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 Richardson (1704-1780) — Born inJames CityCounty, Va.,1704.Surveyor;planter;justice of the peace; member ofSouthCarolina Legislative Council, 1776; general in the ContinentalArmy during the Revolutionary War; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1779-80, 1779-80; died in office 1780.Died in Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C., September,1780(ageabout76 years).Interment atRichardsonCemetery, Near Remini, Clarendon County, S.C. | | Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) — also known as"The Signer" — ofCharlesCity County, Va.Born inCharlesCity County, Va.,April 5,1726.Planter;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1749-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-77;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1776-81, 1787-91;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1778-81;Governor ofVirginia, 1781-84;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from CharlesCity County, 1788.Died inCharlesCity County, Va.,April24, 1791 (age65 years, 19days).Interment atBerkeleyPlantation, Charles City County, Va.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | William Fleming (1729-1795) — ofStaunton,Va.;BotetourtCounty, Va.Born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire,Scotland,February19, 1729.Physician;Governorof Virginia, 1781;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from BotetourtCounty, 1788.Scottishancestry.DiedAugust5, 1795 (age66 years, 167days).Interment atBellmont Cemetery, Roanoke, Va. | | William Preston (1729-1783) — Born in County Donegal,Ireland,December25, 1729.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1765-68, 1769-71.Died while attending amuster ofthe militia, inBotetourtCounty, Va.,June 28,1783 (age53 years, 185days).Burial location unknown. | | William Cabell (1730-1798) — of Amherst County (part now inNelsonCounty), Va.Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,March13, 1730.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1765-75; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1776;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from AmherstCounty, 1788.Died in Amherst County (part now inNelsonCounty), Va.,March23, 1798 (age68 years, 10days).Interment atUnion Hill Cemetery, Near Wingina, Nelson County, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Cabell (1699-1774) and Elizabeth (Burks) Cabell; married1756 toMargaret Meredith Jordan; father ofWilliamCabell Jr.; uncle ofWilliamHenry Cabell; grandfather of Paulina Cabell Rives (who marriedRichardPollard); granduncle ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge,FrederickMortimer Cabell andEdwardCarrington Cabell; great-granduncle ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second great-granduncle ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,CarterHenry Harrison II,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; third great-granduncle ofEarleCabell. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Smallwood (1732-1792) — ofCharlesCounty, Md.Born inCharlesCounty, Md.,1732.Tobaccogrower;merchant;general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofMaryland, 1785-88; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1791-92.Anglican.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died inCharlesCounty, Md.,February14, 1792 (ageabout 59years).Interment atSmallwood State Park, Rison, Md. | | William Russell (1735-1793) — Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,March 6,1735.General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1785; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1788-91.Died inShenandoahCounty, Va.,January14, 1793 (age57 years, 314days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | William Grayson (1736-1790) — of Virginia. Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,1736.Lawyer;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1784-85, 1788;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1785-87;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1789-90; died in office 1790.Slaveowner. Died in Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,March12, 1790 (ageabout 53years).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Prince William County, Va.  | Patrick Henry (1736-1799) — ofPrinceEdward County, Va.Born in Studley,HanoverCounty, Va.,May 29,1736.Lawyer;planter;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1765;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; general in theContinental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofVirginia, 1776-79, 1784-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from PrinceEdward County, 1788; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1799.ScottishandEnglishancestry.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1920.Died near Brookneal,CampbellCounty, Va.,June 6,1799 (age63 years, 8days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof John Henry and Sarah (Syme) Henry; brother of Anne Henry(1738-1790; who marriedWilliamChristian) and Elizabeth Henry (who marriedWilliamRussell andWilliamCampbell); married1754 to SarahShelton; married,October25, 1777, to Dorothea Dandridge; father of Anne Henry (whomarriedSpencerRoane); uncle of Priscilla Christian (who marriedAlexanderScott Bullitt) and Sarah Buchanan Campbell (who marriedFrancisSmith Preston); grandfather ofWilliamHenry Roane; granduncle ofValentineWood Southall,WilliamCampbell Preston,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880) andJohnSmith Preston; great-granduncle ofStephenValentine Southall,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; second great-granduncle ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; third great-grandfather ofRobertLee Henry; cousin *** ofIsaacColes. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Garlandfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Henry counties inAla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Ky.,Mo.,Ohio,Tenn. andVa. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:PatrickH. Davis—PatrickHenry Bradley—PatrickHenry—PatrickH. Roche—PatrickH. McCarren—PatrickH. Cashin—PatrickH. McGarry—PatrickHenry McCarthy—PatrickHenry Callahan—PatrickH. Kelley—PatrickH. O'Brien—P.H. Moynihan—PatrickH. Quinn—PatrickH. Drewry—PatrickHenry Kennedy—J.H. Culkin—DatBarthel | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Patrick Henry: Harlow GilesUnger,Lionof Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a NewNation — Thomas S. Kidd,PatrickHenry: First Among Patriots | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) — Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,1740.Lawyer;planter;shot and killedJohnBaylis in aduelon September 24, 1765; latertriedfor thekillingand acquitted;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776.Anglican;laterEpiscopalian.Died inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,August27, 1791 (ageabout 51years).Burial location unknown. | | Richard Richardson Jr. (1741-1816) — Born in South Carolina,March 4,1741.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1782-84; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1785-86.Died in1816(ageabout75 years).Burial location unknown. | | William Christian (c.1743-1786) — Born inStaunton,Va., about 1743.Lawyer;member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1773-75; colonel in the Continental Armyduring the Revolutionary War.Manxancestry.Killedwhile fighting Indians in what is nowClarkCounty, Ind.,April 9,1786 (ageabout 43years).Interment atBullitt Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Campbell (1745-1781) — Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,1745.Justice of the peace; general in the Continental Army during theRevolutionary War; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1781.Died inHanoverCounty, Va.,August22, 1781 (ageabout 36years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Hanover County, Va.; reinterment in1823 atAspenvaleCemetery, Seven Mile Ford, Va. | | Isaac Coles (1747-1813) — ofHalifaxCounty, Va.;PittsylvaniaCounty, Va.Born inRichmond,Va.,March 2,1747.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;planter;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Halifax County, 1780-81, 1783-88;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from HalifaxCounty, 1788;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-91, 1793-97 (at-large 1789-91,6th District 1793-97).Slaveowner. Died near Chatham,PittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,June 3,1813 (age66 years, 93days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Pittsylvania County, Va. | | Wade Hampton (1752-1835) — Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,1752.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1779-86, 1791;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1795-97,1803-05; Presidential Elector for South Carolina,1800;general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Reputed to be the wealthiest planter in America; owned more than3,000 slaves in 1830.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,February4, 1835 (ageabout 82years).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | Robert Breckinridge (1754-1833) — of Kentucky. Born in Virginia,1754.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1792-95.Died in1833(ageabout79 years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ky. | | Carter Bassett Harrison (c.1756-1808) — of Virginia. Born inCharlesCity County, Va., about 1756.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1784-86, 1805-08;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1793-99 (13th District 1793-97,at-large 1797-99).Died inPrinceGeorge County, Va.,April18, 1808 (ageabout 52years).Burial location unknown. | | John Brown (1757-1837) — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born inStaunton,Va.,September12, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1784-88;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1787-88;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-92 (at-large 1789-91, 2ndDistrict 1791-92);U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1792-1805.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August29, 1837 (age79 years, 351days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.  | James Monroe (1758-1831) — ofSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.;LoudounCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1758.Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromSpotsylvania County, 1788;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1794-96;Great Britain, 1803-07;Governor ofVirginia, 1799-1802, 1811;U.S.Secretary of State, 1811-17;U.S.Secretary of War, 1814-15;Presidentof the United States, 1817-25;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.Episcopalian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1930.Slaveowner. Died, probably oftuberculosis,in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 4,1831 (age73 years, 67days).Originally entombed atNewYork Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married,February16, 1786, to Eliza Kortright andElizabethKortright; father of Eliza Kortright Monroe (who marriedGeorgeHay) and Maria Hester Monroe (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); nephew ofJosephJones; uncle ofThomasBell Monroe andJamesMonroe (1799-1870); granduncle ofVictorMonroe; great-grandnephew of Douglas Robinson (who marriedCorinneRoosevelt Robinson); second great-granduncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson andCorinneAlsop Cole; third great-granduncle ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin once removed ofWilliamGrayson; second cousin ofAlfredWilliam Grayson andBeverlyRobinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II andJohnBrady Grayson. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Monroefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Monroe counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.Y.,Ohio,Pa.,Tenn.,W.Va. andWis. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofMonrovia,Liberia, isnamed forhim. —MountMonroe, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMonroe (military installation 1819-2011), at Old Point Comfort,Hampton,Virginia, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Monroe (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; scrapped 1970) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JamesMonroe—JamesMonroe—JamesM. Pendleton—JamesM. Jackson—JamesMonroe Letts—JamesM. Ritchie—JamesM. Rosse—JamesM. Comly—JamesMonroe Buford—JamesM. Seibert—J.Monroe Driesbach—JamesM. Lown—JamesM. Miller—JamesMonroe Jones—JamesMonroe Hale—JamesMonroe Spears—J.M. Alford—JamesM. Lown, Jr.—JamesM. Miley | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and1890s. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon,JamesMonroe: The Quest for National Identity | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | William Russell (1758-1825) — ofFayetteCounty, Ky.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,March 6,1758.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1790-91; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1792, 1796-1800, 1802, 1823;colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Died inFayetteCounty, Ky.,July 3,1825 (age67 years, 119days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | William Cabell Jr. (1759-1822) — BornMarch25, 1759.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1789-97;sheriff.DiedNovember22, 1822 (age63 years, 242days).Interment atUnion Hill Cemetery, Near Wingina, Nelson County, Va.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamCabell; married,November20, 1780, to Ann 'Nancy' Carrington (daughter ofPaulCarrington); uncle of Paulina Cabell Rives (who marriedRichardPollard); first cousin ofWilliamHenry Cabell; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge,FrederickMortimer Cabell andEdwardCarrington Cabell; first cousin twice removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,CarterHenry Harrison II,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed ofEarleCabell. