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. | |  Thomas Gantt Jr. (d. 1808) — ofPrinceGeorge's County, Md.Member, Convention of 1774. Died in1808.Burial location unknown. | | 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 |
| | Benjamin Mackall IV (1745-1807) — ofCalvertCounty, Md.Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,August14, 1745.Lawyer;planter;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1768-71, 1774-76;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776;Judge,Maryland Court of Appeals, 1778-1806.Anglican;laterPresbyterian.Died inCalvertCounty, Md.,1807(ageabout61 years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Calvert County, Md. | | Walter Bowie (1748-1810) — of Maryland. Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,1748.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1777-97; state court judge in Maryland,1791-92; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1801-02;U.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1802-05.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,November9, 1810 (ageabout 62years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md. | | Robert William Bowie (1750-1818) — also known asRobert Bowie — of Maryland. Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md., March,1750.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1785-90, 1801-03; justice of the peace;Governorof Maryland, 1803-06, 1811-12; Presidential Elector for Maryland,1808;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1809-10.Episcopalian.Died inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,January8, 1818 (age67 years, 0days).Interment atBowie Family Cemetery, Croom, Md. | | Thomas Mackall (1751-1799) — ofCalvertCounty, Md.Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,August31, 1751.Planter;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1779.Anglican.Died inCalvertCounty, Md.,1799(ageabout47 years).Burial location unknown. | | Richard Potts (1753-1808) — of Maryland. Born in Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,July 19,1753.Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1787;delegateto Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788;U.S.Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland,1791-92, 1796-1801; Presidential Elector for Maryland,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andJohnAdams);U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals,1801-06.Anglican.Slaveowner. Died in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,November2, 1808 (age55 years, 106days).Original interment atAllSaints' Parish Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; reinterment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md. | | Joseph Wilkinson — of Maryland. Presidential Elector for Maryland,1804.Burial location unknown. | | John Johnson (1770-1824) — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,September12, 1770.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate executive council, 1796-97; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1800; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1801-05;mayorof Annapolis, Md., 1804-05, 1810-11; Presidential Elector forMaryland,1804;Marylandstate attorney general, 1806-11; Presidential Elector forMaryland,1808;Judge,Maryland Court of Appeals, 1811-21.Died in Hancock,WashingtonCounty, Md.,July 30,1824 (age53 years, 322days).Burial location unknown.  | Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) — also known as"Old Rough and Ready" — Born inOrangeCounty, Va.,November24, 1784.Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in theU.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;Presidentof the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died, probably ofgastroenteritis,in theWhiteHouse,Washington,D.C.,July 9,1850 (age65 years, 227days). Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remainswere tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm thetheory.Original interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or familygraveyard; reinterment in 1926 atZacharyTaylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married,June 21,1810, toMargaretMackall Smith (niece ofBenjaminMackall IV andThomasMackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who marriedJeffersonFinis Davis); granduncle ofEdmundHaynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** ofVictorD. Crist; first cousin twice removed ofEdmundPendleton; first cousin thrice removed ofElliotWoolfolk Major andEdgarBailey Woolfolk; second cousin ofJamesMadison andWilliamTaylor Madison; second cousin once removed ofRichardHenry Lee,FrancisLightfoot Lee,ArthurLee,JohnPenn,JohnPendleton Jr.,NathanielPendleton,GeorgeMadison,ColebyChew,JohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner andThomasLeonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed ofJohnWalker,JohnTyler (1747-1813) andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeCassety Pendleton,HubbardT. Smith,CharlesM. Pendleton,SidneyFletcher Taliaferro,DanielMicajah Pendleton andMaxRogers Strother; second cousin four times removed ofCharlesSumner Pendleton; third cousin ofThomasSim Lee,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PhilipClayton Pendleton,EdmundHenry Pendleton andNathanaelGreene Pendleton; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,MeriwetherLewis,RichardAylett Buckner,HenryGaines Johnson,JohnLee,JohnTyler (1790-1862),PhilipColeman Pendleton,GeorgeHunt Pendleton andJosephHenry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed ofHancockLee Jackson,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,WilliamBarret Pendleton,JamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,FrancisKey Pendleton,CharlesRittenhouse Pendleton,JohnOverton Pendleton,BickertonLyle Winston andFrancisPreston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed ofAbrahamLincoln,JohnLee Carroll,CharlesKellogg,JamesSansome Lakin andEdwardBrooke Lee; fourth cousin ofWilliamByrd III,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,ThomasWalker Gilmer,AyletteBuckner,DavidGardiner Tyler andLyonGardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWilling Byrd,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck. | | | | Political families:Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnsonfamily of Maryland;Taylor-Brodheadfamily of Easton, Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:DavidR. Atchison —ThomasEwing | | | | Taylor counties inFla.,Ga.,Iowa andKy. arenamed for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:ZacharyT. Coy—ZackT. Sutley—ZacharyT. Bielby—ZacharyT. Nixon—ZacharyT. Harris—ZacharyT. Malaby—ZacharyT. Davis—ZackSpace | | | | Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylornever surrenders." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Zachary Taylor: K. JackBauer,ZacharyTaylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the OldSouthwest — Elbert B. Smith,ThePresidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Robert William Bowie (1787-1848) — also known asRobert W. Bowie — of Nottingham,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born in Croom,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,March 3,1787.Whig. Presidential Elector for Maryland,1820;Whig Presidential Elector for Maryland,1836(voted forWilliamHenry Harrison andJohnTyler); delegate to Whig National Convention from Maryland, 1839(member, Balloting Committee).Died inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,January3, 1848 (age60 years, 306days).Interment atBowie Family Cemetery, Croom, Md. | | Margaret Taylor (1788-1852) — also known asPeggy Taylor;Margaret MackallSmith —Born inCalvertCounty, Md.,September21, 1788.FirstLady of the United States, 1849-50.Female.Episcopalian.Died in Pascagoula,JacksonCounty, Miss.,August14, 1852 (age63 years, 328days).Interment atZacharyTaylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,May 21,1796.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1821-27; delegate to Whig National Convention fromMaryland, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member,Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker);U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1845-49, 1863-68;U.S.Attorney General, 1849-50; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1861-62; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1868-69.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,February10, 1876 (age79 years, 265days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Thomas Fielder Bowie (1808-1869) — of Maryland. Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,April 7,1808.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1837-38, 1845; candidate forGovernor ofMaryland, 1843;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; Whig candidatefor Presidential Elector for Maryland,1852;U.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1855-59.Slaveowner. Died in Upper Marlboro,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,October31, 1869 (age61 years, 207days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.  | Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known asJefferson Davis — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, Miss.;WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in alogcabin, Fairview, Christian County (nowToddCounty), Ky.,June 3,1808.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; candidate forMississippistate house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector forMississippi,1844;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate forGovernor ofMississippi, 1851;U.S.Secretary of War, 1853-57;Presidentof the Confederacy, 1861-65.CapturedbyUnionforces in May 1865 andimprisonedwithout trial for about two years.Slaveowner. Died ofbronchitisandmalariain New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December6, 1889 (age81 years, 186days).Original interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument atMemorial Avenue, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married,June 17,1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter ofZacharyTaylor andMargaretTaylor); married,February25, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter ofRichardHowell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who marriedRichardBrodhead); granduncle ofJosephDavis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who marriedThomasEdmund Dewey). | | | | Political families:Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnsonfamily of Maryland;Taylor-Brodheadfamily of Easton, Pennsylvania;Dewey-Davisfamily of Owosso, Michigan (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JesseD. Bright —JohnH. Reagan —HoraceGreeley —SolomonCohen —GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelA. Roberts —WilliamT. Sutherlin —VictorVifquain —CharlesO'Conor | | | | Jeff DavisCounty, Ga.,Jefferson DavisParish, La.,Jefferson DavisCounty, Miss. andJeff DavisCounty, Tex. are named for him. | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Jefferson Davis (built 1942 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:J.Davis Brodhead—JeffersonD. Hostetter—JeffersonD. Blount—JeffersonDavis Carwile—JeffersonD. Helms—JeffersonDavis Wiggins—JeffersonDavis Parris | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Jefferson Davis:TheRise and Fall of the Confederate Government(1881) | | | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.Cooper, Jr.,JeffersonDavis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis,JeffersonDavis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoirby His Wife — William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter DonaldKennedy,WasJefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren,JeffersonDavis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &Richard E. Beringer,JeffersonDavis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen,JeffersonDavis: Unconquerable Heart — Clint Johnson,Pursuit:The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release ofConfederate President Jefferson Davis | | | | Image source: Frank Leslie'sIllustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1861 |
| | Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr. (1830-1923) — also known asEdmund H. Taylor, Jr. — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.Born in1830.Democrat.Mayorof Frankfort, Ky., 1871-77, 1881-90; member ofKentuckystate senate 20th District, 1902-04.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,January19, 1923 (ageabout 92years).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846-1926) — also known asJames W. Wadsworth — of Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October12, 1846.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNewYork state assembly from Livingston County, 1878-79;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1880-81;U.S.Representative from New York, 1881-85, 1891-1907 (27th District1881-85, 31st District 1891-93, 30th District 1893-1903, 34thDistrict 1903-07); defeated, 1906; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1884,1904;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 43rd District, 1915.Died inWashington,D.C.,December24, 1926 (age80 years, 73days).Interment atTempleHill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJamesSamuel Wadsworth and Mary Craig (Wharton) Wadsworth; brother ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth; married1876 to LouisaTravers (granddaughter ofReverdyJohnson); father ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; grandfather ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth; great-grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second great-grandson ofErastusWolcott; second great-grandnephew ofOliverWolcott Sr.; third great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin ofEdwardOliver Wolcott; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799) andDanielPitkin; fourth cousin ofEliCoe Birdsey (1799-1843),GeorgeHarrison Hall andAlfredWolcott; fourth cousin once removed ofMorrisWoodruff,ElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,EliCoe Birdsey (1843-1929),LawsonWooding Hall andSeldenChapin. | | | | Political families:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York;Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnsonfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
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