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., 1869.
Lawyer; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1913-23.
Died in 1929
(age about
60 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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James Monroe Hale (1865-1906) —
of Caldwell, Burleson
County, Tex.
Born in Gay Hill, Washington
County, Tex., September
5, 1865.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate 19th District, 1903-05.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 23,
1906 (age 40 years, 260
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Caldwell, Tex.
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Joseph Weldon Hale (b. 1891) —
also known as Joseph W. Hale —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Jones
County, Tex., May 29,
1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for insurance
companies; secretary of
Texas Democratic Party, 1921-25; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 1935-37.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Hale and Drue (Murray) Hale; married to Iva
Childers. |
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Ralph Moody Hall (1923-2019) —
also known as Ralph M. Hall —
of Rockwall, Rockwall
County, Tex.
Born in Fate, Rockwall
County, Tex., May 3,
1923.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; business
executive; county judge in Texas, 1950-62; member of Texas
state senate, 1962-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1964
(alternate), 1996,
2000;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 4th District, 1981-.
Methodist.
Died in Rockwall, Rockwall
County, Tex., March 7,
2019 (age 95 years, 308
days).
Interment at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Rockwall, Tex.
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John Edward Halsell (1826-1899) —
also known as John E. Halsell —
of Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., September
11, 1826.
Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky; elected 1870; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1883-87; mayor
of Bowling Green, Ky., 1888-89.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., December
26, 1899 (age 73 years, 106
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Phil Hardberger (b. 1934) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Morton, Cochran
County, Tex., July 27,
1934.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 2005-09.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Rufus Hardy (1855-1943) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born near Aberdeen, Monroe
County, Miss., December
16, 1855.
Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; Navarro
County Attorney, 1880-84; district attorney, 13th District,
1884-88; district judge in Texas 13th District, 1888-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1907-23.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March
13, 1943 (age 87 years, 87
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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James L. Harle —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1875-77.
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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John Ray Harrison Sr. (1930-2001) —
of Pasadena, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Abilene, Taylor
County, Tex., August
2, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives; elected 1964; defeated, 1998; mayor
of Pasadena, Tex., 1973-78, 1985-93; district judge in Texas,
1978-80.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died, of complications following laminectomy surgery, December
22, 2001 (age 71 years, 142
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James P. Hart —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Democrat. Lawyer; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Daniel Hartman (b. 1878) —
also known as John D. Hartman —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Lancaster, Fairfield
County, Ohio, March
31, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1918; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1921-33.
Lutheran.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Gaylord Hartman and Louisa Jane (Brown) Hartman; married 1903 to Clara
Kochensparger. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of William Lafayette Hefner and Sallie Jane (Masters) Hefner;
married, July 18,
1906, to Eva Johnson. |
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John Hemphill (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., December
18, 1803.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died
in office 1862; candidate for Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
7, 1862 (age 58 years, 20
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Pinckney Henderson (1808-1858) —
also known as J. Pinckney Henderson —
of Marshville (unknown
county), Tex.
Born in Lincolnton, Lincoln
County, N.C., March
31, 1808.
Lawyer; general in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1836-37; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1837; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Governor of
Texas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 4,
1858 (age 50 years, 65
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1930 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Robert Lee Henry (1864-1931) —
also known as Robert L. Henry —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.; Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Linden, Cass
County, Tex., May 12,
1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Texarkana, Tex., 1890-91; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1917 (7th District 1897-1903, 1st
District 1903-05, 11th District 1905-17); delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business; speaker).
Died from the accidental
discharge of a pistol,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., July 9,
1931 (age 67 years, 58
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Jeb Hensarling (b. 1957) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Stephenville, Erath
County, Tex., May 29,
1957.
Republican. Lawyer; staff, U.S. Sen. Phil
Gramm, 1985-89; business
executive; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 2003-.
Christian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Philemon Thomas Herbert (1825-1864) —
also known as Philemon T. Herbert —
of Mariposa, Mariposa
County, Calif.; El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Pine Apple, Wilcox
County, Ala., November
1, 1825.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of California
state assembly, 1853-55 (10th District 1853-54, 6th District
1854-55); U.S.
Representative from California at-large, 1855-57; in 1856, drunk
at breakfast, he shot
and killed Thomas Keating, a waiter at the Willard Hotel in
Washington; charged
with murder,
twice tried,
and eventually acquitted; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
Wounded at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, and died
in Kingston, DeSoto
Parish, La., July 23,
1864 (age 38 years, 265
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Kingston, La.
