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 Henry Lee (1732-1794) — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,January20, 1732.Democrat.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-79, 1784-85, 1787;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1777, 1780, 1785;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1789-92.Slaveowner. Died inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,June 19,1794 (age62 years, 150days).Interment atBurntHouse Field Cemetery, Near Hague, Westmoreland County, Va.;memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lee and Hannah Harrison (Ludwell) Lee; brother ofFrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; married,December5, 1757, to Ann Aylett; married1769 to Ann(Gaskins) Pinckard; great-grandfather ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second great-grandfather ofEdwardBrooke Lee; third great-grandfather ofBlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; first cousin once removed and father-in-law ofCharlesLee; first cousin once removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; first cousin twice removed ofJohnLee; first cousin thrice removed ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin four times removed ofSamuelBullitt Churchill andJohnLee Carroll; first cousin six times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey andLeeMarvin; second cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor; second cousin twice removed ofThomasLeonidas Crittenden; second cousin thrice removed ofHancockLee Jackson; second cousin four times removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; second cousin five times removed ofRobertTodd Lincoln,HarrisonMoore Lakin andJamesOffutt Lakin. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lee counties inGa. andIll. arenamed for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Richard Henry Lee: OliverP. Chitwood,RichardHenry Lee : Statesman of the Revolution | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797) — of Virginia. Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,October14, 1734.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1764;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-78;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1778.Died, frompleurisy,inRichmondCounty, Va.,January11, 1797 (age62 years, 89days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Richmond County, Va.; memorialmonument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Arthur Lee (1740-1792) — of Virginia. Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va.,December20, 1740.Physician;lawyer;member of Virginia state legislature, 1781;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1782.Died inMiddlesexCounty, Va.,December12, 1792 (age51 years, 358days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819) — of Maryland. Born near Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,October29, 1745.Governorof Maryland, 1779-82, 1792-94;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1782-83;delegateto Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;Presidential Elector for Maryland,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andJohnAdams); member ofMarylandstate senate, 1794.Anglican;laterCatholic.Died in Middleton Valley,FrederickCounty, Md.,November9, 1819 (age74 years, 11days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.;reinterment in 1888 atMt.Carmel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Lee and Christiana (Sim) Lee; married to Mary Digges;father ofJohnLee; grandfather of Mary Digges Lee (who marriedSamuelLaurence Gouverneur); great-grandfather ofJohnLee Carroll and Helen Sophia Carroll (who marriedCharlesOliver O'Donnell); third great-grandfather ofOuterbridgeHorsey; first cousin ofRichardPotts; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; second cousin ofAlexanderContee Hanson,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andAlexanderContee Magruder; second cousin once removed ofDanielCarroll andCharlesCarroll of Carrollton; second cousin twice removed ofJohnRead Magruder,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofBlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofLeeMarvin; third cousin ofZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasLeonidas Crittenden; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major,JohnHowell Carroll andEdgarBailey Woolfolk. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland;Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnsonfamily of Maryland;Carroll#2 family of Baltimore, Maryland;Monroefamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry Lee (1756-1818) — also known as"Light Horse Harry" — ofWestmorelandCounty, Va.Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,January29, 1756.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution fromWestmoreland County, 1788;Governor ofVirginia, 1791-94;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801.EulogizedGeorgeWashington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in thehearts of his countrymen.".Slaveowner. Died in Cumberland Island,CamdenCounty, Ga.,March25, 1818 (age62 years, 55days).Original interment ata private or family graveyard, Camden County, Ga.; reintermentin 1913 atUniversityChapel, Lexington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother ofCharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; married1782 toMatilda Ludwell Lee; married,June 18,1793, to Ann Hill Carter; father of Robert E. Lee; grandfather ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; grandnephew ofRichardBland; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Lee County,Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —National GovernorsAssociation biography —Wikipediaarticle |
