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Robert Samuel Hall (1879-1941) —
also known as Robert S. Hall —
of Hattiesburg, Forrest
County, Miss.
Born in Williamsburg, Covington
County, Miss., March
10, 1879.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Mississippi
state senate, 1906-08; Forrest
County Attorney, 1910-12; district attorney 12th District,
1912-18; circuit judge in Mississippi 12th District, 1918-29; U.S.
Representative from Mississippi 6th District, 1929-33.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., June 10,
1941 (age 62 years, 92
days).
Interment at Old
City Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Miss.
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Edward Stowe Hamlin (1808-1894) —
of Elyria, Lorain
County, Ohio; Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 6,
1808.
Whig. Lawyer; Lorain
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1833-35; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 21st District, 1844-45; newspaper
publisher.
Died in Washington,
D.C., November
23, 1894 (age 86 years, 140
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, Williamsburg, Va.
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Bolling Hall Handy (b. 1891) —
also known as Bolling H. Handy —
of Bristol,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Spring City, Rhea
County, Tenn., February
26, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1920; member, Virginia
State Industrial Commission, 1922-29; chairman, Mutual Insurance
Company of Richmond.
Member, American
Legion; Kappa
Sigma; Civitan.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas R. Handy and Caroline S. (Hall) Handy; married, October
9, 1917, to Ann Roy Johnston. |
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James Marshall Hanger (1833-1912) —
also known as Marshall Hanger —
Born near Waynesboro, Augusta
County, Va., November
12, 1833.
Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1869-76; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1876; U.S. Consul in Bermuda, 1894-98.
Died, of intestinal
paralysis and gangrene,
in King's Daughters Hospital,
Staunton,
Va., August
26, 1912 (age 78 years, 288
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Peter Hanger and Martha Elizabeth 'Patsy' (Crawford)
Hanger. |
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Samuel Hardy (c.1758-1785) —
of Virginia.
Born in Isle of
Wight County, Va., about 1758.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1778, 1780-82; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1782; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-85; died in office
1785.
Died while attending the Continental
Congress in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
17, 1785 (age about 27
years).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
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William Milton Hargest (b. 1868) —
also known as William M. Hargest —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Winchester,
Va., August
5, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania
12th District, 1920-39.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Royal
Arcanum.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Sewell Hargest and Virginia (Deffenderfer) Hargest; married
1895 to
Kingsley LeGalliene. |
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John Louis Hargis (1802-1886) —
also known as "Bally John" —
of Jackson, Breathitt
County, Ky.; Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky.
Born in Washington
County, Va., March 4,
1802.
Lawyer; Breathitt
County Court Clerk; removed from
office as Court Clerk, 1846, over unspecified
charges
against him; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1855-57.
Died in Morehead, Rowan
County, Ky., April 2,
1886 (age 84 years, 29
days).
Interment somewhere
in Morehead, Ky.
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Reginald Carl Harmon (1900-1992) —
also known as Reginald C. Harmon —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ill.; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Illinois, February
5, 1900.
Lawyer; mayor of
Urbana, Ill., 1929-33; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World
War II; Major General and chief legal officer, U.S. Air Force.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, as the result of an automobile
accident, October
19, 1992 (age 92 years, 257
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born near Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania
County, Va., January, 1765.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1790-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1795-1801 (2nd District 1795,
1st District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1st District 1799-1801);
general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1816; received 3 electoral votes for
Vice-President, 1816;
received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1820;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1819-20.
Slaveowner.
Died in Baltimore,
Md., January
14, 1825 (age about 60
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr. (1907-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Harrison, Jr. —
of Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va.
Born near Alberta, Brunswick
County, Va., January
11, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; Brunswick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-48; director and general
counsel, Farmers and Merchants Bank;
member of Virginia
state senate 7th District, 1948-58; Virginia
state attorney general, 1958-62; Governor of
Virginia, 1962-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died January
23, 1995 (age 88 years, 12
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Va.
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Burr Powell Harrison (1904-1973) —
also known as Burr P. Harrison —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., July 2,
1904.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1932-40; member of Virginia
state senate 25th District, 1940-43; circuit judge in Virginia
17th Circuit, 1942-46; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1946-63.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Moose; Kiwanis;
Ruritan.
