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. | |  Howell Lewis (1731-1813) — ofGranvilleCounty, N.C.Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,September13, 1731.Member ofNorthCarolina state senate from Granville County, 1785-86; member ofNorthCarolina house of commons from Granville County, 1787.Died inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,November29, 1813 (age82 years, 77days).Burial location unknown. | | 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 |
| | David Meriwether (1755-1822) — of Georgia. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,March27, 1755.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1797-1800;Speaker ofthe Georgia State House of Representatives, 1797-1800;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1801-02, 1803-07 (at-large 1801-02,1803-05, 3rd District 1805-07); Presidential Elector for Georgia,1816;Presidential Elector for Georgia,1820.Died near Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,November16, 1822 (age67 years, 234days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | James Meriwether (1755-1817) — of Georgia. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,June 4,1755.Georgiastate comptroller general, 1799-1804.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,October25, 1817 (age62 years, 143days).Intermentsomewherein Louisville, Ga. | | James Steele (1763-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born in1763.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1830.DiedSeptember30, 1845 (ageabout 82years).Interment atHarrisburgCemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. | | 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 |
| | Howell Cobb (1772-1818) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.Born inGranvilleCounty, N.C.,August3, 1772.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1807-12 (at-large 1807-09, 2ndDistrict 1809-11, at-large 1811-12).Slaveowner. Died near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ga.,May 27,1818 (age45 years, 297days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ga. | | Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,August18, 1774.Governorof Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.EnglishandWelshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Commanded expedition withWilliamClark to Oregon, 1803-04.Died fromgunshotwounds undermysteriouscircumstances (murder orsuicide?)at Grinder's Stand, aninn onthe Natchez Trace near Hohenwald,LewisCounty, Tenn.,October11, 1809 (age35 years, 54days).Interment atMeriwetherLewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin onceremoved ofHowellLewis,JohnWalker,DavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817),FrancisWalker andGeorgeRockingham Gilmer; first cousin five times removed ofArthurSidney Demarest; second cousin ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeWashington,HowellCobb (1772-1818),ThomasWalker Gilmer,DavidShelby Walker andReubenHandy Meriwether; second cousin twice removed ofHowellCobb (1815-1868),ThomasReade Rootes Cobb,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; second cousin thrice removed ofHubbardT. Smith andAndrewJackson Cobb; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin five times removed ofHowellCobb Jr.; third cousin ofTheodorickBland,RobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,GeorgeMadison andRichardAylett Buckner; third cousin once removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke,HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnThornton Augustine Washington,ZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andAyletteBuckner; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,NathanielBeverly Tucker andHubbardDozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman,ClaudePollard andVailMontgomery Pittman; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryRootes Jackson. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland;Meriwetherfamily of Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeF. Shannon | | | | Lewis counties inIdaho,Ky.,Mo.,Tenn. andWash. arenamed for him;Lewis and ClarkCounty, Mont. is named partly for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:MeriwetherLewis Randolph—MeriwetherLewis Walker | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to1927. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C.Danisi,Uncoveringthe Truth About Meriwether Lewis — Donald BarrChidsey,Lewisand Clark: The Great Adventure |
| | Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) — of Madison,MorganCounty, Ga.; Monroe,WaltonCounty, Ga.; Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,January14, 1783.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1808; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1812;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1815-17, 1827-31 (at-large 1815-17,4th District 1827-29, at-large 1829-31);Governor ofGeorgia, 1831-35;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1837-41.Slaveowner. Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,December28, 1870 (age87 years, 348days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | George Rockingham Gilmer (1790-1859) — also known asGeorge R. Gilmer — of Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.Born near Lexington, Wilkes County (nowOglethorpeCounty), Ga.,April11, 1790.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1818-19, 1824;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1821-23, 1827-29, 1833-35;Governorof Georgia, 1829-31, 1837-39; Presidential Elector for Georgia,1836;Whig Presidential Elector for Georgia,1840.Slaveowner. Died in Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,November16, 1859 (age69 years, 219days).Interment atPresbyterianCemetery, Lexington, Ga. | | Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867) — also known asJoseph H. Lumpkin — Born inOglethorpeCounty, Ga.,December23, 1799.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1824-25;chiefjustice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1845-67; died in office 1867.Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,June 4,1867 (age67 years, 163days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | John Henry Lumpkin (1812-1860) — also known asJohn H. Lumpkin — of Rome,FloydCounty, Ga.Born inOglethorpeCounty, Ga.,June 13,1812.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1836;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1843-49, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45,5th District 1845-49, 1855-57); circuit judge in Georgia, 1849-54;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia,1860.Slaveowner. DiedJune 10,1860 (age47 years, 363days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Rome, Ga. | | John Milton Johnson (1812-1886) — also known asJohn M. Johnson — of Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.; Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Kentucky,January19, 1812.Physician;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1837; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1859-60;delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861; served in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,May 18,1886 (age74 years, 119days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | Howell Cobb (1815-1868) — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ga.,September7, 1815.