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. | |  John Walker (1744-1809) — ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,February13, 1744.Planter;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790.Died inOrangeCounty, Va.,December2, 1809 (age65 years, 292days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother ofFrancisWalker; married1764 toElizabeth Moore; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (who marriedWilliamWirt); granduncle ofThomasWalker Gilmer; first cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; first cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; first cousin four times removed ofHubbardT. Smith; first cousin five times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin ofAylettHawes; second cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,GeorgeMadison,RichardAylett Buckner,RichardHawes andAlbertGallatin Hawes; second cousin twice removed ofZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,AyletteBuckner,DavidShelby Walker andAylettHawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andHarryBartow Hawes; second cousin four times removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman andVailMontgomery Pittman; second cousin five times removed ofSidneyFletcher Taliaferro andMaxRogers Strother. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Benjamin Edwards (1753-1829) — of Maryland. Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,August12, 1753.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1782-84; state court judge in Maryland,1793;U.S.Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1795.Slaveowner. Died in Elkton,ToddCounty, Ky.,November13, 1829 (age76 years, 93days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Todd County, Ky. | | David Walker (d. 1820) — of Kentucky. Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-96; served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1817-20; died inoffice 1820.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March 1,1820.Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) — of North Carolina. Born in Granville County (part now inWarrenCounty), N.C.,August15, 1754.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1778-79, 1784;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1781-83, 1787;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1789;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1789-95.Slaveowner. Died inCrawfordCounty, Ga.,June 6,1818 (age63 years, 295days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Crawford County, Ga. | | Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837) — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born near Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.,December17, 1757.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1780-82, 1784-85;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1791-1815 (at-large 1791-97,5th District 1797-99, at-large 1799-1803, 6th District 1803-05,at-large 1805-07, 6th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 6thDistrict 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1801-05;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1815-28; resigned 1828; received 24electoral votes for Vice-President,1824;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835;Democratic Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1836.Slaveowner. Died inWarrenCounty, N.C.,June 29,1837 (age79 years, 194days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Warren County, N.C. | | George Walker (1763-1819) — ofJessamineCounty, Ky.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,1763.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1810-14;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14.Slaveowner. Died in Nicholasville,JessamineCounty, Ky.,1819(ageabout56 years).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Jessamine County, Ky. | | Henry Seawell — ofWakeCounty, N.C.NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1803-08.Burial location unknown. | | Francis Walker (1764-1806) — of Virginia. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,June 22,1764.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1788-91, 1797-1801;U.S.Representative from Virginia 14th District, 1793-95.Slaveowner. Died inAlbemarleCounty, Va., March,1806(age41years, 0 days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother ofJohnWalker; married to Jane Byrd Nelson; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (whomarriedWilliamWirt); granduncle ofThomasWalker Gilmer; first cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; first cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; first cousin four times removed ofHubbardT. Smith; first cousin five times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin ofAylettHawes; second cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,GeorgeMadison,RichardAylett Buckner,RichardHawes andAlbertGallatin Hawes; second cousin twice removed ofZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,AyletteBuckner,DavidShelby Walker andAylettHawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andHarryBartow Hawes; second cousin four times removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman andVailMontgomery Pittman; second cousin five times removed ofSidneyFletcher Taliaferro andMaxRogers Strother. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Willis Alston (1769-1837) — of Greenville,PittCounty, N.C.; Hyde Park (unknowncounty), N.C.Born near Littleton,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,1769.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1790-92, 1820-24; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1794-96;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1799-1815, 1825-31 (at-large1799-1803, 2nd District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 2nd District1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 2nd District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15,2nd District 1825-31).Slaveowner. Died in Halifax,HalifaxCounty, N.C.,April10, 1837 (ageabout 67years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Halifax County, N.C. | | Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia,RandolphCounty, Ill.; Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Md.,March17, 1775.