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Diana Saldana (b. 1971) —
Born in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit
County, Tex., 1971.
Law clerk for U.S. District Judge George
P. Kazen, 1997-98; lawyer; assistant prosecuting attorney;
U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 2011-.
Female.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. (1925-2008) —
also known as Barefoot Sanders —
of Texas.
Born in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., February
5, 1925.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1953-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1958; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1961-65; legislative
counsel for President Lyndon
B. Johnson, 1965-67; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1972; U.S.
District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 1979-96; took
senior status 1996; senior judge, 1996-2008.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Kappa.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., September
21, 2008 (age 83 years, 229
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Morgan Gurley Sanders (1878-1956) —
also known as Morgan G. Sanders —
of Canton, Van Zandt
County, Tex.
Born near Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt
County, Tex., July 14,
1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1903-06; Van
Zandt County Attorney, 1910-14; District Attorney 7th District,
1914-16; U.S.
Representative from Texas 3rd District, 1921-39.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died January
7, 1956 (age 77 years, 177
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Canton, Tex.
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Max A. Sandlin (b. 1952) —
of Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex.
Born in Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark., September
29, 1952.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Texas, 1986-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1997-; defeated, 2004;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 2000,
2004.
Baptist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Edward Lee Saner (b. 1871) —
also known as Robert E. Lee Saner —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born near Washington, Hempstead
County, Ark., August
9, 1871.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary of
Texas Democratic Party, 1899-1901.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Alpha
Tau Omega; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: Robert
E. Lee |
| | | Relatives: Son of John Franklin Saner
and Susan Crawford (Webb) Saner; married, March
31, 1903, to Ileaine Marvin Smith. |
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Allan Douglas Sanford (b. 1869) —
also known as Allan Sanford —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn., July 3,
1869.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 1903; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Alpha
Tau Omega.
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Draper Sayers (1841-1929) —
also known as Joseph D. Sayers —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born in Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss., September
23, 1841.
Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state senate, 1873; Texas
Democratic state chair, 1875-78; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1878-80; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1885-99 (10th District 1885-93, 9th
District 1893-99); Governor of
Texas, 1899-1903.
Member, Freemasons.
Died May 15,
1929 (age 87 years, 234
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bastrop, Tex.
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John Phillips Saylor (1908-1973) —
also known as John P. Saylor —
of Johnstown, Cambria
County, Pa.
Born in Conemaugh Township, Somerset
County, Pa., July 23,
1908.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War
II; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1949-73 (26th District 1949-53,
22nd District 1953-73, 12th District 1973); died in office 1973;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1972.
Evangelical
and Reformed Church; later United
Church of Christ. Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Amvets;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; Eagles.
Died in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., October
28, 1973 (age 65 years, 97
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Southmont, Pa.
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Cato Hedden Sells (1859-1948) —
also known as Cato Sells —
of Vinton, Benton
County, Iowa; Washington,
D.C.; Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.
Born in Vinton, Benton
County, Iowa, October
6, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Iowa, 1888;
U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, 1894-98; member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 1912; U.S. Commissioner of Indian
Affairs, 1913-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Texas, 1924.
Died in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., December
30, 1948 (age 89 years, 85
days).
Interment at Cleburne
Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Tex.
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John Malach Shaw (1931-1999) —
also known as John M. Shaw —
of Opelousas, St. Landry
Parish, La.
Born in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., November
14, 1931.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, 1979-96;
took senior status 1996; senior judge, 1996-99.
Died, following surgery for a ruptured
aortic aneurysm, in a hospital
at Lafayette, Lafayette
Parish, La., December
24, 1999 (age 68 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Seth Shepard (1847-1917) —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Brenham, Washington
County, Tex., April
23, 1847.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state senate, 1874-75; Associate
Justice of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1893-1905,
1905-17; retired 1917.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
3, 1917 (age 70 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Levi Sheppard (1852-1902) —
also known as John L. Sheppard —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Bluffton, Cherokee
County, Ala., April
13, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Texas, 1888-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 4th District, 1899-1902; died in office
1902.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., October
11, 1902 (age 50 years, 181
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) —
also known as Morris Sheppard —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Wheatville, Morris
County, Tex., May 28,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st
District 1903-13); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1941 (age 65 years, 316
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Ebenezer J. Shields (1778-1846) —
of Tennessee.