Died in Winchester,
Va., December
29, 1973 (age 69 years, 180
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Jaime R. Harrison (b. 1976) —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
5, 1976.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from South Carolina, 2008;
South
Carolina Democratic state chair, 2013-17; candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 2020; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 2021-.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2022.
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George Luzerne Hart Jr. (1905-1984) —
also known as George L. Hart, Jr. —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., July 14,
1905.
Republican. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War
II; delegate to Republican National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1952
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1956
(member, Credentials
Committee); District of
Columbia Republican Party chair, 1958; U.S.
District Judge for the District of Columbia, 1958-79; took senior
status 1979.
Died, in Washington University Medical
Center, Washington,
D.C., May 21,
1984 (age 78 years, 312
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of George Luzerne Hart and Lavela (Slicer) Hart; married, October
12, 1935, to Margaret Louise Neller. |
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Edwin Johnson Harvey (1864-1932) —
also known as E. J. Harvey —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.; Chatham, Pittsylvania
County, Va.
Born in Pittsylvania
County, Va., October
5, 1864.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1899-1904, 1932 (Carroll, Grayson & Patrick
counties 1899-1904, 13th District 1932); died in office 1932; circuit
judge in Virginia 7th Circuit, 1906-18.
Methodist.
Member, Lions; Freemasons.
Died, from cerebral
sclerosis, in Memorial Hospital,
Danville,
Va., May 7,
1932 (age 67 years, 215
days).
Interment at Highland
Burial Park, Danville, Va.
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John Harvie (1742-1807) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., 1742.
Lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777-78; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1777; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 1785-86; secretary
of state of Virginia, 1788.
His estate later became the site of Hollywood Cemetery.
Fell from a
ladder, and died as a result, in Richmond,
Va., February
6, 1807 (age about 64
years).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Henry Hatcher (1875-1950) —
also known as John H. Hatcher —
of Beckley, Raleigh
County, W.Va.; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Bland, Bland
County, Va., June 29,
1875.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor
of Beckley, W.Va., 1903; circuit judge in West Virginia for the
10th Judicial Circuit, 1921-24; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1924-40; defeated, 1940.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died June 20,
1950 (age 74 years, 356
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Wilson Cary Hatcher and Anne (Bulman) Hatcher; married, April
12, 1900, to Leona Lyle Bowman. |
| | | Image source: West Virginia Blue Book
1929 |
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William Dodd Hathaway (1924-2013) —
also known as William D. Hathaway —
of Auburn, Androscoggin
County, Maine.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., February
21, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maine,
1964;
U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1965-73; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1973-79; defeated, 1978.
Episcopalian.
Died, from complications of pulmonary
fibrosis, in McLean, Fairfax
County, Va., June 24,
2013 (age 89 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert Gallatin Hawes (1804-1849) —
also known as Albert G. Hawes —
of Hawesville, Hancock
County, Ky.
Born near Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., April 1,
1804.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky, 1831-37 (11th District 1831-33, 2nd
District 1833-37).
Slaveowner.
Died in Daviess
County, Ky., March
14, 1849 (age 44 years, 347
days).
Interment at Hawes-Taylor Cemetery, Daviess County, Ky.
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Richard Hawes (1797-1877) —
of Winchester, Clark
County, Ky.
Born near Bowling Green, Caroline
County, Va., February
6, 1797.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1828; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1837-41; Confederate
provisional governor of Kentucky, 1862-65.
Slaveowner.
Died in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., May 25,
1877 (age 80 years, 108
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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George Hay (1765-1830) —
also known as "An American" —
of Virginia.
Born in Williamsburg,
Va., December
17, 1765.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1803-16; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1816-22.
Died in Richmond,
Va., September
21, 1830 (age 64 years, 278
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James Hay (1856-1931) —
of Madison, Madison
County, Va.
Born in Millwood, Clarke
County, Va., January
9, 1856.
Democrat. Lawyer; Madison
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1883-96; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1888;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1893-96; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1897-1916; resigned
1916; Judge
of U.S. Court of Claims, 1916.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died June 12,
1931 (age 75 years, 154
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Madison, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hay and Emily (Lewis) Hay; married to Constance Latman,
Frances Gordon and Eloise Cave. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page |
| | | Image source: Autobiographies and
Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) |
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Alpheus Forest Haymond (1823-1893) —
also known as Alpheus F. Haymond —
of Marion
County, W.Va.
