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Edmund Waddill Jr. (1855-1931) —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., May 22,
1855.
Republican. Lawyer; Henrico
County Judge, 1880-83; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1883-85; member of
Virginia
state house of delegates, 1885-89; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1890-91; defeated,
1886; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1908-21; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1921-31; died in
office 1931.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April 9,
1931 (age 75 years, 322
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Freeman Walker (1780-1827) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., October
25, 1780.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1807-11; mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1818-19, 1823; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1819-21; resigned 1821.
Slaveowner.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
23, 1827 (age 46 years, 333
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
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George Walker (1763-1819) —
of Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., 1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1810-14; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1819
(age about
56 years).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Jessamine County, Ky.
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Gilbert Carlton Walker (1833-1885) —
also known as Gilbert C. Walker —
of Owego, Tioga
County, N.Y.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Norfolk,
Va.; Binghamton, Broome
County, N.Y.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in South Gibson, Susquehanna
County, Pa., August
1, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; Governor of
Virginia, 1869-74; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1875-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1880;
president, New York Underground Railroad
Co.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 11,
1885 (age 51 years, 283
days).
Interment at Spring
Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y.
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Isaac Pigeon Walker (1815-1872) —
also known as Isaac P. Walker —
of Springfield, Sangamon
County, Ill.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born near Wheeling, Ohio
County, Va. (now W.Va.), November
2, 1815.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1830; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Illinois; member of Wisconsin
territorial legislature, 1847-48; U.S.
Senator from Wisconsin, 1848-55.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., March
29, 1872 (age 56 years, 148
days).
Interment at Forest
Home Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis.
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James Alexander Walker (1832-1901) —
also known as James A. Walker —
of Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., August
27, 1832.
Republican. Lawyer; general in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1871-72; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1877-78; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1895-99; candidate for
Republican nomination for Vice President, 1896;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896
(speaker).
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Slaveowner.
Died in Wytheville, Wythe
County, Va., October
21, 1901 (age 69 years, 55
days).
Interment at East
End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
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John Walker (1744-1809) —
of Albemarle
County, Va.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., February
13, 1744.
Planter;
colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;
lawyer; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1790.
Died in Orange
County, Va., December
2, 1809 (age 65 years, 292
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother of Francis
Walker; married 1764 to
Elizabeth Moore; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (who married William
Wirt); granduncle of Thomas
Walker Gilmer; first cousin once removed of Meriwether
Lewis; first cousin four times removed of Hubbard
T. Smith; first cousin five times removed of Archer
Woodford; second cousin of Aylett
Hawes; second cousin once removed of Robert
Brooke, George
Madison, Richard
Aylett Buckner, Richard
Hawes and Albert
Gallatin Hawes; second cousin twice removed of Zachary
Taylor, Francis
Taliaferro Helm, Aylette
Buckner, David
Shelby Walker and Aylett
Hawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed of John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Charles
John Helm, Hubbard
Dozier Helm, James
David Walker, David
Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry
Bartow Hawes; second cousin four times removed of James
Francis Buckner Jr., Key
Pittman and Vail
Montgomery Pittman; second cousin five times removed of Sidney
Fletcher Taliaferro and Max
Rogers Strother. |
| | | Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg
family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison
family of Kentucky; Tyler
family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George Selden Wallace (b. 1871) —
also known as George S. Wallace —
of Huntington, Cabell
County, W.Va.
Born near Greenwood, Albemarle
County, Va., September
6, 1871.
Democrat. Telegraph
operator; manager, telegraph
office; train
dispatcher for Chesapeake & Ohio Railway;
served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Cabell
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1905-08; member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1910; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1912;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Cabell County, 1936;
appointed 1936; president, Union Bank &
Trust Co., Huntington.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Rotary;
Society
of the Cincinnati; Phi
Sigma Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles Irving Wallace and Maria Logan (Sclater) Wallace; married,
October
4, 1905, to Frances Bodine Gibson. |
| | | Image source: Huntington Through
Seventy-Five Years (1947) |
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Henry Lewis Wallace (b. 1873) —
of Fredericksburg,
Va.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., September
3, 1873.
Lawyer; mayor
of Fredericksburg, Va., 1910; president, National Bank of
Fredericksburg.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Howson Hooe Wallace and Ellen Byrd (Lewis)
Wallace. |
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Edward Cary Walthall (1831-1898) —
also known as Edward C. Walthall —
of Grenada, Grenada
County, Miss.
Born in Richmond,
Va., April 4,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Flavius
J. Lovejoy; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1876,
1880;
U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1885-94, 1895-98; died in office 1898.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
21, 1898 (age 67 years, 17
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Holly Springs, Miss.
