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Howard Henry Baker Jr. (1925-2014) —
also known as Howard H. Baker —
of Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn.
Born in Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn., November
15, 1925.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1967-85; defeated, 1964; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1972;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
White House Chief of Staff, 1987-88; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Tennessee; U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 2001-05.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi Kappa Phi.
Received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1984.
Died in Huntsville, Scott
County, Tenn., June 26,
2014 (age 88 years, 223
days).
Interment at Mossop Cemetery, Huntsville, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Step-son of Irene
Bailey Baker; son of Dora (Ladd) Baker and Howard
Henry Baker; married, December
22, 1951, to Joy Dirksen (daughter of Everett
McKinley Dirksen); married, December
7, 1996, to Nancy
Landon Kassebaum (daughter of Alfred
Mossman Landon). |
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family of Huntsville and Alcoa, Tennessee. |
| | | Cross-reference: Victor
Ashe |
| | | Howard Baker Jr. Avenue,
in Knoxville,
Tennessee, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr. (1940-2005) —
also known as Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. —
of Fountain Inn, Greenville
County, S.C.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., July 24,
1940.
Republican. Real estate
broker; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1970-74; defeated, 1969;
delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1972
(alternate), 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1992;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1974; executive assistant to Gov. Jim
Edwards, 1975; member of South
Carolina state senate 2nd District, 1977-78; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1979-87; Governor of
South Carolina, 1987-95; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1996;
lobbyist;
CEO, American Council of Life
Insurers, 1995-2001; director, Norfolk Southern railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Sertoma;
Pi Kappa Phi.
Died, of a heart
attack while suffering from Alzheimer's
disease, in Lexington Medical Hospital,
West Columbia, Lexington
County, S.C., December
7, 2005 (age 65 years, 136
days).
Interment at All
Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery, Pawleys Island, S.C.
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Frank Owen Evans (1910-1986) —
also known as Frank O. Evans —
of Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga.
Born in Gordon, Wilkinson
County, Ga., December
15, 1910.
Republican. Member of Georgia
Republican State Central Committee, 1932-38; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Presidential
Elector for Georgia; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, 1953-61.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Kappa Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis.
Died August
15, 1986 (age 75 years, 243
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Earl Evans and Anna R. (Owen) Evans; married to E. Anne
Bone. |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry Hammill Fowler (1908-2000) —
also known as Henry H. Fowler; Joe Fowler —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in Roanoke,
Va., September
5, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1956,
1960
(alternate); U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-69.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Pi Kappa Phi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, of pneumonia,
in a nursing
home at Falls
Church, Va., January
3, 2000 (age 91 years, 120
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Mack Johnson Fowler and Bertha (Browning) Fowler; married, October
19, 1938, to Trudye Pamela Hathcote. |
| | | Fowler House (office buiding, built 1940,
named for Fowler in the 1960s, renamed Connell House 2003), at
Harvard University
Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts, was named for
him. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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George McInvale Grant (1897-1982) —
also known as George M. Grant —
of Troy, Pike
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Barbour
County, Ala., July 11,
1897.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; chair of
Pike County Democratic Party, 1927-37; member of Alabama
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1935-38; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1938-65 (2nd District 1938-63,
at-large 1963-65).
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Woodmen;
American
Legion; Pi Kappa Phi; Kiwanis.
Died, from a heart
attack, on a cruise aboard
the Queen Elizabeth II, en route to New York, probably in the
North
Atlantic Ocean, November
4, 1982 (age 85 years, 116
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. (1909-1995) —
also known as Albert S. Herlong, Jr. —
of Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla.
Born in Manistee, Monroe
County, Ala., February
14, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
county judge in Florida, 1936-48; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 1949-69 (5th District 1949-67, 4th
District 1967-69); alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); member, U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1969-73.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Kiwanis;
Odd
Fellows; Moose; Knights
of Pythias; Pi Kappa Phi.
Died in Leesburg, Lake
County, Fla., December
27, 1995 (age 86 years, 316
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Byron O. House (1902-1969) —
of Nashville, Washington
County, Ill.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., September
27, 1902.
Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1956-57; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1957-69 (1st District 1957-63, 5th
District 1964-69); chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1959-60.
Presbyterian.
Member, Elks; Odd
Fellows; Pi Kappa Phi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Belleville, St. Clair
County, Ill., September
27, 1969 (age 67 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Burns Parker (b. 1895) —
also known as Edward B. Parker —
of Roanoke, Randolph
County, Ala.
Born in Wedowee, Randolph
County, Ala., June 21,
1895.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Cleburne
County Solicitor, 1929-35; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1931-35; U.S.
Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, 1942-53.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Kappa Phi; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Lions.
Burial location unknown.
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James Dantzler Parler (b. 1900) —
also known as James D. Parler —
of St. George, Dorchester
County, S.C.
Born in Parler (now Santee), Orangeburg
County, S.C., September
18, 1900.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state senate from Dorchester County, 1933-60; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1936,
1940,
1948,
1952
(alternate).
Methodist.
Member, Pi Kappa Phi; Blue
Key; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Carlos C. Parler and Camille (Dantzler) Parler. |
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Edward Perry Passailaigue (b. 1891) —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
2, 1891.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1916-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi Kappa Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Theodore Wagner Passailaigue and Kate (Melchers) Passailaigue;
married, August
9, 1925, to Edith Carolyn Legarra. |
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Henry Klugh Purdy (1886-1949) —
of Ridgeland, Jasper
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville
County, S.C., December
1, 1886.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Jasper County, 1917-20, 1933-36;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Jasper County,
1925-28.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Kappa Phi.
Died in Jasper
County, S.C., April
27, 1949 (age 62 years, 147
days).
Interment at Grahamville Cemetery, Ridgeland, S.C.
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Ralph Heyward Ramsey Jr. (b. 1900) —
also known as Ralph Ramsey, Jr. —
of Brevard, Transylvania
County, N.C.
Born in Wedgefield, Sumter
County, S.C., April 7,
1900.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
mayor of Brevard, N.C., 1931-33; member of North
Carolina state senate 32nd District, 1935; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from North Carolina, 1956.
Baptist.
Member, Kiwanis;
Pi Kappa Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Ralph Heywood Ramsey and Una Elizabeth (Wells) Ramsey; married 1926 to Mary
Dick Alford. |
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George Bell Timmerman Jr. (1912-1994) —
of Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., August
11, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1947-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1948,
1956;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1955-59; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1967-84.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi Kappa Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington
County, S.C., November
29, 1994 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Interment at Batesburg
Cemetery, Batesburg-Leesville, S.C.
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