The Political Graveyard: Politicians in Miscellaneous Occupations in Texas

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Politicians in Miscellaneous Occupations in Texas

Joe Linus Barton (b. 1949) — also known as Joe Barton — of Ennis, Ellis County, Tex. Born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., September 15, 1949. Republican. Business executive; U.S. Representative from Texas 6th District, 1985-; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988; candidate for U.S. Senator from Texas, 1993. Methodist. Still living as of 2018.

William Preston Blocker (1892-1947) — also known as William P. Blocker — of Hondo, Medina County, Tex. Born in Hondo, Medina County, Tex., September 30, 1892. Democrat. School teacher; salesman; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1913-14; U.S. Vice Consul in Piedras Negras, 1916-19; U.S. Consul in Piedras Negras, 1919-23; Guaymas, 1923-24; Mazatlan, 1925-29; Ciudad Juarez, 1929-32; Monterrey, as of 1938; U.S. Consul General in Ciudad Juarez, 1938-43. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Rotary. Died, following a heart attack, on board the U.S. Transport St. Mihiel, on which he had been scheduled to sail to Panama, at New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., February 28, 1947 (age 54 years, 151 days). Interment at Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.

		Relatives: Son of Vincular Harwood Blocker and Daisy D. Blocker; brother of V. Harwood Blocker Jr.; married, February 29, 1916, to Joy Ovada Johnston.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Wiley Thomas Buchanan Jr. (1914-1986) — also known as Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr. — of Washington, D.C. Born in Myrtle Hill, Van Zandt County, Tex., January 4, 1914. Business executive; U.S. Minister to Luxembourg, 1953-56; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1956; Austria, 1975-77; chief of protocol, U.S. Department of State, 1957-61. Methodist. Died, from Alzheimer's disease, in a nursing home, February 16, 1986 (age 72 years, 43 days). Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Wiley T. Buchanan and Lilla A. (Youngblood) Buchanan; married, April 12, 1940, to Ruth Elizabeth Hale (niece of Margaret Towsley; granddaughter of Herbert Henry Dow; first cousin of Margaret Ann Riecker).
		Political family: Dow-Towsley-Hale-Buchanan family of Ann Arbor and Midland, Michigan.
		See also U.S. State Dept career summary
		Books by Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr.: Red Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the Eisenhower Administration (1964)

Hallet Thomas Ellsworth (1885-1974) — of Laredo, Webb County, Tex. Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex., November 7, 1885. Office clerk; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, 1912. Died, from arteriosclerotic heart disease, in Northeast Baptist Hospital, San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., December 26, 1974 (age 89 years, 49 days). Interment at Mission Burial Park North, San Antonio, Tex.

		Relatives: Son of Hallet Earnest Ellsworth and Amelia Frances (McComb) Ellsworth; married to Maggie Belle Scott; nephew of Luther Thomas Ellsworth; second cousin four times removed of Abijah Blodget; second cousin five times removed of Oliver Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed of Harrison Blodget.
		Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Paul Hadley Foster (b. 1868) — also known as Paul H. Foster — of Brownsville, Cameron County, Tex. Born in Galveston, Galveston County, Tex., April 23, 1868. Traveling salesman; U.S. Consul in Jerez de la Frontera, 1913-16; Bilbao, 1916-19; Veracruz, 1919-22; Monterrey, 1922-25; Salina Cruz, 1925-28; Piedras Negras, 1928-33. Burial location unknown.

Lyda Green (b. 1938) — of Anchorage, Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. Born in Livingston, Polk County, Tex., October 16, 1938. Republican. School teacher; business owner; member of Alaska state senate District N, 1995-. Female. Baptist. Member, National Rifle Association; Soroptimists. Still living as of 2001.