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William Thomas Ward (1808-1878) —
also known as William T. Ward —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, August
9, 1808.
Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member
of Kentucky state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1851-53; general in
the Union Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died October
12, 1878 (age 70 years, 64
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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John William Warner III (1927-2021) —
also known as John W. Warner —
of Middleburg, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; served in
the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1972-74; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1979-; appointed 1979.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Beta
Theta Pi.
Died in Alexandria,
Va., May 25,
2021 (age 94 years, 96
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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David Dortch Warriner (1929-1986) —
also known as D. Dortch Warriner —
of Emporia,
Va.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va., February
25, 1929.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Virginia, 1964
(alternate), 1972;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1974-86;
died in office 1986.
Died in Brunswick
County, Va., March
17, 1986 (age 57 years, 20
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Wash (1790-1856) —
of St.
Louis, Mo.
Born in Louisa
County, Va., November
29, 1790.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Attorney for Missouri, 1818-19, 1823-24; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1825-37.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boone
County, Mo., November
30, 1856 (age 66 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bellefontaine
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
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Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) —
of Alexandria,
Va.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Westmoreland
County, Va., June 5,
1762.
Lawyer; member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from
Westmoreland County, 1788; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1798-1829; died in office 1829.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
26, 1829 (age 67 years, 174
days).
Entombed at Mt.
Vernon, Fairfax County, Va.
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Arthur Vivian Watkins (1886-1973) —
also known as Arthur V. Watkins —
of Orem, Utah
County, Utah; Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Midway, Wasatch
County, Utah, December
18, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; rancher;
district judge in Utah, 1928-33; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Utah, 1936; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Utah, 1944,
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1947-59; defeated, 1958.
Mormon.
Member, Rotary;
Lions;
Kiwanis.
Died in Orem, Utah
County, Utah, September
1, 1973 (age 86 years, 257
days).
Interment at Eastlawn
Memorial Hills, Orem, Utah.
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James Henry Webb Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Jim Webb —
of Falls
Church, Va.
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., February
9, 1946.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War;
lawyer; author; screenwriter;
journalist;
U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1987-88; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 2007-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 2008;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2016.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Still living as of 2016.
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Nathaniel Jarrett Webb (1891-1943) —
also known as N. J. Webb —
of Newport
News, Va.
Born in Prince
George County, Va., April
25, 1891.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; school
teacher; athletic
coach; lawyer; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1936-39.
Methodist.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Isle of
Wight County, Va., July 18,
1943 (age 52 years, 84
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of James Duncan Webb and Helen Howerton (Rives) Webb; married to
Lalie Lett (niece of Robert
Walker Perkins). |
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Jesse Felix West (1862-1929) —
also known as Jesse F. West —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.
Born in Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 16,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; county judge in Virginia, 1892-1904;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1900;
circuit judge in Virginia, 1904-22; justice of
Virginia state supreme court, 1922-29; died in office 1929.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows.
Died October
25, 1929 (age 67 years, 101
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Junius Edgar West (1866-1947) —
also known as Junius E. West —
of Waverly, Sussex
County, Va.; Suffolk,
Va.
Born near Waverly, Sussex
County, Va., July 12,
1866.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; insurance
business; lawyer; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1896,
1936;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Nansemond County, 1910-11; member
of Virginia
state senate 30th District, 1912-21; Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia, 1922-30.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows; Elks; Rotary;
Junior
Order; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died, of cancer,
in a hospital
at Richmond,
Va., January
1, 1947 (age 80 years, 173
days).
Interment at Cedar
Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, Va.
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James Diament Westcott Jr. (1802-1880) —
also known as James D. Westcott, Jr. —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Alexandria,
Va., May 10,
1802.
Democrat. Lawyer; secretary
of Florida Territory, 1830-34; member of Florida
territorial House of Representatives, 1832; delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,
1838-39; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1845-49.
About 1832, he was wounded in a duel
with Thomas
Baltzell.
Slaveowner.
Died in Montreal, Quebec,
January
19, 1880 (age 77 years, 254
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Jesse Wharton (1782-1833) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Covesville, Albemarle
County, Va., July 29,
1782.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1807-09; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1814-17.
Slaveowner.
Died in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 22,
1833 (age 50 years, 358
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Louis N. Whealton (c.1872-1951) —
of Long Beach, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Virginia, about 1872.
Lawyer; mayor
of Long Beach, Calif., 1914-15.
Died in December, 1951
(age about
79 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Alexander White (1738-1804) —
of Frederick
County, Va.
