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. | |  Richard Bland (1710-1776) — of Virginia. Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,May 6,1710.Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774.Died inWilliamsburg,Va.,October26, 1776 (age66 years, 173days).Interment in private or family graveyard.| |  Relatives: Sonof Richard Bland (1665-1720) and Elizabeth (Randolph) Bland; marriedto Martha Macon; nephew ofRichardRandolph; uncle ofTheodorickBland (1742-1790); granduncle ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; great-granduncle ofNathanielBeverly Tucker; second great-granduncle ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth great-granduncle ofWilliamWelby Beverley; fifth great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); first cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andBeverleyRandolph; first cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846) andPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); first cousin thrice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin four times removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; first cousin five times removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWayles Eppes; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Bland County,Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Benjamin Chew (1722-1810) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Maryland,November29, 1722.Lawyer;chiefjustice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1774-77.Quaker;laterAnglican.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January20, 1810 (age87 years, 52days).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. | | George Mason (1725-1792) — of Virginia. Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,December11, 1725.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1759; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1776-80, 1786-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787-88.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inFairfaxCounty, Va.,October7, 1792 (age66 years, 301days).Interment atGunstonHall Grounds, Near Lorton, Fairfax County, Va.; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof George Mason (1690-1735) and Ann (Thomson) Mason; brother ofThomsonMason; married,April 4,1750, to Ann Eilbeck; married,April11, 1780, to Sarah Brent (aunt ofGeorgeGraham); uncle ofStevensThomson Mason (1760-1803) andJohnThomson Mason (1765-1824); grandfather ofThomsonFrancis Mason andJamesMurray Mason; granduncle ofJohnThomson Mason (1787-1850),ArmisteadThomson Mason andJohnThomson Mason Jr.; great-grandfather ofFitzhughLee; great-granduncle ofStevensThomson Mason (1811-1843); third great-grandfather ofCharlesO'Conor Goolrick; fourth great-granduncle ofJerauldWright. | | | | Political family:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Mason counties inKy. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | George MasonUniversity,Fairfax,Virginia, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about George Mason: JeffBroadwater,GeorgeMason : Forgotten Founder |
 | Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,January20, 1732.Democrat.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-79, 1784-85, 1787;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1789-92.Slaveowner. Died inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,June 19,1794 (age62 years, 150days).Interment atBurntHouse Field Cemetery, Near Hague, Westmoreland County, Va.;memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison (Ludwell) Lee; brother ofFrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; married,December5, 1757, to Ann Aylett; married1769 to Ann(Gaskins) Pinckard; great-grandfather ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second great-grandfather ofEdwardBrooke Lee; third great-grandfather ofBlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; first cousin once removed and father-in-law ofCharlesLee; first cousin once removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLee; first cousin thrice removed ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin four times removed ofSamuelBullitt Churchill andJohnLee Carroll; first cousin six times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey andLeeMarvin; second cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor; second cousin twice removed ofThomasLeonidas Crittenden; second cousin thrice removed ofHancockLee Jackson; second cousin four times removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; second cousin five times removed ofRobertTodd Lincoln,HarrisonMoore Lakin andJamesOffutt Lakin. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lee counties inGa. andIll. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Richard Henry Lee: OliverP. Chitwood,RichardHenry Lee : Statesman of the Revolution | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Thomson Mason (1733-1785) — of Virginia. Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,August14, 1733.Lawyer;chiefjustice of Virginia state supreme court, 1770.Died inStaffordCounty, Va.,February26, 1785 (age51 years, 196days).Burial location unknown. | | Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797) — of Virginia. Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,October14, 1734.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1764;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-78;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1778.Died, frompleurisy,inRichmondCounty, Va.,January11, 1797 (age62 years, 89days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Richmond County, Va.; memorialmonument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,September19, 1737.Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-81;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1777-1800;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1789-92.Catholic.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,November14, 1832 (age95 years, 56days).Interment atDoughoreganManor Chapel, Ellicott City, Md.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles Carroll and Elizabeth (Brooke) Carroll; married,June 5,1768, to Mary Darnell; father of Catharine 'Kitty' Carroll (whomarriedRobertGoodloe Harper); grandfather of Louisa Carroll (who marriedIsaacRand Jackson), Mary Sophia Carroll (who marriedRichardHenry Bayard) and Harriet Julianna Carroll (who marriedJohnLee); great-grandfather ofJohnLee Carroll and Helen Sophia Carroll (who marriedCharlesOliver O'Donnell); second great-grandfather ofJohnHowell Carroll; third great-grandfather of Suzanne Howell Carroll(who marriedJohnBoynton Philip Clayton Hill); third great-granduncle ofJohnDuffy Alderson; first cousin ofDanielCarroll; second cousin ofCharlesCarroll, Barrister; second cousin once removed ofThomasSim Lee,AlexanderContee Hanson andAlexanderContee Magruder; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnRead Magruder; third cousin twice removed ofReubenHandy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison andLevinIrving Handy. | | | | Political families:DuPont-Bayardfamily of Wilmington, Delaware;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Carroll#1 family of Baltimore, Maryland;Carroll#2 family of Baltimore, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Carroll counties inArk.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Md.,Miss.,Mo.,N.H.,Ohio andVa.,East CarrollParish, La. andWest CarrollParish, La., are named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:CharlesC. Walcutt—CharlesC. Fitch—CharlesC. Frick—CharlesCarroll Glover, Jr. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Arthur Lee (1740-1792) — of Virginia. Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,December20, 1740.Physician;lawyer;member of Virginia state legislature, 1781;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1782.Died inMiddlesexCounty, Va.,December12, 1792 (age51 years, 358days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) — ofPrinceGeorge County, Va.Born in Cawsons,PrinceGeorge County, Va.,March21, 1742.Physician;planter;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from PrinceGeorge County, 1788;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office1790.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 1,1790 (age48 years, 72days).Original interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodorick Bland (1708-1803) and Frances Elizabeth (Bolling)Bland; married1768 to MarthaDangerfield; nephew ofRichardBland; uncle ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; granduncle ofNathanielBeverly Tucker; first cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775),HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; first cousin thrice removed ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley; first cousin six times removed ofLeeMarvin; second cousin ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andBeverleyRandolph; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,JohnWayles Eppes,TheodorickBland (1776-1846) andPeytonRandolph (1779-1828); second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamLewis Cabell,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II,FrederickMadison Roberts andDouglassTownshend Bolling; second cousin four times removed ofJoelWalker Flood,ThomasLawton Davis,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,BenjaminEarl Cabell,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt,FrancisBeverley Biddle andRichardWalker Bolling; second cousin five times removed ofHenryDe La Warr Flood,JoelWest Flood andEarleCabell; third cousin ofDavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817) andMeriwetherLewis; third cousin once removed ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; third cousin twice removed ofGeorgeRockingham Gilmer andReubenHandy Meriwether; third cousin thrice removed ofWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | 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 |
| | Richard Potts (1753-1808) — of Maryland. Born in Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,July 19,1753.Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1787;delegateto Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland,1791-92, 1796-1801; Presidential Elector for Maryland,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andJohnAdams);U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals,1801-06.Anglican.Slaveowner. Died in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,November2, 1808 (age55 years, 106days).Original interment atAllSaints' Parish Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; reinterment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md. | | Henry Lee (1756-1818) — also known as"Light Horse Harry" — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,January29, 1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromWestmoreland County, 1788;Governor ofVirginia, 1791-94;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.EulogizedGeorgeWashington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in thehearts of his countrymen.".Slaveowner. Died in Cumberland Island,CamdenCounty, Ga.,March25, 1818 (age62 years, 55days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, Camden County, Ga.; reintermentin 1913 atUniversityChapel, Lexington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother ofCharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; married1782 toMatilda Ludwell Lee; married,June 18,1793, to Ann Hill Carter; father of Robert E. Lee; grandfather ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; grandnephew ofRichardBland; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lee County,Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle |
| | Charles Lee (1758-1815) — Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va., July,1758.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Customs at Alexandria, Va., Virginia, 1789;U.S.Attorney General, 1795-1801;U.S.Secretary of State, 1800.Died inFauquierCounty, Va.,June 24,1815 (age56 years, 0days).Interment atWarrentonCemetery, Warrenton, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother ofHenryLee (1756-1818),RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; married1789 to AnneLee; married1809 toMargaret Scott; grandnephew ofRichardBland; granduncle ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed and son-in-law ofRichardHenry Lee; first cousin once removed ofFrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Benjamin Howard (1760-1814) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,1760.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1801-02;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1807-10;Governorof Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1810-12;Governorof Missouri Territory, 1812-13; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,September18, 1814 (ageabout 54years).Original interment atOldGrace Church Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.; reinterment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Stevens Thomson Mason (1760-1803) — of Virginia. Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,December29, 1760.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member of Virginia state legislature, 1780;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1794-1803; died in office 1803.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 9,1803 (age42 years, 131days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827) — Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,January20, 1761.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1784;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-91, 4thDistrict 1791-93, 17th District 1793-95); judge in District ofColumbia, 1827.Slaveowner. Died inMadisonCounty, Ky.,March12, 1827 (age66 years, 51days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1975 atSullyPlantation, Chantilly, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy Ludwell Gaines (Grymes) Lee;brother ofHenryLee (1756-1818),CharlesLee andEdmundJennings Lee; married1794 toElizabeth Collins Lee; grandnephew ofRichardBland; granduncle ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-grandfather ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,ElliotWoolfolk Major,JamesSansome Lakin,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Thomson Mason (1765-1824) — Born inStaffordCounty, Va.,March15, 1765.U.S.Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1801;Marylandstate attorney general, 1806.DiedDecember10, 1824 (age59 years, 270days).Interment atMontpelierHill, Clear Spring, Md. | | George Graham (1770-1830) — ofFairfaxCounty, Va.Born in Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,May 16,1770.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Fairfax County, 1808-09;U.S.Secretary of War, 1816-17; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent toTexas Republic, 1818; president, Washington branch,Bank ofthe United States, 1819-23; Commissioner of the General Land Office,1823-30; died in office 1830.Died inMontgomeryCounty, Md.,August8, 1830 (age60 years, 84days).Original interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1906 atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Edmund Jennings Lee (1772-1843) — of Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.). Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,May 20,1772.Lawyer;mayorof Alexandria, D.C., 1815-18.Died inAlexandria,Va.,May 30,1843 (age71 years, 10days).Interment atChristChurch Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother ofHenryLee (1756-1818),CharlesLee andRichardBland Lee; married to Sarah Caldwell Lee; grandnephew ofRichardBland; granduncle ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,ElliotWoolfolk Major,JamesSansome Lakin,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Taylor Barry (1784-1835) — also known asWilliam T. Barry — of Kentucky. Born near Lunenburg,LunenburgCounty, Va.,February5, 1784.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1807, 1814;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1810-11;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1814-16; state court judge in Kentucky,1816-17; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1817-21;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1820-24;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1824-25;justice ofKentucky state supreme court, 1825; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1828;U.S.Postmaster General, 1829-35.Slaveowner. Appointed Minister to Spain, but died en route to post, in Liverpool,England,August30, 1835 (age51 years, 206days).Original interment and cenotaph atSt.James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England; reinterment in 1854 atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Thomson Francis Mason (1785-1838) — also known asThomson F. Mason — of Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.). Born inFairfaxCounty, Va.,1785.Mayorof Alexandria, D.C., 1827-30.Died in Alexandria, D.C (now Va.),December21, 1838 (ageabout 53years).Original interment atColrossGraveyard (which no longer exists), Alexandria, Va.; reintermentatChristChurch Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va. | | Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819) — also known asArmistead T. Mason — of Virginia. Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,August4, 1787.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1816-17.Slaveowner. As a result of a bitter election campaign, waskilled inaduelwith Col. John Mason McCarty, at Bladensburg,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February6, 1819 (age31 years, 186days).Interment atEpiscopalChurchyard, Leesburg, Va. | | John Thomson Mason (1787-1850) — also known asJohn T. Mason — of near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.; Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,January8, 1787.Secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1830-31.Died, ofmalaria,in the Fremont Househotel,Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,April17, 1850 (age63 years, 99days).Burial location unknown. | | John Lee (1788-1871) — of Petersville,FrederickCounty, Md.Born near Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,January30, 1788.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1823-25; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1837; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1852-53.Catholic.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1871 (age83 years, 107days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Digges) Lee andThomasSim Lee; married to Harriet Julianna Carroll (granddaughter ofBenjaminChew andCharlesCarroll of Carrollton); granduncle ofJohnLee Carroll; second great-granduncle ofOuterbridgeHorsey; first cousin twice removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; second cousin once removed ofAlexanderContee Hanson,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andAlexanderContee Magruder; second cousin twice removed ofDanielCarroll; third cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor,JohnRead Magruder,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; third cousin twice removed ofEdwardBrooke Lee; third cousin thrice removed ofBlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; fourth cousin ofThomasLeonidas Crittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofHancockLee Jackson. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland;Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Carroll#1 family of Baltimore, Maryland;Carroll#2 family of Baltimore, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | James Murray Mason (1798-1871) — also known asJames M. Mason — ofWinchester,Va.Born in Georgetown,Washington,D.C.,November3, 1798.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1826;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829;U.S.Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1837-39;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1847-61;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;ConfederateStates Envoy to England, 1861.Author of the Fugitive Slave Law. When the Civil War began, he leftWashington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Slaveowner. DiedApril28, 1871 (age72 years, 176days).Interment atChristChurch Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va. | | 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.  | Stevens Thomson Mason (1811-1843) — also known asStevens T. Mason;Tom Mason;"TheBoy Governor";"Young Hotspur";"The Stripling" —of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born near Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.,October27, 1811.Secretaryof Michigan Territory, 1831;Governorof Michigan Territory, 1834-35;Governor ofMichigan, 1835-40.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January4, 1843 (age31 years, 69days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1905 atCapitolPark, Detroit, Mich. | | John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815-1873) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born near Hagerstown,WashingtonCounty, Md.,May 9,1815.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1838-39;U.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1841-43;Judge,Maryland Court of Appeals, 1851-57;U.S.Collector of Customs at Baltimore, Md., Maryland, 1857-61;secretaryof state of Maryland, 1872-73.Catholic.Slaveowner. Died in Elkton,CecilCounty, Md.,March28, 1873 (age57 years, 323days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Md. | | Charles Oliver O'Donnell (1822-1877) — also known asC. Oliver O'Donnell — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,January20, 1822.Commissionmerchant;insurancebusiness; vice-president,GaslightCompany of Baltimore; director, UnionBank ofMaryland; director, Baltimore and OhioRailroad;Vice-Consulfor Brazil inBaltimore,Md., 1864-76.Catholic.Died, fromapoplexy,in the Pequod HouseHotel,New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August12, 1877 (age55 years, 204days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | John Lee Carroll (1830-1911) — of Maryland. Born inBaltimore,Md.,September30, 1830.