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George Herman Mahon (1900-1985) —
also known as George H. Mahon —
of Colorado City, Mitchell
County, Tex.; Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Tex.
Born in Mahon, Claiborne
Parish, La., September
22, 1900.
Democrat. Lawyer; Mitchell
County Attorney, 1926-27; District Attorney, 32nd District,
1927-33; U.S.
Representative from Texas 19th District, 1935-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1964.
Methodist.
Died in San Angelo, Tom Green
County, Tex., November
19, 1985 (age 85 years, 58
days).
Interment at Loraine
Cemetery, Loraine, Tex.
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Thomas Clifton Mann (1912-1999) —
also known as Thomas C. Mann —
of Laredo, Webb
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Laredo, Webb
County, Tex., November
11, 1912.
Lawyer; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, 1955-57; Mexico, 1961-63.
Baptist.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
23, 1999 (age 86 years, 73
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Jefferson Mansfield (1861-1947) —
also known as Joseph J. Mansfield —
of Eagle Lake, Colorado
County, Tex.; Columbus, Colorado
County, Tex.
Born in Wayne, Wayne
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
9, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; Colorado
County Attorney, 1892-96; Colorado
County Judge, 1896-1916; U.S.
Representative from Texas 9th District, 1917-47; died in office
1947.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., July 12,
1947 (age 86 years, 153
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Eagle Lake, Tex.
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Eubertia Mapes (1864-1920) —
also known as Burt Mapes —
of Norfolk, Madison
County, Neb.
Born in Wallkill, Orange
County, N.Y., August
18, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nebraska, 1920.
Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., November
7, 1920 (age 56 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Erastus Mapes and Lucinda (Doty) Mapes; married, December
31, 1889, to Clara May Durland; married, August
30, 1919, to Alice Minerva Craig. |
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William Harrison Martin (1823-1898) —
also known as William H. Martin —
of Athens, Henderson
County, Tex.
Born near Eufaula, Barbour
County, Ala., May 23,
1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1853-57; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1887-91.
Died near Hillsboro, Hill
County, Tex., February
3, 1898 (age 74 years, 256
days).
Interment at Hillsboro
Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex.
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Susana Martinez (b. 1959) —
of Las Cruces, Dona Ana
County, N.M.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., July 14,
1959.
Republican. Lawyer; District Attorney, 3rd District,
1997-2010; member of New Mexico
Republican State Executive Committee, 2002; Governor of
New Mexico, 2011-18.
Female.
Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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Fontaine Maury Maverick (1895-1954) —
also known as Maury Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
23, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1935-39; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Coined the word "gobbledygook," during World War II, for pompously
worded directives.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 7,
1954 (age 58 years, 227
days).
Interment at San
Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Tex.
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Fontaine Maury Maverick Jr. (1921-2003) —
also known as Maury Maverick, Jr. —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
3, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1950-56; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961; columnist for the San Antonio
Express-News.
Died, from kidney
failure after surgery, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
28, 2003 (age 82 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) —
also known as Samuel A. Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., July 23,
1803.
Lawyer; delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Bexar, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1839-40, 1862-63; member of Texas
state house of representatives 44th District, 1851-53.
His name is the origin of the term "maverick" for an unbranded cow,
which later came to mean a political party dissident.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
2, 1870 (age 67 years, 41
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Tex.
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Rice Maxey (1800-1878) —
of Tompkinsville, Monroe
County, Ky.; Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Barren
County, Ky., July 23,
1800.
Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1861-62.
Died in Lamar
County, Tex., January
11, 1878 (age 77 years, 172
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Earle Bradford Mayfield (1881-1964) —
also known as Earle B. Mayfield —
of Meridian, Bosque
County, Tex.
Born in Overton, Rusk
County, Tex., April
12, 1881.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1907-13; Texas
railroad commissioner, 1913-22; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1923-29; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1924.
Methodist.
Member, Ku
Klux Klan; Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons.
Died in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., June 23,
1964 (age 83 years, 72
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.
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Michael T. McCaul (b. 1962) —
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., January
14, 1962.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 2005-.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Vernon McClintic (1878-1948) —
also known as James V. McClintic; Jim V. McClintic;
"Sunny Jim" —
of Snyder, Kiowa
County, Okla.
Born near Bremond, Robertson
County, Tex., September
8, 1878.
Democrat. Kiowa
County Clerk, 1909; member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1911-14; U.S.
Representative from Oklahoma, 1915-35 (1st District 1915-17, 7th
District 1917-35); lawyer.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a
train en route to Los Angeles, near Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
22, 1948 (age 69 years, 227
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Burial Park, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Augustus McCloskey (1877-1950) —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
23, 1877.
Democrat. Lawyer; Bexar
County Judge, 1920-28; U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1929-30.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., July 21,
1950 (age 72 years, 301
days).
Interment at San
Fernando Cemetery #2, San Antonio, Tex.
