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Alexander Wilson Acheson (1842-1934) —
also known as Alexander W. Acheson; Sandie
Acheson —
of Denison, Grayson
County, Tex.
Born in Washington, Washington
County, Pa., October
12, 1842.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
physician; surgeon; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1906; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1916; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 4th District, 1920.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks.
Died in Denison, Grayson
County, Tex., September
7, 1934 (age 91 years, 330
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Denison, Tex.
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George Fitzpatrick Adair (1878-1948) —
also known as George F. Adair —
of Lynbrook, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Carrizo Springs, Dimmit
County, Tex., April
14, 1878.
Physician; Progressive candidate for mayor
of Lynbrook, N.Y., 1929.
Died in Lynbrook, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y., September
7, 1948 (age 70 years, 146
days).
Interment at Greenfield
Cemetery, Uniondale, Long Island, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Adair and Margaret (Fitzpatrick) Adair; married, November
8, 1905, to Pearle Frances Parke. |
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Aris Tee Allen (1910-1991) —
also known as Aris T. Allen —
of Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., December
27, 1910.
Republican. Physician; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1967-74, 1991; died in office 1991;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1972
(delegation chair); Maryland
Republican state chair, 1977-79; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Maryland, 1978; member of Maryland
state senate 30th District, 1979-81.
African
Methodist Episcopal. African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha; American Medical
Association; American
Legion; NAACP.
Following a diagnosis of cancer,
he died from a self-inflicted
gunshot,
in his parked rental
car, in Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., February
5, 1991 (age 80 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Branch Tanner Archer (1790-1856) —
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., December
13, 1790.
Physician; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1819-20; delegate
to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Columbia, 1833; delegate
to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835;
served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member
of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836; Texas
Republic Secretary of War, 1840-41.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Brazoria, Brazoria
County, Tex., September
22, 1856 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Restwood
Memorial Park, Clute, Tex.
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Joseph H. Barnard (d. 1861) —
of Fort
Bend County, Tex.
Born in Canada.
Physician; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1843-44.
Died in Canada,
1861.
Burial location unknown.
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Herbert Vinton Beardsley (1859-1937) —
also known as Herbert V. Beardsley —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Findlay, Hancock
County, Ohio, August
30, 1859.
Republican. Physician; insurance
executive; delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas,
1924.
Died in Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex., August
30, 1937 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio.
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J. W. E. H. Beck (born c.1878) —
of De Kalb, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, about 1878.
Democrat. Physician; farmer;
member of Texas
state senate 1st District, 1929-33.
Burial location unknown.
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Lyman Warren Bliss (1836-1907) —
also known as Lyman W. Bliss; "Doctor
Joy" —
of Saginaw, Saginaw
County, Mich.
Born in Peterboro, Madison
County, N.Y., July 12,
1836.
Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;
physician; lumber
business; mayor
of Saginaw, Mich., 1879-81, 1888-89; defeated, 1890.
Died in a hospital
at San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
19, 1907 (age 70 years, 222
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Saginaw Township, Saginaw County, Mich.
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Relatives: Son
of Lyman Bliss and Anna M. (Chaffee) Bliss; brother of Aaron
Thomas Bliss; married, July 27,
1858, to Mary Jerome; married, September
18, 1877, to Harriett (Granger) Miller; married, November
2, 1892, to May Cummiskey; granduncle of Aaron
Tyler Bliss; third cousin of Frank
Dickinson Blodgett. |
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family of Connecticut and New York; Blodgett-Whedon
family of Killingworth, Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Michael C. Burgess (b. 1950) —
of Highland Village, Denton
County, Tex.
Born in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., December
23, 1950.
Republican. Physician; U.S.
Representative from Texas 26th District, 2003-.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Calvin David Campbell (born c.1931) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in Crowell, Foard
County, Tex., about 1931.
Physician; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1965-67.
Still living as of 1970.
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H. Frank Connally Jr. —
of Waco, McLennan
County, Tex.
Democrat. Physician; mayor of
Waco, Tex., 1954-55; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1957.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Frances Eastland. |
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James Britton Cranfill (1858-1942) —
also known as James B. Cranfill —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Parker
County, Tex., September
12, 1858.
Physician; newspaper
editor; Baptist
minister; Prohibition candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1892.
Baptist.
Died December
28, 1942 (age 84 years, 107
days).
Interment at Grove
Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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Relatives: Son
of Eaton Cranfill and Martha Jane (Galloway) Cranfill; married 1878 to Ollie
Allen. |
| | | Image source: American Prohibition Year
Book 1912 |
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Joseph Solomon Ergas (1896-1965) —
also known as Joseph S. Ergas —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Monastir, Ottoman Empire (now Bitola, North
Macedonia), December
24, 1896.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; physician; Honorary
Consul for Panama in St.
Louis, Mo., 1928-35.
Died in Fredericksburg, Gillespie
County, Tex., January
1, 1965 (age 68 years, 8
days).
Interment at Fort
Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
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Arjumand Hashmi —
of Tampa, Hillsborough
County, Fla.; Paris, Lamar
County, Tex.
Born in Pakistan.
Republican. Physician; mayor of
Paris, Tex., 2011-.
Muslim.
Indian
subcontinent ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Image source:
Paris city web site |
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Jethro Ayers Hatch (1837-1912) —
also known as Jethro A. Hatch —
of Kentland, Newton
County, Ind.
