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disclaimers.
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Hulan Edwin Jack (1906-1986) —
also known as Hulan E. Jack —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Lucia, December
29, 1906.
Democrat. Paper box
manufacturer; member of New York
state assembly, 1941-53, 1968-72 (New York County 17th District
1941-44, New York County 14th District 1945-53, 70th District
1968-72); defeated in primary, 1972; borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1954-61; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1956;
indicted
in 1960 on charges
of conspiracy to obstruct
justice and violation of the City Charter, over acceptance
of $4,400 from a real estate developer; the indictment was
dismissed, but then reinstated on appeal; a trial,
in June and July 1960, resulted in a hung jury; at a second trial
was convicted;
his sentence
was suspended, but he was automatically removed from
office as Borough President; indicted
in 1970 on federal charges
of conspiracy and conflict
of interest; tried,
convicted,
and sentenced
to three months in prison,
and fined
$5,000.
Catholic.
African
ancestry. Member, Phi
Beta Sigma; Elks.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
19, 1986 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Almira Wilkinson. |
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) —
also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of
Tennessee"; "King Andrew the
First" —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born, in a log
cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster
County, S.C., March
15, 1767.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of
Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1821; President
of the United States, 1829-37; censured
by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from
the Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attending
funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren
R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot
at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a
house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).
Presbyterian.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel,
May 30, 1806; also dueled
with Thomas
Hart Benton and Waightstill
Avery. Elected in 1910 to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans.
Slaveowner.
Died, of dropsy (congestive
heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., June 8,
1845 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Interment at The
Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette
Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson
Square, New Orleans, La.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;
married, January
17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt of Andrew
Jackson Donelson). |
| | Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell
family of Virginia; Caffery
family of Louisiana (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: Francis
P. Blair |
| | Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County,
Mo., are named for him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: Andrew
J. Donelson
— Andrew
Jackson Miller
— Andrew
J. Faulk
— Andrew
Jackson Titus
— Andrew
Jackson Isacks
— Andrew
Jackson Hamilton
— Andrew
J. Harlan
— Andrew
J. Kuykendall
— Andrew
J. Thayer
— Elam
A. J. Greeley
— Andrew
Jackson Ingle
— Andrew
J. Ogle
— Andrew
Jackson Carr
— Andrew
J. Waterman
— Andrew
J. Bentley
— Andrew
J. Rogers
— William
A. J. Sparks
— Andrew
Jackson Poppleton
— Andrew
J. Hunter
— Andrew
Jackson Bryant
— Andrew
J. Beale
— A.
J. Clements
— Andrew
Jackson Baker
— Andrew
J. Felt
— A. J.
King
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
Jackson Greenfield
— Andrew
Jackson Caldwell
— Andrew
Jackson Gahagan
— Andrew
Jackson Biship
— Andrew
Jackson Houston
— Andrew
Jackson Speer
— Andrew
J. Cobb
— Andrew
J. Montague
— Andrew
J. Barchfeld
— Andrew
J. Balliet
— Andrew
J. Kirk
— Andrew
J. Livingston
— A.
J. Sherwood
— Andrew
Jackson Stewart
— Andrew
J. May
— Andrew
J. McConnico
— Andrew
J. Sawyer
— Andrew
J. Brewer
— Andrew
J. Dunning, Jr.
— Andrew
Bettwy
— Andrew
J. Transue
— Andrew
Jackson Graves
— Andrew
Jackson Gilbert
— Andrew
J. Goodwin
— Andrew
J. Hinshaw
— Andy
Young
— Andrew
Jackson Kupper
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appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait
appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various
denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait
appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes.
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| | Campaign slogan: "Let the people
rule." |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — U.S.
State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — Tennessee
Encyclopedia |
| | Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert
Vincent Remini, The
Life of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —
Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Democracy,
1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew
Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —
Andrew Burstein, The
Passions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & Jeanne
T. Heidler, Old
Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for
Empire — Donald B. Cole, The
Presidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands, Andrew
Jackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham, American
Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald Barr
Chidsey, Andrew
Jackson, Hero |
| | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Edward L. Jackson (1873-1954) —
also known as Ed Jackson —
of New Castle, Henry
County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.; Orleans, Orange
County, Ind.
Born in Howard
County, Ind., December
27, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; Henry
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1903-05; circuit judge in Indiana,
1909-14; secretary
of state of Indiana, 1917, 1921-25; defeated, 1914; served in the
U.S. Army during World War I; Governor of
Indiana, 1925-29; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Indiana, 1928.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; American
Legion.