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Breckinridge (1760-1806) — of Kentucky. Born near Staunton,AugustaCounty, Va.,December2, 1760.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1793-97; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1798-1801;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05;U.S.Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died, from astomachinfection, in near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December14, 1806 (age46 years, 12days).Original interment atCabell's Dale Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; reinterment in 1884 atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert Breckenridge and Letitia 'Lettice' (Preston) Breckenridge;half-brother ofRobertBreckinridge; brother ofJamesBreckinridge; married,June 28,1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell (sister-in-law ofWilliamJ. Lewis; aunt ofBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell); father of Letitia Preston Breckinridge(who marriedPeterBuell Porter andAlfredWilliam Grayson),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; nephew ofWilliamPreston; uncle ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge; grandfather ofJohnCabell Breckinridge (who marriedMaryCyrene Burch), Mary Cabell Breckinridge (who marriedPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864)),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second great-grandfather ofJohnBayne Breckinridge; cousin *** ofJohnBrown andJamesBrown; first cousin ofFrancisSmith Preston andJamesPatton Preston; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Brown-Breckinridgefamily of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | BreckinridgeCounty, Ky. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alexander Dalrymple Orr (1761-1835) — of Kentucky. Born in Virginia,1761.Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1790;U.S.Representative from Kentucky at-large, 1791-97.Slaveowner. Died in1835(ageabout74 years).Interment atParisCemetery, Paris, Ky. | | Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) — of Kentucky. Born near Dumfries,PrinceWilliam County, Va.,1761.Delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792, 1799; memberofKentuckystate senate, 1792-99;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1800-04.Died inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,April13, 1816 (ageabout 54years).Interment atOxmoor-BullittFamily Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Spencer Roane (1762-1822) — Born in Tappahannock,EssexCounty, Va.,April 4,1762.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1783-84; member ofVirginiaGovernor's Council, 1785-86; Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals,1794-1822; died in office 1822.Presbyterian.Scottishancestry. Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died in Warm Springs,BathCounty, Va.,September4, 1822 (age60 years, 153days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Bath County, Va. | | James Breckinridge (1763-1833) — of Virginia. Born near Fincastle,BotetourtCounty, Va.,March 7,1763.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1789-1802, 1806-08, 1819-21, 1823-24;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1809-17 (4th District 1809-11, 5thDistrict 1811-13, 4th District 1813-15, 5th District 1815-17);general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812.Slaveowner. Died inBotetourtCounty, Va.,May 13,1833 (age70 years, 67days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va. | | Francis Smith Preston (1765-1836) — also known asFrancis Preston — of Virginia. Born in Greenfield,BotetourtCounty, Va.,August2, 1765.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1788-89, 1816-20;U.S.Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1793-97; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-14; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,May 26,1836 (age70 years, 298days).Interment atAspenvaleCemetery, Seven Mile Ford, Va.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamPreston (1729-1783) and Susanna (Smith) Preston; brother ofJamesPatton Preston and Letitia Preston (who marriedJohnFloyd); married,January10, 1793, to Sarah Buchanan Campbell (daughter ofWilliamCampbell; niece ofPatrickHenry); father ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JohnSmith Preston and Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (who marriedWadeHampton III); uncle ofJamesMcDowell,WilliamBallard Preston,JohnBuchanan Floyd,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andWilliamPreston (1816-1887); grandfather ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather ofLevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; cousin *** ofJohnBrown,JamesBreckinridge andJamesBrown; first cousin ofJohnBreckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); first cousin twice removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin thrice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Brown-Breckinridgefamily of Lexington, Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Brown (1766-1835) — of Kentucky; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born near Staunton,AugustaCounty, Va.,September11, 1766.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1791;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1792-96;secretaryof Orleans Territory, 1804;U.S.Attorney for Louisiana, 1805-08;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1813-17, 1819-23; resigned 1823; U.S.Minister toFrance, 1823-29.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 7,1835 (age68 years, 208days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | William J. Lewis (1766-1828) — ofCampbellCounty, Va.Born inAugustaCounty, Va.,July 4,1766.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Campbell County, 1810-11, 1814-17;U.S.Representative from Virginia 15th District, 1817-19.Slaveowner. Died inCampbellCounty, Va.,November1, 1828 (age62 years, 120days).Interment atMt. Athos, Kelly, Va. | | John Bird (1768-1806) — of Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.Born in Litchfield,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November22, 1768.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Rensselaer County, 1795-98;U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1799-1801; resigned1801.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1806 (age37 years, 72days).Interment atOldMt. Ida Cemetery, Troy, N.Y. | | Joseph Holmes Desha (1768-1842) — also known asJoseph Desha — of Mayslick,MasonCounty, Ky.Born inMonroeCounty, Pa.,December9, 1768.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1799-1802; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1803-07;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1807-19 (6th District 1807-13,at-large 1813-15, 4th District 1815-19); served in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governor ofKentucky, 1824-28.Slaveowner. Died in Georgetown,ScottCounty, Ky.,October12, 1842 (age73 years, 307days).Interment atGeorgetownCemetery, Georgetown, Ky. | | Augustus Seymour Porter (1769-1849) — also known asAugustus Porter — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.; Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,January18, 1769.Surveyor;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Genesee and Ontario counties, 1802-03;postmaster atNiagaraFalls, N.Y., 1836.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1849 (age80 years, 143days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Eunice Porter(who marriedJohnBird) andPeterBuell Porter; married,March10, 1796, to Lavinia Steele; married,January24, 1801, to Jane Howell (sister ofNathanielWoodhull Howell); father ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872) andPeterBuell Porter Jr.; uncle ofWilliamAugustus Bird andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); granduncle ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; first cousin thrice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin thrice removed ofAsa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; second cousin four times removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; third cousin ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin once removed ofSamuelHuntington,JedediahHuntington,HenryScudder,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCreighton Stratton,EdmundHolcomb,IraChandler Backus,CalvinTilden Hulburd,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CharlesJenkins Hayden,JohnLeake Newbold Stratton,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,JudsonB. Phelps,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,TimothyE. Griswold,ErskineMason Phelps,WilliamWalter Phelps,WilliamPatrick Willey,CharlesA. Hungerford,WalterHarrison Blodget,WilliamBarret Ridgely,GeorgeHarrison Hall,ClaytonHyde Lathrop,PhineasOrange Small,ClementPhineas Kellogg,MonroeMarsh Sweetland,WilliamBrainard Coit,LafayetteBlanchard Gleason,ArthurEugene Parmelee,AustinEugene Lathrop andHiramBingham; fourth cousin ofSamuelH. Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofLeonardWhite,WilliamWoodbridge,IsaacBackus,EliThacher Hoyt,NathanielHuntington,CalebScudder,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,JohnArnold Rockwell,ElishaMills Huntington,HenryTitus Backus,BaileyFrye Adams andHenryJoel Scudder. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Nathaniel Woodhull Howell (1770-1851) — also known asNathaniel W. Howell — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.Born in Blooming Grove,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,January1, 1770.Schoolteacher;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Genesee and Ontario counties, 1803-04;U.S.Representative from New York 21st District, 1813-15;OntarioCounty Judge, 1819-32.Died in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,October15, 1851 (age81 years, 287days).Interment atWestAvenue Cemetery, Canandaigua, N.Y. | | James Burchill Richardson (1770-1836) — of South Carolina. Born in Camden District (part now inClarendonCounty), S.C.,October28, 1770.Planter;Governorof South Carolina, 1802-04; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1806-13 (Clarendon & Claremont 1806-10,Clarendon 1810-13); resigned 1813; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1816-18.Episcopalian.Died in Sumter District (part now inClarendonCounty), S.C.,April28, 1836 (age65 years, 183days).Interment atRichardsonCemetery, Near Remini, Clarendon County, S.C.  | William Henry Cabell (1772-1853) — also known asWilliam H. Cabell — of Virginia. Born inCumberlandCounty, Va.,December16, 1772.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1796-1805; Presidential Elector forVirginia,1800;Presidential Elector for Virginia,1804;Governorof Virginia, 1805-08; state court judge in Virginia, 1808-11;Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1830-51.Died inRichmond,Va.,January12, 1853 (age80 years, 27days).Interment atShockoeHill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Col. Nicholas Cabell and Hannah (Carrington) Cabell; married1795 toElizabeth Cabell; married1805 to AgnesSarah Bell Gamble (sister-in-law ofWilliamWirt); father ofEdwardCarrington Cabell; nephew ofWilliamCabell andPaulCarrington; first cousin ofWilliamCabell Jr.; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andFrederickMortimer Cabell; first cousin twice removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,CarterHenry Harrison II,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed ofEarleCabell; second cousin once removed ofCameronErskine Thom; second cousin twice removed ofErskineMayo Ross. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cabell County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Huntington ThroughSeventy-Five Years (1947) |
| | Samuel Nicholls Smallwood (1772-1824) — also known asSamuel N. Smallwood — ofWashington,D.C.Born inCharlesCounty, Md.,September5, 1772.Mayorof Washington, D.C., 1819-22, 1824.Died inWashington,D.C.,September29, 1824 (age52 years, 24days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as"Tippecanoe";"OldTip";"Farmer of North Bend";"General Mum";"Cincinnatus of theWest" —of Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Berkeley,CharlesCity County, Va.,February9, 1773.Whig.Secretaryof Northwest Territory, 1798-99;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800;Governorof Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member ofOhiostate senate, 1819-21; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins); candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1820; Presidential Elector for Ohio,1824(voted forHenryClay andNathanSanford);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister toGran Colombia, 1828-29;Presidentof the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumoniaortyphoid,at theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,April 4,1841 (age68 years, 54days).Interment atHarrisonTomb, North Bend, Ohio.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother ofCarterBassett Harrison; married,November22, 1795, toAnnaTuthill Symmes (daughter ofJohnCleves Symmes); father ofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878); grandfather ofBenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); great-grandfather ofRussellBenjamin Harrison; second great-grandfather ofWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin ofBeverleyRandolph andBurwellBassett; first cousin once removed ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; first cousin twice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; second cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph andRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857); second cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofEdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley; second cousin four times removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle andHarryFlood Byrd; second cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; fourth cousin once removed ofRobertMonroe Harrison. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Washingtonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Harrison counties inInd.,Iowa,Miss. andOhio arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHarrison,New Jersey, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WilliamH. Harrison Taylor—WilliamH. H. Bingham—WilliamH. H. Ross—WilliamH. H. Comstock—WilliamH. H. Bailey—WilliamH. H. Lewis—W.H. H. Eba—WilliamH. H. Wroe—WilliamH. H. Dickinson—WilliamH. H. Gere—WilliamH. H. Clayton—WilliamH. H. Allen—WilliamH. H. Beadle—WilliamH. H. Keeney—WilliamH. H. Varney—WilliamH. H. Cowles—WilliamH. H. Stowell—WilliamH. H. Miller—WilliamH. H. Cook—WilliamH. H. Hill—WilliamH. H. Flick—WilliamH. H. Sieg—WilliamH. H. Slack—WilliamH. H. Webster—WilliamH. H. Fine—WilliamH. Heard—WilliamH. H. Hart—WilliamH. H. Llewellyn—WilliamH. H. Lea—WilliamH. H. Cash—WilliamH. H. Bowen—WilliamH. H. Heath—WilliamH. H. Gardner | | | | Campaign slogan (1840): "Tippecanoe andTyler Too." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about William Henry Harrison:Freeman Cleaves,OldTippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time —Norma Lois Peterson,Presidenciesof William Henry Harrison and John Tyler — DavidLillard,WilliamHenry Harrison (for young readers) | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844) — also known asPeter B. Porter — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.; Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August4, 1773.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1801-02, 1828 (Ontario and Steuben counties1801-02, Erie County 1828);U.S.Representative from New York, 1809-13, 1815-16 (15th District1809-13, 21st District 1815-16); general in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812; fought aduelwith Gen. Alexander Smyth;secretaryof state of New York, 1815-16; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1817;U.S.Secretary of War, 1828-29.Slaveowner. Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1844 (age70 years, 229days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Eunice Porter(who marriedJohnBird) andAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849); married,October16, 1818, to Letitia Preston Breckinridge (daughter ofJohnBreckinridge; sister ofJosephCabell Breckinridge andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; widow ofAlfredWilliam Grayson); father ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); uncle ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872) andPeterBuell Porter Jr.; grandfather ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; first cousin thrice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin thrice removed ofAsa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; second cousin four times removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; third cousin ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin once removed ofSamuelHuntington,JedediahHuntington,HenryScudder,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCreighton Stratton,EdmundHolcomb,IraChandler Backus,CalvinTilden Hulburd,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CharlesJenkins Hayden,JohnLeake Newbold Stratton,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,JudsonB. Phelps,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,TimothyE. Griswold,ErskineMason Phelps,WilliamWalter Phelps,WilliamPatrick Willey,CharlesA. Hungerford,WalterHarrison Blodget,WilliamBarret Ridgely,GeorgeHarrison Hall,ClaytonHyde Lathrop,PhineasOrange Small,ClementPhineas Kellogg,MonroeMarsh Sweetland,WilliamBrainard Coit,LafayetteBlanchard Gleason,ArthurEugene Parmelee,AustinEugene Lathrop andHiramBingham; fourth cousin ofSamuelH. Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofLeonardWhite,WilliamWoodbridge,IsaacBackus,EliThacher Hoyt,NathanielHuntington,CalebScudder,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,JohnArnold Rockwell,ElishaMills Huntington,HenryTitus Backus,BaileyFrye Adams andHenryJoel Scudder. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William McDonald (1773-1818) — Born in1773.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1810-12; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1813; justice of the peace.Episcopalian.DiedOctober15, 1818 (ageabout 45years).Burial location unknown. | | James Patton Preston (1774-1853) — also known asJames P. Preston — ofRichmond,Va.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,June 21,1774.Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;crippledby injuries received in the war; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1816;Governor ofVirginia, 1816-19; postmaster atRichmond,Va., 1824-37.Died inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,May 4,1853 (age78 years, 317days).Interment atPreston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, Va. | | Alfred William Grayson (1780-1810) — ofFayetteCounty, Ky.Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,April16, 1780.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1809.DiedOctober10, 1810 (age30 years, 177days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Edward Richardson Jr. (1780-1840) — Born in Orangeburg District (nowOrangeburgCounty), S.C.,April22, 1780.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1822-25.Episcopalian.DiedAugust31, 1840 (age60 years, 131days).Burial location unknown. | | James Douglas Breckinridge (1781-1849) — of Kentucky. Born in Woodville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,1781.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1809-11;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1821-23; defeated,1822.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 6,1849 (ageabout 67years).Original interment atSt.John's Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment in 1867 atSt.Louis Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.  | Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) — also known as"Old Bullion" — of Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.;St.Louis, Mo.Born near Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,March14, 1782.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1809;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1821-51;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; BentonDemocrat candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1856.Fought aduelwithAndrewJackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, hecaused ascandalwith his attempt toassaultSen.HenryStuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in hishand and undoubtedly would have shot him.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April10, 1858 (age76 years, 27days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Beverly Robinson Grayson (1782-1843) — also known asBeverly R. Grayson — Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,September3, 1782.MemberMississippi territorial council, 1814.Died inBentonCounty, Miss.,July 29,1843 (age60 years, 329days).Interment atBethany Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Midway, Miss. | | John Floyd (1783-1837) — of Newbern,PulaskiCounty, Va.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,April24, 1783.Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1810;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1817-29 (5th District 1817-21, 20thDistrict 1821-29);Governor ofVirginia, 1830-34; received 11 electoral votes for President,1832.Slaveowner. Died in Sweetsprings,MonroeCounty, Va (now W.Va.),August17, 1837 (age54 years, 115days).Interment atLewisFamily Cemetery, Sweetsprings, W.Va. | | Josiah Stoddard Johnston (1784-1833) — also known asJosiah S. Johnston — of Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,November24, 1784.Democrat. Member ofOrleansterritorial legislature, 1805; state court judge in Louisiana,1812;U.S.Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1821-23;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1824-33; died in office 1833.Slaveowner. Killed by anexplosionon thesteamboatLioness, on the Red River, in Louisiana,May 19,1833 (age48 years, 176days).Interment atRapidesCemetery, Pineville, La.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Louis McLane (1786-1857) — of Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.; Maryland.Born in Smyrna,KentCounty, Del.,May 28,1786.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1817-27;U.S.Senator from Delaware, 1827-29; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1829-31, 1845-46;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1831-33;U.S.Secretary of State, 1833-34;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,October7, 1857 (age71 years, 132days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Frederick William Spence Grayson (1786-1827) — also known asFrederick W. S. Grayson — of Kentucky. Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,October10, 1786.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1825.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October27, 1827 (age41 years, 17days).Original interment atCityCemetery, Louisville, Ky.; reinterment atEasternCemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Henry Roane (1787-1845) — also known asWilliam H. Roane — of Virginia. Born in Virginia,September17, 1787.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1812-15;U.S.Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1815-17;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1837-41.Slaveowner. Died in Tree Hill,HenricoCounty, Va.,May 11,1845 (age57 years, 236days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Hanover County, Va. | | Peter William Grayson (1788-1838) — also known asPeter W. Grayson;Peter WagenerGrayson —of Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.; Texas.Born in Baird's Town (now Bardstown),NelsonCounty, Ky.,1788.Postmaster atBardstown,Ky., 1816;delegateto Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Goliad, 1835;AttorneyGeneral of the Texas Republic, 1836, 1837; candidate forPresidentof the Texas Republic, 1838.Died fromself-inflictedgunshot,at Bean Station,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,July 9,1838 (ageabout 50years).Interment atEasternCemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) — also known asCabell Breckinridge — of Kentucky. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,July 24,1788.Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823.Presbyterian.Died in anepidemic,in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,September1, 1823 (age35 years, 39days).Original interment atCabell's Dale Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; reinterment in 1884 atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofJohnBreckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Brecinridge; brother ofLetitia Preston Breckinridge (who marriedPeterBuell Porter andAlfredWilliam Grayson) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; married to Mary Clay Smith; father ofJohnCabell Breckinridge (who marriedMaryCyrene Burch); uncle ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) andCliftonRodes Breckinridge; grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; granduncle ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell,JamesPatton Preston,CarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed ofEarleCabell; second cousin ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; second cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "The Righteous Shall Be InEverlasting Remembrance." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Richard Irvine Manning (1789-1836) — of Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.Born near Sumter, Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C.,May 1,1789.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Clarendon, 1822-25;Governorof South Carolina, 1824-26; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Clarendon, 1830-34;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1834-36 (8th District1834-35, 7th District 1835-36); died in office 1836.Episcopalian.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Slaveowner. Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 1,1836 (age47 years, 0days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.  | George McDuffie (1790-1851) — of Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.Born inColumbiaCounty, Ga.,August10, 1790.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1818-20;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1821-34 (6th District1821-23, 5th District 1823-34);Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1834-36;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1842-46.Slaveowner. Died in Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C.,March11, 1851 (age60 years, 213days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Sumter County, S.C. | | | Wade Hampton (1791-1858) — of Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.Born in Richland District (nowRichlandCounty), S.C.,April21, 1791.