Born in Orange
County, Va., June 17,
1738.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
House of Burgesses, 1772-73; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Frederick County, 1782-86, 1788; delegate
to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Frederick
County, 1788; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1789-93 (at-large 1789-91, 1st
District 1791-93).
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick
County, Va., October
9, 1804 (age 66 years, 114
days).
Interment at Wood Family Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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D. W. Whitehurst (b. 1807) —
of Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Born in Norfolk,
Va., 1807.
Lawyer; physician;
delegate
to Florida state constitutional convention, 1865; mayor
of Key West, Fla., 1868-69.
Died in Key West, Monroe
County, Fla.
Interment at Key
West Cemetery, Key West, Fla.
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Robert Henry Whitelaw (1854-1937) —
also known as Robert H. Whitelaw —
of Cape Girardeau, Cape
Girardeau County, Mo.; Blodgett, Scott
County, Mo.; Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark.
Born in Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., January
30, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Cape
Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney, 1874-78; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Cape Girardeau County,
1883-84, 1887-88; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 14th District, 1890-91.
Died in Blytheville, Mississippi
County, Ark., July 27,
1937 (age 83 years, 178
days).
Interment at New Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Lawrence Douglas Wilder (b. 1931) —
also known as L. Douglas Wilder —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born January
17, 1931.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate 9th District, 1974-79; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Virginia, 1980;
Lieutenant
Governor of Virginia; elected 1985; Governor of
Virginia, 1990-94; candidate for Democratic nomination for
President, 1992;
Independent candidate for U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1994; mayor
of Richmond, Va., 2005-.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Received the Spingarn
Medal in 1990.
Still living as of 2014.
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Ariosto Appling Wiley (1848-1908) —
also known as Ariosto A. Wiley —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Clayton, Barbour
County, Ala., November
6, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Alabama, 1880;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1884-85, 1888-89, 1896-97; member
of Alabama
state senate, 1890-93, 1898-99; colonel in the U.S. Army during
the Spanish-American War; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 2nd District, 1901-08; died in office
1908.
Died in Hot Springs, Bath
County, Va., June 17,
1908 (age 59 years, 224
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Waitman Thomas Willey (1811-1900) —
also known as Waitman T. Willey —
of Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va.
Born in Monongalia County, Va. (part now in Marion
County, W.Va.), October
18, 1811.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1861; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Monongalia County, 1861; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1863-71; delegate
to West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872.
Methodist.
Slaveowner.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., May 2,
1900 (age 88 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Nathaniel Williams Jr. (1742-1805) —
of Guilford
County, N.C.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., October
1, 1742.
Lawyer; planter; delegate
to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775.
Accidentally drowned
while trying to ford a swollen stream, in Rockingham
County, N.C., January
25, 1805 (age 62 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Williams (1744-1790) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Hanover
County, Va., August
4, 1744.
Lawyer; Adjutant
General of North Carolina, 1780.
Died in North Carolina, 1790
(age about
45 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Edgar Campbell Wilson (1800-1860) —
of Virginia.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), October
18, 1800.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 21st District, 1833-35.
Slaveowner.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va (now W.Va.), April
24, 1860 (age 59 years, 189
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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Eugene McLanahan Wilson (1833-1890) —
also known as Eugene M. Wilson —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va. (now W.Va.), December
25, 1833.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Minnesota, 1857-61; served in the Union Army during
the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Minnesota 2nd District, 1869-71; mayor
of Minneapolis, Minn., 1872-73, 1874-75; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Minnesota, 1876;
member of Minnesota
state senate 27th District, 1879-80; candidate for Governor of
Minnesota, 1888.
Died in Nassau, Bahamas,
April
10, 1890 (age 56 years, 106
days).
Interment at Lakewood
Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn.
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John Stanyarne Wilson (1859-1928) —
also known as Stanyarne Wilson —
of Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C.; Richmond,
Va.
Born in Yorkville, York District (now York, York
County), S.C., January
10, 1859.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton goods
manufacturer; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Spartanburg County,
1884-86, 1890-92; member of South
Carolina state senate from Spartanburg County, 1892-95; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1895-1901; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from
Spartanburg County, 1895; chair of
Spartanburg County Democratic Party, 1896.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Royal
and Select Masters; Royal
Arch Masons.
Died in Spartanburg, Spartanburg
County, S.C., February
14, 1928 (age 69 years, 35
days).
Interment at Church
of the Advent Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
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Thomas Wilson (1765-1826) —
of Virginia.
Born in Staunton,
Va., September
11, 1765.
Lawyer; member of Virginia
state senate, 1792-95, 1800-04; member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1799-1800, 1816-17; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1811-13.