| | Charles Lee (1758-1815) — Born inWestmorelandCounty, Va., July,1758.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Customs at Alexandria, Va., Virginia, 1789;U.S.Attorney General, 1795-1801;U.S.Secretary of State, 1800.Died inFauquierCounty, Va.,June 24,1815 (age56 years, 0days).Interment atWarrentonCemetery, Warrenton, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother ofHenryLee (1756-1818),RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; married1789 to AnneLee; married1809 toMargaret Scott; grandnephew ofRichardBland; granduncle ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed and son-in-law ofRichardHenry Lee; first cousin once removed ofFrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,JamesSansome Lakin,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827) — Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,January20, 1761.Member of Virginia state legislature, 1784;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-91, 4thDistrict 1791-93, 17th District 1793-95); judge in District ofColumbia, 1827.Slaveowner. Died inMadisonCounty, Ky.,March12, 1827 (age66 years, 51days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequentinterment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1975 atSullyPlantation, Chantilly, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy Ludwell Gaines (Grymes) Lee;brother ofHenryLee (1756-1818),CharlesLee andEdmundJennings Lee; married1794 toElizabeth Collins Lee; grandnephew ofRichardBland; granduncle ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-grandfather ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,ElliotWoolfolk Major,JamesSansome Lakin,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Blair (1762-1837) — of Kentucky. Born inChesterCounty, Pa.,December22, 1762.Lawyer;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1797-1820.Died in Kentucky,January7, 1837 (age74 years, 16days).Burial location unknown.  | John Scull (1765-1828) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.,July 23,1765.Newspaperpublisher; postmaster atPittsburgh,Pa., 1789-96;banker.Died near Irwin,WestmorelandCounty, Pa.,February8, 1828 (age62 years, 200days).Burial location unknown. | | | Edmund Jennings Lee (1772-1843) — of Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.). Born inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,May 20,1772.Lawyer;mayorof Alexandria, D.C., 1815-18.Died inAlexandria,Va.,May 30,1843 (age71 years, 10days).Interment atChristChurch Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Henry Lee (1730-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; brother ofHenryLee (1756-1818),CharlesLee andRichardBland Lee; married to Sarah Caldwell Lee; grandnephew ofRichardBland; granduncle ofFitzhughLee andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; third great-granduncle ofLeeMarvin; first cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin twice removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin once removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph,JohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; second cousin twice removed ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnLee Carroll andEdwardBrooke Lee; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamWelby Beverley,BlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofOuterbridgeHorsey; third cousin ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; third cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,ThomasJefferson Coolidge,EdmundRandolph Cocke,JohnAugustine Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison II andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnGardner Coolidge,ElliotWoolfolk Major,JamesSansome Lakin,EdgarBailey Woolfolk,EdithWilson,WilliamMarshall Bullitt,AlexanderScott Bullitt andFrancisBeverley Biddle; fourth cousin ofJohnWayles Eppes. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Lee (1788-1871) — of Petersville,FrederickCounty, Md.Born near Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,January30, 1788.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1823-25; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1837; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1852-53.Catholic.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1871 (age83 years, 107days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Digges) Lee andThomasSim Lee; married to Harriet Julianna Carroll (granddaughter ofBenjaminChew andCharlesCarroll of Carrollton); granduncle ofJohnLee Carroll; second great-granduncle ofOuterbridgeHorsey; first cousin twice removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; second cousin once removed ofAlexanderContee Hanson,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee andAlexanderContee Magruder; second cousin twice removed ofDanielCarroll; third cousin once removed ofZacharyTaylor,JohnRead Magruder,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; third cousin twice removed ofEdwardBrooke Lee; third cousin thrice removed ofBlairLee III andEdwardBrooke Lee Jr.; fourth cousin ofThomasLeonidas Crittenden; fourth cousin once removed ofHancockLee Jackson. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland;Bache-Dallas-Chew-Howardfamily of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Carroll#1 family of Baltimore, Maryland;Carroll#2 family of Baltimore, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Levi Woodbury (1789-1851) — of Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.Born in Francestown,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,December22, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;justice ofNew Hampshire state supreme court, 1816-23;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1823-24; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1825;Speaker ofthe New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1825;U.S.Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-31, 1841-45; resigned 1845;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1831-34;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-41;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1845-51; died in office 1851;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1848.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,September4, 1851 (age61 years, 256days).Interment atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. | | Francis Preston Blair (1791-1876) — also known asFrancis P. Blair — of Maryland. Born in Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,April12, 1791.Newspaperpublisher; member of Pres.AndrewJackson's "Kitchen Cabinet" of trusted advisors;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1856(member,PlatformCommittee),1860;advisor to Pres.AbrahamLincoln during Civil War.Died in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October18, 1876 (age85 years, 189days).Entombed atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Montgomery Blair (1813-1883) — of Missouri; Maryland. Born inFranklinCounty, Ky.,May 10,1813.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Missouri, 1840-44; common pleas court judge inMissouri, 1843-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1844,1852;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1860;U.S.Postmaster General, 1861-64; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1878; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland, 1882.Episcopalian.Died in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 27,1883 (age70 years, 78days).Entombed atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Samuel Scull (b. 1815) — of Camden,CamdenCounty, N.J.Born inGloucesterCounty, N.J.,1815.Mayorof Camden, N.J., 1855-56; member ofNewJersey state house of assembly from Camden County, 1857, 1858-59.Burial location unknown. | | Charles Levi Woodbury (1820-1898) — of Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Portsmouth,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,May 22,1820.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1856;U.S.Attorney for Massachusetts, 1857-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Member,Freemasons.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,July 1,1898 (age78 years, 40days).Interment atHarmonyGrove Cemetery, Portsmouth, N.H. | | Francis Preston Blair Jr. (1821-1875) — also known asFrancis P. Blair, Jr. — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,February19, 1821.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Attorney for New Mexico, 1846; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1852-56;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1857-59, 1860,1861-62, 1863-64; resigned 1860; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Missouri,1860;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Democratic candidateforVicePresident of the United States, 1868;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1871-73.Slaveowner. Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,July 8,1875 (age54 years, 139days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.  | Fitzhugh Lee (1835-1905) — also known asFitz Lee — ofRichmond,Va.Born in Clermont,FairfaxCounty, Va.,November19, 1835.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1872,1876(member,CredentialsCommittee),1892(alternate);Governor ofVirginia, 1886-90;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Lynchburg, Virginia, 1893-96;U.S. Consul General inHavana, 1896-98; general in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Episcopalian.Died inWashington,D.C.,April28, 1905 (age69 years, 160days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Sydney Smith Lee and Anna Maria (Mason) Lee; married,April19, 1871, to Ellen Bernard Fowle; father of Anne Lee (who marriedJamesGuthrie Harbord); nephew ofJamesMurray Mason and Robert E. Lee; grandson ofHenryLee; grandnephew ofCharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; great-grandson ofGeorgeMason; second great-grandnephew ofRichardBland; third great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin thrice removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andTheodorickBland (1742-1790); first cousin four times removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin twice removed ofThomasSim Lee,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andLeeMarvin; third cousin once removed ofJohnLee andNathanielBeverly Tucker; third cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),PeytonRandolph (1779-1828) andZacharyTaylor; fourth cousin ofFrancisPreston Blair Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,FrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison,JohnLee Carroll,JohnBreckinridge Castleman andEdwardBrooke Lee. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoNational GovernorsAssociation biography —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | | William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (1837-1891) — also known asWilliam H. F. Lee;RooneyLee —of Burkes Station (now Burke),FairfaxCounty, Va.Born inArlingtonCounty, Va.,May 31,1837.