Born in Palatine, Va. (now part of Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va.), December
15, 1823.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-54, 1857-58; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Marion County, 1861; judge of
West Virginia supreme court of appeals, 1873-82.
Died in Fairmont, Marion
County, W.Va., December
15, 1893 (age 70 years, 0
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Fairmont, W.Va.
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Margaret Mary Heckler (1931-2018) —
also known as Margaret M. Heckler; Margaret Mary
O'Shaughnessy —
of Wellesley, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 21,
1931.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1963-66; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1967-83;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1972;
U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1983-85; U.S. Ambassador
to Ireland, 1985-89.
Female.
Catholic.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., August
6, 2018 (age 87 years, 46
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Hemphill (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., December
18, 1803.
Lawyer; newspaper
editor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died
in office 1862; candidate for Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
7, 1862 (age 58 years, 20
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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John Brooks Henderson (1826-1913) —
also known as John B. Henderson —
of Louisiana, Pike
County, Mo.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Washington,
D.C.
Born near Danville, Pittsylvania
County, Va., November
16, 1826.
Lawyer; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1848-50, 1856-58; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Missouri; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1862-69; Republican candidate for Governor of
Missouri, 1872; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Missouri, 1884.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
12, 1913 (age 86 years, 147
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Richard Henderson (1735-1785) —
of Granville
County, N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., April
20, 1735.
Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1768-73;
member of North
Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1781.
Anglican.
Pioneer and colonizer in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky;
organized what became known as the Transylvania Land Company, which
made treaties with the Cherokees, hired Daniel Boone as advance agent
to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap, and created Transylvania
Colony in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Died in Granville
County, N.C., January
30, 1785 (age 49 years, 285
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
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Patrick Henry (1736-1799) —
of Prince
Edward County, Va.
Born in Studley, Hanover
County, Va., May 29,
1736.
Lawyer; planter;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1765; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; general in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of
Virginia, 1776-79, 1784-86; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Prince
Edward County, 1788; member of Virginia
state senate, 1799.
Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1920.
Died near Brookneal, Campbell
County, Va., June 6,
1799 (age 63 years, 8
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John Henry and Sarah (Syme) Henry; brother of Anne Henry
(1738-1790; who married William
Christian) and Elizabeth Henry (who married William
Russell and William
Campbell); married 1754 to Sarah
Shelton; married, October
25, 1777, to Dorothea Dandridge; father of Anne Henry (who
married Spencer
Roane); uncle of Priscilla Christian (who married Alexander
Scott Bullitt) and Sarah Buchanan Campbell (who married Francis
Smith Preston); grandfather of William
Henry Roane; granduncle of Valentine
Wood Southall, William
Campbell Preston, Samuel
Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and John
Smith Preston; great-granduncle of Stephen
Valentine Southall, Robert
Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William
Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second great-granduncle of Samuel
Meredith Garland (1861-1945), Levin
Irving Handy, Desha
Breckinridge and Henry
Skillman Breckinridge; third great-grandfather of Robert
Lee Henry; cousin *** of Isaac
Coles. |
| | | Political family: Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd
family of Virginia (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Henry counties in Ala., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Patrick
H. Davis
— Patrick
Henry
— Patrick
H. Roche
— Patrick
H. McCarren
— Patrick
H. McGarry
— Patrick
Henry
— Patrick
Henry McCarthy
— Patrick
Henry Callahan
— Patrick
H. Kelley
— Patrick
H. O'Brien
— P.
H. Moynihan
— Patrick
H. Quinn
— Patrick
H. Drewry
— Patrick
Henry Kennedy
— J.
H. Culkin
— Dat
Barthel
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about Patrick Henry: Harlow Giles
Unger, Lion
of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New
Nation — Thomas S. Kidd, Patrick
Henry: First Among Patriots |
| | | Image source: The South in the Building
of the Nation (1909) |
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Oliver White Hill (1907-2007) —
also known as Oliver W. Hill —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Richmond,
Va., May 1,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
in 1947, he was elected as the first
Black member of Richmond's city council since Reconstruction;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1999, and the Spingarn
Medal in 2005.
