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Hilda G. Tagle (b. 1946) —
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., 1946.
Lawyer; district judge in Texas 148th District, 1995-98; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1998-2012;
took senior status 2012.
Female.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2021.
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Robert E. Talton (b. 1945) —
of Pasadena, Harris
County, Tex.
Born June 27,
1945.
Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,
1972;
member of Texas
state house of representatives 144th District, 1993-; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 2004.
Still living as of 2007.
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Frank Mariano Tejeda (1945-1997) —
also known as Frank Tejeda —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
2, 1945.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1977-86; member of Texas
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Texas 28th District, 1993-97; died in office
1997; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Died of brain
cancer and pneumonia,
in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
30, 1997 (age 51 years, 120
days).
Interment at Fort
Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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George Whitfield Terrell (1803-1846) —
also known as George W. Terrell —
of Tennessee; Texas.
Born in Nelson
County, Ky., 1803.
Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1829-36; Attorney
General of the Texas Republic, 1841-44.
Died May 13,
1846 (age about 42
years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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David Smith Terry (1823-1889) —
also known as David S. Terry —
of Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.
Born in Christian County (part now in Todd
County), Ky., March 8,
1823.
Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension of
slavery to California; justice of
California state supreme court, 1855-59; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.
Senator David
C. Broderick in a duel
near San Francisco in 1859; tried
for murder,
but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate
to California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidate
for Presidential Elector for California; his wife Sarah Althea Hill
claimed to be the widow and heir of wealthy U.S. Senator William
Sharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejected
by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen
J. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), she
and Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and were jailed
six months for contempt
of court.
Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Field
and slapped him in the face; he was then shot
through the heart and killed by
U.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in the train
station dining
room at Lathrop, San Joaquin
County, Calif., August
14, 1889 (age 66 years, 159
days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but later
released on the demand of the U.S. government.
Interment at Stockton
Rural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif.
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Charles M. Thacker (1866-1918) —
of Ennis, Ellis
County, Tex.; Mangum, Greer
County, Okla.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., January
17, 1866.
Bookkeeper;
lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Oklahoma
territorial legislature, 1899; mayor of
Mangum, Okla., 1909-10; justice of
Oklahoma state supreme court, 1915; appointed 1915.
Died in 1918
(age about
52 years).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Wilhelm Carl August Thielepape (1814-1904) —
also known as W. C. A Thielepape —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Wabern, Hesse, Germany,
July
10, 1814.
Engineer;
architect;
mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1867-72; lawyer.
German
ancestry.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
7, 1904 (age 90 years, 28
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Werner Philipp Thielepape and Elisabeth (Thompson) Thielepape;
married 1841 to
Mathilde Gössling. |
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article |
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Albert Thomas (1898-1966) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches
County, Tex., April
12, 1898.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Texas 8th District, 1937-66; died in office
1966.
Methodist.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
15, 1966 (age 67 years, 309
days).
Interment at Houston
National Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Leslie A. Thompson (1806-1874) —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., October
8, 1806.
Lawyer; mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 1830, 1832-33, 1840; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1838-39; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1851-53.
Died in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., January
23, 1874 (age 67 years, 107
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thaddeus Austin Thomson (1853-1927) —
also known as Thaddeus A. Thomson; Thad A.
Thomson —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Burleson
County, Tex., January
17, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; planter; rancher;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1912;
U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1913-16.
Methodist.
Member, Navy
League.
Died January
21, 1927 (age 74 years, 4
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Homer Thornberry (1909-1995) —
also known as W. Homer Thornberry —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., January
9, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1937-40; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1949-63; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1956,
1960;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 1963-65; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1965-78.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died December
12, 1995 (age 86 years, 337
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William McClellan Thornberry (b. 1958) —
also known as Mac Thornberry —
of Clarendon, Donley
County, Tex.
Born in Clarendon, Donley
County, Tex., July 15,
1958.
Republican. Rancher;
lawyer; legislative counsel to U.S. Rep. Thomas
G. Loeffler, 1983-85; chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Larry
Combest, 1985-88; U.S.
Representative from Texas 13th District, 1995-.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Webb Throckmorton (1825-1894) —
also known as James W. Throckmorton; "Old
Leathercoat" —
of Texas.
Born in Sparta, White
County, Tenn., February
1, 1825.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;
lawyer; law partner of Samuel
A. Roberts and Thomas
J. Brown; member of Texas state legislature, 1851; delegate
to Texas secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Governor of
Texas, 1866-67; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1875-79, 1883-87 (3rd District
1875-79, 5th District 1883-87); delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1880,
1888.
Slaveowner.
Died April
21, 1894 (age 69 years, 79
days).
Interment at Pecan
Grove Cemetery, McKinney, Tex.
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William Barret Travis (1809-1836) —
also known as William B. Travis —
of Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala.; Anahuac, Chambers
County, Tex.
Born in Red Bank, Edgefield District (now Saluda
County), S.C., August
9, 1809.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Austin, 1835;
colonel in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence.
Member, Freemasons.
Killed
while defending the Alamo, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., March 6,
1836 (age 26 years, 210
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at San
Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex.
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Melvin Alvah Traylor (1878-1934) —
also known as Melvin A. Traylor —
of Malone, Hill
County, Tex.; Ballinger, Runnels
County, Tex.; East St. Louis, St. Clair
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born, in a log
cabin near Breeding, Adair
County, Ky., October
21, 1878.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1928,
1932;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1932.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
14, 1934 (age 55 years, 116
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of James Milton Traylor and Kitty (Harvey) Traylor; married to
Dorothy Arnold Yerby. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Byron M. Tunnell (c.1926-2000) —
of Texas.
Born about 1926.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1956-64; Speaker of
the Texas State House of Representatives, 1963-64; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964;
Texas
railroad commissioner, 1965-73.
Died, of cancer,
in Tyler, Smith
County, Tex., March 7,
2000 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Sylvester Turner (b. 1954) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., September
27, 1954.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives 139th District, 1989-2016; mayor
of Houston, Tex., 2016-; defeated, 1991, 2003; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004;
member, Platform Committee, 2008.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Bar
Association; National
Bar Association.
Still living as of 2018.
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Christopher Columbus Upson (1829-1902) —
also known as Columbus Upson —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born near Syracuse, Onondaga
County, N.Y., October
17, 1829.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Texas; U.S.
Representative from Texas 6th District, 1879-83.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
8, 1902 (age 72 years, 114
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Tex.
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James Kimble Vardaman (1861-1930) —
also known as James K. Vardaman; "The Great White
Chief" —
of Greenwood, Leflore
County, Miss.; Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss.
Born near Edna, Jackson
County, Tex., July 26,
1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Mississippi
state house of representatives, 1890-96; Speaker of
the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 1894; major in
the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Mississippi, 1904,
1912
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee; speaker),
1916;
Governor
of Mississippi, 1904-08; U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1913-19.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., June 25,
1930 (age 68 years, 334
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
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Filemon Bartolome Vela Jr. (b. 1963) —
also known as Filemon Vela —
Born in Harlingen, Cameron
County, Tex., February
13, 1963.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas 34th District, 2013-.
Mexican
ancestry.
Still living as of 2018.
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