Born in Pitcher, Chenango
County, N.Y., June 18,
1837.
Republican. Physician; served in the Union Army during the
Civil War; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1872; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1888;
U.S.
Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1895-97.
Died in Victoria, Victoria
County, Tex., August
3, 1912 (age 75 years, 46
days).
Interment at Fairlawn
Cemetery, Kentland, Ind.
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Charles Julius Hollub (1900-1979) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Moravia (now part of Czechia),
October
20, 1900.
Physician; Honorary
Consul for Czechoslovakia in Houston,
Tex., 1935.
Died, from heart
disease, in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
22, 1979 (age 78 years, 125
days).
Interment at Memorial
Oaks Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Samuel Wister Johnson (1853-1922) —
of Corsicana, Navarro
County, Tex.
Born in 1853.
Physician; mayor
of Corsicana, Tex., 1900-02.
Died in 1922
(age about
69 years).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Corsicana, Tex.
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Anson Jones (1798-1858) —
of Texas.
Born in Great Barrington, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
20, 1798.
Physician; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of
Independence; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Brazoria, 1839-41; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1841-44; President
of the Texas Republic, 1844-45.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died from self-inflicted
gunshot,
in the Rice Hotel,
Houston, Harris
County, Tex., January
9, 1858 (age 59 years, 354
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.; cenotaph at Church
on the Hill Cemetery, Lenox, Mass.
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Jacob George Kleinsasser (1887-1965) —
also known as Jacob G. Kleinsasser —
of Bowdon, Wells
County, N.Dak.; Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa; Tyndall, Bon Homme
County, S.Dak.
Born in Hutchinson
County, S.Dak., April
14, 1887.
Democrat. Physician; member of South
Dakota state house of representatives 4th District, 1933-34.
German
ancestry.
Died in 1965
(age about
78 years).
Interment at Restland
Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex.
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James Andrew Mack —
also known as Andy Mack —
of Longview, Gregg
County, Tex.
Born in Longview, Gregg
County, Tex.
Physician; surgeon; mayor
of Longview, Tex., 2015-.
Still living as of 2022.
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Image source:
Longview (Texas) News-Journal, May 3, 2015 |
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William Davis Northcutt (1861-1931) —
also known as W. D. Northcutt —
of Longview, Gregg
County, Tex.
Born in Georgia, 1861.
Physician; mayor
of Longview, Tex., 1898-1900, 1920-23.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died November
20, 1931 (age about 70
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul Osterhout (1859-1944) —
of Belton, Bell
County, Tex.; San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Bellville, Austin
County, Tex., November
27, 1859.
Telegraph
operator; physician; U.S. Consular Agent in Bocas del Toro, 1908-11.
Died in 1944
(age about
84 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ronald Ernest Paul (b. 1935) —
also known as Ron Paul —
of Lake Jackson, Brazoria
County, Tex.; Surfside Beach, Brazoria
County, Tex.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., August
20, 1935.
Physician; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1976-77, 1979-85, 1997- (22nd District
1976-77, 1979-85, 14th District 1997-2004); defeated (Republican),
1974, 1976; candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1984; candidate for President
of the United States, 1988 (Libertarian), 2008 (Constitution);
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2008,
2012;
received one electoral vote for President, 2016.
Lutheran;
later Baptist.
Member, Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Still living as of 2019.
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Charles Elam Scull (1888-1948) —
also known as Charles E. Scull —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.; Olmos Park, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in La Vernia, Wilson
County, Tex., July 18,
1888.
Democrat. Physician; surgeon; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1940.
Died, from coronary heart
disease, in Santa Rosa Hospital,
San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 6,
1948 (age 59 years, 324
days).
Interment at Concrete Cemetery, Near La Vernia, Guadalupe County, Tex.
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Shelley Sekula=Gibbs (b. 1953) —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Floresville, Wilson
County, Tex., June 22,
1953.
Republican. Physician; U.S.
Representative from Texas 22nd District, 2006-07.
Female.
Still living as of 2007.
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Ashbel Smith (1805-1886) —
also known as "The Father of Texas
Medicine" —
of Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C.; Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex.; Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., August
13, 1805.
Democrat. Physician; Texas Republic Charge d'Affaires to
England and France, 1842-44; Texas
Republic Secretary of State, 1845; negotiated the Smith-Cuevas
treaty in 1845, in which Mexico recognized Texas independence; served
in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1855, 1866, 1879; colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Texas, 1872,
1876
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baytown, Harris
County, Tex., January
21, 1886 (age 80 years, 161
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Asier Jacob Speer (1874-1940) —
also known as Asier J. Speer —
of Greenbrier, Bollinger
County, Mo.; Deering, Pemiscot
County, Mo.
Born in Martin
County, Ind., December
10, 1874.
Republican. School
teacher; physician; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Bollinger County, 1917-20.
Methodist.
Member, Odd
Fellows; Modern
Woodmen.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., November
21, 1940 (age 65 years, 347
days).
Interment at Little Prairie Cemetery, Caruthersville, Mo.
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Joseph Taylor (1815-1880) —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in 1815.
Democrat. Physician; mayor
of Shreveport, La.; elected 1873.
Died in Marshall, Harrison
County, Tex., 1880
(age about
65 years).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Marshall, Tex.
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