Died in Richmond,
Va., August
5, 2007 (age 100 years,
96 days).
Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Tyler Edward Hill (b. 1883) —
also known as T. Edward Hill —
of Keystone, McDowell
County, W.Va.
Born near Martinsville, Henry
County, Va., April
23, 1883.
Republican. Lawyer; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from West Virginia, 1916,
1920,
1924;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from McDowell County; elected
1928.
African
ancestry.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin H. Hiner (1867-1932) —
also known as Ben H. Hiner —
of Franklin, Pendleton
County, W.Va.
Born in Virginia, March
12, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia, 1908 (2nd District), 1912
(at-large), 1918 (2nd District), 1928 (2nd District); chair of
Pendleton County Democratic Party, 1917, 1929; member of West
Virginia state senate 13th District, 1927-32; died in office 1932.
Died in 1932
(age about
65 years).
Burial location unknown.
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William Adam Hocker (b. 1844) —
also known as William A. Hocker —
of Florida.
Born in Buckingham
County, Va., December
5, 1844.
Lawyer; member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1877, 1891; State's Attorney, 5th
Circuit, 1877-86; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; circuit judge
in Florida, 1893-1901; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1903-15.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Hocker and Susannah (Lewis) Hocker; married, November
11, 1868, to Gertrude Venable. |
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Beverly Lacy Hodghead (1865-1928) —
also known as Beverly L. Hodghead —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born near Lexington, Rockbridge
County, Va., March
21, 1865.
Lawyer; mayor
of Berkeley, Calif., 1909-11.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Died October
16, 1928 (age 63 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Alexander Lewis Hodghead and Mary (Moore) Hodghead; married,
June
5, 1894, to Nellie M. Eckles. |
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Alexander Richmond Holladay (1811-1877) —
also known as Alexander R. Holladay —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Spotsylvania
County, Va., September
18, 1811.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1845-47; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1849-53.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
29, 1877 (age 65 years, 133
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Spotsylvania County, Va.
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Edward Everett Holland (1861-1941) —
also known as Edward E. Holland; E. E.
Holland —
of Suffolk,
Va.
Born in Nansemond County, Va. (now part of Suffolk,
Va.), February
26, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; mayor
of Suffolk, Va., 1885-87; Nansemond
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1887-1907; member of Virginia
state senate, 1908-11, 1930-41 (30th District 1908-11, 5th
District 1930-41); died in office 1941; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1911-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920,
1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Suffolk,
Va., October
23, 1941 (age 80 years, 239
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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Joel Holleman (1799-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born near Smithfield, Isle of
Wight County, Va., October
1, 1799.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1832-36, 1841-44; member of Virginia
state senate, 1836-39; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1839-40; resigned
1840.
Slaveowner.
Died in Smithfield, Isle of
Wight County, Va., August
5, 1844 (age 44 years, 309
days).
Interment at Ivy
Hill Cemetery, Smithfield, Va.
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Frederick William Mackey Holliday (1828-1899) —
of Virginia.
Born in Winchester,
Va., February
22, 1828.
Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; wounded in battle and lost his
right arm; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65; Governor of
Virginia, 1878-82.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in Winchester,
Va., May 29,
1899 (age 71 years, 96
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Hopkins Holsey (1779-1859) —
of Georgia.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., August
25, 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia state legislature, 1820;
U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39; newspaper
publisher.
Slaveowner.
Died in Butler, Taylor
County, Ga., March
31, 1859 (age 79 years, 218
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Taylor County, Ga.
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Joseph White Holt (1825-1898) —
of New Castle, Craig
County, Va.; Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va.
Born in Campbell
County, Va., December
6, 1825.
Lawyer; Craig
County Commonwealth Attorney; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Lincoln County, 1881-84.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hamlin, Lincoln
County, W.Va., January
21, 1898 (age 72 years, 46
days).
Interment at Fairview Memory Gardens, Hamlin, W.Va.
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Abner Linwood Holton Jr. (b. 1923) —
also known as Linwood Holton —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Big Stone Gap, Wise
County, Va., September
21, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Virginia, 1960,
1972
(delegation chair); Governor of
Virginia, 1970-74; defeated, 1965; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1978.