Charged
with bribery;
tried
and found not guilty.
Died November
18, 1954 (age 80 years, 326
days).
Interment at Green
Hill Cemetery, Orleans, Ind.
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Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (b. 1965) —
also known as Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Greenville, Greenville
County, S.C., March
11, 1965.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1988;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1995-2012; resigned
2012; investigated
by federal prosecutors in 2012 over misuse
of campaign funds, amounting to about $750,000 spent on personal
items, such as cashmere
capes and a fedora;
in February 2013, following his resignation
from Congress, he his wife pleaded
guilty; he was sentenced to 30 months in federal
prison; released in 2015.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, Omega
Psi Phi.
Still living as of 2021.
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Richard Taylor Jacob (1825-1903) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Oldham
County, Ky., 1825.
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1863-64.
Arrested
for alleged disloyalty,
removed
from office, and banished
from Kentucky, November 11, 1864; later allowed to return to the
state under direct orders from President Abraham
Lincoln.
Died in 1903
(age about
78 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Ernest Lee Jahncke (1877-1960) —
also known as "Commodore" —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., October
13, 1877.
Republican. Engineer;
president, Jahncke Dry
Docks, New Orleans; U.S. assistant secretary of the Navy,
1929-33; named a Commodore in 1931, and a Rear Admiral in the naval
reserve in 1955; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Louisiana, 1932,
1936
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
German
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Expelled
from the International Olympic Committee in July 1936 after taking a
strong
stand against the Nazi-organized Berlin Games.
Died in Pass Christian, Harrison
County, Miss., November
16, 1960 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Entombed at Metairie
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
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Sharpe James (b. 1936) —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla., February
20, 1936.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1980,
1988,
1996,
2000,
2004;
mayor
of Newark, N.J., 1986-2006; candidate for Presidential Elector
for New Jersey; member of New
Jersey state senate 29th District, 1999-2008; indicted
in July 2007 on federal charges
of using city credit cards for personal
expenses, and letting a girlfriend buy nine parcels of city-owned
land for a small fraction of their value, without disclosing
their relationship; convicted
in April 2008; sentenced
to 27 months in prison,
and fined
$100,000.
African
ancestry. Member, Freemasons.
Still living as of 2014.
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William John Janklow (1939-2012) —
also known as William J. Janklow; Bill
Janklow —
of South Dakota.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., September
13, 1939.
Republican. South
Dakota state attorney general, 1975-79; Governor of
South Dakota, 1979-87, 1995-2002; candidate for Presidential
Elector for South Dakota; U.S.
Representative from South Dakota at-large, 2003-04; resigned 2004.
Lutheran.
Involved in a traffic accident in 2003 when he ran a stop
sign and hit a motorcyclist; convicted
of second-degree
manslaughter; sentenced
to 100 days in jail and
three years probation.
Died in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, S.Dak., January
12, 2012 (age 72 years, 121
days).
Interment at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, S.Dak.
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David Jaye (b. 1958) —
also known as Dave Jaye —
of Washington, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in 1958.
Republican. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives, 1989-93 (26th District 1989-92,
32nd District 1993); defeated, 1986; member of Michigan
state senate 12th District; elected 1998; defeated in primary,
2001.
Convicted
of drunk
driving
in 1993, and sentenced
to 10 days in jail; pleaded
guilty to drunk
driving
in June 2000, and sentenced
to 45 days in jail. Expelled
from the Michigan state senate.
Still living as of 2001.
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William Jennings Jefferson (b. 1947) —
also known as William J. Jefferson —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Lake Providence, East
Carroll Parish, La., March
14, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Louisiana
state senate, 1979-90; candidate for mayor
of New Orleans, La., 1982, 1986; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1991-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1999; named as unindicted
co-conspirator by prosecutors in connection with Brent Pfeffer's
guilty plea to bribery
charges.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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William Miller Jenkins (1856-1941) —
also known as William M. Jenkins —
of Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan.; Kay
County, Okla.; Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla.
Born in Alliance, Stark
County, Ohio, April
25, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1888;
secretary
of Oklahoma Territory, 1897-1901; Governor
of Oklahoma Territory, 1901.
Presbyterian.
Removed
from office as Governor in a scandal
over a sanitarium contract; a later investigation exonerated him.
Died in Sapulpa, Creek
County, Okla., October
19, 1941 (age 85 years, 177
days).
Interment at South
Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, Okla.
