James Jackson Kilpatrick has died.

This doesn’t even begin to do him justice, but his New York Times obituary ended on a very tea-party note:

At his country home, Mr. Kilpatrick flew two flags, the Stars and Stripes and another alongside it that seemed to embody his views on the rights of individuals confronting the powers of the state. That flag, from the era of the American Revolution, bore the image of a snake and the inscription “Don’t Tread on Me.”

Bill Murchison paid tribute to Kilpatrick here in 2009.