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John Kaye Tabor (1921-1999) —
also known as John K. Tabor —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Uniontown, Fayette
County, Pa., April
19, 1921.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
lawyer; Pennsylvania
secretary of internal affairs, 1967-68; Pennsylvania Secretary of
Labor and Industry, 1968-69; candidate for mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1969; U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce,
1973-75.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, following a stroke,
while also suffering from Parkinson's
disease, in the Woodbine Rehabilitation
and Healthcare Center, Alexandria,
Va., September
6, 1999 (age 78 years, 140
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Tait (1768-1835) —
of Elbert
County, Ga.; Wilcox
County, Ala.
Born near Hanover, Hanover
County, Va., February
1, 1768.
Democrat. College
professor; lawyer; superior court judge in Georgia,
1803-09; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1809-19; U.S.
District Judge for Alabama, 1820-26; resigned 1826.
Slaveowner.
Died near Claiborne, Monroe
County, Ala., October
7, 1835 (age 67 years, 248
days).
Interment at Dry
Forks Cemetery, Camden, Ala.
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George Tait (b. 1893) —
of Monroe, Amherst
County, Va.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., August
14, 1893.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign
Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Rio de Janeiro, 1923-25; Palermo, 1925-27; Algiers, 1927; Malta, 1927; Rotterdam, 1927-30.
Burial location unknown.
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Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro (1885-1971) —
also known as Sidney F. Taliaferro —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Salem,
Va., March 4,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
professor; banker; member
District of Columbia board of commissioners, 1926-30; director,
Washington Gas
Light Co. and Georgetown Gas
Light Co.; board member, Columbia Hospital.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Chi; Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., June 21,
1971 (age 86 years, 109
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Van Tromp Taliaferro and Sallie (Pendleton) Taliaferro; married,
October
3, 1916, to Elizabeth Kirkwood Fulton; grandson of Albert
Gallatin Pendleton; grandnephew of John
Strother Pendleton; third great-grandnephew of Edmund
Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Aylett
Hawes Buckner; first cousin four times removed of John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; first cousin five times removed of William
Grayson; second cousin twice removed of Philip
Coleman Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed of Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; second cousin four times removed of John
Penn, James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, George
Madison, Alfred
William Grayson and Beverly
Robinson Grayson; second cousin five times removed of John
Walker, John
Tyler and Francis
Walker; third cousin once removed of Charles
Rittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of William
Barret Pendleton, Francis
Key Pendleton and John
Overton Pendleton. |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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John S. Tanner (b. 1944) —
of Union City, Obion
County, Tenn.
Born in Halls, Lauderdale
County, Tenn., September
22, 1944.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1976-86; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1989-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Disciples
of Christ.
Still living as of 2014.
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Frank Stacy Tavenner Jr. (b. 1895) —
also known as Frank S. Tavenner, Jr. —
of Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va.
Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah
County, Va., July 12,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1940-48; acting
chief counsel, International Prosecutions Section, Tokyo, Japan, 1947.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Sigma
Upsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Frank Stacy Tavenner and Lou Lazear (Stephenson) Tavenner;
married, December
28, 1920, to Sarah Ellen Zea. |
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John Taylor of Caroline (1753-1824) —
of Port Royal, Caroline
County, Va.
Born in Virginia, December
19, 1753.
Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; lawyer; political theorist; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1779-81, 1783-85, 1796-1800; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1792-94, 1803, 1822-24; died in office
1824; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia.
Slaveowner.
Died in Caroline
County, Va., August
21, 1824 (age 70 years, 246
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Caroline County, Va.
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Waller Taylor (c.1779-1826) —
of Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind.
Born in Lunenburg
County, Va., about 1779.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1800-02; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1816-25.
Died in Lunenburg
County, Va., August
26, 1826 (age about 47
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Lunenburg County, Va.
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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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Cameron Erskine Thom (1825-1915) —
also known as Cameron E. Thom —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Glendale, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Culpeper, Culpeper
County, Va., June 20,
1825.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; Los
Angeles County District Attorney, 1854-57, 1869-73, 1877-79;
member of California
state senate, 1858-59; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1882-84.
Protestant.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Glendale, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
2, 1915 (age 89 years, 227
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Charles Randolph Thomas (1861-1931) —
also known as Charles R. Thomas —
of New Bern, Craven
County, N.C.; Waynesville, Haywood
County, N.C.
Born in Beaufort, Carteret
County, N.C., August
21, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1887; Craven
County Attorney, 1890-96; candidate for Presidential Elector for
North Carolina; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1899-1911;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1924.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., March 8,
1931 (age 69 years, 199
days).
Interment at Cedar
Grove Cemetery, New Bern, N.C.