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John Wilson Jenrette Jr. (b. 1936) —
also known as John W. Jenrette, Jr. —
of South Carolina.
Born in South Carolina, May 19,
1936.
Democrat. Member of South Carolina state legislature, 1970; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1975-80.
Implicated
in the Abscam sting, in which FBI agents impersonating Arab
businessmen offered bribes
to political figures; indicted
and convicted
on bribery
conspiracy charges
in 1980 and sentenced
to prison.
Still living as of 1998.
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Peter C. Jezewski (1883-1960) —
of Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y.; Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in New York, November
22, 1883.
Republican. Pharmacist;
member of New York
state assembly from Erie County 6th District, 1915-16; mayor
of Hamtramck, Mich., 1922-26, 1932-34; defeated, 1926, 1934.
Convicted
of bootlegging
and other vice
crimes about 1926, and spent a year in Leavenworth federal prison.
Died in Hamtramck, Wayne
County, Mich., December
1, 1960 (age 77 years, 9
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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John W. Jochim —
of Michigan.
Secretary
of state of Michigan, 1893-94.
Removed
from office, March 20, 1894.
Burial location unknown.
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Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) —
of Carthage, Moore
County, N.C.; Greeneville, Greene
County, Tenn.
Born in Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C., December
29, 1808.
Mayor
of Greeneville, Tenn., 1830; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1835; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1841; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1843-53; Governor of
Tennessee, 1853-57, 1862-65; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1857-62, 1875; died in office 1875; Vice
President of the United States, 1865; President
of the United States, 1865-69; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1868.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
In 1868, was impeached
by the House of Representatives; tried
and acquitted by the Senate, which voted 35 to 19 (short of the
required two-thirds) on three of the eleven articles of impeachment.
Slaveowner.
Died, after a series of strokes,
at his daughter's home in Carter
County, Tenn., July 31,
1875 (age 66 years, 214
days).
Interment at Andrew
Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
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Relatives:
Married, May 17,
1827, to Eliza
Johnson; father of Martha Johnson (who married David
Trotter Patterson). |
| | Political family: Johnson
family of Greeneville, Tennessee. |
| | Cross-reference: Edmund
G. Ross — George
T. Brown — Christopher
G. Memminger — Thomas
Overton Moore — John
W. Chanler |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | Books about Andrew Johnson: Hans L.
Trefousse, Andrew
Johnson: A Biography — Howard Means, The
Avenger Takes His Place: Andrew Johnson and the 45 Days That Changed
the Nation — Paul H. Bergeron, Andrew
Johnson's Civil War and Reconstruction — Mary Malone,
Andrew
Johnson (for young readers) |
| | Critical books about Andrew Johnson:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | Image source: James G. Blaine, Twenty
Years of Congress, vol. 2 (1886) |
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Charles G. Johnson (1880-1957) —
also known as Gus Johnson —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.
Born October
12, 1880.
Republican. California
state treasurer, 1923-56; resigned 1956; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1932.
Resigned
under fire in 1956, while subject of an inquiry
into over $100,000 in unpaid personal loans from banks with
state-deposited funds; no charges were ever filed.
Died, four days after suffering a stroke,
at Sutter Hospital,
Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif., October
14, 1957 (age 77 years, 2
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Francis Johnson (1909-1988) —
also known as Thomas F. Johnson —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., June 26,
1909.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,
1936,
1940
(alternate); member of Maryland
state senate, 1939-50; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1959-63; defeated,
1950.
Episcopalian.
Convicted
of conspiracy and conflict
of interest, 1968.
Died in Seaford, Sussex
County, Del., February
1, 1988 (age 78 years, 220
days).
Interment at All
Hallows Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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Waldo Porter Johnson (1817-1885) —
also known as Waldo P. Johnson —
of Missouri.
Born in Bridgeport, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
16, 1817.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1847; state court judge in
Missouri, 1851; U.S.
Senator from Missouri, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; Senator
from Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 15th District, 1875.
Expelled
from the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over his support
for secession.
Slaveowner.
Died in Osceola, St. Clair
County, Mo., August
14, 1885 (age 67 years, 332
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.
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Henry Simpson Johnston (1867-1965) —
also known as Henry S. Johnston —
of Perry, Noble
County, Okla.
Born near Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., December
30, 1867.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma,
1912;
Governor
of Oklahoma, 1927-29.
Impeached
and removed from
office as Governor in 1929.
Died in Perry, Noble
County, Okla., January
7, 1965 (age 97 years, 8
days).