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Richland, 1826-29.Slaveowner. Died in Mississippi,February9, 1858 (age66 years, 294days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | Valentine Wood Southall (1793-1861) — ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born inGoochlandCounty, Va.,1793.Delegateto Virginia secession convention from Albemarle County, 1861.Died inCharlottesville,Va.,August22, 1861 (ageabout 68years).Intermentsomewherein Charlottesville, Va. | | Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell (1793-1862) — also known asBenjamin W. S. Cabell — ofDanville,Va.Born inBuckinghamCounty, Va.,May 10,1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1820;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30.Died inPittsylvaniaCounty, Va.,March19, 1862 (age68 years, 313days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, Danville, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Pocahontas Rebecca (Bolling) Cabell and Joseph Cabell; married1816 to SarahEpes 'Sallie' Doswell (sister-in-law ofCollinBuckner); father ofWilliamLewis Cabell andGeorgeCraighead Cabell; nephew of Mary Hopkins Cabell (who marriedJohnBreckinridge) and Elizabeth Cabell (who marriedWilliamJ. Lewis); grandfather ofBenjaminEarl Cabell; grandnephew ofWilliamCabell; great-grandfather ofEarleCabell; great-granduncle ofCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell,JohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed ofJoelWalker Flood,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin thrice removed ofHenryDe La Warr Flood andJoelWest Flood; first cousin four times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd; first cousin five times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; second cousin ofJohnRobertson,FrederickMortimer Cabell andEdwardCarrington Cabell; second cousin once removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke andJohnWilliam Leftwich; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,BeverleyRandolph andEdithWilson; third cousin ofThomasMann Randolph Jr.; third cousin once removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,JohnWayles Eppes,HenrySt. George Tucker,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; third cousin twice removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnGardner Coolidge; fourth cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes andNathanielBeverly Tucker; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasJones Hardeman,BaileyHardeman,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee andDouglassTownshend Bolling. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Campbell Preston (1794-1860) — also known asWilliam C. Preston — of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December27, 1794.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1828-34;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1833-42; resigned 1842.Presidentof South Carolina College 1845-51.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,May 22,1860 (age65 years, 147days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | William Grayson Carter (d. 1849) —Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate senate, 1834-38.Died, ofcholera,in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 11,1849.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Clement Johnston (1795-1832) — of Virginia. Born in Longwood,PrinceEdward County, Va.,April30, 1795.U.S.Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1831-32; died inoffice 1832.Drownednear one of the docks inAlexandria,Va.,June 17,1832 (age37 years, 48days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | James McDowell (1795-1851) — ofRockbridgeCounty, Va.Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,October13, 1795.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1831-35, 1838;Governor ofVirginia, 1843-46;U.S.Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1846-51.Slaveowner. Died inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,August24, 1851 (age55 years, 315days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Lexington, Va. | | William Augustus Bird (1797-1878) — also known asWilliam A. Bird — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.BornMarch23, 1797.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1842, 1851 (Erie County 1842, Erie County 2ndDistrict 1851); American candidate formayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1855.DiedAugust19, 1878 (age81 years, 149days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Eunice (Porter) Bird andJohnBird; married,December23, 1820, to Joanna M. Davis; nephew ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; first cousin ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,HenryScudder,Asa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872) — also known asAugustus S. Porter — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1798.Whig.Lawyer;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1838-39;U.S.Senator from Michigan, 1839-45.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,September18, 1872 (age74 years, 244days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) and Lavinia (Steele) Porter;half-brother ofPeterBuell Porter Jr.; nephew ofPeterBuell Porter; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,HenryScudder,Asa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Francis Thomas (1799-1876) — of Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.; Frankville,GarrettCounty, Md.Born inFrederickCounty, Md.,February3, 1799.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1822, 1827-29;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1829;U.S.Representative from Maryland, 1831-41, 1861-69 (4th District1831-33, 7th District 1833-35, 6th District 1835-41, 5th District1861-63, 4th District 1863-69);Governor ofMaryland, 1842-45;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S. MinistertoPeru, 1872-75.Episcopalian.Slaveowner.Killedby a locomotive while walking on railroad tracks near Frankville,GarrettCounty, Md.,January22, 1876 (age76 years, 353days).Interment atSt.Mark's Apostolic Church Cemetery, Petersville, Md. | | Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) — Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,March 8,1800.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1825-28;ordainedminister;president,Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College), 1845-47;Kentuckysuperintendent of public instruction, 1849-53; candidate fordelegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,December22, 1871 (age71 years, 289days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofJohnBreckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Breckinridge; brother ofLetitia Preston Breckinridge (who marriedPeterBuell Porter andAlfredWilliam Grayson) andJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married,March11, 1823, to Ann Sophronisba Preston; married,April 1,1847, to Virginia Hart Shelby; married,November5, 1868, to Margaret F. White; father ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; uncle ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); grandfather ofLevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; granduncle ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell,JamesPatton Preston,CarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin thrice removed ofEarleCabell; second cousin ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; second cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Peter Richardson (1801-1864) — of Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.Born in Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.,April14, 1801.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Clarendon, 1825-33;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Clarendon, 1834-36;U.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1836-39 (7th District1836-37, 8th District 1837-39);Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1840-42;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Clarendon, 1860-62.Slaveowner. Died inSumterCounty, S.C.,January24, 1864 (age62 years, 285days).Interment atRichardsonCemetery, Near Remini, Clarendon County, S.C. | | Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880) — also known asSamuel M. Garland — ofAmherstCounty, Va.Born in New Glasgow (now Clifford),AmherstCounty, Va.,November15, 1802.Delegateto Virginia secession convention from Amherst County, 1861.Died inAmherstCounty, Va.,January29, 1880 (age77 years, 75days).Interment atGarland Cemetery, Amherst, Va. | | Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Washington,MasonCounty, Ky.,February2, 1803.Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; served in theTexas Army during the Texas War of Independence; wounded in aduelwith Texas Gen. Felix Huston, Februay 7, 1837;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Shotandkilledwhile leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh,HardinCounty, Tenn.,April 6,1862 (age59 years, 63days). He was the highest-ranking officer on either side killedduring the war.Original interment atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1867 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue atSouth Mall, University of Texas, Austin, Tex. | | Thomas Hart Clay (1803-1871) — also known asThomas H. Clay — of Kentucky. Born inFayetteCounty, Ky.,September22, 1803.Farmer;U.S. Minister toNicaragua, 1863;Honduras, 1863.Died near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,March18, 1871 (age67 years, 177days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | John Scott Harrison (1804-1878) — of Cleves,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,October4, 1804.Farmer;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1853-57.Died near North Bend,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,May 25,1878 (age73 years, 233days).Interment atHarrisonTomb, North Bend, Ohio.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841) andAnnaHarrison; married1824 toLucretia Knapp; married,August12, 1831, to Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin; father ofBenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); nephew ofCarterBassett Harrison; grandson ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andJohnCleves Symmes; grandfather ofRussellBenjamin Harrison; great-grandfather ofWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); first cousin once removed ofBeverleyRandolph andBurwellBassett; first cousin twice removed ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin ofPeytonRandolph andRobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857); third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; third cousin twice removed ofEdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley; third cousin thrice removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle andHarryFlood Byrd; fourth cousin once removed ofBerthaMapes. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Washingtonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | William Ballard Preston (1805-1862) — also known asWilliam B. Preston — ofMontgomeryCounty, Va.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,November25, 1805.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1830-32, 1844-45; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1840-44;U.S.Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1847-49;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1849-50;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Montgomery County, 1861;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862; died in office1862.Slaveowner. Died inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,November16, 1862 (age56 years, 356days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863) — also known asJohn B. Floyd — of Virginia. Born in Smithfield,Isle ofWight County, Va.,June 1,1806.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1847-48;Governor ofVirginia, 1849-52;U.S.Secretary of War, 1857-60; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War.Died near Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,August26, 1863 (age57 years, 86days).Interment atSinkingSpring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va. | | Peter Buell Porter Jr. (1806-1871) — also known asPeter B. Porter, Jr. — ofNiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.,March17, 1806.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County, 1838-41.Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,June 15,1871 (age65 years, 90days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) and Jane (Howell) Porter; half-brotherofAugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872); nephew ofNathanielWoodhull Howell (1770-1851) andPeterBuell Porter; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofNathanielWoodhull Howell (1830-1916) andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,HenryScudder,Asa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "Faithful to his friends,charitable toward all, he died in Christian hope." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Bowen Campbell (1807-1867) — also known asWilliam B. Campbell — of Tennessee. Born near Hendersonville,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,February1, 1807.Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1835;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1837-43, 1866-67 (6th District1837-43, 5th District 1866-67); state court judge in Tennessee, 1847;Governorof Tennessee, 1851-53; general in the Union Army during the CivilWar.Slaveowner. Died near Lebanon,WilsonCounty, Tenn.,August19, 1867 (age60 years, 199days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tenn. | | Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891) — also known asJoseph E. Johnston — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.;Richmond,Va.Born in Longwood,PrinceEdward County, Va.,February3, 1807.Democrat.Civilengineer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; generalin the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1879-81.DiedMarch21, 1891 (age84 years, 46days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Rees Tate Bowen (1809-1879) — also known asRees T. Bowen — ofTazewellCounty, Va.Born inTazewellCounty, Va.,January10, 1809.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1863-65;U.S.Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1873-75.Slaveowner. Died inTazewellCounty, Va.,August29, 1879 (age70 years, 231days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Tazewell County, Va. | | John Smith Preston (1809-1881) — also known asJohn S. Preston — of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,April20, 1809.Democrat.Lawyer;planter;member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1848-56; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1860;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Richland, 1861-62;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,May 1,1881 (age72 years, 11days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: SonofFrancisSmith Preston and Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston; brother ofWilliamCampbell Preston; married,April28, 1830, to Caroline Martha Hampton (daughter ofWadeHampton (1752-1835); sister ofWadeHampton (1791-1858); aunt ofWadeHampton III); nephew ofJamesPatton Preston; uncle ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCampbell; grandnephew ofPatrickHenry; granduncle ofLevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin ofJamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd; first cousin once removed ofJohnBreckinridge; second cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),ValentineWood Southall,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andSamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880); second cousin once removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864) andStephenValentine Southall; second cousin twice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925) andSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945); third cousin ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Rogers Clark Floyd (1810-1895) — also known asGeorge R. C. Floyd — ofLoganCounty, W.Va.Born in Christiansburg,MontgomeryCounty, Va.,September10, 1810.Democrat. Member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Logan County; elected 1872.Died inLoganCounty, W.Va.,May 7,1895 (age84 years, 239days).Burial location unknown.  | John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) — also known asJohn C. Frémont;"ThePathfinder";"The Champion ofFreedom" —ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,January21, 1813.Republican.Explorer;MilitaryGovernor of California, 1847;arrestedformutiny,1847;court-martialed;foundguilty ofmutiny,disobedience,andconductprejudicial to order; penalty remitted by Pres.JamesK. Polk;U.S.Senator from California, 1850-51; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1856; general in the Union Army during theCivil War;Governorof Arizona Territory, 1878-81;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1888.Episcopalian.Frenchancestry.Died, ofperitonitis,in ahotelroom at New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 13,1890 (age77 years, 173days).Original interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1891 atRocklandCemetery, Nyack, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Jean Charles Frémont and Ann Whiting (Pryor)Frémont; married,October19, 1841, to Jessie Benton (daughter ofThomasHart Benton). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SelahHill | | | | Fremont County,Colo.,Fremont County,Idaho,Fremont County,Iowa andFremont County,Wyo. are named for him. | | | | FremontPeak,inMontereyCounty andSan BenitoCounty, California, isnamed forhim. — FremontPeak,inCoconinoCounty, Arizona, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFremont,California, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFremont,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofFremont,Nebraska, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Fremont (built 1941 atTerminalIsland, California; mined and wrecked inManilaBay, Philippines, 1945) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:JohnF. Hill—JohnC. F. Slayton—JohnFremont Cox | | | | Campaign slogan (1856): "Free Soil,Free Men, Fremont." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by John C. Fremont:Memoirsof My Life and Times | | | | Books about John C. Fremont: TomChaffin,Pathfinder:John Charles Fremont and the Course of AmericanEmpire — David Roberts,ANewer World : Kit Carson, John C. Fremont and the Claiming of theAmerican West — Andrew Rolle,JohnCharles Fremont: Character As Destiny — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893) |
| | Robert Ward Johnson (1814-1879) — also known asRobert W. Johnson — of Pine Bluff,JeffersonCounty, Ark.Born inScottCounty, Ky.,July 22,1814.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Arkansas at-large, 1847-53;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1853-61;Delegatefrom Arkansas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Slaveowner. Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,July 26,1879 (age65 years, 4days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | John Conover Ten Eyck (1814-1879) — also known asJohn C. Ten Eyck — of Mt. Holly,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.Born in Freehold,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,March12, 1814.Republican.U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1859-65.Died in Mt. Holly,BurlingtonCounty, N.J.,August24, 1879 (age65 years, 165days).Interment atSt.Andrew's Graveyard, Mt. Holly, N.J. | | William Preston (1816-1887) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October16, 1816.Lawyer;delegate to Whig National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker);colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1850, 1868-69; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1851-53;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1852-55; defeated,1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856,1880(speaker);U.S. Minister toSpain, 1859-61; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September21, 1887 (age70 years, 340days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | John Laurence Manning (1816-1889) — also known asJohn L. Manning — of Fulton, Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.Born in Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.,January29, 1816.Democrat.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1842-46, 1865-67; memberofSouthCarolina state senate, 1846-52, 1861-65, 1878 (Clarendon 1846-52,1861-65, Clarendon County 1878); resigned 1852, 1865; PresidentialElector for South Carolina,1848;Governorof South Carolina, 1852-54; Presidential Elector for SouthCarolina,1856;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Clarendon, 1860-62;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1868;Presidential Elector for South Carolina,1884.Episcopalian.Member,OddFellows;Societyof the Cincinnati;Grange.Slaveowner. Died in Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,October29, 1889 (age73 years, 273days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C. | | Thomas Hart Benton Jr. (1816-1879) — also known asThomas H. Benton, Jr. — ofDubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born inWilliamsonCounty, Tenn.,September5, 1816.Member ofIowastate senate, 1846-48;Iowasuperintendent of public instruction, 1848-54; general in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,April10, 1879 (age62 years, 217days).Intermentsomewherein Marshalltown, Iowa. | | Richard Irvine Manning (1817-1861) — of Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.Born in Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C.,December22, 1817.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Clarendon, 1858-61; died in office1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, from afever,in Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.,October10, 1861 (age43 years, 292days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.  | Wade Hampton III (1818-1902) — also known as"Savior of SouthCarolina" —of Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.; Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March28, 1818.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1858; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1876-79; defeated, 1865;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1879-91; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1880;U.S. Railroad Commissioner, 1893-97.Episcopalian.Awarded the Confederate Medal of Honor by the Sons of ConfederateVeterans.Lost aleg in an accident in 1878.Slaveowner. Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,April11, 1902 (age84 years, 14days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.; statue atStateHouse Grounds, Columbia, S.C.| | Relatives: SonofWadeHampton (1791-1858) and Ann (FitzSimons) Hampton; married,October10, 1838, to Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (daughter ofFrancisSmith Preston; sister ofWilliamCampbell Preston); married1858 to MarySingleton McDuffie (daughter ofGeorgeMcDuffie); nephew of Caroline Martha Hampton (who marriedJohnSmith Preston) and Susan Frances Hampton (who marriedJohnLaurence Manning); grandson ofWadeHampton (1752-1835). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Hampton County,S.C. is named for him. | | | | ThetownofHampton,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — Wade HamptonHighSchool (built 1960, rebuilt 2006), inGreenville,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The Wade HamptonStateOffice Building (opened 1940), inColumbia,South Carolina, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Wade Hampton: Walter BrianCisco,WadeHampton: Confederate Warrior, ConservativeStatesman | | | | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | | John Warfield Johnston (1818-1889) — also known asJohn W. Johnston — of Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.Born near Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,September9, 1818.Member ofVirginiastate senate, 1846; state court judge in Virginia, 1866;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1870-71, 1871-83.Died inRichmond,Va.,February27, 1889 (age70 years, 171days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Wytheville, Va. | | Walter Preston (1819-1867) — of Virginia. Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,1819.Candidate forVirginiastate attorney general, 1857;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Died in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,1867(ageabout48 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) — also known asJohn C. Breckinridge — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1821.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1849-51;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856;VicePresident of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democraticcandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1860;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1865.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Expelledfrom the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in theConfederatemilitary.Fledto Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until1869.Slaveowner. Died, fromlungdisease andlivercirrhosis, in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,May 17,1875 (age54 years, 121days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge andJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married1840 toElizabeth Lucas; married,December12, 1843, to Mary Cyrene Burch (1826-1907) andMaryCyrene Burch (1826-1907); father ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) andCliftonRodes Breckinridge; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,EdwardCarrington Cabell,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofBreckenridge,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBreckenridge,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John C. Breckinridge:William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — Frank Hopkins Heck,ProudKentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 — WilliamC. Davis,Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol |
| | Robert William Hughes (1821-1901) — of Virginia. Born inPowhatanCounty, Va.,January16, 1821.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1871-73; candidateforGovernor ofVirginia, 1873;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1874-98;retired 1898.In aduelin 1869, he shot and woundedWilliamE. Cameron.Died near Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,December10, 1901 (age80 years, 328days).Interment atSinkingSpring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va. | | Carter Henry Harrison (1825-1893) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,February15, 1825.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Illinois 2nd District, 1875-79;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1879-87, 1893; died in office 1893; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Illinois,1880,1884;candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1884.Slaveowner.Shotandkilled athis home, by Patrick Eugene Prendergast, in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October28, 1893 (age68 years, 255days). Prendergast, who was defended by famed trial lawyerClarenceDarrow, was tried for murder, convicted, sentenced to death, andhanged.Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives: Sonof Carter Henry Harrison (1796-1825) and Caroline Evaline (Russell)Harrison; married to Sophonisba Grayson Preston (great-grandniece ofWilliamSmallwood); father ofCarterHenry Harrison II; grandson ofWilliamRussell (1758-1825); great-grandson ofWilliamRussell (1735-1793); great-grandnephew ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamCabell; second great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofThomasJefferson,CarterBassett Harrison,WilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell andWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland,PeytonRandolph (1721-1775),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878),EdwardCarrington Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,GeorgeNicholas,BeverleyRandolph,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andEarleCabell; third cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,JohnWilliam Leftwich,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857),StanleyMatthews,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,RussellBenjamin Harrison andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin twice removed ofBurwellBassett,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCarroll of Carrollton; fourth cousin ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes,FitzhughLee,EdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,JohnAugustine Marshall,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes,WilliamWelby Beverley andJamesHarlan Cleveland Jr.. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RobertE. Burke | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Waller Redd Staples (1826-1897) — of Virginia. Born in Patrick Court House (now Stuart),PatrickCounty, Va.,February24, 1826.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1853-54;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1870-82.Died in Christiansburg,MontgomeryCounty, Va.,August20, 1897 (age71 years, 177days).Interment atFairView Cemetery, Roanoke, Va. | | Mary Breckinridge (1826-1907) — also known asMary Cyrene Burch — Born in Georgetown,ScottCounty, Ky.,August16, 1826.SecondLady of the United States, 1857-61.Female.Died in Bronx, New York County (nowBronxCounty), N.Y.,October8, 1907 (age81 years, 53days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | William Lewis Cabell (1827-1911) — also known as"Old Tige" — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born inDanville,Va.,January1, 1827.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;mayor ofDallas, Tex., 1874-76, 1877-79, 1883-85; defeated, 1876; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Texas,1884.Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.Died in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,February22, 1911 (age84 years, 52days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Dallas, Tex.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell and Sarah Epes (Doswell) Cabell; brotherofGeorgeCraighead Cabell; father ofBenjaminEarl Cabell; nephew of Martha Doswell (who marriedCollinBuckner); grandfather ofEarleCabell; great-grandnephew ofWilliamCabell; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofJohnRobertson,FrederickMortimer Cabell,EdwardCarrington Cabell,JoelWalker Flood,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke,HenryDe La Warr Flood andJoelWest Flood; second cousin thrice removed ofTheodorickBland,BeverleyRandolph andHarryFlood Byrd; second cousin four times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich; third cousin once removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr. andEdithWilson; third cousin twice removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,JohnWayles Eppes andHenrySt. George Tucker; fourth cousin ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; fourth cousin once removed ofFrancisWayles Eppes,NathanielBeverly Tucker andThomasJefferson Coolidge. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864) — also known asPeter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Black Rock (now part of Buffalo),ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 17,1827.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1862; colonel inthe Union Army during the Civil War.Episcopalian.Killedby enemygunshotwhile leading troops in battle, Cold Harbor,HanoverCounty, Va.,June 3,1864 (age36 years, 322days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofPeterBuell Porter and Letitia Preston (Breckinridge) Porter; married,March30, 1852, to Mary Cabell Breckinridge (granddaughter ofJohnBreckinridge); married,November9, 1859, to Josephine Morris; father ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); nephew ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,JohnCabell Breckinridge,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,EdwardCarrington Cabell,UlyssesSimpson Grant,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofFrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr. andEarleCabell; second cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofSamuelHuntington,HenryScudder,Asa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelH. Huntington,JabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Nathaniel Woodhull Howell (1830-1916) — also known asNathaniel W. Howell — of Blooming Grove,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Blooming Grove,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,December26, 1830.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1864.DiedMarch21, 1916 (age85 years, 86days).Burial location unknown. | | John Peter Richardson (1831-1899) — ofClarendonCounty, S.C.Born in Clarendon District (nowClarendonCounty), S.C.,September25, 1831.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1856-61, 1865, 1878-80(Clarendon 1856-61, 1865, Clarendon County 1878-80); served in theConfederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; memberofSouthCarolina state senate from Clarendon, 1865-66;SouthCarolina state treasurer, 1880-86;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1886-90.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,July 6,1899 (age67 years, 284days).Interment atQuakerCemetery, Camden, S.C.  | Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) — also known as"Little Ben";"KidGloves" —of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in North Bend,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August20, 1833.Republican.Indianareporter of state courts, 1861-63, 1865-69; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; candidate forGovernor ofIndiana, 1876; delegate to Republican National Convention fromIndiana,1880;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1881-87;Presidentof the United States, 1889-93; defeated, 1892.Presbyterian.Englishancestry. Member,LoyalLegion;PhiDelta Theta.Died ofpneumonia,in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,March13, 1901 (age67 years, 205days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.| | Relatives: SonofJohnScott Harrison (1804-1878) and Elizabeth Ramsey (Irwin) Harrison;brother ofJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); married,October20, 1853, toCarolineLavinia Scott; married,April 6,1896, to Mary Scott (Lord) Dimmick (sister-in-law ofJosephBenjamin Dimmick); father ofRussellBenjamin Harrison; grandson ofWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841) andAnnaHarrison; grandfather ofWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); grandnephew ofCarterBassett Harrison; great-grandson ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andJohnCleves Symmes; first cousin twice removed ofBeverleyRandolph andBurwellBassett; first cousin thrice removed ofRobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin twice removed ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; third cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857) andCarterHenry Harrison II; fourth cousin ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofEdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:BenjaminFolsom | | | | Other politicians named for him:BenjaminH. Swig—BenH. Waigand—BenDeHart | | | | Campaign slogan: "Grandfather's hatfits Ben." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Benjamin Harrison: RitaStevens,BenjaminHarrison, 23rd President of the United States — HarryJ. Sievers,BenjaminHarrison : Hoosier President: The White House and After,1889-1901 — Charles W. Calhoun,BenjaminHarrison — Homer E. Socolofsky & Allan B. Spetter,ThePresidency of Benjamin Harrison — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Susan Clinton,BenjaminHarrison : Twenty-Third President of the United States (for youngreaders) | | | | Critical books about Benjamin Harrison:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. (1833-1915) — also known asRobert J. Breckinridge, Jr. — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.Born inBaltimore,Md.,September14, 1833.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1868;common pleas court judge in Kentucky, 1876; member ofKentuckystate senate 18th District, 1889-90;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1900-02.Died, fromchronicbronchitis, in Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,March13, 1915 (age81 years, 180days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofRobertJefferson Breckinridge and Ann Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge;brother ofWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; married1856 to KateMorrison; married1889 to LillaMorrison; nephew ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),WilliamCampbell Preston andJohnSmith Preston; uncle ofLevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; grandson ofJohnBreckinridge andFrancisSmith Preston; grandnephew ofJamesPatton Preston; great-grandson ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCampbell; great-grandnephew ofWilliamCabell andPatrickHenry; first cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr. andWilliamHenry Cabell; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofValentineWood Southall,FrederickMortimer Cabell,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880),EdwardCarrington Cabell,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich andStephenValentine Southall; third cousin once removed ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945). | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | George Craighead Cabell (1836-1906) — also known asGeorge C. Cabell — ofDanville,Va.Born inDanville,Va.,January25, 1836.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1875-87.Died inBaltimore,Md.,June 23,1906 (age70 years, 149days).Interment atGreenHill Cemetery, Danville, Va.| | Relatives: SonofBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell and Sarah Epes (Doswell) Cabell; brotherofWilliamLewis Cabell; married to Mary Harrison Baird; nephew of MarthaDoswell (who marriedCollinBuckner); uncle ofBenjaminEarl Cabell; granduncle ofEarleCabell; great-grandnephew ofWilliamCabell; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofJohnRobertson,FrederickMortimer Cabell,EdwardCarrington Cabell,JoelWalker Flood,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke,HenryDe La Warr Flood andJoelWest Flood; second cousin thrice removed ofTheodorickBland,BeverleyRandolph andHarryFlood Byrd; second cousin four times removed ofHarryFlood Byrd Jr.; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich; third cousin once removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr. andEdithWilson; third cousin twice removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,JohnWayles Eppes andHenrySt. George Tucker; fourth cousin ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; fourth cousin once removed ofFrancisWayles Eppes,NathanielBeverly Tucker andThomasJefferson Coolidge. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (1837-1904) — also known asWilliam C. P. Breckinridge — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inBaltimore,Md.,August28, 1837.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1876,1880;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1885-95; defeated(Gold Democratic), 1896.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar.In 1894, he was successfully sued for breach of promise by aformermistress; he acknowledged the affair, affair, but thescandalended his political career.Slaveowner. Died, ofapoplexy,in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November18, 1904 (age67 years, 82days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofRobertJefferson Breckinridge and Ann Sophonisba (Preston) Breckinridge;brother ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.; married,March17, 1859, to Lucretia Hart Clay (daughter ofThomasHart Clay); married,September19, 1861, to Issa Desha (granddaughter ofJosephHolmes Desha); married to Louisa Rucks (Scott) Wing; father ofDeshaBreckinridge; nephew ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),WilliamCampbell Preston andJohnSmith Preston; uncle ofLevinIrving Handy andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; grandson ofJohnBreckinridge andFrancisSmith Preston; grandnephew ofJamesPatton Preston; granduncle ofJohnBayne Breckinridge; great-grandson ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCampbell; great-grandnephew ofWilliamCabell andPatrickHenry; first cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr. andWilliamHenry Cabell; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofValentineWood Southall,FrederickMortimer Cabell,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880),EdwardCarrington Cabell,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich andStephenValentine Southall; third cousin once removed ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945). | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Clayfamily of Kentucky;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Bowen (1841-1915) — of Tazewell,TazewellCounty, Va.Born near Tazewell,TazewellCounty, Va.,December26, 1841.Republican. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1880;U.S.Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1883-85, 1887-89.Died near Tazewell,TazewellCounty, Va.,April29, 1915 (age73 years, 124days).Interment atJeffersonvilleCemetery, Tazewell, Va. | | John Breckinridge Castleman (1841-1918) — also known asJohn B. Castleman — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,June 30,1841.Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; ledConfederateguerillaforces in operations aimed at Chicago and St. Louis;capturedin Indiana, 1864, convicted ofspying,andsentenced todeath, but his execution was stayed by PresidentAbrahamLincoln;deportedto France in 1865;pardonedin 1866 by PresidentAndrewJohnson, and returned to Kentucky;insurancebusiness;AdjutantGeneral of Kentucky, 1883, 1900; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1888(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1892(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization); colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 23,1918 (age76 years, 327days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; statue (now gone) atCherokee Triangle, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof David B. Castleman and Virginia (Harrison) Castleman; married toAlice Osmond Barbee; great-grandnephew ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamCabell; second great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin twice removed ofThomasJefferson,CarterBassett Harrison,WilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell andWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland,PeytonRandolph (1721-1775),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878),EdwardCarrington Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,GeorgeNicholas,BeverleyRandolph,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andEarleCabell; third cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,JohnWilliam Leftwich,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857),ThomasJefferson Coolidge,RussellBenjamin Harrison andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin twice removed ofBurwellBassett,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); fourth cousin ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,NathanielBeverly Tucker,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes,FitzhughLee,EdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,JohnAugustine Marshall,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) — also known asJ. Cabell Breckinridge — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December28, 1844.Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;cottongrower;U.S. Surveyor-General for Washington, 1886-89.Died, frommalaria,in Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,January8, 1906 (age61 years, 11days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJohnCabell Breckinridge andMaryBreckinridge; brother ofCliftonRodes Breckinridge; married,December1, 1869, to Sallie Frances Johnson (daughter ofRobertWard Johnson); father of Laura Cyrene Breckinridge(daughter-in-law ofJohnConover Ten Eyck); grandson ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandnephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; second great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin once removed ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; third cousin ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich andEarleCabell. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Johnson#1 family of Kentucky (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Scott Harrison (1844-1926) — also known asJ. Scott Harrison — of Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.; Powersite,TaneyCounty, Mo.Born in North Bend,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,November16, 1844.Democrat. Nominated in 1893 by PresidentGroverCleveland to be Surveyor of Customs at Kansas City, Mo.; thenomination was rejected by the Senate.Died, frompneumonia,in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,January8, 1926 (age81 years, 53days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Kansas City, Mo. | | Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (1846-1932) — also known asClifton R. Breckinridge — of Pine Bluff,JeffersonCounty, Ark.; Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November22, 1846.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;planter;U.S.Representative from Arkansas, 1883-89, 1890-95 (at-large 1883-85,2nd District 1885-89, 1890-95); U.S. Minister toRussia, 1894-97;delegateto Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1917.Died in Wendover,LeslieCounty, Ky.,December3, 1932 (age86 years, 11days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofJohnCabell Breckinridge andMaryBreckinridge; brother ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906); married,November21, 1876, to Catherine B. Carson; grandson ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); grandnephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; second great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin once removed ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; third cousin ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich andEarleCabell. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Maecenas Eason Benton (1848-1924) — also known asMaecenas E. Benton — of Neosho,NewtonCounty, Mo.Born near Dyersburg,DyerCounty, Tenn.,January29, 1848.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;NewtonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1885-89; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1896;U.S.Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1897-1905; defeated,1904; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Missouri,1908;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District,1922-23.Died, fromcarcinomaof larynx, in Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.,April27, 1924 (age76 years, 89days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.  | Ben Taylor Cable (1853-1923) — also known asBen T. Cable — of Rock Island,RockIsland County, Ill.Born in Georgetown,ScottCounty, Ky.,August11, 1853.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1884,1892(speaker),1900,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1908;U.S.Representative from Illinois 11th District, 1891-93; delegate toGold Democrat National Convention from Illinois, 1896.Died in Rock Island,Rock IslandCounty, Ill.,December13, 1923 (age70 years, 124days).Interment atChippiannockCemetery, Rock Island, Ill. | | Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925) — also known asPeter A. Porter — of Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1853.Banker;newspapereditor;villagepresident of Niagara Falls, New York, 1878; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Niagara County 2nd District, 1886-87;U.S.Representative from New York 34th District, 1907-09.Died in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,December15, 1925 (age72 years, 66days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary Cabell (Breckinridge) Porter andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); married1887 to AliceAdele Taylor; grandson ofPeterBuell Porter; grandnephew ofAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),JosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin once removed ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,JohnCabell Breckinridge,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd andEdwardCarrington Cabell; second cousin four times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich,FrederickDent Grant,UlyssesSimpson Grant Jr. andEarleCabell; third cousin twice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelHuntington andHenryScudder; fourth cousin once removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,Asa H.Otis,AbijahBlodget,BenjaminNicoll Huntington,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) — ofStaunton,Va.;Lexington,Va.Born inWinchester,Va.,April 5,1853.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1889-97, 1922-32;died in office 1932;lawprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromVirginia,1912.Member,American BarAssociation.Died inLexington,Va.,July 23,1932 (age79 years, 109days).Interment atOakGrove Cemetery, Lexington, Va. | | Russell Benjamin Harrison (1854-1936) — also known asRussell Lord Harrison — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Oxford,ButlerCounty, Ohio,August12, 1854.Republican.Newspaperwork; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1921-24; member ofIndianastate senate, 1925-28;HonoraryConsul for Mexico inIndianapolis,Ind., 1929.Member,UnionLeague.Died, fromheartdisease, in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,December13, 1936 (age82 years, 123days).Interment atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Robert Morton Hughes (1855-1940) — also known asRobert M. Hughes — Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,September10, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1902, 1904; member,Virginia state board of education, 1930-35.DiedJanuary15, 1940 (age84 years, 127days).Burial location unknown. | | William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 18,1856.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives; elected 1882.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March22, 1914 (age57 years, 277days).Interment atWoodlandsCemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | James Haselden Manning (1857-1936) — of Dillon,DillonCounty, S.C.Born in Little Rock,DillonCounty, S.C.,April16, 1857.Democrat.Farmer;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Dillon County, 1911-14; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1916.Died inFlorenceCounty, S.C.,March 2,1936 (age78 years, 321days).Interment atMagnolia Cemetery, Latta, S.C. | | Richard Irvine Manning (1859-1931) — also known asRichard I. Manning — of Sumter,SumterCounty, S.C.; Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.Born in Homesley Plantation,SumterCounty, S.C.,August15, 1859.Democrat.Farmer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Sumter County,1892-96; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1898-1906; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from South Carolina,1912(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business),1916;Governorof South Carolina, 1915-19; president, American Products Exportand Import Corp.;CottonWarehouse Co.; NationalBank ofSumter;Bank ofMayesville; South Carolina Land & Settlement Assoc.; director,SumterTelephoneCo.;TelephoneManufacturingCo.; MagnetoManufacturingCo.; PalmettoFireInsurance Co.; New YorkLifeInsurance Co.; Union-Buffalo Mills Co.; CliftonManufacturingCo.; chairman Peoples StateBank ofSouth Carolina.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Columbia,RichlandCounty, S.C.,September11, 1931 (age72 years, 27days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.  | Carter Henry Harrison II (1860-1953) — also known asCarter H. Harrison — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April23, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;real estatebusiness;newspapereditor and publisher;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1897-1905, 1911-15; defeated in primary, 1915;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1900,1916,1920,1932,1936;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Chicago, Illinois, 1934-44.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Societyof Colonial Wars;Societyof the War of 1812;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December25, 1953 (age93 years, 246days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.| | Relatives: SonofCarterHenry Harrison and Sophonisba Grayson (Preston) Harrison; marriedto Marguerite Stearns; married,December14, 1887, to Edith Ogden; great-grandson ofWilliamRussell (1758-1825); great-grandnephew ofAlfredWilliam Grayson andBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell; second great-grandson ofWilliamRussell (1735-1793) andWilliamGrayson; second great-grandnephew ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791),WilliamCabell andWilliamSmallwood; third great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin once removed ofJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin twice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),RobertJefferson Breckinridge,WilliamLewis Cabell andGeorgeCraighead Cabell; first cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson,CarterBassett Harrison,WilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell,WilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841) andBeverlyRobinson Grayson; first cousin four times removed ofRichardBland,PeytonRandolph (1721-1775),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin once removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andBenjaminEarl Cabell; second cousin twice removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878) andEdwardCarrington Cabell; second cousin thrice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,GeorgeNicholas,BeverleyRandolph,JamesMonroe (1758-1831),WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andJohnRobertson; third cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge,HenrySkillman Breckinridge andEarleCabell; third cousin once removed ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,JohnWilliam Leftwich,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),JoelWalker Flood andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857),ThomasBell Monroe,JamesMonroe (1799-1870) andStanleyMatthews; third cousin thrice removed ofBurwellBassett andSamuelNicholls Smallwood; fourth cousin ofThomasJefferson Coolidge,RussellBenjamin Harrison,HenryDe La Warr Flood,JohnBrady Grayson,FrederickMadison Roberts andJoelWest Flood; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,VictorMonroe,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson,HarryFlood Byrd andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RobertE. Burke | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
 | Levin Irving Handy (1861-1922) — also known asL. Irving Handy — of Newark,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Berlin,WorcesterCounty, Md.,December24, 1861.Democrat.School teacherand principal;KentCounty Superintendent of Free Schools, 1887-90;lawyer;DelawareDemocratic state chair, 1892-96;newspapereditorialwriter;lecturer;U.S.Representative from Delaware at-large, 1897-99; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Delaware,1900,1904(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker),1908;candidate forDelawarestate attorney general, 1904.Died in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,February3, 1922 (age60 years, 41days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Smyrna, Del.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. William Collins Handy and Marie (Breckinridge) Handy;married,January25, 1887, to Mary Corbit Bell; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),WilliamCampbell Preston andJohnSmith Preston; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge andFrancisSmith Preston; great-grandnephew ofJamesPatton Preston; second great-grandson ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCampbell; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamCabell andPatrickHenry; first cousin ofDeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr. andWilliamHenry Cabell; second cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofValentineWood Southall,FrederickMortimer Cabell,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880) andEdwardCarrington Cabell; third cousin ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich,StephenValentine Southall andEarleCabell; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielCarroll andCharlesCarroll of Carrollton; fourth cousin ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945); fourth cousin once removed ofReubenHandy Meriwether. | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Autobiographies andPortraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899) |