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Richard Wigginton Thompson (1809-1900) —
also known as Richard W. Thompson —
of Bedford, Lawrence
County, Ind.; Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind.
Born near Culpeper Court House, Culpeper
County, Va., June 9,
1809.
School
teacher; lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1834-36; member of Indiana
state senate, 1836-38; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Indiana, 1839; candidate for Presidential Elector for Indiana; U.S.
Representative from Indiana, 1841-43, 1847-49 (2nd District
1841-43, 7th District 1847-49); candidate for Presidential Elector
for Indiana; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 7th Indiana
District, 1864-66; circuit judge in Indiana, 1867-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1868
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1876,
1888,
1896;
U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1877-80; chairman of the American
Committee of the Panama
Canal Company, 1881; director of the Panama Railroad
Company, 1881-88.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., February
9, 1900 (age 90 years, 245
days).
Interment at Highland
Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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James McIhany Thomson (1924-2001) —
also known as James Thomson; "Landslide
Jim" —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
9, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1956-78; defeated, 1977.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., July 22,
2001 (age 76 years, 347
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, W.Va.
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Allen Granberry Thurman (1813-1895) —
also known as Allen G. Thurman; "The Old
Roman" —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., November
13, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1845-47; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1852-56; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1864;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1867; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1869-81; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1884;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1888.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
12, 1895 (age 82 years, 29
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Stephen Davis Timberlake Jr. (1874-1940) —
also known as S. D. Timberlake, Jr. —
of Staunton,
Va.
Born October
30, 1874.
Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Died in Staunton,
Va., September
18, 1940 (age 65 years, 324
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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Stephen Davis Timberlake (1909-1995) —
also known as Stephen D. Timberlake —
of Staunton,
Va.
Born May 30,
1909.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1948; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1952;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1953.
Presbyterian.
Member, Lions; Delta
Psi.
Died June 18,
1995 (age 86 years, 19
days).
Interment at Thornrose
Cemetery, Staunton, Va.
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Robert John Tracewell (1852-1922) —
also known as Robert J. Tracewell —
of Corydon, Harrison
County, Ind.; Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind.
Born in Warren
County, Va., May 7,
1852.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1895-97; Comptroller of
the U.S. Treasury, 1897-1913; superior court judge in Indiana,
1918-22.
Died in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., July 28,
1922 (age 70 years, 82
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.
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Connally Findlay Trigg (1810-1880) —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.; Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., March 8,
1810.
Whig. Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; candidate for
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1855; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, 1862-78; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1862-80;
died in office 1880; U.S.
District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1862-80;
died in office 1880.
Died in Bristol, Sullivan
County, Tenn., April
25, 1880 (age 70 years, 48
days).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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Connally Findlay Trigg (1847-1907) —
also known as Connally F. Trigg —
of Abingdon, Washington
County, Va.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., September
18, 1847.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; Washington
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1872-84; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1885-87.
Died in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., April
23, 1907 (age 59 years, 217
days).
Interment at Sinking
Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Dr. Daniel Trigg and Anna Munford (Tompkins) Trigg; married to
Pocahontas Anne Robertson; nephew of Connally
Findlay Trigg (1810-1880); great-grandnephew of Charles
Willing Byrd; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791), Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) and Beverley
Randolph; second cousin of Thomas
Lawton Davis; second cousin thrice removed of George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas, John
Wayles Eppes and William
Henry Harrison; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick
Bland; third cousin of Richard
Evelyn Byrd; third cousin once removed of Harry
Flood Byrd; third cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857), Francis
Wayles Eppes, John
Scott Harrison and Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Burwell
Bassett, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, John
Randolph of Roanoke and Henry
St. George Tucker; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Peter
Myndert Dox, Edmund
Randolph, Carter
Henry Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901) and Douglass
Townshend Bolling. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Tucker (1775-1861) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in St. Georges, Bermuda,
August
20, 1775.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1815; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1819-25 (15th District 1819-21, 6th
District 1821-25); university
professor.
Slaveowner.
Died in Sherwood, Albemarle
County, Va., April
10, 1861 (age 85 years, 233
days).
Interment at University
of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) —
of Virginia.
Born in Chesterfield
County, Va., December
29, 1780.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1815-19; member of Virginia
state senate, 1819-23; law
professor; chancellor, 4th District, 1824-31; Judge, Virginia
Court of Appeals, 1831-41.
Slaveowner.
Died in Winchester,
Va., August
28, 1848 (age 67 years, 243
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Frances (Bland) Tucker and St.