Born in Elbert
County, Ga., December
22, 1778.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 10th District, 1835-39; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Tennessee.
Died near La Grange, Fayette
County, Tex., April
21, 1846 (age 67 years, 120
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jerry Edwin Smith (b. 1946) —
also known as Jerry E. Smith —
Born in Del Rio, Val Verde
County, Tex., 1946.
Lawyer; law clerk for U.S. District Judge Halbert
O. Woodward, 1972-73; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1987-.
Still living as of 2017.
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Lamar Seeligson Smith (b. 1947) —
also known as Lamar S. Smith —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., November
19, 1947.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1981; U.S.
Representative from Texas 21st District, 1987-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988.
Christian
Scientist.
Still living as of 2014.
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Stuart Robertson Smith (1867-1937) —
also known as Stuart R. Smith —
of Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex.
Born in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., October
6, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1912
(alternate), 1916
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1920,
1932.
Died in Beaumont, Jefferson
County, Tex., September
14, 1937 (age 69 years, 343
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Willis Smith and Jonnie (Robinson) Smith; married, December
18, 1901, to Ida Jarvis. |
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Joseph Tyree Sneed III (1920-2008) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Ithaca, Tompkins
County, N.Y.; Palo Alto, Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Calvert, Robertson
County, Tex., July 21,
1920.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; law
professor; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1973-87; took
senior status 1987.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
9, 2008 (age 87 years, 203
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Sam Sparks (b. 1939) —
of El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., 1939.
Law clerk for U.S. District Judge Homer
Thornberry, 1964-65; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1991-.
Still living as of 2017.
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William E. Spell (1864-1931) —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Born in DeSoto
Parish, La., April
19, 1864.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1900.
Died, from acute dilation
of heart, in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., February
28, 1931 (age 66 years, 315
days).
Interment at Ridge
Park Cemetery, Hillsboro, Tex.
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Rawghlie Clement Stanford (1879-1963) —
also known as R. C. Stanford —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Buffalo Gap, Taylor
County, Tex., August
2, 1879.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; superior court judge in Arizona, 1915-22; Arizona
Democratic state chair, 1928-29; Governor of
Arizona, 1937-39; defeated in primary, 1934; justice of
Arizona state supreme court, 1943-55; chief
justice of Arizona Supreme Court, 1945-49, 1953-54.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., December
15, 1963 (age 84 years, 135
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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Kenneth Winston Starr (b. 1946) —
also known as Kenneth W. Starr —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Vernon, Wilbarger
County, Tex., July 21,
1946.
Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1983-89; resigned
1989; U.S. Solicitor General, 1989-93.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Phi Epsilon; Federalist
Society.
Independent counsel appointed to investigate President Bill
Clinton's involvement in the Whitewater land deal and the Monica
Lewinsky scandal.
Still living as of 2014.
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Robert Gerald Storey (1893-1981) —
also known as R. G. Storey —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Greenville, Hunt
County, Tex., December
4, 1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1928;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; director, Southwestern
Bell
Telephone Company; director and counsel of life
insurance companies.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died, from pneumonia
and heart
disease, while suffering from senile
dementia, in a nursing
home at Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., January
16, 1981 (age 87 years, 43
days).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Mary Edith (Thomson) Storey and Frank Wilson Storey; married, July 26,
1917, to Frances Hazel Porter; married to Jewel Hope
Watson. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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1954 |
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Jesse Franklin Stout (1846-1936) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in 1846.
Lawyer; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1890-92.
Died in 1936
(age about
90 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Asa Evans Stratton Jr. (1844-1921) —
also known as Asa E. Stratton —
of Brazoria
County, Tex.; Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Panola
County, Miss., January
13, 1844.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Brazoria
County Judge; Brazoria
County Attorney; member of Texas
state senate 10th District, 1880-84; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, 1884-85; candidate
for Presidential Elector for Alabama; candidate for Governor of
Alabama, 1906; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Alabama, 1912
(alternate), 1916.
Member, Phi
Gamma Delta.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., April
26, 1921 (age 77 years, 103
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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