Famous People with Name Sargent

Sargent Claude Johnson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sargent Claude Johnson: was one of the first Californian African-American artists to achieve a national reputation.He was known for Abstract Figurative and Early Modern styles. He was a painter, potter, ceramist, printmaker, graphic artist, sculptor, and carver. He worked with a

Aaron Augustus Sargent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Aaron Augustus Sargent: was an American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat. He was sometimes called the "Senator for the Southern Pacific Railroad". Sargent was elected as a Republican to the 37th Congress; skipped several terms and was reelected to the 41st and 42nd Co

Edward Carson (Eddie) Sargent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Carson (Eddie) Sargent: was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1963 to 1987, as a member of the Liberal Party. He first campaigned for the Ontario legislature in the 1948 provincial election, and lost to Progressive Conservative Mackinnon Phillips by 383 votes in Grey North. He became mayor of Owen Sound in the same year, and held this position until 1963. In 1951, he served as president of the Ontario Mayors and Reeves Association. Mackinnon Phillips did not contest the 1963 provincial election, and Sargent was elected over new Progressive Conservative candidate William Forsyth by 31 votes. He campaigned for the party's leadership in 1964, and finished sixth out of seven candidates. The winner was Andrew Thompson, later a Canadian Senator. Sargent was re-elected in the elections of 1967, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1981 and 1985 in the riding of Grey-Bruce. Following the 1985 election, the Liberal Party ended forty-two years of Progressive Conservative rule in Ontario by forming a minority government with outside support from the New Democratic Party. After serving on the opposition benches for twenty-two years, Sargent was able to end his career on the government side. He served as parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Tourism and Recreation, and did not seek re-election in 1987.

William Browne Sargent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Browne Sargent: was a fish merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Barrington township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1818 to 1826.

Winthrop Sargent            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Winthrop Sargent: was a merchant and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1836 to 1840. In 1849, he was named a justice of the peace for Shelburne. Sargent served as customs collector from 1859 to 1866. He was named custos rotulorum in 1857 but refused the position. He served as a consul for the United States. He died in Barrington at the age of 72.