Chambers County AlArchives Photo Tombstone.....Heflin, James Thomas 
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Cemetery:           Lafayette City
Name:               James Thomas Heflin

Date Of Photograph: November 4, 2007
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J. [James] Thos. [Thomas] Heflin, [9 April] 1869 - [22 April] 1951,

ATTORNEY   STATESMAN   ORATOR   PATRIOT

MAYOR, CITY OF LaFAYETTE 1893-95
LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA 1896-1900
ALABAMA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 1901
ALBAMA SECRETARY OF STATE 1902-04
CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 1904-20
UNITED STATES SENATE 1920-1931

UNAWED BY OPINION
UNSEDUCED BY FLATTERY
UNDISMAYED BY DISASTER
HE CONFRONTED LIFE WITH ANTIQUE COURAGE
AND DEATH WITH CHRISTIAN HOPE.
- PETIGRU

Seal of the United States Senate at top of slab

Additional Comments:
Popularly known in the press by the nickname "Cotton Tom"

Lafayette City [formerly Westview] Cemetery (325345N 0852340W),
One-half mile ESE of the courthouse,
Lafayette, Chambers County, Alabama.

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