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Fritz Garland Lanham (1880-1965) —
also known as Fritz G. Lanham —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex., January
3, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 12th District, 1919-47.
Methodist.
Died July 31,
1965 (age 85 years, 209
days).
Interment at East
Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Tex.
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Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (1846-1908) —
also known as Samuel W. T. Lanham —
of Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex.
Born near Woodruff, Spartanburg District (now Spartanburg
County), S.C., July 4,
1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1883-93, 1897-1903 (11th District
1883-93, 8th District 1897-1903); Governor of
Texas, 1903-07.
Died in Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex., July 29,
1908 (age 62 years, 25
days).
Interment at East
Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Tex.
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Robert C. Lanier (1925-2014) —
also known as Bob Lanier —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Baytown, Harris
County, Tex., March
10, 1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; newspaper
reporter; lawyer; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 1992-98.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., December
20, 2014 (age 89 years, 285
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Hamilton Latimer (c.1800-1877) —
also known as Albert H. Latimer —
of Texas.
Born in Huntingdon, Carroll
County, Tenn., about 1800.
Republican. Lawyer; planter; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Red River, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1840-42; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845; member of Texas
state senate, 1849-51; Texas
state comptroller, 1865-66; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; justice of
Texas state supreme court, 1869; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1869; district judge in Texas 8th District,
1870-72.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Clarksville, Red River
County, Tex., January
27, 1877 (age about 77
years).
Interment at Clarksville
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of James L. Latimer and Jane (Hamilton) Latimer; married 1828 to
Elritta Smith; married 1833 to
Elizabeth Richey; married 1857 to Mary
Gattis. |
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Gregory H. Laughlin (b. 1942) —
also known as Greg Laughlin —
of West Columbia, Brazoria
County, Tex.
Born in Bay City, Matagorda
County, Tex., January
21, 1942.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1989-97; defeated, 1986
(Democratic), 1996 (Republican primary).
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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Thomas Calloway Lea Jr. (1877-1945) —
also known as Tom Lea —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born October
29, 1877.
Lawyer; mayor of
El Paso, Tex., 1915-17.
Died August
2, 1945 (age 67 years, 277
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.
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Walter A. Ledbetter (b. 1863) —
of Ardmore, Carter
County, Okla.; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Warrenton, Fayette
County, Tex., March 9,
1863.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Oklahoma state constitutional convention, 1906.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thmas A. Ledbetter and Almieda (Robison) Ledbetter; married, August
17, 1887, to Letitia Paranteau. |
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Peter Lesser —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor of
Dallas, Tex., 1989.
Still living as of 2002.
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Adrian Levy (b. 1895) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., October
29, 1895.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; mayor
of Galveston, Tex., 1935-39.
Jewish.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Horsley Littleton (1889-1966) —
also known as Benjamin H. Littleton —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Weatherford, Parker
County, Tex., August
27, 1889.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1929-58.
Died July 6,
1966 (age 76 years, 313
days).
Interment at Fort
Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Jefferson Littleton and Anna (McNutt)
Littleton. |
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Eugene Murphy Locke (1918-1972) —
also known as Eugene M. Locke —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., January
6, 1918.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964;
U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, 1966-67; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1968.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1967.
Died April
28, 1972 (age 54 years, 113
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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Gene L. Locke —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Lawyer; candidate for mayor
of Houston, Tex., 2009.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2009.
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Tyler C. Lockett (b. 1932) —
of Kansas.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., December
7, 1932.
Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Kansas, 1971-77; district
judge in Kansas, 1977-83; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1983-.
Still living as of 2002.
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James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) —
also known as J. C. Looney —
of Edinburg, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Kossuth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 18,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; director of many firms involved in
activities such as banking,
bus transit, concrete,
lumber,
radio
broadcasting, automobile
service, and operating a hotel;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68; Hidalgo
County Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Protestant.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners.
Died in March, 1977
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married, June 15,
1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery. |
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John Looney (1865-1942) —
also known as Patrick John Looney —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Ottawa, La Salle
County, Ill., October
5, 1865.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; indicted
with others in 1897 over a scheme to defraud
the city of Rock Island in connection with a storm drain construction
project; convicted,
but the verdict was overturned on appeal; candidate for Illinois
state house of representatives, 1900; created and led a crime
syndicate in northwest Illinois, with interests in gambling,
prostitution,
extortion,
and eventually bootlegging
and automobile
theft; indicted
in 1907 on 37 counts of bribery,
extortion,
and libel,
but acquitted; shot
and wounded by hidden snipers on two occasions in 1908; on February
22, 1909, he was shot
and wounded in a gunfight with business rival W. W. Wilmerton; on
March 22, 1912, after publishing
personal attacks on Rock Island Mayor Henry
M. Schriver, he was arrested,
brought to the police station, and severely
beaten by the mayor himself; subsequent rioting killed two men
and injured nine others; resumed control of the Rock Island rackets
in 1921; in 1922, he was indicted
for the murder
of saloon keeper William Gabel, who had provided evidence against
Looney to federal agents; arrested
in Belen, N.M., in 1924, and later convicted
of conspiracy and murder;
sentenced
to 5 years in prison
for conspiracy and 14 years for murder;
served 8 1/2 years.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in a sanitarium
at El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., 1942
(age about
76 years).
Burial location unknown.
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James Love (1795-1874) —
of Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.
Born in Nelson
County, Ky., May 12,
1795.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1819; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 9th District, 1833-35; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., June 12,
1874 (age 79 years, 31
days).
Interment at Trinity
Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.
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Thomas Bell Love (1870-1948) —
also known as Thomas B. Love —
of Springfield, Greene
County, Mo.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Webster
County, Mo., June 23,
1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Missouri Democratic Party, 1896-98; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1902-07; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1906-07; Texas
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking, 1907-10; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1920-24; member of Texas
state senate, 1927-30; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died September
17, 1948 (age 78 years, 86
days).
Interment at Sparkman
Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Calvin Love and Sarah Jane (Rodgers) Love; married, June 11,
1892, to Mattie Roberta Goode. |
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John Emmett Lyle Jr. (b. 1910) —
also known as John E. Lyle, Jr. —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Boyd, Wise
County, Tex., September
4, 1910.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1941-44; served in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1945-55; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas.
Burial location unknown.
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