Interment somewhere
in Perry, Okla.
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John Henry Johnston —
also known as John H. Johnston —
of Danville,
Va.
Republican. Mayor
of Danville, Va., 1882-84; defeated (Independent), 1884; shot
and killed Chief of Police John E. Hatcher, during a disagreement
over the use of collected fines, on September 9, 1882; indicted
for murder
but released on $5,000 bail; tried in
December, and acquitted; postmaster at Danville,
Va., 1890-94.
Burial location unknown.
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Abraham Jones —
of Richmond
County, N.Y.
Member of New York
state assembly from Richmond County, 1777-78; removed 1778.
Expelled
from the New York Assembly (his seat was declared vacant) on June 8,
1778, for "being
with the enemy.".
Died on shipboard in the North
Atlantic Ocean, en route back from Canada.
Buried at sea in North Atlantic Ocean.
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George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) —
also known as George W. Jones —
of Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Born in Vincennes, Knox
County, Ind., April
12, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.
Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister to New Grenada, 1859-61.
Welsh
ancestry.
In 1861, was arrested
in New York City by order of Secretary of State William
H. Seward on a charge
of disloyalty,
based on correspondence with his friend Jefferson
Davis; imprisoned
for 64 days; released by order of President Abraham
Lincoln.
Slaveowner.
Died in Dubuque, Dubuque
County, Iowa, July 22,
1896 (age 92 years, 101
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa.
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George Washington Jones (1828-1903) —
also known as George W. Jones —
of Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex.
Born in Marion
County, Ala., September
5, 1828.
Lawyer;
Bastrop
County Attorney, 1858-60; colonel in the Confederate Army during
the Civil War; delegate
to Texas state constitutional convention, 1866; Lieutenant
Governor of Texas, 1866-67; removed from
office as Lieutenant Governor by Gen. Philip Sheridan, 1867, for
being an "impediment
to Reconstruction"; U.S.
Representative from Texas 5th District, 1879-83.
Slaveowner.
Died in Bastrop, Bastrop
County, Tex., July 11,
1903 (age 74 years, 309
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bastrop, Tex.
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Guy Hamilton Jones Sr. (1911-1986) —
also known as Guy H. Jones, Sr.; Mutt
Jones —
of Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark.
Born in Faulkner
County, Ark., June 29,
1911.
Democrat. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer;
member of Arkansas
state senate, 1952-60, 1964-74; expelled 1974; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1954.
As a state senator, he was instrumental in locating many state
agencies in Faulkner County. Convicted
in December 1972 on federal
tax charges;
fined
$5,000 and sentenced to three years probation;
expelled
from the senate in 1974.
Suffered heart
attacks and a stroke,
and subsequently died, in Conway, Faulkner
County, Ark., August
10, 1986 (age 75 years, 42
days).
Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Conway, Ark.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles C. Jones and Cora (Henry) Jones; married 1947 to
Elizabeth Relya. |
| | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Image source: Campaign palm card
(1972) |
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Ambrose Latting Jordan (1789-1865) —
also known as Ambrose L. Jordan —
of Cooperstown, Otsego
County, N.Y.; Hudson, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Hillsdale, Columbia
County, N.Y., May 5,
1789.
Whig. Lawyer; Otsego
County Surrogate, 1815-18; Otsego
County District Attorney, 1818-20; newspaper
editor; member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1825; member of New York
state senate 3rd District, 1826-29; resigned 1829; in September
1845, during a trial, he and the opposing counsel (New York Attorney
General John
Van Buren) came to
blows in the courtroom; both were sentenced
to 24 hours in jail; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention, 1846; New York
state attorney general, 1848-49.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 16,
1865 (age 76 years, 72
days).
Interment at Hudson
City Cemetery, Hudson, N.Y.
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James Daniel Jordan (b. 1964) —
also known as Jim Jordan —
of Urbana, Champaign
County, Ohio.
Born in Troy, Miami
County, Ohio, February
17, 1964.
Republican. Athletic
coach; member of Ohio
state house of representatives 85th District, 1995-2000; member
of Ohio
state senate 12th District, 2001-06; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 4th District, 2007-; in 2018, he was accused
by former Ohio State University wrestlers of ignoring sexual
abuse by the team physician; he denied this, but refused to
cooperate with an investigation;
in a lawsuit, he was charged
with witness
tampering and intimidation;
received the Medal
of Freedom on January 11, 2021; speaker, Republican National Convention, 2020.
Still living as of 2022.
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