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William Smith Herndon (1835-1903) —
also known as William S. Herndon —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Rome, Floyd
County, Ga., November
27, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; attorney, advisor, and solicitor for several railroad
companies; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1871-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1876,
1880.
Died in Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M., October
11, 1903 (age 67 years, 318
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Marshall Hicks (b. 1865) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Rusk, Cherokee
County, Tex., August
26, 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney, 49th Judicial District,
1891-95; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1892-94; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1899-1903; member of Texas
state senate 24th District, 1903-06; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1920,
1924;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas.
Presbyterian.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Francis Marion Hicks and Anne Ellen (McDougald) Hicks; married, December
30, 1891, to Lauraine Sedgwick Cooke. |
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Jack English Hightower (1926-2013) —
also known as Jack Hightower —
of Texas.
Born in Memphis, Hall
County, Tex., September
6, 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1953-54; member of Texas
state senate, 1965-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1968;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1975-85; defeated, 1961,
1984; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1988, 1992-95.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., August
3, 2013 (age 86 years, 331
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Fred Hofheinz (b. 1938) —
also known as Fred Hofheinz —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., March
15, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1974-77; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1980.
Still living as of 2002.
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Roy Mark Hofheinz (1912-1982) —
also known as Roy Hofheinz; "Father of the
Astrodome" —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., April
10, 1912.
Lawyer; real estate
developer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1934-36; county judge in Texas,
1936-44; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1953-55; prime mover in building the Houston
Astrodome sports
arena (1965), which became the home of the Houston Colt 45s (Astros)
baseball
team and the Houston Oilers football
team.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., November
22, 1982 (age 70 years, 226
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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William Meredith Holland (b. 1875) —
also known as W. M. Holland —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March
29, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Dallas
County Judge, 1907-11; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1911-15.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William C. Holland and Sarah (Saffeel) Holland; married, June 24,
1909, to Elnora Beggs. |
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke,
in a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Andrew Jackson Houston (1854-1941) —
of La Porte, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Independence, Washington
County, Tex., June 21,
1854.
Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1892 (Republican), 1910 (Prohibition), 1912 (Prohibition);
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1941; died in office 1941.
Died in a hospital
at Baltimore,
Md., June 26,
1941 (age 87 years, 5
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Volney Erskine Howard (1809-1889) —
also known as Volney E. Howard —
of Brandon, Rankin
County, Miss.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Norridgewock, Somerset
County, Maine, October
22, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1836; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Mississippi, 1840; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; Texas
state attorney general, 1846; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1849-53; delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; superior
court judge in California, 1879.
Injured in duel
with Hiram
G. Runnels.
Slaveowner.
Died in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., May 14,
1889 (age 79 years, 204
days).
Original interment at Fort
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Richard Bennett Hubbard Jr. (1832-1901) —
also known as Richard B. Hubbard, Jr. —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Walton
County, Ga., November
1, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1856,
1880;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1857-59; member of Texas
state senate, 1859-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1873-76; Governor of
Texas, 1876-79; U.S. Minister to Japan, 1885.
Died July 12,
1901 (age 68 years, 253
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Walter Hubbell (1888-1979) —
of Walters, Cotton
County, Okla.; Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex.
Born March
17, 1888.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Oklahoma, 1948.
Died in Gainesville, Cooke
County, Tex., October, 1979
(age 91
years, 0 days).
Interment at Temple
Cemetery, Temple, Okla.
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Claude Benton Hudspeth (1877-1941) —
also known as Claude B. Hudspeth; C. B.
Hudspeth —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Medina, Bandera
County, Tex., May 12,
1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; livestock
grower; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-06; member of Texas
state senate, 1906-18; U.S.
Representative from Texas 16th District, 1919-31.
Died March
19, 1941 (age 63 years, 311
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (1842-1924) —
also known as Joseph C. Hutcheson —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born near Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., May 18,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1893-97.
Died in Signal Mountain, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 26,
1924 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr. (1879-1973) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
19, 1879.
Lawyer; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1917-18; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1918-31; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1931-64.
Member, Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
18, 1973 (age 93 years, 91
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Thaddeus Thomson Hutcheson (1915-1986) —
also known as Thad T. Hutcheson —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
29, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Texas, 1956,
1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957; Texas
Republican state chair, 1958.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
3, 1986 (age 70 years, 278
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Everett Hutchinson (b. 1915) —
of Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex.; Westmoreland Hills, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Hempstead, Waller
County, Tex., January
2, 1915.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1941-44; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; member, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1955-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Phi Epsilon.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Neely E. Hutchinson and Lida (Hosmer) Hutchinson; married, December
16, 1944, to Elizabeth Stafford. |
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