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Mike McKool (1918-2003) —
of Texas.
Born in Mexico City (Ciudad de México), Distrito
Federal, December
30, 1918.
Democrat. Naturalized U.S. citizen; served in the U.S. Army Air Force
in World War II; lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1969-72; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1974; chair of
Dallas County Democratic Party, 1984-86.
Catholic.
Lebanese
ancestry.
As state senator, set a filibuster record by speaking nonstop for 42
hours and 33 minutes in support of funding for mental health and
retardation.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
22, 2003 (age 84 years, 54
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Calvary
Hill Cemetery, Dallas, Tex.
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Clarence Alphonso Miller (b. 1877) —
also known as Clarence A. Miller —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houstonia, Pettis
County, Mo., September
13, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Consul in Matamoros, 1907-10; Tampico, 1910-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Tampico, as of 1916-17; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1924, 1933; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936,
1944;
chair
of Harris County Republican Party, 1930-44; Honorary
Consul for Costa Rica in Houston,
Tex., 1935; Honorary
Consul for Peru in Houston,
Tex., 1940.
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
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Roger Quarles Mills (1832-1911) —
also known as Roger Q. Mills —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Todd
County, Ky., March
30, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1859-60; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1873-92 (at-large 1873-75, 4th
District 1875-83, 9th District 1883-92); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1892-99.
Southern
Methodist. Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died in Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex., September
2, 1911 (age 79 years, 156
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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John William Minton (1875-1959) —
also known as J. W. Minton —
of Hemphill, Sabine
County, Tex.
Born in Geneva, Sabine
County, Tex., December
31, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; president, Hemphill State Bank; one
of the organizers of the Sabine Citizens Telephone
Co.; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1910-11; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1940
(alternate), 1952.
Baptist.
Died, as a result of a heart
attack, in City Hospital,
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., April
19, 1959 (age 83 years, 109
days).
Interment at Hemphill
City Cemetery, Hemphill, Tex.
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Daniel James Moody Jr. (1893-1966) —
also known as Dan Moody —
of Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born in Taylor, Williamson
County, Tex., June 1,
1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
Williamson
County Attorney, 1920-22; District Attorney, 1922-25; Texas
state attorney general, 1925-27; Governor of
Texas, 1927-31; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1928,
1944
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1948,
1952;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1942.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., May 22,
1966 (age 72 years, 355
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Gabriel Moore (c.1785-1845) —
of Huntsville, Madison
County, Ala.
Born in Stokes
County, N.C., about 1785.
Lawyer; member of Alabama
territorial House of Representatives, 1817; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member of Alabama
state senate, 1819-20; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1821-29 (at-large 1821-23, 1st
District 1823-29); Governor of
Alabama, 1829-31; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1831-37.
Fought a duel
with his brother-in-law.
Slaveowner.
Died in Harrison
County, Tex., June 9,
1845 (age about 60
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Harrison County, Tex.
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Joe E. Moreno (1964-2005) —
of Denver Harbor, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
12, 1964.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 143rd District, 1999-2005; died in
office 2005.
Killed in a car
accident in Fayette
County, Tex., May 6,
2005 (age 40 years, 267
days). State Rep. Rafael
Anchia was injured.
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Moreno and Alicia Moreno. |
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Stanley Mosk (1912-2001) —
of Beverly Hills, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
12, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
superior court judge in California, 1943-58; California
state attorney general, 1959-64; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1960,
1964;
member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1960-64; justice of
California state supreme court, 1964-2001; appointed 1964; died
in office 2001.
Jewish.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Phi
Alpha Delta; B'nai
B'rith.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., June 19,
2001 (age 88 years, 280
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Hillside
Memorial Park, Culver City, Calif.; statue at Capitol
Grounds, Sacramento, Calif.
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Albert Wadel Moursund III (1919-2002) —
also known as A. W. Moursund —
of Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex.; Round Mountain, Blanco
County, Tex.
Born in Johnson City, Blanco
County, Tex., May 23,
1919.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1948-52; Blanco
County Judge, 1953-59; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1956;
banker;
insurance
business; abstract and
title business; rancher.
Member, Freemasons.
Close friend and advisor to Lyndon
B. Johnson.
Died in Round Mountain, Blanco
County, Tex., April
22, 2002 (age 82 years, 334
days).
Interment somewhere
in Round Mountain, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Albert Wadel Moursund, Jr. and Mary Frances (Stribling) Moursund;
married 1941 to Mary
Allen Moore. |
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William Sumpter Murphy (c.1796-1844) —
also known as William S. Murphy; "Patrick Henry of the
West" —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio.
Born in South Carolina, about 1796.
Whig. Lawyer; delegate to Whig National Convention from Ohio,
1839; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Texas Republic, 1843-44, died in office 1844.
Died, of yellow
fever, in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., July 13,
1844 (age about 48
years).
Original interment and cenotaph at Trinity
Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex.; reinterment somewhere
in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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