George Tucker; half-brother of John
Randolph of Roanoke; married, September
23, 1806, to Ann Evelina Hunter; father of Nathaniel
Beverly Tucker and John
Randolph Tucker; nephew of Theodorick
Bland (1742-1790) and Thomas
Tudor Tucker; grandfather of Henry
St. George Tucker (1853-1932); grandnephew of Richard
Bland; great-grandnephew of Richard
Randolph; first cousin of George
Tucker; first cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Henry
Lee, Charles
Lee and Edmund
Jennings Lee; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Jefferson, Edmund
Jenings Randolph and Beverley
Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh
Lee; second cousin four times removed of William
Welby Beverley; third cousin of John
Marshall, James
Markham Marshall, Thomas
Mann Randolph Jr., Alexander
Keith Marshall, Martha
Jefferson Randolph, Dabney
Carr, John
Wayles Eppes, Theodorick
Bland (1776-1846) and Peyton
Randolph (1779-1828); third cousin once removed of David
Meriwether (1755-1822), James
Meriwether (1755-1817), Meriwether
Lewis, Thomas
Marshall, Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell, James
Keith Marshall, Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph, George
Wythe Randolph, Edmund
Randolph and Carter
Henry Harrison; third cousin twice removed of William
Lewis Cabell, Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge, George
Craighead Cabell, Edmund
Randolph Cocke, John
Augustine Marshall, Carter
Henry Harrison II, Frederick
Madison Roberts and Douglass
Townshend Bolling; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Lawton Davis, Connally
Findlay Trigg, Benjamin
Earl Cabell, John
Gardner Coolidge, Edith
Wilson, William
Marshall Bullitt, Alexander
Scott Bullitt, Francis
Beverley Biddle and Richard
Walker Bolling; fourth cousin of James
Meriwether (1788-1852), David
Meriwether (1800-1893) and James
Archibald Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed of George
Rockingham Gilmer and Reuben
Handy Meriwether. |
| | | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Walker-Randolph
family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Tucker County,
W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Henry St.G. Tucker (built 1942 at Baltimore,
Maryland; scrapped 1966) was named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) —
of Staunton,
Va.; Lexington,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., April 5,
1853.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1889-97, 1922-32;
died in office 1932; law
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1912.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died in Lexington,
Va., July 23,
1932 (age 79 years, 109
days).
Interment at Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
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St. George Tucker (1752-1827) —
of Chesterfield
County, Va.
Born in Port Royal, Bermuda,
July
10, 1752.
Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the
Revolutionary War; Chesterfield
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1783-86; judge of Virginia general
court, 1788-1803; judge of
Virginia state supreme court of appeals, 1803-11; U.S.
District Judge for Virginia, 1813-19; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1819-25;
resigned 1825.
Died in Nelson
County, Va., November
10, 1827 (age 75 years, 123
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Baylor Tunstall (1880-1956) —
also known as Robert B. Tunstall —
of Norfolk,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
9, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1912.
Died in Norfolk,
Va., December
30, 1956 (age 76 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard Baylor Tunstall and Isabel Mercein (Heiser) Tunstall;
married, June 28,
1916, to Virginia Hunter Lyne. |
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James Clinton Turk (1923-2014) —
also known as James C. Turk —
of Radford,
Va.
Born in Roanoke
County, Va., May 3,
1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1960-72 (21st District 1960-63, 20th District
1964-65, 13th District 1966-71, 37th District 1972); delegate to
Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1964;
U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1972-2002;
took senior status 2002.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died in Radford,
Va., July 6,
2014 (age 91 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Turnbull (1850-1920) —
of Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va.
Born in Lawrenceville, Brunswick
County, Va., January
11, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker; Brunswick
County Clerk, 1885-93; member of Virginia
state senate, 1894-98; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1896,
1904;
delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Brunswick
County, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 4th District, 1910-13.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1920
(age about
70 years).
Interment at Lawrenceville
Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Va.
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David Gardiner Tyler (1846-1927) —
also known as D. Gardiner Tyler —
of Sturgeon Point, Charles
City County, Va.
Born in East Hampton, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y., July 12,
1846.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1891-92, 1900-04; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1893-97; circuit judge
in Virginia, 1905-27; died in office 1927.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charles
City County, Va., September
5, 1927 (age 81 years, 55
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Tyler (1747-1813) —
of Charles
City County, Va.
Born in James City
County, Va., February
28, 1747.
Lawyer; planter; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Charles
City County, 1788; Governor of
Virginia, 1808-11.
Died in Charles
City County, Va., January
6, 1813 (age 65 years, 313
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Charles City County, Va.
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John Tyler (1790-1862) —
also known as "The Accidental
President" —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., March
29, 1790.