Still living as of 2014.
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James Murray Hooker (1873-1940) —
also known as J. Murray Hooker —
of Stuart, Patrick
County, Va.
Born in Buffalo Ridge, Patrick
County, Va., October
29, 1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; Patrick
County Commonwealth Attorney; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Patrick County,
1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1921-25; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1928,
1940;
Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1928-39.
Died in Stuart, Patrick
County, Va., August
6, 1940 (age 66 years, 282
days).
Interment at Stuart
Cemetery, Stuart, Va.
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George Washington Hopkins (1804-1861) —
also known as George W. Hopkins —
of Virginia.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., February
22, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1833-35, 1850-51, 1859-61; died in
office 1861; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1835-47, 1857-59 (8th District
1835-37, 7th District 1837-39, 11th District 1839-41, 18th District
1841-43, 13th District 1843-47, 1857-59); U.S. Charge d'Affaires to
Portugal, 1847-49; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., March 1,
1861 (age 57 years, 7
days).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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Samuel Hopkins (1753-1819) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., April 9,
1753.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1800-01, 1803-06; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1809-13; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1813-15.
Slaveowner.
Died near Henderson, Henderson
County, Ky., September
16, 1819 (age 66 years, 160
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Henderson County, Ky.
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Frank Jefferson Horton (1919-2004) —
also known as Frank Horton —
of Rochester, Monroe
County, N.Y.; Bentonville, Warren
County, Va.
Born in Cuero, DeWitt
County, Tex., December
12, 1919.
Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1963-93 (36th District 1963-73,
34th District 1973-83, 29th District 1983-93).
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
Royal
Arch Masons; Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died, following a stroke,
in a hospital
at Winchester,
Va., August
30, 2004 (age 84 years, 262
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Andrew Jackson Houston (1854-1941) —
of La Porte, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Independence, Washington
County, Tex., June 21,
1854.
Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Texas, 1892 (Republican), 1910 (Prohibition), 1912 (Prohibition);
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1941; died in office 1941.
Died in a hospital
at Baltimore,
Md., June 26,
1941 (age 87 years, 5
days).
Originally entombed at Abbey
Mausoleum (which no longer exists), Arlington, Va.; reinterment
at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) —
of Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., 1760.
Lawyer; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1801-02; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10; Governor
of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12; Governor
of Missouri Territory, 1812-13; general in the U.S. Army during
the War of 1812.
Died in St.
Louis, Mo., September
18, 1814 (age about 54
years).
Original interment at Old
Grace Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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William Howard (1817-1891) —
of Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Jefferson
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
31, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; member of Ohio
state senate, 1850-52; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 6th District, 1859-61; served in the
Union Army during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1876.
Died in Batavia, Clermont
County, Ohio, June 1,
1891 (age 73 years, 152
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Batavia, Ohio.
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Allan Turner Howe (1927-2000) —
of Utah.
Born in South Cottonwood (now part of Murray), Salt Lake
County, Utah, September
6, 1927.
Democrat. Lawyer; administrative assistant and field
representative for U.S. Sen. Frank
Moss, 1959-64; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Utah, 1960;
administrative assistant to Gov. Calvin
L. Rampton, 1966-68; U.S.
Representative from Utah 2nd District, 1975-77; defeated, 1976.
Arrested
in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1976, for soliciting
sex from a policewoman posing as a prostitute.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., December
14, 2000 (age 73 years, 99
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John G. Hudson (b. 1906) —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Fort Chiswell, Wythe
County, Va., May 11,
1906.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1939-46.
Protestant.
Member, Elks; Moose; Eagles;
Phi
Alpha Delta; Theta
Chi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Layton Hudson and Dixie Belle (Smith-Leffew)
Hudson. |
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James B. Hughes (1805-1873) —
of Meigs
County, Ohio; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., October
12, 1805.
Lawyer; newspaper
publisher; member of Ohio state legislature, 1838-39; served in
the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
Presbyterian.
Died in Hudson, St. Croix
County, Wis., August
11, 1873 (age 67 years, 303
days).
Interment at Willow
River Cemetery, Hudson, Wis.
