Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Joseph Jones (1727-1805) — ofFredericksburg,Va.;DinwiddieCounty, Va.Born inKing GeorgeCounty, Va.,1727.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses from King George County, 1772-74;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777-78, 1780-83; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates from Dinwiddie County, 1787-88;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from DinwiddieCounty, 1788.Died inFredericksburg,Va.,October28, 1805 (ageabout 78years).Burial location unknown. | | William Grayson (1736-1790) — of Virginia. Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,1736.Lawyer;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1784-85, 1788;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1785-87;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1789-90; died in office 1790.Slaveowner. Died in Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,March12, 1790 (ageabout 53years).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Prince William County, Va. | | Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819) — of Maryland. Born near Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,October29, 1745.Governorof Maryland, 1779-82, 1792-94;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1782-83;delegateto Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;Presidential Elector for Maryland,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andJohnAdams); member ofMarylandstate senate, 1794.Anglican;laterCatholic.Died in Middleton Valley,FrederickCounty, Md.,November9, 1819 (age74 years, 11days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.;reinterment in 1888 atMt.Carmel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lee and Christiana (Sim) Lee; married to Mary Digges;father ofJohnLee; grandfather of Mary Digges Lee (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); great-grandfather ofJohnLee Carroll and Helen Sophia Carroll (who marriedCharlesOliver O'Donnell); third great-grandfather ofOuterbridgeHorsey; first cousin ofRichardPotts; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; second cousin ofAlexanderContee Hanson,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andAlexanderContee Magruder; second cousin once removed ofDanielCarroll andCharlesCarroll of Carrollton; second cousin twice removed ofJohnRead Magruder,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofBlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofLeeMarvin; third cousin ofZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasLeonidas Crittenden; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major,JohnHowell Carroll andEdgarBailey Woolfolk. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland;Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnsonfamily of Maryland;Carroll#2 family of Baltimore, Maryland;Monroefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Adair (1757-1840) — of Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,January9, 1757.Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-95, 1798, 1800-03, 1817;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1802-03;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1805-06; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;Governor ofKentucky, 1820-24;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1831-33.Slaveowner. Died in Harrodsburg,MercerCounty, Ky.,May 19,1840 (age83 years, 131days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1872 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.  | James Monroe (1758-1831) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.;LoudounCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1758.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromSpotsylvania County, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1794-96;Great Britain, 1803-07;Governor ofVirginia, 1799-1802, 1811;U.S.Secretary of State, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1814-15;Presidentof the United States, 1817-25;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1930.Slaveowner. Died, probably oftuberculosis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1831 (age73 years, 67days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married,February16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright andElizabethKortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who marriedGeorgeHay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); nephew ofJosephJones; uncle ofThomasBell Monroe andJamesMonroe (1799-1870); granduncle ofVictorMonroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who marriedCorinneRoosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson andCorinneAlsop Cole; third great-granduncle ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed ofWilliamGrayson; second cousin ofAlfredWilliam Grayson andBeverlyRobinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II andJohnBrady Grayson. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Monroefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Monroe counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.Y.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. —MountMonroe, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMonroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort,Hampton,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Monroe (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesMonroe—JamesMonroe—JamesM. Pendleton—JamesM. Jackson—JamesMonroe Letts—JamesM. Ritchie—JamesM. Rosse—JamesM. Comly—JamesMonroe Buford—JamesM. Seibert—J.Monroe Driesbach—JamesM. Lown—JamesM. Miller—JamesMonroe Jones—JamesMonroe Hale—JamesMonroe Spears—J.M. Alford—JamesM. Lown, Jr.—JamesM. Miley | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,JamesMonroe: The Quest for National Identity | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | George Hay (1765-1830) — also known as"An American" — of Virginia. Born inWilliamsburg,Va.,December17, 1765.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Virginia, 1803-16; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1816-22.Died inRichmond,Va.,September21, 1830 (age64 years, 278days).Burial location unknown. | | Elizabeth Monroe (1768-1830) — also known asElizabeth Kortright — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1768.FirstLady of the United States, 1817-25.Female.Dutchancestry.Died inLoudounCounty, Va.,September23, 1830 (age62 years, 85days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Loudoun County, Va.; reinterment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Joseph Mills White (1781-1839) — also known asJoseph M. White — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.; Monticello,JeffersonCounty, Fla.Born inFranklinCounty, Ky.,May 10,1781.Lawyer;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1820;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1825-37.Slaveowner. Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,October19, 1839 (age58 years, 162days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865) — also known asThomas B. Monroe — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,October7, 1791.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1816;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1823-24;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1833-34;U.S.District Judge for Kentucky, 1834-61; resigned 1861;Delegatefrom Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62.Died in Pass Christian,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,December24, 1865 (age74 years, 78days).Interment atLiveOak Cemetery, Pass Christian, Miss. | | James Monroe (1799-1870) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,September10, 1799.Whig.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1839-41; defeated,1835 (3rd District), 1836 (3rd District), 1840 (3rd District), 1846(6th District), 1848 (Independent Whig, 6th District); Patriotcandidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1842; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1850, 1852.Died in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,September7, 1870 (age70 years, 362days).Entombed atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Samuel Laurence Gouverneur (1799-1865) — also known asSamuel L. Gouverneur — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1799.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1825; postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1828-36.Died inFrederickCounty, Md.,September29, 1865 (ageabout 66years).Interment atSt.Mark's Apostolic Church Cemetery, Petersville, Md. | | Victor Monroe (1813-1856) — Born in Glasgow,BarrenCounty, Ky.,November27, 1813.Justiceof Washington territorial supreme court, 1853.Died in Olympia,ThurstonCounty, Wash.,September15, 1856 (age42 years, 293days).Interment atMasonicMemorial Park, Tumwater, Wash. | | Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861-1933) — also known asCorinne Roosevelt — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1861.Republican.Poet;lecturer;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1920.Female.Died, frompleuralpneumonia, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February17, 1933 (age71 years, 143days).Interment atRobinsonCemetery, Warren town, Herkimer County, N.Y.
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