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1875;U.S.Representative from Virginia 8th District, 1887-91; died inoffice 1891.During the Civil War, he was captured by Union forces, imprisoned,and eventually exchanged for Gen.NealDow, who had been captured by Confederates.Slaveowner. Died inFairfaxCounty, Va.,October15, 1891 (age54 years, 137days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fairfax County, Va.; reinterment in1922 atUniversityChapel, Lexington, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph (Custis) Lee; married1859 toCharlotte Georgiana Wickham; married1867 to MaryTabb Bolling; grandson ofHenryLee; grandnephew ofCharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; great-grandson ofWilliamFitzhugh andJohnParke Custis; great-grandnephew ofBeverleyRandolph; second great-grandson ofMarthaWashington; second great-grandnephew ofRichardBland; third great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofFitzhughLee; first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeHenry Calvert andCharlesBenedict Calvert; first cousin thrice removed ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780),RichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,TheodorickBland (1742-1790) andBurwellBassett; first cousin four times removed ofPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin twice removed ofThomasSim Lee,GeorgeNicholas,CarterBassett Harrison,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,JohnWayles Eppes,WilliamHenry Harrison,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andHenrySt. George Tucker; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasJefferson,EdmundJenings Randolph andLeeMarvin; third cousin once removed ofPeytonRandolph (1779-1828),RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857),JohnRobertson,JohnLee,FrancisWayles Eppes,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878) andNathanielBeverly Tucker; third cousin twice removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,MarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,TheodorickBland (1776-1846),ZacharyTaylor andWilliamWelby Beverley; fourth cousin ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,EdmundRandolph,CarterHenry Harrison,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901),JohnBreckinridge Castleman,JohnScott Harrison (1844-1926),FrancisPreston Blair Lee andDouglassTownshend Bolling; fourth cousin once removed ofBenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,JohnLee Carroll,EdmundRandolph Cocke,ThomasLawton Davis,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,RussellBenjamin Harrison,RichardEvelyn Byrd,CarterHenry Harrison II,HarryBartow Hawes,EdwardBrooke Lee andRichardWalker Bolling. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Lawrence Blair (1854-1904) — also known asJames L. Blair — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,April 2,1854.Lawyer;president, St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, 1884; generalcounsel, St. Louis World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition),1901-03;indictedin December, 1903, forforgeryof two deeds of trust toobtaina loan from an estate he managed.Member,American BarAssociation;LoyalLegion;Sons ofthe Revolution.Died, either fromsuicide(which he had attempted at least twice before) or from "congestion ofthe brain", in Eustis,LakeCounty, Fla.,January16, 1904 (age49 years, 289days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Francis Preston Blair Lee (1857-1944) — also known asBlair Lee — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,August9, 1857.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate senate, 1906-12; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1908,1916;candidate for nomination forGovernor ofMaryland, 1911;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1914-17.Episcopalian.FirstU.S. Senator elected by the direct vote of the people, under the 17thAmendment to the Constitution.Died in Norwood,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,December25, 1944 (age87 years, 138days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Phillips Lee and Elizabeth (Blair) Lee; married,October1, 1891, to Anne Clymer Brooke; father ofEdwardBrooke Lee; nephew ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; grandson ofFrancisPreston Blair; grandfather ofBlairLee III,EdwardBrooke Lee Jr. and Elizabeth Lee (who marriedDavidScull); great-grandson ofRichardHenry Lee andJamesBlair; great-grandnephew ofFrancisLightfoot Lee andArthurLee; first cousin ofJamesLawrence Blair andGistBlair; second cousin twice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnEager Howard; third cousin once removed ofJohnLee,WilliamJulian Albert andJosephWingate Folk; third cousin twice removed ofZacharyTaylor,GeorgeHoward,BenjaminChew Howard andCareyEstes Kefauver; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeNicholas,WilsonCary Nicholas andJohnNicholas; fourth cousin ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,TalbotJones Albert andEthelGist Cantrill; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelBullitt Churchill,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden andJohnLee Carroll. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Gist Blair (1860-1940) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.; Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.; Kensington,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,September10, 1860.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1912(alternate),1916.Died inWashington,D.C.,December16, 1940 (age80 years, 97days).Entombed atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Gordon Woodbury (1863-1924) — of Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in New York,September17, 1863.Democrat.Farmer;candidate forU.S.Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1916; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New Hampshire,1920.Died in Manchester,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.,June 17,1924 (age60 years, 274days).Interment atBedfordCenter Cemetery, Bedford, N.H. | | Charlotte Eliza Woodbury (1873-1966) — also known asCharlotte E. Woodbury — of Bedford,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Methuen,EssexCounty, Mass.,March28, 1873.