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge inKentucky, 1803;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1808;Governorof Illinois Territory, 1809-18;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1818-24;Governor ofIllinois, 1826-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1832.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died ofcholera,in Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,July 20,1833 (age58 years, 125days).Original intermentsomewherein Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue atNinianEdwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill. | | Nathaniel Cook (1775-1852) — ofMadisonCounty, Mo.Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,1775.Delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Madison County,1820.Died inSt.Francois County, Mo.,1852(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown. | | Jesse Wharton (1782-1833) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Covesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,July 29,1782.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1807-09;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1814-17.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,July 22,1833 (age50 years, 358days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | John Dillard Cook (1789-1852) — also known asJohn D. Cook — ofSte.Genevieve County, Mo.Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,June 15,1789.Delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. GenevieveCounty, 1820;justice ofMissouri state supreme court, 1820-23; appointed 1820;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1850-52; died in office 1852.Englishancestry.Died inCapeGirardeau County, Mo.,October28, 1852 (age63 years, 135days).Interment atOld Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo. | | Micajah Thomas Hawkins (1790-1858) — also known asMicajah T. Hawkins — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.Born near Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.,May 20,1790.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1819; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1823;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1831-41.Slaveowner. DiedDecember22, 1858 (age68 years, 216days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | John McLean (1791-1830) — of Shawneetown,GallatinCounty, Ill.Born inGuilfordCounty, N.C.,February4, 1791.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1818-19; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1821-23, 1827-29;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1824-25, 1829-30; died in office 1830.Died in Shawneetown,GallatinCounty, Ill.,October14, 1830 (age39 years, 252days).Interment atWestwoodCemetery, Shawneetown, Ill. | | Cyrus Edwards (1793-1877) — of Alton,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inHowardCounty, Md.,June 17,1793.Whig. Candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1838; postmaster atAlton,Ill., 1841-43;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Madison County,1847.Baptist.Died in Alton,MadisonCounty, Ill.,August31, 1877 (age84 years, 75days).Interment atOakwood Cemetery, Alton, Ill. | | Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville,MadisonCounty, Ill.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1794.Lawyer;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1819;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. CommercialAgent (Consul) inHavana, 1827.Died inScottCounty, Ky.,October16, 1827 (age33 years, 0days).Original interment atHutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment in 1866 atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | Thomas Jefferson Green (1802-1863) — of North Carolina; Texas; California. Born inWarrenCounty, N.C.,1802.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1823; general in theTexas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member ofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1836; member ofTexasRepublic Senate from District of Bexar, 1837;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850.Sponsored the bill in the California Senate tocreatethe University of California.Died in North Carolina,December12, 1863 (ageabout 61years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1905 atFairviewCemetery, Warrenton, N.C. | | Owen Rand Kenan (1804-1887) — of North Carolina. Born in Kenansville,DuplinCounty, N.C.,March 4,1804.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1834-38;Representativefrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Died in Kenansville,DuplinCounty, N.C.,March 3,1887 (age82 years, 364days).Interment atGrahamCemetery, Near Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C. | | Augustus Holmes Kenan (1805-1870) — of Georgia. Born in Montpelier,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,April21, 1805.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1830; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1840;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Died in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,June 2,1870 (age65 years, 42days).Interment atMemoryHill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga. | | Augustus A. Alston (1805-1839) — of Georgia. Born inHancockCounty, Ga.,1805.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1828-29.Killedin aduel withGen. Leigh Read, in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,1839(ageabout34 years).Burial location unknown. | | Finis Ewing McLean (1806-1881) — also known asFinis E. McLean — of Elkton,ToddCounty, Ky.;AndrewCounty, Mo.; Greencastle,PutnamCounty, Ind.Born near Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,February19, 1806.Whig.