 | Robert Lee Henry (1864-1931) — also known asRobert L. Henry — of Texarkana,BowieCounty, Tex.; Waco,McLennanCounty, Tex.Born in Linden,CassCounty, Tex.,May 12,1864.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Texarkana, Tex., 1890-91;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1897-1917 (7th District 1897-1903, 1stDistrict 1903-05, 11th District 1905-17); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Texas,1912(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business;speaker).Died from theaccidentaldischarge of apistol,in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,July 9,1931 (age67 years, 58days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex. | | Desha Breckinridge (1867-1935) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,August5, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; director, the First NationalBank ofLexington; director, Fayette HomeTelephoneCompany; director, PhoenixHotelCompany; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1920,1928,1932.Presbyterian.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,February18, 1935 (age67 years, 197days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge and Issa (Desha) Breckinridge;married,November17, 1898, to Madeline McDowell; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.; grandson ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),WilliamCampbell Preston andJohnSmith Preston; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge,FrancisSmith Preston andJosephHolmes Desha; great-grandnephew ofJamesPatton Preston; second great-grandson ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCampbell; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamCabell andPatrickHenry; first cousin ofLevinIrving Handy andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr. andWilliamHenry Cabell; second cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofValentineWood Southall,FrederickMortimer Cabell,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880) andEdwardCarrington Cabell; third cousin ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich,StephenValentine Southall andEarleCabell; fourth cousin ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "Our boast of you is that wefound you brave." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Huger Sinkler (1868-1923) — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.; Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born in Charleston District (part now inBerkeleyCounty), S.C.,February20, 1868.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,1896-1906; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Charleston County, 1906-18; alternatedelegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1916.Episcopalian.Died in Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,August13, 1923 (age55 years, 174days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | John Brady Grayson (1871-1942) — also known asJohn B. Grayson — of Warrenton,FauquierCounty, Va.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,May 14,1871.Republican.Departmentstore owner;postmaster;delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia,1912(alternate),1916,1920;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia,1936.Died inFauquierCounty, Va.,1942(ageabout71 years).Interment atWarrentonCemetery, Warrenton, Va. | | William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,March 4,1873.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1908,1916;U.S. Solicitor General, 1912-13; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1914; director ofbanks andinsurancecompanies.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, from aheartattack, in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October3, 1957 (age84 years, 213days).Interment atOxmoor-BullittFamily Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Walker Bullitt and Annie Priscilla (Logan) Bullitt; brotherofAlexanderScott Bullitt (1877-1932); married,May 31,1913, toNoraIasigi (daughter ofOscarAnthony Iasigi; niece ofJosephAndrew Iasigi; granddaughter ofJosephIasigi); great-grandson ofAlexanderScott Bullitt (1761-1816) andWilliamLogan; great-grandnephew ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall; second great-grandson ofJohnFry andCuthbertBullitt; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamChristian; third great-grandson ofJoshuaFry; fourth great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofWilliamChristian Bullitt (1856-1914); first cousin once removed ofJamesSpeed,SpeedSmith Fry andWilliamChristian Bullitt (1891-1967); first cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall andJamesKeith Marshall; first cousin five times removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofLetitiaStevenson; second cousin once removed ofJohnAugustine Marshall andLewisGreen Stevenson; second cousin twice removed ofAdlaiEwing Stevenson II; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr. andAdlaiEwing Stevenson III; second cousin four times removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; third cousin thrice removed ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andHenrySt. George Tucker; fourth cousin ofHughKennedy Bullitt; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Clayfamily of Kentucky;Bullittfamily (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932) — also known asA. Scott Bullitt — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January23, 1877.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington,1924(alternate),1928;candidate forU.S.Senator from Washington, 1926; candidate forGovernor ofWashington, 1928.Died ofcancer,in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,April10, 1932 (age55 years, 78days).Interment atEvergreen-WashelliMemorial Park, Seattle, Wash.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Walker Bullitt and Annie Priscilla (Logan) Bullitt; brotherofWilliamMarshall Bullitt (who marriedNoraIasigi); married,May 16,1918, to Dorothy Frances Stimson; great-grandson ofAlexanderScott Bullitt (1761-1816) andWilliamLogan; great-grandnephew ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall; second great-grandson ofJohnFry andCuthbertBullitt; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamChristian; third great-grandson ofJoshuaFry; fourth great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofWilliamChristian Bullitt (1856-1914); first cousin once removed ofJamesSpeed,SpeedSmith Fry andWilliamChristian Bullitt (1891-1967); first cousin twice removed ofThomasMarshall andJamesKeith Marshall; first cousin five times removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofLetitiaStevenson; second cousin once removed ofJohnAugustine Marshall andLewisGreen Stevenson; second cousin twice removed ofAdlaiEwing Stevenson II; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasMann Randolph Jr. andAdlaiEwing Stevenson III; second cousin four times removed ofTheodorickBland,ThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andJohnRandolph of Roanoke; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph andGeorgeWythe Randolph; third cousin thrice removed ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andHenrySt. George Tucker; fourth cousin ofHughKennedy Bullitt; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson Coolidge. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Clayfamily of Kentucky;Bullittfamily (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | James Douglass Manning (1882-1960) — ofDillonCounty, S.C.Born in Dillon,DillonCounty, S.C.,October31, 1882.Member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Dillon County, 1939-46.Died inDillonCounty, S.C.,January8, 1960 (age77 years, 69days).Interment atRiverside Cemetery, Dillon, S.C. | | James Lester Smallwood (1885-1969) — also known asJames L. Smallwood — of Wabash,WabashCounty, Ind.Born inWabashCounty, Ind.,May 29,1885.Mayorof Wabash, Ind., 1952-55.Died inWabashCounty, Ind.,September12, 1969 (age84 years, 106days).Interment atMatlock Cemetery, Wabash, Ind. | | Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886-1960) — also known asHenry Breckinridge;HenryBreckenridge —of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Fresh Meadows, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 25,1886.Democrat. Assistant Secretary of War, 1913-16; served in the U.S.Army during World War I;lawyer;attorney for Charles A. Lindbergh, 1932; Constitutional candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1934; candidate for Democratic nominationfor President,1936.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation;Sons ofthe American Revolution;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AmericanLegion;LoyalLegion;NavyLeague.Died, in St. Vincent'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 3,1960 (age73 years, 344days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1842-1921) and Louise Ludlow (Dudley)Breckinridge; married,July 7,1910, to Ruth (Bradley) Woodman; married,August5, 1927, to Aida (de Acosta) Root; married,March27, 1947, to Margaret Lucy Smith; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; grandson ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandnephew ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),WilliamCampbell Preston andJohnSmith Preston; great-grandson ofJohnBreckinridge andFrancisSmith Preston; great-grandnephew ofJamesPatton Preston; second great-grandson ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCampbell; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamCabell andPatrickHenry; first cousin ofLevinIrving Handy andDeshaBreckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); first cousin twice removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,JamesMcDowell,JohnBuchanan Floyd andGeorgeRogers Clark Floyd; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr. andWilliamHenry Cabell; second cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); second cousin once removed ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofValentineWood Southall,FrederickMortimer Cabell,SamuelMeredith Garland (1802-1880) andEdwardCarrington Cabell; third cousin ofBenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Leftwich,StephenValentine Southall andEarleCabell; fourth cousin ofSamuelMeredith Garland (1861-1945). | | | | Political family:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) — also known asWilliam C. Bullitt — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January25, 1891.Democrat.Newspapercorrespondent; U.S. Ambassador toSoviet Union, 1933-36;France, 1936-40; candidate formayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1943.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Co-author,with Sigmund Freud, of a psychological study ofWoodrowWilson.Died, ofleukemia,in Neuilly,France,February15, 1967 (age76 years, 21days).Interment atWoodlandsCemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | May Preston Davie (1895-1975) — also known asEugénie Mary Ladenburg;Mrs. PrestonDavie —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January31, 1895.Republican.Delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1936,1960(alternate).Female.Died, ofheartfailure, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September19, 1975 (age80 years, 231days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Henry Harrison (1896-1990) — also known asWilliam H. Harrison — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.; Sheridan,SheridanCounty, Wyo.Born in Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.,August10, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1927-29; member ofWyomingstate house of representatives, 1945-50; member ofWyomingRepublican State Committee, 1946-48;U.S.Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1951-55, 1961-65, 1967-69;defeated, 1964, 1968; candidate forU.S.Senator from Wyoming, 1954.Member,Jaycees;AmericanLegion;SigmaChi;SigmaDelta Kappa;Freemasons;Shriners;Rotary.Died in St. Petersburg,PinellasCounty, Fla.,October8, 1990 (age94 years, 59days).Interment atSheridanMunicipal Cemetery, Sheridan, Wyo. | | Hugh Kennedy Bullitt (1898-1940) — also known asHugh K. Bullitt — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,December17, 1898.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 55th District, 1934-35.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September1, 1940 (age41 years, 259days).Burial location unknown. | | John Bayne Breckinridge (1913-1979) — also known asJohn B. Breckinridge — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inWashington,D.C.,November29, 1913.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 49th District, 1956-59;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1960-64, 1968-72; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1960;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1971; defeated, 1963;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1973-79; defeated inprimary, 1978.Member,American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;KappaAlpha Order.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 29,1979 (age65 years, 242days).Cremated;ashes interred atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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