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1843-51, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45,6th District 1845-51, 1855-57);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1849-51;Governor ofGeorgia, 1851-53;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1857-60;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October9, 1868 (age53 years, 32days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | James Leeper Johnson (1818-1877) — of Kentucky. Born near Smithland,LivingstonCounty, Ky.,October30, 1818.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1844;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1849-51; defeated,1857; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1867.Slaveowner. Died in Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,February12, 1877 (age58 years, 105days).Interment atRosehillElmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky. | | Henry Rootes Jackson (1820-1898) — also known asHenry R. Jackson — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,June 24,1820.Democrat.U.S.Attorney for Georgia, 1844; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toAustria, 1853-54; U.S. Minister toAustria, 1854-58;Mexico, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Georgia,1860;Presidential Elector for Georgia,1860;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,May 23,1898 (age77 years, 333days).Interment atBonaventureCemetery, Savannah, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Jackson and Martha Jacquelina (Rootes) Jackson; married,January31, 1844, to Cornelia Augusta Davenport; married,December29, 1866, to Florence Barclay King (daughter ofThomasButler King; sister ofJohnFloyd King; niece ofHenryKing); great-grandnephew ofJohnSmith; first cousin ofHowellCobb andThomasReade Rootes Cobb; first cousin once removed ofAndrewJackson Cobb; first cousin thrice removed ofHowellCobb Jr.; third cousin once removed ofThomasChilton,WilliamParish Chilton andJoshuaChilton; third cousin twice removed ofHowellLewis andGeorgeWashington; third cousin thrice removed ofDracosAlexander Dimitry Jr.; fourth cousin ofCommodorePerry Chilton andShadrachChilton; fourth cousin once removed ofBushrodWashington,MeriwetherLewis,HoraceGeorge Chilton andArthurBounds Chilton. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;King-Cobbfamily of Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S.State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) — also known asThomas R. R. Cobb — of Georgia. Born inJeffersonCounty, Ga.,April10, 1823.Lawyer;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Shotandkilledin the battle of Fredericksburg,StaffordCounty, Va.,December13, 1862 (age39 years, 247days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | Richard Woodhouse Johnson (1827-1897) — also known asRichard W. Johnson;R. W.Johnson —of St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.Born near Smithland,LivingstonCounty, Ky.,February7, 1827.Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidateforGovernor ofMinnesota, 1881.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,April21, 1897 (age70 years, 73days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, St. Paul, Minn. | | Middleton Pope Barrow (1839-1903) — also known asM. Pope Barrow — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born near Stephens,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,August1, 1839.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1880-81;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1882-83; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Georgia,1888;circuit judge in Georgia, 1902-03; died in office 1903.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,December23, 1903 (age64 years, 144days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Oglethorpe County, Ga.  | Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) — also known asM. Hoke Smith — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Newton,CatawbaCounty, N.C.,September2, 1855.Democrat.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher;U.S.Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96;Governor ofGeorgia, 1907-09, 1911;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1911-21.Presbyterian.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,November27, 1931 (age76 years, 86days).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Hildreth Hosea Smith and Mary Brent (Hoke) Smith; married toMarion Birdie Cobb (daughter ofThomasReade Rootes Cobb); grandson ofMichaelHoke; grandnephew ofJohnFranklin Hoke; first cousin once removed ofWilliamAlexander Hoke. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Hokefamily of Lincolnton, North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hoke SmithHighSchool (opened 1923 as junior high, became high school 1947,closed 1985), inAtlanta,Georgia, wasnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Hoke Smith (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: New York World, March 5,1893 |
| | | Andrew Jackson Cobb (1857-1925) — also known asAndrew J. Cobb — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,April12, 1857.Democrat.Lawyer;lawprofessor;justice ofGeorgia state supreme court, 1897-1907; Democratic PresidentialElector for Georgia,1913.Baptist.Member,American BarAssociation;PhiBeta Kappa;KappaAlpha Order.Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,March27, 1925 (age67 years, 349days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | Andrew Cobb Erwin (1884-1941) — also known asAndrew C. Erwin — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,December22, 1884.Democrat.Insuranceandrealestate business;banker;mayor ofAthens, Ga., 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Georgia,1920,1924,1928,1932.Hit bya car on the street in front of his house, and died as a result,in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,February16, 1941 (age56 years, 56days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga. | | Robert Ligon McWhorter (1891-1960) — also known asBob McWhorter — of Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.Born in Lexington,OglethorpeCounty, Ga.,June 4,1891.Lawprofessor;mayor ofAthens, Ga., 1940-47; named to the College FootballHall ofFame in 1954.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Chi Phi.Died in Athens,ClarkeCounty, Ga.,June 29,1960 (age69 years, 25days).Interment atOconeeHill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.| | Relatives: Sonof Hamilton McWhorter and Sallie (Pharr) McWhorter; brother ofCamilla Oliver McWhorter (who marriedAndrewCobb Erwin); married,October12, 1921, to Louise Walker. | | | | Political family:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | McWhorter Hall (dormitory, built 1966, rebuiltin new location 2004),Universityof Georgia,Athens,Georgia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Howell Cobb Jr. (1922-2005) — Born in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,December7, 1922.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1985-2001; tooksenior status 2001.Member,KappaAlpha Order.Died in Castine,HancockCounty, Maine,September16, 2005 (age82 years, 283days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Beaumont, Tex.
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