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Relatives: Son
of Simon Hughes and Betsy Coleman (Bigger) Hughes; married, September
4, 1838, to Elizabeth Mather. |
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John N. Hughes (1831-1861) —
of Randolph
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in 1831.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Randolph & Tucker counties,
1861.
While serving as a civilian volunteer messenger for Confederate
troops, he was mistakenly shot and
killed during the Battle of
Rich Mountain, Randolph
County, Va (now W.Va.), July 11,
1861 (age about 30
years).
Interment at Beverly
Cemetery, Beverly, W.Va.
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Robert Morton Hughes (1855-1940) —
also known as Robert M. Hughes —
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., September
10, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1902, 1904; member,
Virginia state board of education, 1930-35.
Died January
15, 1940 (age 84 years, 127
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert William Hughes (1821-1901) —
of Virginia.
Born in Powhatan
County, Va., January
16, 1821.
Republican. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1871-73; candidate
for Governor of
Virginia, 1873; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1874-98;
retired 1898.
In a duel
in 1869, he shot and wounded William
E. Cameron.
Died near Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., December
10, 1901 (age 80 years, 328
days).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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John Albert Tiffin Hull (1841-1928) —
also known as John A. T. Hull —
of Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa.
Born in Sabina, Clinton
County, Ohio, May 1,
1841.
Republican. Lawyer; served in the Union Army during the Civil
War; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1879-85; Lieutenant
Governor of Iowa, 1886-90; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 7th District, 1891-1911.
Died in Clarendon, Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
26, 1928 (age 87 years, 148
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Parry Wayne Humphreys (1778-1839) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.; Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss.
Born in Staunton,
Va., 1778.
Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in Tennessee, 1807-09;
circuit judge in Tennessee, 1809-13, 1818-36; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1813-15; banker.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hernando, DeSoto
County, Miss., February
12, 1839 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Methodist
Cemetery, Hernando, Miss.
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John Pratt Hungerford (1761-1833) —
of Westmoreland
County, Va.
Born in Leeds (now Leedstown), Westmoreland
County, Va., January
2, 1761.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1797-1801, 1823-30; member of Virginia
state senate, 1801-09; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1811, 1813-17 (8th District 1811,
1813-15, 9th District 1815-17); general in the U.S. Army during the
War of 1812.
Slaveowner.
Died in Westmoreland
County, Va., December
21, 1833 (age 72 years, 353
days).
Interment at Hungerford
Cemetery, Leedstown, Va.
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John Feeney Hunter (1896-1957) —
also known as John F. Hunter —
of Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio.
Born in Ford City, Armstrong
County, Pa., October
19, 1896.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1932,
1936;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1933-34; member of Ohio
state senate, 1935-36; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1937-43; defeated, 1942,
1944.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., December
19, 1957 (age 61 years, 61
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) —
also known as Robert M. T. Hunter —
of Lloyds, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April
21, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-35; member of Virginia
state senate, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District
1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District
1845-47); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1839-41; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1860;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861-62; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Virginia
state treasurer, 1874-80.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; he was one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Arrested
in 1865 and imprisoned
without trial by federal
forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., July 18,
1887 (age 78 years, 88
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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William Forrest Hunter (1808-1874) —
of Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., December
10, 1808.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 15th District, 1849-53.
Died in Woodsfield, Monroe
County, Ohio, March
30, 1874 (age 65 years, 110
days).
Interment at Pioneer Cemetery, Woodsfield, Ohio.
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Eppa Hunton (1822-1908) —
of Warrenton, Fauquier
County, Va.
Born in Fauquier
County, Va., September
24, 1822.
Democrat. Lawyer; Prince
William County Commonwealth Attorney, 1849-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Prince William County,
1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1873-81; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1888
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1891-95.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
11, 1908 (age 86 years, 17
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (1842-1924) —
also known as Joseph C. Hutcheson —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born near Boydton, Mecklenburg
County, Va., May 18,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Texas 1st District, 1893-97.
Died in Signal Mountain, Hamilton
County, Tenn., May 26,
1924 (age 82 years, 8
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Clifford Daniel Hyra —
also known as Cliff Hyra —
Libertarian. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 2017.
Still living as of 2017.
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