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate senate, 1868-74;Governor ofMaryland, 1876-80; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1880,1884.Catholic.Died inWashington,D.C.,February27, 1911 (age80 years, 150days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Digges (Lee) Carroll and Charles Carroll; brother of HelenSophia Carroll (who marriedCharlesOliver O'Donnell); married to Anita Phelps; grandnephew ofJohnLee; great-grandson ofBenjaminChew,CharlesCarroll of Carrollton andThomasSim Lee; first cousin once removed ofGeorgeHoward,BenjaminChew Howard,SophiaDallas andJohnHowell Carroll; first cousin thrice removed ofDanielCarroll; first cousin four times removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; second cousin twice removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCarroll, Barrister,AlexanderContee Hanson,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andAlexanderContee Magruder; third cousin once removed ofJohnCadwalader (1805-1879) andEdwardShippen; third cousin twice removed ofJohnDuffy Alderson; third cousin thrice removed ofZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin ofJohnCadwalader (1843-1925) andBerthaShippen Irving; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnRead Magruder,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee andFrancisPreston Blair Lee. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Carroll#1 family of Baltimore, Maryland;Carroll#2 family of Baltimore, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle |
 | Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905) — also known asFitz Lee — ofRichmond,Va.Born in Clermont,FairfaxCounty, Va.,November19, 1835.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1872,1876(member,CredentialsCommittee),1892(alternate);Governor ofVirginia, 1886-90;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Lynchburg, Virginia, 1893-96;U.S. Consul General inHavana, 1896-98; general in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Episcopalian.Died inWashington,D.C.,April28, 1905 (age69 years, 160days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Sydney Smith Lee and Anna Maria (Mason) Lee; married,April19, 1871, to Ellen Bernard Fowle; father of Anne Lee (who marriedJamesGuthrie Harbord); nephew ofJamesMurray Mason and Robert E. Lee; grandson ofHenryLee; grandnephew ofCharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; great-grandson ofGeorgeMason; second great-grandnephew ofRichardBland; third great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin thrice removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin four times removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin twice removed ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andLeeMarvin; third cousin once removed ofJohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; third cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison,JohnLee Carroll,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andEdwardBrooke Lee. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891) — also known asWilliam H. F. Lee;RooneyLee —of Burkes Station (now Burke),FairfaxCounty, Va.Born inArlingtonCounty, Va.,May 31,1837.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1875;U.S.Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1887-91; died inoffice 1891.During the Civil War, he was captured by Union forces, imprisoned,and eventually exchanged for Gen.NealDow, who had been captured by Confederates.Slaveowner. Died inFairfaxCounty, Va.,October15, 1891 (age54 years, 137days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fairfax County, Va.; reinterment in1922 atUniversityChapel, Lexington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee; married1859 toCharlotte Georgiana Wickham; married1867 to MaryTabb Bolling; grandson ofHenryLee; grandnephew ofCharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; great-grandson ofWilliamFitzhugh andJohnParke Custis; great-grandnephew ofBeverleyRandolph; second great-grandson ofMarthaWashington; second great-grandnephew ofRichardBland; third great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofFitzhughLee; first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeHenry Calvert andCharlesBenedict Calvert; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780),RichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,TheodorickBland (1742-1790) andBurwellBassett; first cousin four times removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin twice removed ofThomasSim Lee,GeorgeNicholas,CarterBassett Harrison,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,JohnWayles Eppes,WilliamHenry Harrison,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andLeeMarvin; third cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph (1779-1828),RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857),JohnRobertson,JohnLee,FrancisWayles Eppes,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878) andNathanielBeverly Tucker; third cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),ZacharyTaylor andWilliamWelby Beverley; fourth cousin ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),JohnBreckinridge Castleman,JohnScott Harrison (1844-1926),FrancisPreston Blair Lee andDouglassTownshend Bolling; fourth cousin once removed ofBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,JohnLee Carroll,EdmundRandolph Cocke,ThomasLawton Davis,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RussellBenjamin Harrison,RichardEvelyn Byrd,CarterHenry Harrison II,HarryBartow Hawes,EdwardBrooke Lee andRichardWalker Bolling. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857-1944) — also known asBlair Lee — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,August9, 1857.