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Thomas Harry Barton (1881-1960) —
also known as Thomas H. Barton; T. H.
Barton —
of El Dorado, Union
County, Ark.
Born in Marlin, Falls
County, Tex., September
20, 1881.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; one of the
founders of the Natural Gas and
Fuel Corporation; president and director of Lion Oil
Company; owner of radio and television stations; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Arkansas, 1940; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1944.
Member, Newcomen
Society; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died December
24, 1960 (age 79 years, 95
days).
Interment at Arlington
Memorial Park, El Dorado, Ark.
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Henry Bonilla (b. 1954) —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
2, 1954.
Republican. Journalist;
television reporter; U.S.
Representative from Texas 23rd District, 1993-.
Baptist.
Hispanic
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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Stephen E. Broden (b. 1952) —
of Dallas
County, Tex.
Born April
11, 1952.
Republican. Pastor; university
professor; radio show host; car wash
owner; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Texas 30th District, 2010; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Texas, 2012.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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John Burroughs (1907-1978) —
of Portales, Roosevelt
County, N.M.
Born in Robert Lee, Coke
County, Tex., April 7,
1907.
Democrat. School
teacher; petroleum
salesman; proprietor, cotton oil mill and peanut mill; president,
Portales Valley Mills (peanuts);
president, Cisco Peanut Co.;
president, Plains Broadcasting Co.; member of New
Mexico state house of representatives, 1957; Governor of
New Mexico, 1959-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New Mexico, 1960.
Died May 21,
1978 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Portales
Cemetery, Portales, N.M.
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Emanuel Cleaver II (b. 1944) —
of Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born in Waxahachie, Ellis
County, Tex., October
26, 1944.
Democrat. Pastor;
radio show host; mayor
of Kansas City, Mo., 1991-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1996
(speaker),
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Missouri, 2004; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 2005-.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Phi Alpha.
Still living as of 2017.
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Randolph Blake Farenthold (b. 1961) —
also known as R. Blake Farenthold —
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., December
12, 1961.
Republican. Lawyer;
radio commentator; U.S.
Representative from Texas 27th District, 2011-18; resigned 2018;
sued
in 2014 by a former staffer, alleging sexual
harassment, a hostile work environment, and that she was fired in
retaliation for complaints; the case was settled out of court with
$84,000 in public funds; in December 2017, another former staffer
made further detailed allegations
of his behavior; resigned
in April 2018.
Still living as of 2018.
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James Callan Graham (1914-2006) —
also known as Callan Graham —
of Junction, Kimble
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Del Rio, Val Verde
County, Tex., October
2, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1949-52; co-founder of the KMBL
radio station, 1950.
Catholic.
Died in Junction, Kimble
County, Tex., July 23,
2006 (age 91 years, 294
days).
Interment at Junction
Cemetery, Junction, Tex.
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Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) —
also known as Oveta Culp; Mrs. William P.
Hobby —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Killeen, Bell
County, Tex., January
19, 1905.
Democrat. Parliamentarian, Texas House of Representatives, 1926-31,
1939-41; served in Women's Army Corps during World War II; president,
editor and publisher of Houston Post newspaper;
director, radio station KPRC; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1996.
Died, from a stroke,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
16, 1995 (age 90 years, 209
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison (b. 1943) —
also known as Kay Bailey Hutchison; Kathryn Ann Bailey;
Kay Parks —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.; Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Galveston, Galveston
County, Tex., July 22,
1943.
Republican. Banker;
television journalist; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Texas, 1988
(alternate), 2008;
Texas
state treasurer, 1991; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1993-.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Vann M. Kennedy (born c.1905) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.; Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born about 1905.
Democrat. Secretary of
Texas Democratic Party, 1937; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956.
Owner and operator of television and radio stations.
Burial location unknown.
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James Cullen Looney (1903-1977) —
also known as J. C. Looney —
of Edinburg, Hidalgo
County, Tex.
Born in Kossuth, Alcorn
County, Miss., May 18,
1903.
Democrat. Lawyer;
director of many firms involved in activities such as banking,
bus transit, concrete,
lumber,
radio broadcasting, automobile
service, and operating a hotel;
chair
of Hidalgo County Democratic Party, 1932-40, 1954-68; Hidalgo
County Judge, 1941-46; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Protestant.
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; American Bar
Association; Kiwanis;
Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Royal
and Select Masters; Shriners.