Raymond Eugene Green (b. 1947) — also known as Gene Green — of Houston, Harris County, Tex. Born in Houston, Harris County, Tex., October 17, 1947. Democrat. Lawyer; business executive; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1973-85; member of Texas state senate, 1985-92; U.S. Representative from Texas 29th District, 1993-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Optimist Club; Lions. Still living as of 2014.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier

Ralph Moody Hall (1923-2019) — also known as Ralph M. Hall — of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Tex. Born in Fate, Rockwall County, Tex., May 3, 1923. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; business executive; county judge in Texas, 1950-62; member of Texas state senate, 1962-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964 (alternate), 1996, 2000; U.S. Representative from Texas 4th District, 1981-. Methodist. Died in Rockwall, Rockwall County, Tex., March 7, 2019 (age 95 years, 308 days). Interment at Rest Haven Memorial Park, Rockwall, Tex.

		Relatives: Son of Hugh Olin Hall and Maude (Ball) Hall.
		Epitaph: Great husband, father and 'Paw Paw'. / From the Greatest Generation, he was a self made man who was a friend to all people. / He was the "People's Congressman".
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Encyclopedia of American Loons

Jeb Hensarling (b. 1957) — of Dallas, Dallas County, Tex. Born in Stephenville, Erath County, Tex., May 29, 1957. Republican. Lawyer; staff, U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm, 1985-89; business executive; U.S. Representative from Texas 5th District, 2003-. Christian. Still living as of 2014.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier

John S. Justin Jr. (1917-2001) — of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex. Born in Nocona, Montague County, Tex., January 17, 1917. Business executive; mayor of Fort Worth, Tex., 1961-63. Died, of respiratory failure, in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Tex., February 26, 2001 (age 84 years, 40 days). Interment at Greenwood Memorial Park, Fort Worth, Tex.

		Relatives: Son of John S. Justin, Sr. and Ruby (Love) Justin; married 1953 to Jane Chilton.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

John Heddens Kingston (b. 1955) — also known as Jack Kingston — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Bryan, Brazos County, Tex., April 24, 1955. Republican. Business executive; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1985-93; U.S. Representative from Georgia 1st District, 1993-2015; candidate for U.S. Senator from Georgia, 2014. Episcopalian. Member, Lambda Chi Alpha. Still living as of 2015.

L. B. Snyder (1893-1964) — of New Martinsville, Wetzel County, W.Va. Born in Glovers Gap, Marion County, W.Va., October 24, 1893. Democrat. Wetzel County Sheriff, 1929-32; business executive; member of West Virginia state senate 2nd District, 1937-40; defeated, 1940. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Shriners; Elks; Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Moose. Died in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex., January 16, 1964 (age 70 years, 84 days). Interment at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Tex.

Relatives: Son of H. C. Snyder and Mary A. (Murray) Snyder.

Max Rogers Strother (1908-1982) — also known as Max R. Strother — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich.; Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex. Born in Lake Odessa, Ionia County, Mich., October 3, 1908. Purchasing agent; mayor of East Lansing, Mich., 1953-59. Died, from a pulmonary embolus and a ruptured aortic aneurysm, in Memorial Medical Center, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Tex., December 26, 1982 (age 74 years, 84 days). Cremated.

		Relatives: Son of Walter Joseph Strother and Luta (Rogers) Strother; married, July 31, 1928, to Ione Ruth Harger; second cousin thrice removed of Zachary Taylor; second cousin four times removed of George Madison; second cousin five times removed of John Walker, John Tyler and Francis Walker; third cousin twice removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton and Aylett Hawes Buckner.
		Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Taylor-Brodhead family of Easton, Pennsylvania; Jackson-Lee family; Tyler family of Virginia; Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

Harry Leo Walsh (1886-1957) — also known as Harry L. Walsh — Born in Baltimore, Md., May 19, 1886. Stenographer; newspaper reporter; U.S. Consul in Manzanillo, 1918-21; Nuevo Laredo, 1921-28; Hamilton, 1928-29; Moncton, as of 1932. Died in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., February 19, 1957 (age 70 years, 276 days). Interment at Restlawn Memorial Park, El Paso, Tex.

		Relatives: Son of John Walsh and Elizabeth (Daugherty) Walsh; married to Henrietta Rose Trinite.
		See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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