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1837;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1849-51.Slaveowner. Died in Greencastle,PutnamCounty, Ind.,April12, 1881 (age75 years, 52days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind. | | Benjamin Edwards Grey (1809-1875) — also known asBenjamin E. Grey — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born near Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,July 31,1809.Whig. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1838-39; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1847-51;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1851-55.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,March 7,1875 (age65 years, 219days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.  | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as"Honest Abe";"OldAbe";"The Rail-Splitter";"TheIllinois Baboon";"The GreatEmancipator" —of New Salem,MenardCounty, Ill.; Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.Born in alogcabin, Hardin County (part now inLarueCounty), Ky.,February12, 1809.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;postmaster;lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1834-41;U.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate forRepublican nomination for Vice President,1856;candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1858;Presidentof the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865; His electionas president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined topreserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield,freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this,redefined American nationhood.Englishancestry.Elected in 1900 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Shotby theassassinJohn Wilkes Booth, during aplay atFord'sTheater,inWashington,D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson'sBoardingHouse, across the street, the following day,April15, 1865 (age56 years, 62days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument atNationalMall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 atJudiciaryPark, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married,November4, 1842, toMaryAnn Todd (sister-in-law ofNinianWirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law ofNathanielHenry Rhodes Dawson andBenjaminHardin Helm; half-sister ofEmiliePariet Todd; aunt ofMarthaDee Todd; grandniece ofDavidRittenhouse Porter); father ofRobertTodd Lincoln; first cousin twice removed ofArtieClyde Sullinger; second cousin four times removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; third cousin twice removed ofLeviLincoln; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin once removed ofLeviLincoln Jr.,EnochLincoln andAlexanderLincoln. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Lincoln#1 family of Kentucky;Lincoln#2 family of Worcester, Massachusetts;Porter-Lincolnfamily of Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:ClementClaiborne Clay, Jr. —IshamN. Haynie —WilliamM. Stone —JohnPitcher —StephenMiller —JohnT. Stuart —WilliamH. Seward —HenryL. Burnett —JudahP. Benjamin —RobertToombs —RichardTaylor Jacob —GeorgeW. Jones —JamesAdams —JohnG. Nicolay —EdwardEverett —StephenT. Logan —FrancisP. Blair —JohnHay —HenryReed Rathbone —JamesA. Ekin —FrederickW. Seward —JohnH. Surratt —JohnH. Surratt, Jr. —JamesShields —EmilyT. Helm —JohnA. Campbell —JohnMerryman —BarnesCompton —JohnB. Castleman —MelvinD. Hildreth | | | | Lincoln counties inArk.,Colo.,Idaho,Kan.,La.,Minn.,Miss.,Mont.,Neb.,Nev.,N.M.,Okla.,Ore.,Wash.,W.Va.,Wis. andWyo. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofLincoln,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — Lincoln MemorialUniversity,inHarrogate,Tennessee, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,inJeffersonCity, Missouri, isnamed forhim. — LincolnUniversity,nearOxford,Pennsylvania, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AbrahamL. Keister—AbrahamL. Tucker—A.Lincoln Pohalski—AbrahamL. Brick—AbrahamL. Kellogg—AbrahamL. Day—AbrahamLincoln Bernstein—AbrahamL. Tyre—A.Lincoln Reiley—A.L. Helmick—AbrahamL. Sutton—A.Lincoln Acker—AbrahamL. Osgood—AbrahamL. Witmer—AbrahamL. Phillips—A.Lincoln Dryden—AbrahamL. Payton—AbrahamL. Alloway—AbrahamL. Field—AbrahamL. Doris—A.L. Auth—A.Lincoln Moore—A.Lincoln Niditch—AbrahamL. Rubenstein—AbrahamL. Davis, Jr.—AbrahamL. Freedman—A.L. Marovitz—LincolnGordon—AbrahamL. Banner—AbrahamLincoln Tosti | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraithas appeared on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and onthe $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitalso appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $1 to $500. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Abraham Lincoln: DavidHerbert Donald,Lincoln —George Anastaplo,AbrahamLincoln : A Constitutional Biography — G. S. Boritt,ed.,TheLincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an AmericanIcon — Albert J. Beveridge,AbrahamLincoln 1809-1858 — Geoffrey Perret,Lincoln'sWar : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commanderin Chief — David Herbert Donald,WeAre Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends —Edward Steers, Jr.,Bloodon the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln —Mario Cuomo,WhyLincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever — Michael W.Kauffman,AmericanBrutus : John Wilkes Booth and the LincolnConspiracies — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Joshua Wolf Shenk,Lincoln'sMelancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled HisGreatness — John Channing Briggs,Lincoln'sSpeeches Reconsidered — Ronald C. White, Jr.,TheEloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through HisWords — Harold Holzer,Lincolnat Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco lnPresident — Michael Lind,WhatLincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's GreatestPresident — Doris Kearns Goodwin,Teamof Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln —Michael Burlingame, ed.,AbrahamLincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and JohnHay — Thomas J. Craughwell,StealingLincoln's Body — Roy Morris, Jr.,TheLong Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with StephenDouglas for the Heart and Soul of America — JohnStauffer,Giants:The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and AbrahamLincoln — Karen Judson,AbrahamLincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman,Lookingat Lincoln (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Abraham Lincoln:Thomas J. DiLorenzo,TheReal Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and anUnnecessary War | | | | Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: GoreVidal,Lincoln:A Novel | | | | Image source: Three Decades of FederalLegislation (1885) |
