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Ernest James Istook Jr. (b. 1950) —
also known as Ernest J. Istook, Jr. —
of Warr Acres, Oklahoma
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., February
11, 1950.
Republican. Lawyer; journalist;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1987-93; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 5th District, 1993-.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2014.
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Alphonso Jackson (b. 1945) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., September
9, 1945.
Republican. Lawyer; St. Louis director of public safety, 1977;
executive director, St. Louis Housing Authority. 1981-83; president
and CEO of Dallas Housing Authority, 1989-95; president, American Electric
Power-Texas, 1998-2001; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 2004-08.
Member, Sigma
Pi Phi.
Still living as of 2008.
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John Ellett Jackson (b. 1892) —
also known as John E. Jackson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Palestine, Anderson
County, Tex., August
3, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1928; Louisiana
Republican state chair, 1929-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Louisiana, 1932,
1936
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1940
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1944,
1948;
member of Republican
National Committee from Louisiana, 1934-50.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Mary Louise Allen. |
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Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (1938-2003) —
also known as Maynard H. Jackson;
"Buzzy" —
of Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., March
23, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor
of Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1976,
1980,
1996,
2000;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; member of Democratic
National Committee from Georgia, 1993.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Phi
Beta Kappa.
Collapsed (heart
attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport,
and died soon after, at Virginia Medical
Center, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 23,
2003 (age 65 years, 92
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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Sheila Jackson=Lee (b. 1950) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., January
12, 1950.
Democrat. Lawyer; municipal judge in Texas, 1987-90; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Seventh-Day
Adventist. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Urban
League; American Bar
Association.
Still living as of 2012.
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel J. Jenkins and Irene B. Jenkins; married to Cynthia
Flowers. |
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Clark Wesley Johnson, Sr. (1848-1925) —
also known as C. W. Johnson —
of Graham, Young
County, Tex.
Born in Indiana, August
11, 1848.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1912; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Texas, 1916;
candidate for Texas
state attorney general, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1920.
Died in Graham, Young
County, Tex., February
6, 1925 (age 76 years, 179
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Graham, Tex.
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Clark Wesley Johnson Jr. (1894-1970) —
also known as C. W. Johnson, Jr. —
of Graham, Young
County, Tex.
Born in Graham, Young
County, Tex., August
27, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border;
lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention
from Texas, 1920,
1940;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1924; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1933.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Graham, Young
County, Tex., March 1,
1970 (age 75 years, 186
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Graham, Tex.
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Cone Johnson (1860-1933) —
of Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.
Born in Dawsonville, Dawson
County, Ga., June 11,
1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1886-88; member of Texas
state senate, 1888-92; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1908; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1912
(speaker),
1920,
1928.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March
17, 1933 (age 72 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jed Joseph Johnson (1888-1963) —
also known as Jed Johnson —
of Anadarko, Caddo
County, Okla.
Born near Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., July 31,
1888.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; mail
carrier; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Oklahoma
state senate, 1920-27, 1925-26 (17th District 1920-27, 15th
District 1925-26); U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma 6th District, 1927-47; federal
judge, 1947.
Baptist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Modern
Woodmen of America; Lions.
Died May 8,
1963 (age 74 years, 281
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Chickasha, Okla.
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Luther Alexander Johnson (1875-1965) —
also known as Luther A. Johnson —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., October
29, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; Navarro
County Attorney, 1898-1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1923-46; resigned 1946;
federal
judge, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Odd
Fellows; Lions.
Died June 6,
1965 (age 89 years, 220
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Daniel Webster Jones (1839-1918) —
also known as Daniel W. Jones —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Bowie
County, Tex., December
15, 1839.
Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas; Arkansas
state attorney general, 1885-88; Governor of
Arkansas, 1897-1901.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
25, 1918 (age 79 years, 10
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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George Washington Jones (1828-1903) —
also known as George W. Jones —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born in Marion
County, Ala., September
5, 1828.
Lawyer; Bastrop
County Attorney, 1858-60; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1866-67; removed from
office as Lieutenant Governor by Gen. Philip Sheridan, 1867, for
being an "impediment
to Reconstruction"; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1879-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., July 11,
1903 (age 74 years, 309
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bastrop, Tex.
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James Henry Jones (1830-1904) —
also known as James H. Jones —
of Texas.
Born in Shelby
County, Ala., September
13, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1883-87.
Slaveowner.
Died in Henderson, Rusk
County, Tex., March
22, 1904 (age 73 years, 191
days).