Whig. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served in
the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21; Governor of
Virginia, 1825-27; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1827-36; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; delegate to
Whig National Convention from Virginia, 1839 (Convention
Vice-President); Vice
President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; President
of the United States, 1841-45; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Charles City, James City &
New Kent counties, 1861; Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
died in office 1862.
Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
A bill to impeach
him was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843.
Slaveowner.
Died, probably from a stroke,
in a hotel
room at Richmond,
Va., January
18, 1862 (age 71 years, 295
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of John
Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; married, March
29, 1813, to Letitia
Tyler; married, June 26,
1844, to Julia
Tyler (daughter of David
Gardiner); father of David
Gardiner Tyler and Lyon
Gardiner Tyler; third cousin of George
Madison; third cousin once removed of Zachary
Taylor; third cousin twice removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; third cousin thrice removed of James
Francis Buckner Jr. and Bronson
Murray Cutting. |
| | | Political families: Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton
family of Massachusetts; Conkling-Seymour
family of Utica, New York; Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison
family of New York and Arizona; Tyler
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: Benjamin
Tappan |
| | | Tyler County,
Tex. is named for him. |
| | | John Tyler High
School, in Tyler,
Texas, is named for
him. — John Tyler Community
College, in Chester,
Virginia, is named for
him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: John
T. Rich
— John
T. Cutting
— John
Tyler Cooper
— John
Tyler Hammons
|
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National Governors
Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | | Books about John Tyler: Oliver P.
Chitwood, John
Tyler : Champion of the Old South — Norma Lois
Peterson, Presidencies
of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — Jane C.
Walker, John
Tyler : A President of Many Firsts — Edward P. Crapol,
John
Tyler, the Accidental President — Gary May, John
Tyler: The 10th President, 1841-1845 — Donald Barr
Chidsey, And
Tyler Too |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Buford Cleveland Tynes (b. 1884) —
also known as Buford C. Tynes —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born in Tazewell, Tazewell
County, Va., May 3,
1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; member of West
Virginia state senate 5th District, 1941-42; appointed 1941;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1944
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1946.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Sigma; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Theta
Kappa Nu; American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Legion.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
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Joseph Rogers Underwood (1791-1876) —
also known as Joseph R. Underwood —
of Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky.; Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., October
24, 1791.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1825-26, 1861-63;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1828; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1828-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1835-43; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1847-53.
Slaveowner.
Died near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., August
23, 1876 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) —
also known as Oscar W. Underwood —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1895-1915 (9th District 1895-1909,
7th District 1909-11, 9th District 1911-15); candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1912,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1915-27.
Episcopalian.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., January
25, 1929 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., March 2,
1858.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from New York, 1900,
1904,
1908,
1912,
1916,
1932,
1936;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Jewish.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law.
Died in Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., March
16, 1940 (age 82 years, 14
days).
Entombed at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Ralph Eugene Updike, Sr. (1894-1953) —
also known as Ralph E. Updike —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Brookville, Franklin
County, Ind., May 27,
1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;
lawyer; member of Indiana
state house of representatives from Marion County, 1923-24; U.S.
Representative from Indiana 7th District, 1925-29; defeated, 1928.
Christian.
Dutch
and English
ancestry. Member, Freemasons;
Improved
Order of Red Men.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., September
16, 1953 (age 59 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Abel Parker Upshur (1790-1844) —
of Virginia.
Born in Northampton
County, Va., June 17,
1790.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1812-13, 1824-27; state court judge in
Virginia, 1826-41; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1843-44; died in office 1844.
Episcopalian.
Among those killed in the explosion
when a cannon
accidentally
burst on
board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort
Washington, Prince
George's County, Md., February
28, 1844 (age 53 years, 256
days).
Originally entombed at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1874 at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Frederick Van Nuys (1874-1944) —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Falmouth, Rush
County, Ind., April
16, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Indiana
state senate, 1913-16; U.S.
Attorney for Indiana, 1919-21; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Indiana, 1924;
U.S.
Senator from Indiana, 1933-44; died in office 1944.
Member, Elks.
Died near Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va., January
25, 1944 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.
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Paris Roscoe Vanover Sr. (1863-1927) —
also known as Roscoe Vanover, Sr. —
Born in Wise
County, Va., September
7, 1863.
Republican. Lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky 35th District,
1920-21.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died, from a gall
bladder infection, in Pike
County, Ky., September
18, 1927 (age 64 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry L. Van Sickler (1875-1945) —
of Lewisburg, Greenbrier
County, W.Va.
Born in Loudoun
County, Va., August
23, 1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Greenbrier County,
1903-04, 1933-37, 1943-45; appointed 1933; resigned 1937; died in
office 1945.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died February
17, 1945 (age 69 years, 178
days).
Burial location unknown.
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