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. | |  Luke Pryor Blackburn (1816-1887) — also known asLuke P. Blackburn — of Kentucky. Born inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,June 16,1816.Physician;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1843;Governor ofKentucky, 1879-83.Baptist.In 1865, he wastriedand acquitted in a Toronto court for violating Canadian neutrality,in connection with aConfederatescheme to spread yellow fever in Northern cities.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,September14, 1887 (age71 years, 90days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;brother ofJosephClay Stiles Blackburn; married,November24, 1835, to Ella Boswell; married,November17, 1857, to Julia Churchill; uncle of Corinne Blackburn (whomarriedWilliamHolt Gale); granduncle ofSmithAlford Blackburn; great-granduncle ofCharlesMilton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed ofGabrielSlaughter; third cousin ofCharlesRice Slaughter; third cousin once removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry andGustavusAdolphus Henry. | | | | Political family:Blackburnfamily of Versailles, Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The BlackburnCorrectionalComplex (opened 1972), inLexington,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Luke Pryor Blackburn: NancyDisher Baird,LukePryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer |
 | Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (1838-1918) — also known asJoseph C. S. Blackburn — of Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.Born near Spring Station,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,October1, 1838.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1871-75;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1875-85;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1885-97, 1901-07; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1896,1900,1904(member,CredentialsCommittee).Died inWashington,D.C.,September12, 1918 (age79 years, 346days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;brother ofLukePryor Blackburn; married,February10, 1858, to Therese Graham; married,December11, 1901, to Mary E. Blackburn; father of Corinne Blackburn (whomarriedWilliamHolt Gale); granduncle ofSmithAlford Blackburn; great-granduncle ofCharlesMilton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed ofGabrielSlaughter; third cousin ofCharlesRice Slaughter; third cousin once removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry andGustavusAdolphus Henry. | | | | Political family:Blackburnfamily of Versailles, Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | MountBlackburn, the highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains, in theCopperRiver Census Area, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Joe C. S. Blackburn (built 1943 atBrunswick,Georgia; sold for scrap 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: The Parties and The Men(1896) |
| | William Holt Gale (1864-1932) — also known asWilliam H. Gale — ofWashington,D.C.; Leesburg,LoudounCounty, Va.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1864.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;U.S. Consul inPuerto Plata, 1906-07;Malta, 1907-10;Colón, 1914-15; U.S. Consul General inAthens, 1910-14;Munich, 1915-17;Copenhagen, 1917-18;Hong Kong, 1920-24;Amsterdam, 1924-26;Budapest, 1926-29; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toGreece, 1910.Episcopalian.Member,ThetaXi.Died, frompneumonia,in Rome,Italy,April27, 1932 (age68 years, 92days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Smith Alford Blackburn (1875-1961) — also known asS. A. Blackburn — of Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.Born in Midway,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,August22, 1875.Democrat.Physician;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 46th District, 1930-33.Died inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,March 2,1961 (age85 years, 192days).Interment atVersailles Cemetery, Versailles, Ky. | | Laura Browning Blackburn (1883-1965) — also known asLaura B. Blackburn;LauraBrowning —of Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.Born inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,October1, 1883.Postmaster atVersailles,Ky., 1934-40 (acting, 1934-35).Female.Died inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,May 28,1965 (age81 years, 239days).Interment atVersailles Cemetery, Versailles, Ky. | | Charles Milton Blackburn (1912-1982) — also known asCharles Blackburn — of Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.Born inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,May 31,1912.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;chair ofWoodford County Democratic Party, 1952-55; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1956.Methodist.Member,SigmaChi;Kiwanis;AmericanLegion.Died inLeeCounty, Fla.,August19, 1982 (age70 years, 80days).Interment atCoral Ridge Cemetery, Cape Coral, Fla.
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