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.  | James Madison (1751-1836) — also known as"Father of the Constitution and the Bill ofRights" —of Virginia. Born in Port Conway,King GeorgeCounty, Va.,March16, 1751.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83, 1787-88;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 5thDistrict 1791-93, 15th District 1793-97);U.S.Secretary of State, 1801-09;Presidentof the United States, 1809-17.Episcopalian.Englishancestry.He was elected in 1905 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Slaveowner. Died in Montpelier,OrangeCounty, Va.,June 28,1836 (age85 years, 104days).Interment atMontpelierPlantation, Montpelier Station, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Madison (1723-1801) and Eleanor Rose (Conway) Madison;brother ofWilliamTaylor Madison; married,September15, 1794, toDolleyTodd (sister-in-law ofRichardCutts andJohnGeorge Jackson); first cousin once removed ofGeorgeMadison; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; second cousin ofZacharyTaylor; second cousin once removed ofJohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton andColebyChew; second cousin twice removed ofHenryGaines Johnson,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,SamuelBullitt Churchill andJosephHenry Pendleton; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamBarret Pendleton,GeorgeCassety Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,BickertonLyle Winston,CharlesM. Pendleton,ElliotWoolfolk Major,EdgarBailey Woolfolk andDanielMicajah Pendleton; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton andSidneyFletcher Taliaferro; third cousin ofClementF. Dorsey,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofGabrielSlaughter,AndrewDorsey,PhilipColeman Pendleton andGeorgeHunt Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry,GustavusAdolphus Henry,DavidShelby Walker,AlexanderWarfield Dorsey,FrancisKey Pendleton andCharlesRittenhouse Pendleton; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesRice Slaughter,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andEliHuston Brown Jr.; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd. | | |  | Political families:Jackson#1 family of West Virginia;Madisonfamily of Montpelier Station, Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | |  | Cross-reference:EdwardColes | | |  | Madison counties inAla.,Ark.,Fla.,Ga.,Idaho,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Ky.,La.,Miss.,Mo.,Mont.,Neb.,N.Y.,N.C.,Ohio,Tenn.,Tex. andVa. arenamed for him. | | |  | ThecityofMadison,Wisconsin, isnamed forhim. —MountMadison, in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. —FortMadison (1808-13), and the subsequentcityofFortMadison, Iowa, werenamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS James Madison (built 1942 atHouston,Texas; scrapped 1966) wasnamed forhim. | | |  | Other politicians named for him:JamesMadison Broom—JamesMadison Hite Beale—JamesMadison Porter—JamesM. Buchanan—JamesMadison Gregg—J.Madison Wells—JamesM. Tarleton—JamesMadison Hughes—JamesM. Marvin—JamesM. Edmunds—JamesMadison Gaylord—JamesM. Leach—JamesTurner—JamesM. Harvey—JamesM. Seymour—JamesMadison Bowler—JamesMadison Barker—JamesMadison Mullen—JamesM. Candler—JamesMadison McKinney—JamesM. Morton—JamesMadison Barrett, Sr.—JamesM. Gudger, Jr.—JamesMadison Morton, Jr.—JamesMadison Woodard—JamesM. Waddell, Jr. | | |  | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $5,000 bill in 1915-46. | | |  | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | |  | Books about James Madison: Ralph LouisKetcham,JamesMadison : A Biography — Garry Wills,JamesMadison — Robert Allen Rutland,ThePresidency of James Madison — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — SamuelKernell, ed.,JamesMadison: The Theory and Practice of RepublicanGovernment — Kevin R. C. Gutzman,JamesMadison and the Making of America | | |  | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | | George Jackson (1757-1831) — of Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.); Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio.Born inCecilCounty, Md.,January9, 1757.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1785-91, 1794;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1795-97, 1799-1803 (3rd District1795-97, at-large 1799-1803); member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1809-12.Died in Zanesville,MuskingumCounty, Ohio,May 17,1831 (age74 years, 128days).Intermenta private or family graveyard, Muskingum County, Ohio. | | Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (1764-1825) — also known asReturn J. Meigs, Jr. — of Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,November17, 1764.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atMarietta,Ohio, 1794-95;justice ofOhio state supreme court, 1803-04, 1808-09; resigned 1804;federaljudge, 1807-08;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1808-10;Governor ofOhio, 1810-14;U.S.Postmaster General, 1814-23.Member,Freemasons.Died in Marietta,WashingtonCounty, Ohio,March29, 1825 (age60 years, 132days).Interment atMoundCemetery, Marietta, Ohio. | | Richard Cutts (1771-1845) — of Pepperell,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,June 28,1771.Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1790;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1801-13 (at-large 1801-05,14th District 1805-13);imprisonedfordebt,1828.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 7,1845 (age73 years, 283days).Original interment atSt.John's Church Cemetery, Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C.;reinterment in 1857 atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | John George Jackson (1777-1825) — also known asJohn G. Jackson — of Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born in Buckhannon, Lewis County, Va. (nowUpshurCounty, W.Va.),September22, 1777.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1798-1801, 1811-12;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1803-10, 1813-17 (at-large 1803-07,1st District 1807-10, 1813-17);U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1819-25;died in office 1825.In November, 1807, leaving the courthouse in Clarksburg, has wasattackedand suffered a skull fracture. While in Congress, fought aduelwithJosephPearson of North Carolina, and on the second fire was wounded inthe hip.Slaveowner. Died in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va (now W.Va.),March28, 1825 (age47 years, 187days).Interment atOldJackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va. | | Edward Brake Jackson (1793-1826) — of Virginia. Born in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),January25, 1793.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1815-18;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1820-23 (1st District 1820-21, 18thDistrict 1821-23).Died in Bedford Springs,BedfordCounty, Pa.,September8, 1826 (age33 years, 226days).Intermentsomewherein Bedford County, Pa. | | John James Allen (1797-1871) — of Virginia. Born in Woodstock,ShenandoahCounty, Va.,September25, 1797.Member ofVirginiastate senate, 1828;U.S.Representative from Virginia 20th District, 1833-35; state courtjudge in Virginia, 1836;justice ofVirginia state supreme court, 1840.Slaveowner. Died near Fincastle,BotetourtCounty, Va.,September18, 1871 (age73 years, 358days).Interment atLauderdaleCemetery, Fincastle, Va. | | John Jay Jackson (1800-1877) — also known asJohn J. Jackson — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),February13, 1800.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1838-44;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Wood County, 1861.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,January1, 1877 (age76 years, 323days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va. | | John Jay Jackson Jr. (1824-1907) — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),August4, 1824.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1851-57;U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1861-64;U.S.District Judge for West Virginia, 1864-1901;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Virginia, 1901-05.Died in Atlantic City,AtlanticCounty, N.J.,September1, 1907 (age83 years, 28days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va. | | James Monroe Jackson (1825-1901) — also known asJames M. Jackson — ofWoodCounty, W.Va.Born in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),December3, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1870-71;delegateto West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872; circuitjudge in West Virginia, 1873-88;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 4th District, 1889-90; criminalcourt judge in West Virginia, 1891-1901.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,February14, 1901 (age75 years, 73days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va. | | Jacob Beeson Jackson (1829-1893) — also known asJacob B. Jackson — of Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.BornApril 6,1829.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates 1st District, 1875-76;mayorof Parkersburg, W.Va., 1879;Governor ofWest Virginia, 1881-85.Died in Parkersburg,WoodCounty, W.Va.,December11, 1893 (age64 years, 249days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va. | | William Thomas Bland (1861-1928) — also known asWilliam T. Bland — of Atchison,AtchisonCounty, Kan.; Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.; Orlando,OrangeCounty, Fla.Born in Weston,LewisCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),January21, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;mayorof Atchison, Kan., 1894; district judge in Kansas, 1896-1901;U.S.Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1919-21; defeated,1920.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks;Woodmen;Moose;Sonsof the American Revolution.Died in Orlando,OrangeCounty, Fla.,January15, 1928 (age66 years, 359days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Orlando, Fla.
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