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate senate, 1906-12; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1908,1916;candidate for nomination forGovernor ofMaryland, 1911;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1914-17.Episcopalian.FirstU.S. Senator elected by the direct vote of the people, under the 17thAmendment to the Constitution.Died in Norwood,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,December25, 1944 (age87 years, 138days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Phillips Lee and Elizabeth (Blair) Lee; married,October1, 1891, to Anne Clymer Brooke; father ofEdwardBrooke Lee; nephew ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; grandson ofFrancisPreston Blair; grandfather ofBlairLee III,EdwardBrooke Lee Jr. and Elizabeth Lee (who marriedDavidScull); great-grandson ofRichardHenry Lee andJamesBlair; great-grandnephew ofFrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; first cousin ofJamesLawrence Blair andGistBlair; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnEager Howard; third cousin once removed ofJohnLee,WilliamJulian Albert andJosephWingate Folk; third cousin twice removed ofZacharyTaylor,GeorgeHoward,BenjaminChew Howard andCareyEstes Kefauver; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; fourth cousin ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,TalbotJones Albert andEthelGist Cantrill; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelBullitt Churchill,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden andJohnLee Carroll. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) — also known asJames G. Harbord — of Manhattan,RileyCounty, Kan.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born near Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,March21, 1866.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;general in the U.S. Army during World War I; president (1923-30), andchairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of America; director, Atchison,Topeka and Santa FeRailroad;director, BankersTrust Co.;director, NationalBroadcastingCo.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New YorkLifeInsuranceCo.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President,1924,1932;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1932;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;UnionLeague.Died in Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August20, 1947 (age81 years, 152days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Edward Brooke Lee (1892-1984) — also known asE. Brooke Lee — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,October23, 1892.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I;Marylandstate comptroller, 1920-22;secretaryof state of Maryland, 1923-25; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1928,1940;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1927-30;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1927-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1942.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, frompneumonia,in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,September21, 1984 (age91 years, 334days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofFrancisPreston Blair Lee and Anne Clymer (Brooke) Lee; married1914 toElizabeth Summerville Wilson; married to Thelma LouEllen (Lawson)Crawford and Nina G. Jones; father ofBlairLee III,EdwardBrooke Lee Jr. and Elizabeth Lee (who marriedDavidScull); grandnephew ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; great-grandson ofFrancisPreston Blair andDanielRobeadeau Clymer; great-grandnephew ofHiesterClymer; second great-grandson ofRichardHenry Lee andJamesBlair; second great-grandnephew ofFrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andWilliamHiester; third great-grandnephew ofJohnHiester andDanielHiester (1747-1804); first cousin once removed ofJamesLawrence Blair andGistBlair; first cousin thrice removed ofIsaacEllmaker Hiester; first cousin four times removed ofDanielHiester (1774-1834); first cousin five times removed ofJosephHiester; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEager Howard; third cousin twice removed ofJohnLee andWilliamJulian Albert; third cousin thrice removed ofZacharyTaylor,GeorgeHoward,BenjaminChew Howard andHenryAugustus Muhlenberg; fourth cousin ofJosephWingate Folk; fourth cousin once removed ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,TalbotJones Albert,EthelGist Cantrill andCareyEstes Kefauver. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Blair Lee III (1916-1985) — also known asFrancis Preston Blair Lee III — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 19,1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;newspapereditor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1948,1960,1964,1968(alternate),1972;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1955-62; candidate forU.S.Senator from Maryland, 1962; member ofMarylandstate senate District 3-B, 1967-69;secretaryof state of Maryland, 1969-71;LieutenantGovernor of Maryland, 1971-79;Governor ofMaryland, 1977-79; defeated in primary, 1978.Episcopalian.Died in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October25, 1985 (age69 years, 159days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Edward Brooke Lee Jr. (1917-2004) — also known asE. Brooke Lee, Jr. — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.;Washington,D.C.; Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October25, 1917.Realestate developer; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaryland,1944,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee); marketing and accounting executive with ScottPaperCompany; candidate formayorof Washington, D.C., 1982;pleadedguilty in July 1995 to misdemeanor child abuse after beingchargedwithfondlinga babysitter; reportedlyfinedand given a suspended sentence; latersettled acivil suit against him by the babysitter's parents.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,August20, 2004 (age86 years, 300days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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