| | Ninian Wirt Edwards (1809-1889) — also known asNinian W. Edwards — ofSangamonCounty, Ill.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,April15, 1809.Democrat.Illinoisstate attorney general, 1834-35; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1837-41, 1849-53; member ofIllinoisstate senate, 1845-49;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention from Sangamon County,1847;Illinoissuperintendent of public instruction, 1854-57.Died in Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.,September2, 1889 (age80 years, 140days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | William Eaton Jr. (1810-1881) — ofWarrenCounty, N.C.Born in1810.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1840; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1840;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1851-52.Died in1881(ageabout71 years).Burial location unknown. | | David Shelby Walker (1815-1891) — also known asDavid S. Walker — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inLoganCounty, Ky.,May 2,1815.Lawyer;mayorof Tallahassee, Fla., 1852;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1860-65;Governor ofFlorida, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge inFlorida, 1878-91.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,July 20,1891 (age76 years, 79days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.| | Relatives: SonofDavidWalker; married to Philoclea Alston (sister ofAugustusA. Alston; niece ofWillisAlston); father of Courtney Walker (who marriedRobertSpratt Cockrell) andDavidShelby Walker Jr.; nephew ofGeorgeWalker; uncle ofJamesDavid Walker; first cousin twice removed ofHowellLewis; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofGeorgeWashington,JohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeMadison; third cousin ofHowellCobb (1772-1818); third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,HowellCobb (1815-1868) andThomasReade Rootes Cobb; third cousin twice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison,ClementF. Dorsey andAndrewJackson Cobb; fourth cousin ofJohnThornton Augustine Washington,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andThomasWalker Gilmer; fourth cousin once removed ofAndrewDorsey,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The David S. WalkerLibrary,inTallahassee,Florida, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Coke Howard (1817-1893) — also known asThomas C. Howard — ofCrawfordCounty, Ga.; Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in South Carolina,1817.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1840; postmaster atAtlanta,Ga., 1856-58, 1861-65.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,1893(ageabout76 years).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | John Pope Cook (1825-1910) — also known asJohn P. Cook — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Ransom,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.Born in Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.,June 12,1825.Mayorof Springfield, Ill., 1855;SangamonCounty Sheriff, 1856; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar.Died in Ransom,HillsdaleCounty, Mich.,October12, 1910 (age85 years, 122days).Interment atOakRidge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. | | Matt Whitaker Ransom (1826-1904) — also known asMatt W. Ransom — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.; Weldon,HalifaxCounty, N.C.Born inWarrenCounty, N.C.,October8, 1826.Lawyer;Whig Presidential Elector for North Carolina,1852;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1853-55; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1858-60; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1872-95; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from North Carolina, 1876-88; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1895-97.Slaveowner. Died near Garysburg,NorthamptonCounty, N.C.,October8, 1904 (age78 years, 0days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Halifax County, N.C. | | Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson (1829-1895) — also known asN. H. R. Dawson — of Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February14, 1829.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1860;Speakerof the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1880.Episcopalian.Died in Selma,DallasCounty, Ala.,February1, 1895 (age65 years, 352days).Interment atLiveOak Cemetery, Selma, Ala. | | James David Walker (1830-1906) — also known asJames D. Walker — of Fayetteville,WashingtonCounty, Ark.Born near Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,December13, 1830.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Arkansas,1876;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1879-85.Died in Fayetteville,WashingtonCounty, Ark.,November17, 1906 (age75 years, 339days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Wharton Jackson Green (1831-1910) — also known asWharton J. Green — of Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.Born in St. Marks,WakullaCounty, Fla.,February28, 1831.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina,1872,1876,1892(member,RulesCommittee),1904(alternate);U.S.Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1883-87.Slaveowner. Died near Fayetteville,CumberlandCounty, N.C.,August6, 1910 (age79 years, 159days).Interment atCrossCreek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, N.C. | | Benjamin Hardin Helm (1831-1863) — also known asBen Hardin Helm — Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,June 2,1831.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1855-56; declined appointment aspaymaster of the Union Army; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War.Shotduring theBattle ofChickamauga, and died soon after, Chickamauga,WalkerCounty, Ga.,September21, 1863 (age32 years, 111days).Interment atHelm Cemetery, Near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. | | Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879) — also known asRobert A. Alston — ofDeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,1832.Lawyer;farmer;newspaperpublisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879.Methodist.A farmer named Ed Cox, angry over the sale of a prison labor leasewhich Alston had negotiated, armed himself, announced he wouldkillAlston, sought him in the Georgiastatecapitol building, and found him in the State Treasurer's office.Both men drew their pistols. Alston was mortally wounded by ashot tothe head, and died later that day, in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March11, 1879 (ageabout 46years). Cox was also shot and injured, but recovered, wasconvicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.Interment atDecaturCemetery, Decatur, Ga. | | Lewis Holmes Kenan (1833-1871) — of Georgia. Born in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,1833.Member ofGeorgiastate senate 20th District, 1867-68.Shotandkilled inMilledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,1871(ageabout38 years).Intermentsomewherein Milledgeville, Ga. | | Wilkinson Call (1834-1910) — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,January9, 1834.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1868;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1879-97; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Florida, 1879-80.Slaveowner. DiedAugust24, 1910 (age76 years, 227days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Emily Todd Helm (1836-1930) — also known asEmily T. Helm;Emilie ParietTodd —of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November11, 1836.Her husband was offered a position as paymaster of the Union Army,but chose to become a Confederate general, and was killed at theBattle of Chickamauga in 1863; she was granted safe passage to cometo the White House and stay with PresidentAbrahamLincoln and his family, despite harsh criticism in the Northernpress for harboring a Confederate; postmaster atElizabethtown,Ky., 1883-96.Female.Member,UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,February20, 1930 (age93 years, 101days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | David Shelby Walker Jr. (1846-1889) — also known asDavid S. Walker, Jr. — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inLeonCounty, Fla.,October10, 1846.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;mayorof Tallahassee, Fla., 1875, 1878-79; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1883;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; member ofFloridastate senate, 1887.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,December6, 1889 (age43 years, 57days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Richard Lee Metcalfe (1861-1954) — also known asRichard L. Metcalfe — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Alton,MadisonCounty, Ill.,October11, 1861.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Nebraska, 1928;mayor ofOmaha, Neb., 1930-33; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1932.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,March31, 1954 (age92 years, 171days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb. | | Robert Spratt Cockrell (1866-1957) — also known asRobert S. Cockrell — of Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.Born in Livingston,SumterCounty, Ala.,January22, 1866.Lawyer;justiceof Florida state supreme court, 1902-17.Member,PhiDelta Theta;PhiDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,June 23,1957 (age91 years, 152days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | William Schley Howard (1875-1953) — also known asWilliam S. Howard — of Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta),DeKalbCounty, Ga.Born in Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta),DeKalbCounty, Ga.,June 29,1875.Democrat.Lawyer;private secretary to U.S. Sen.PatrickWalsh, 1894-95; served in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1900; solicitor general, StoneMountain judicial circuit, 1905-11;U.S.Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1911-19.Englishancestry.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,August1, 1953 (age78 years, 33days).Interment atDecaturCemetery, Decatur, Ga. | | Theodore W. Metcalfe (1894-1973) — also known asTed W. Metcalfe — of Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,August16, 1894.Republican.Newspapereditor;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War I;real estatedeveloper;LieutenantGovernor of Nebraska, 1931-33; candidate forU.S.Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1940; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Nebraska,1952,1956(HonoraryVice-President),1960.Member,AmericanLegion.Died in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,February17, 1973 (age78 years, 185days).Interment atForestLawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb. | | Pierre D. Howard Jr. (b. 1943) — of Georgia. Born in Decatur,DeKalbCounty, Ga.,February3, 1943.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1973-90;LieutenantGovernor of Georgia, 1991-; Democratic Presidential Elector forGeorgia,1992.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Still living as of 2014.
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