Died in Morgantown, Monongalia
County, Va (now W.Va.), January
24, 1826 (age 60 years, 135
days).
Interment at Oak
Grove Cemetery, Morgantown, W.Va.
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William Wirt (1772-1834) —
of Virginia.
Born near Bladensburg, Prince
George's County, Md., November
8, 1772.
Lawyer; prosecuting attorney at the treason trial of Aaron
Burr, 1807; U.S.
Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17; U.S.
Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate for President
of the United States, 1832.
Presbyterian.
German
and Swiss
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
18, 1834 (age 61 years, 102
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married, May 28,
1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece of John
Walker and Francis
Walker; aunt of Thomas
Walker Gilmer); married, September
7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law of William
Henry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who married Alexander
Randall); grandfather of John
Wirt Randall; great-grandfather of Hannah
Parker Randall (who married William
Bladen Lowndes). |
| | | Wirt County,
W.Va. is named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Wirt
Adams
— William
Wirt Virgin
— William
Wirt Watkins
— William
Wirt Vaughan
— William
W. Warren
— William
Wirt Culbertson
— William
Wirt Herod
— William
W. Dixon
— William
Wirt Henderson
— William
W. Hastings
— W.
Wirt Courtney
|
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Books about William Wirt: Gregory Kurt
Glassner, Adopted
Son: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt,
1772-1834 |
| | | Image source: The South in the Building
of the Nation (1909) |
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George Douglas Wise (1831-1908) —
also known as George D. Wise —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Deep Creek, Accomack
County, Va., June 4,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the
Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1881-95; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Richmond city,
1901-02.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
4, 1908 (age 76 years, 245
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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George Nelms Wise (1874-1934) —
also known as George N. Wise —
of Newport
News, Va.; Hampton,
Va.
Born in Virginia, September
13, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; Honorary
Vice-Consul for Paraguay in Newport
News, Va., 1921; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1922.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Hampton,
Va., March
28, 1934 (age 59 years, 196
days).
Interment at Greenlawn
Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
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Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) —
also known as Henry A. Wise —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.; Princess Anne County, Va. (now Virginia
Beach, Va.).
Born in Virginia, December
3, 1806.
Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1833-44 (8th District 1833-35, 21st
District 1835-41, 8th District 1841-43, 7th District 1843-44); U.S.
Minister to Brazil, 1844-47; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; Governor of
Virginia, 1856-59; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Princess Anne County, 1861;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died September
12, 1876 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913) —
also known as John S. Wise —
of Virginia.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
December
27, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1883-85; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1885.
Died near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., May 12,
1913 (age 66 years, 136
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Frank Rudolph Wolf (b. 1939) —
also known as Frank R. Wolf —
of Vienna, Fairfax
County, Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., January
30, 1939.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1981-; defeated,
1976, 1978.
Presbyterian.
Still living as of 2014.
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Clifton Alexander Woodrum (1887-1950) —
also known as Clifton A. Woodrum —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., April
27, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1923-45 (6th District 1923-33,
at-large 1933-35, 6th District 1935-45).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in 1950
(age about
63 years).
Interment at Fair
View Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.
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Clifton Alexander Woodrum III (b. 1938) —
also known as Clifton A. Woodrum III; Chip
Woodrum —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 23,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1972;
Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1972-76; member of Virginia
state house of delegates 16th District, 1980-.
Member, American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Still living as of 2001.
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James Pleasant Woods (1868-1948) —
also known as James P. Woods —
of Roanoke,
Va.
Born near Roanoke, Roanoke
County, Va., February
4, 1868.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Roanoke, Va., 1898-1900; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1919-23; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1920.
Died in Roanoke,
Va., July 7,
1948 (age 80 years, 154
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Burial Park, Roanoke, Va.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1777-1827) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., September
15, 1777.
Lawyer; Jessamine
County Court Clerk, 1803-19; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1825-26.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., July 28,
1827 (age 49 years, 316
days).
Interment at Crocket
Burying Ground, Nicholasville, Ky.
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Ernest Foster Young (b. 1870) —
also known as Ernest F. Young —
of Dunn, Harnett
County, N.C.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., March
22, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of North
Carolina state house of representatives from Harnett County,
1913-14.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Burial location unknown.
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John Andrew Young (1916-2002) —
also known as John Young —
of Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex.
Born in Corpus Christi, Nueces
County, Tex., November
10, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
Nueces
County Attorney, 1951-52; Nueces
County Judge, 1953-56; U.S.
Representative from Texas 14th District, 1957-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., January
22, 2002 (age 85 years, 73
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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