Died in March, 1977
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of James Owen Looney and Virginia (Dean) Looney; married, June 15,
1933, to Margaret Estelle Montgomery. |
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Harry Mayhew McAdams (1916-2008) —
also known as Harry M. McAdams —
of Hobbs, Lea
County, N.M.
Born in Lorena, McLennan
County, Tex., August
12, 1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
president and general manager, radio station KWEW, Hobbs,
N.M.; president, Triple M Mining
Company; member of New
Mexico state senate, 1971-82 (19th District 1971-72, 41st
District 1973-82).
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died January
5, 2008 (age 91 years, 146
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Rufus McAdams and Violet (Hutchinson) McAdams; married, April 2,
1942, to Gladys Crume. |
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Oliver Laurence North (b. 1943) —
also known as Oliver L. North; Ollie North —
of Virginia.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
7, 1943.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
central figure in the Iran-Contra scandal
of 1986; he was in charge of a secret (and illegal) government
operation to sell
weapons to Iran and provide the profits to the then-unrecognized
Nicaraguan "contras", who were fighting a civil war against the
"Sandinista" government there; convicted
in 1989 on federal charges of obstructing
Congress, destroying documents, and accepting an illegal
gratuity; an appeals court later overturned the guilty verdict;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; host of a radio talk show in
1995-2003, and is a television commentator.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2014.
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Daniel Goeb Patrick (b. 1950) —
also known as Dan Patrick; Dannie Scott
Goeb —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., April 4,
1950.
Republican. Radio show host; member of Texas
state senate 7th District, 2007-14; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Texas, 2008,
2012;
Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 2015-.
Still living as of 2021.
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James Jarrell Pickle (1913-2005) —
also known as J. J. 'Jake' Pickle —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Roscoe, Nolan
County, Tex., October
11, 1913.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; one of the
founders of radio station KVET, in Austin, Texas; U.S.
Representative from Texas 10th District, 1963-95.
Methodist.
Died June 18,
2005 (age 91 years, 250
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990) —
of Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex.; Buford, Rio Blanco
County, Colo.; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla.; Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.; Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
23, 1910.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1940;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; investigated
and called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 over lavish
entertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, many paid
escorts, and paid hotel
bills provided to Roosevelt and others, in a successful effort to
persuade them to recommend Hughes reconnaissance aircraft for
purchase by the U.S. military;
owned a radio station in Texas; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Colorado, 1960;
mayor
of Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1968; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Florida, 1968.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Scottsdale, Maricopa
County, Ariz., October
27, 1990 (age 80 years, 34
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor
Roosevelt; brother of James
Roosevelt and Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married, January
16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner; married, July 22,
1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins; married, December
3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson; married, March
15, 1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross; married, November
3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead; grandnephew of Theodore
Roosevelt and Corinne
Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew of Robert
Barnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew of James
I. Roosevelt; third great-grandson of Edward
Hutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew of William
Bellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson of Archibald
Bulloch; first cousin once removed of Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Alice
Roosevelt Longworth, Warren
Delano Robbins, Corinne
Robinson Alsop, Theodore
Roosevelt Jr. and William
Sheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed of Elizabeth
Monroe; first cousin five times removed of Ebenezer
Huntington; first cousin seven times removed of Benjamin
Huntington; second cousin of Corinne
A. Chubb and John
deKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed of Susan
Roosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed of Samuel
Laurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed of Nicholas
Roosevelt Jr., Philip
DePeyster and Jabez
Williams Huntington. |
| | | Political families: Roosevelt
family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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article |
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Della Tovrea Stuart (1888-1969) —
also known as Della Gillespie; Della Tovrea; Mrs. E.
A. Tovrea; Mrs. William P. Stuart —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born in Blanco, Blanco
County, Tex., October
8, 1888.
Democrat. Auditor;
director and vice-president, Tovrea Packing Co.,
1919-46; president, Central Arizona Broadcasting Co., 1937-44;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, 1936;
member of Arizona
Democratic State Central Committee, 1940; member of Democratic
National Committee from Arizona, 1940-56.
Female.
Quaker.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died January
17, 1969 (age 80 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Steele Gillespie and Irene (Anderson) Gillespie;
married, December
18, 1906, to Edward A. Tovrea; married, November
16, 1936, to William P. Stuart. |
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