Interment at New
Cemetery, Henderson, Tex.
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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.
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Darrell Jordan —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1995, 2007.
Still living as of 2007.
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Robert Alan Junell (b. 1947) —
also known as Robert Junell; Rob Junell —
of San Angelo, Tom Green
County, Tex.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1989-2002 (66th District 1989-92,
72nd District 1993-2002); U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 2003-.
Still living as of 2014.
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Bernard S. Kahn (1921-2007) —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Born June 18,
1921.
Lawyer; candidate in primary for circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1966.
Died December
1, 2007 (age 86 years, 166
days).
Interment at Rio
Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery, Mission, Tex.
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Frank Melvin Karsten (1913-1992) —
also known as Frank M. Karsten —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
7, 1913.
Democrat. Secretary to U.S. Rep. John
J. Cochran, 1934-46; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1947-69 (13th District 1947-53, 1st
District 1953-69).
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Nu Phi.
Died May 14,
1992 (age 79 years, 128
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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David Spangler Kaufman (1813-1851) —
also known as David S. Kaufman —
of Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex.
Born in Boiling Springs, Cumberland
County, Pa., December
18, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1839-41; member of Texas
Republic Senate, 1843-45; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1846-51; died in office
1851.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
31, 1851 (age 37 years, 44
days).
Original interment and cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1932 at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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E. James Kazen (1912-2003) —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., December
27, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney 49th District, 1942;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944,
1948,
1952.
Catholic.
Lebanese
ancestry.
Died in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., February
25, 2003 (age 90 years, 60
days).
Interment at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Tex.
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George Philip Kazen (b. 1940) —
also known as George P. Kazen —
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., February
29, 1940.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1979-2009;
took senior status 2009.
Lebanese
and English
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Terrence McCauley Keel (b. 1958) —
also known as Terry Keel —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
13, 1958.
Republican. Lawyer; Travis
County Sheriff, 1992-96; member of Texas
state house of representatives 47th District, 1997-2006.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2006.
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Walter Angus Keeling (1873-1945) —
also known as W. A. Keeling —
of Groesbeck, Limestone
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Kosse, Limestone
County, Tex., November
22, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; Limestone
County Attorney, 1898-1902; Limestone
County Judge, 1908-12; member of Texas
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1908-10; Texas
state attorney general, 1921-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1928;
president, Acme Life
Insurance Co.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died January
22, 1945 (age 71 years, 61
days).
Interment at Austin
Memorial Park, Austin, Tex.
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Keith F. Kelly (b. 1914) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Joshua, Johnson
County, Tex., June 10,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
member of Texas
state senate, 1947-50.
Protestant.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Clarence Elliott Kennemer Jr. (1908-1962) —
also known as C. E. Kennemer, Jr. —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., April
22, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer; rancher;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940.
Died in Terrell, Kaufman
County, Tex., May 25,
1962 (age 54 years, 33
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Yale Leland Kerby (1925-2013) —
of Lenawee
County, Mich.; Uvalde, Uvalde
County, Tex.
Born in Corunna, Shiawassee
County, Mich., April
11, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; candidate for Michigan
state senate 19th District, 1948; district judge in Michigan,
1969-78; candidate in primary for Judge,
Michigan Court of Appeals 2nd District, 1974.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Kiwanis;
Freemasons.
Died in Uvalde, Uvalde
County, Tex., July 31,
2013 (age 88 years, 111
days).
Interment at Hillcrest Cemetery, Uvalde, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Yale Harrington Kerby and Eltha Kerby; married, June 30,
1956, to Grace Gail Cutler. |
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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.
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David Edwin Killam (1882-1968) —
also known as David E. Killam —
of Troy, Lincoln
County, Mo.; Tyler, Smith
County, Tex.; Longview, Gregg
County, Tex.
Born in Winfield, Lincoln
County, Mo., November
16, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Troy, Mo., 1900; Lincoln
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1914-19; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Lincoln County, 1919-22.
Died in July, 1968
(age 85
years, 0 days).
Interment at Grace Hill Cemetery, Longview, Tex.
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Ron Kirk (b. 1954) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born June 27,
1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of state of Texas, 1994; appointed 1994; mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1995-2002; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 2002; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 2004,
2008.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Rudolph Kleberg (1847-1924) —
of Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex.
Born in Cat Spring, Austin
County, Tex., June 26,
1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1883-84; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1885-89; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1896-1903.
Died December
28, 1924 (age 77 years, 185
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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