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Very incomplete list!   Agnes Beahn Baggett (1905-1992) — also known as Agnes Baggett; Agnes Beahn — of Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala. Born in Columbus, Muscogee County, Ga., April 9, 1905. Democrat. Secretary of state of Alabama, 1951-55, 1963-67, 1975-79; Alabama state auditor, 1955-59; Alabama state treasurer, 1959-63, 1967-75; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama. Female. Methodist. Member, American Legion Auxiliary; Order of the Eastern Star; Altrusa. Died December 15, 1992 (age 87 years, 250 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of John Richard Beahn and Leila Belle (Thomason) Beahn; married, October 14, 1926, to George Lamar Baggett.   Cynthia Moore Chestnut (b. 1949) — of Gainesville, Alachua County, Fla. Born in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., July 25, 1949. Democrat. Member of Florida state house of representatives 23rd District, 1991-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996, 2008. Female. Methodist. African ancestry. Member, Junior League; Alpha Kappa Alpha; NAACP; Altrusa; Rotary. Still living as of 2008.   Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) — also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie Stallings — of Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Mich. Born in Forney, Kaufman County, Tex., June 24, 1914. Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1973-82; resigned 1982; chief justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1979-82; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1984. Female. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Junior League; Altrusa; American Legion Auxiliary; American Association of University Women; Beta Sigma Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Omicron Pi. Died, of cancer, in Ocala, Marion County, Fla., November 27, 2001 (age 87 years, 156 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Oakridge Cemetery, Marshall, Mich.   Relatives: Daughter of Leslie C. Stallings and Agnes (Huther) Stallings; married 1939 to Creighton R. Coleman.   See also Wikipedia article — Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society   Dorothy W. Glisson (c.1914-2001) — of Florida. Born about 1914. Secretary of state of Florida, 1974-75. Female. Methodist. Member, Altrusa. Died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., April 10, 2001 (age about 87 years). Interment at Roselawn Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.   Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan (1925-2004) — also known as Elizabeth V. Hallanan — of Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., January 10, 1925. Republican. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1957; defeated, 1954; resigned 1957; candidate for West Virginia state senate 8th District, 1958; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1984-96. Female. Catholic. Member, Pi Beta Phi; American Bar Association; Altrusa. Died, from complications of emphysema, in Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., June 8, 2004 (age 79 years, 150 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of Walter Simms Hallanan; married to Harold "Kenny" Kennison.   Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996) — of Reidsville, Rockingham County, N.C. Born in Rocky Mount, Nash County, N.C., July 7, 1907. Democrat. Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1949-62; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1962-74; chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1974-79. Female. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Gamma; Altrusa; Soroptimists. Died March 1, 1996 (age 88 years, 238 days). Interment somewhere in Reidsville, N.C.   Relatives: Daughter of James Merritt Sharp and Annie (Blackwell) Sharp. Chase Going Woodhouse (1890-1984) — also known as Chase Going; Mrs. E. J. Woodhouse — of New London, New London County, Conn.; Baltic, Sprague, New London County, Conn. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, of American parents, March 3, 1890. Democrat. Economist; college professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1940, 1944; secretary of state of Connecticut, 1941-43; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1945-47, 1949-51; defeated, 1946, 1950; delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965. Female. Member, League of Women Voters; American Association of University Women; Altrusa; Pi Lambda Theta; Kappa Delta Pi. Died in New Canaan, Fairfield County, Conn., December 12, 1984 (age 94 years, 284 days). Cremated.   Relatives: Daughter of Seymour Going and Harriet (Jackson) Going; married to E. J. Woodhouse.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Connecticut Register and Manual 1950

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