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for New Hampshire,1940.Female.DiedAugust14, 1966 (age93 years, 139days).Interment atBedfordCenter Cemetery, Bedford, N.H. | | Edward Brooke Lee (1892-1984) — also known asE. Brooke Lee — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,October23, 1892.Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I;Marylandstate comptroller, 1920-22;secretaryof state of Maryland, 1923-25; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Maryland,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1928,1940;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1927-30;Speaker ofthe Maryland State House of Delegates, 1927-30; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1942.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars.Died, frompneumonia,in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,September21, 1984 (age91 years, 334days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: SonofFrancisPreston Blair Lee and Anne Clymer (Brooke) Lee; married1914 toElizabeth Summerville Wilson; married to Thelma LouEllen (Lawson)Crawford and Nina G. Jones; father ofBlairLee III,EdwardBrooke Lee Jr. and Elizabeth Lee (who marriedDavidScull); grandnephew ofMontgomeryBlair andFrancisPreston Blair Jr.; great-grandson ofFrancisPreston Blair andDanielRobeadeau Clymer; great-grandnephew ofHiesterClymer; second great-grandson ofRichardHenry Lee andJamesBlair; second great-grandnephew ofFrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee andWilliamHiester; third great-grandnephew ofJohnHiester andDanielHiester (1747-1804); first cousin once removed ofJamesLawrence Blair andGistBlair; first cousin thrice removed ofIsaacEllmaker Hiester; first cousin four times removed ofDanielHiester (1774-1834); first cousin five times removed ofJosephHiester; second cousin thrice removed ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee andEdmundJennings Lee; second cousin four times removed ofJohnEager Howard; third cousin twice removed ofJohnLee andWilliamJulian Albert; third cousin thrice removed ofZacharyTaylor,GeorgeHoward,BenjaminChew Howard andHenryAugustus Muhlenberg; fourth cousin ofJosephWingate Folk; fourth cousin once removed ofFitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,TalbotJones Albert,EthelGist Cantrill andCareyEstes Kefauver. | | | | Political families:Lee-Masonfamily of Virginia;Leefamily of Silver Spring, Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Pierre de Lagarde Boal (1895-1966) — also known asPierre de L. Boal — of Boalsburg,CentreCounty, Pa.Born in Thonon-les-Bains,Franceof American parents,September29, 1895.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Consul General inOttawa, as of 1935; U.S. Minister toNicaragua, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador toBolivia, 1942-44.Catholic.Frenchancestry.Died in Paris,France,May24, 1966 (age70 years, 237days).Burial location unknown. | | Blair Lee III (1916-1985) — also known asFrancis Preston Blair Lee III — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,May 19,1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;newspapereditor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1948,1960,1964,1968(alternate),1972;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1955-62; candidate forU.S.Senator from Maryland, 1962; member ofMarylandstate senate District 3-B, 1967-69;secretaryof state of Maryland, 1969-71;LieutenantGovernor of Maryland, 1971-79;Governor ofMaryland, 1977-79; defeated in primary, 1978.Episcopalian.Died in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October25, 1985 (age69 years, 159days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Edward Brooke Lee Jr. (1917-2004) — also known asE. Brooke Lee, Jr. — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.;Washington,D.C.; Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October25, 1917.Realestate developer; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMaryland,1944,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee); marketing and accounting executive with ScottPaperCompany; candidate formayorof Washington, D.C., 1982;pleadedguilty in July 1995 to misdemeanor child abuse after beingchargedwithfondlinga babysitter; reportedlyfinedand given a suspended sentence; latersettled acivil suit against him by the babysitter's parents.Died, fromcongestiveheart failure, in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,August20, 2004 (age86 years, 300days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | David Scull (1917-1968) — of Silver Spring,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in Overbrook, Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September16, 1917.Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II;real estatebusiness;chair ofMontgomery County Republican Party, 1958-60;MarylandRepublican state chair, 1962-64; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1964; member and chair,Montgomery County Council, 1967-68.Prominent civil rights advocate; successfully fought for a MontgomeryCounty law against racial discrimination in housing.Suffered aheartattack during the noon recess of aCountyCouncil meeting, in the MontgomeryCountyBuilding, Rockville; never regained consciousness; died soonafter in SuburbanHospital,Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January23, 1968 (age50 years, 129days).Cremated;ashes interred atSandy Spring Friends Cemetery, Sandy Spring, Md. |
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