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. | |  Joshua Fry (1699-1754) — ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born in Crewkerne, Somerset,England,1699.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1740.Surveyor and co-author with Peter Jefferson (ThomasJefferson's father) of a famous early map titled "Map of the MostInhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole province of Marylandwith Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey and North Carolina." Upon hisdeath, the youngGeorgeWashington took command of Virginia's military forces.Died, of injuries received in afall fromhishorse,near Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,May 31,1754 (ageabout 54years).Original intermentsomewherein Allegany County, Md.; reinterment atRoseHill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md. | | John Fry (1737-1778) — of Virginia. BornApril 7,1737.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1761-65.Anglican.Died in1778(ageabout41 years).Burial location unknown. | | Matthew Clay (1754-1815) — of Halifax,HalifaxCounty, Va.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,March25, 1754.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1790-94;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1797-1813, 1815 (at-large1797-1807, 14th District 1807-13, 15th District 1815); died in office1815.Slaveowner. Died suddenlywhilemaking a speech at Halifax Court House,HalifaxCounty, Va.,May 27,1815 (age61 years, 63days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Pittsylvania County, Va. | | Green Clay (1757-1826) — Born inPowhatanCounty, Va.,August14, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;surveyor;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1788-89; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-94; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1795-98, 1807;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; general in theU.S. Army during the War of 1812.Member,Freemasons.Died in White Hall,MadisonCounty, Ky.,October31, 1826 (age69 years, 78days).Interment atWhiteHall Family Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.  | Henry Clay (1777-1852) — also known as"The Sage of Ashland";"TheGreat Compromiser" —of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,April12, 1777.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1803;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; diedin office 1852;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5thDistrict 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rdDistrict 1823-25);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844(Whig);U.S.Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination forPresident, 1839.Member,Freemasons.In 1809, he fought aduelwithHumphreyMarshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 29,1852 (age75 years, 78days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; brother ofPorterClay; married,April11, 1799, to Lucretia (Hart) Erwin; father ofThomasHart Clay,HenryClay Jr. andJamesBrown Clay; grandfather ofHenryClay (1849-1884); granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who marriedJamesReily); first cousin once removed ofMatthewClay (1754-1815) andGreenClay; second cousin ofMatthewClay (c.1795-1827),BrutusJunius Clay (1808-1878) andCassiusMarcellus Clay; second cousin once removed ofGreenClay Smith andBrutusJunius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin thrice removed ofOliverCarroll Clay; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; third cousin ofClementComer Clay; third cousin once removed ofClementClaiborne Clay Jr.. | | | | Political family:Clayfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Clay counties inAla.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Minn.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.C.,S.Dak.,Tenn.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | MountClay (also called Mount Reagan), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Clay (built 1941-42 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HenryClay Longnecker—HenryClay Dean—H.Clay Dickinson—HenryC. Brockmeyer—HenryClay Sexton—H.Clay Cockerill—HenryClay Ewing—HenryClay Caldwell—HenryClay Hall—HenryClay Gooding—HenryClay Naill—HenryC. Myers—HenryC. Peabody—HenryC. Cole—HenryC. Platt—H.Clay Harris—HenryC. Hines—HenryC. Miner—HenryC. Warmoth—HenryClay Cleveland—HenryC. Erman—H.Clay Evans—HenryC. Payne—HenryC. Bates—H.Clay Foster—HenryC. McCormick—HenryC. Ide—HenryClay Williams—HenryC. Simms—HenryClay Ferguson—HenryC. Glover—H.Clay Park—HenryC. Hansbrough—HenryC. Snodgrass—H.Clay Maydwell—HenryC. Gleason—HenryC. Loudenslager—H.Clay Van Voorhis—HenryC. Smith—HenryC. Clippinger—H.Clay Crawford—H.Clay Bascom—H.Clay Michie—H.Clay Chisolm—H.Clay Howard—HenryC. Hall—HenryClay McDowell—HenryC. Truesdell—H.Clay Jones—H.Clay Heather—H.Clay Day—HenryClay Hines—HenryClay Meacham—HenryClay Calloway—H.Clay Suter—H.Clay Hall—H.Clay Warth—HenryClay Elwood—H.Clay Kennedy—H.Clay Davis—H.Clay Needham—H.Clay Pence—HenryClay Etherton—H.Clay Mace—H.Clay Armstrong—H.Clay Baldwin—H.Clay Haynes—H.Clay Burkholder—Mrs.H. Clay Kauffman—H.Clay Bentley—HenryC. Greenberg—H.Clay Gardenhire, Jr.—HenryClay Cox—H.Clay Myers, Jr.—H.Clay Johnson—HenryClay Dennison | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th and early 20thcenturies. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Clay: Robert VincentRemini,HenryClay: Statesman for the Union — Maurice G. Baxter,HenryClay the Lawyer — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — ScottFarris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler,HenryClay: The Essential American — Fergus M. Bordewich,America'sGreat Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise ThatPreserved the Union | | | | Image source: James Smith NoelCollection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
| | | John Williams (1778-1837) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born inSurryCounty, N.C.,January29, 1778.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1815-23; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toCentral America, 1825-26; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1827-28.Slaveowner. Died near Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,August10, 1837 (age59 years, 193days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Porter Clay (1779-1850) — of Kentucky. Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,1779.Minister;Kentuckyauditor of public accounts, 1810.Died in Camden,OuachitaCounty, Ark.,February16, 1850 (ageabout 70years).Interment atOaklandCemetery, Camden, Ark. | | Williamson Dunn (1781-1854) — of Terre Haute,VigoCounty, Ind.; Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.Born in Crow's Station,BoyleCounty, Ky.,December25, 1781.Circuit judge in Indiana, 1814-16; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1816-20;Speaker ofthe Indiana State House of Representatives, 1818-20;registerof U.S. Land Office at Terre Haute, Indiana, 1821-23;registerof U.S. Land Office at Crawfordsville, Indiana, 1825-27; memberofIndianastate senate, 1837-38; probate judge in Indiana, 1846-52.Presbyterian.Died in Hanover,JeffersonCounty, Ind.,November11, 1854 (age72 years, 321days).Interment atHanoverCemetery, Hanover, Ind. | | Lewis Williams (1782-1842) — of Panther Creek,SurryCounty, N.C.Born inSurryCounty, N.C.,February1, 1782.Member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1813-14;U.S.Representative from North Carolina 13th District, 1815-42; diedin office 1842.Died inWashington,D.C.,February23, 1842 (age60 years, 22days).Interment atPantherCreek Cemetery, Lewisville, N.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | David Hervey Maxwell (1786-1854) — of Indiana. Born in Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.,September17, 1786.Delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1816; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1821-25;Speaker ofthe Indiana State House of Representatives, 1823-24; candidateforLieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1822; member ofIndianastate senate, 1826-30;mayorof Bloomington, Ind., 1848.Presbyterian.Died in Bloomington,MonroeCounty, Ind.,May 24,1854 (age67 years, 249days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ind. | | Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) — also known asClement C. Clay — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,December17, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;memberAlabama territorial council, 1817-18; state court judge inAlabama, 1819-23; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1827-28;U.S.Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1829-35;Governor ofAlabama, 1835-37;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1837-41;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1843.Fought aduelin 1823 with Dr. Waddy Tate.Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,September7, 1866 (age76 years, 264days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. | | John Speed Smith (1792-1854) — of Kentucky. Born in Nicholasville,JessamineCounty, Ky.,July 1,1792.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1819, 1827, 1830, 1839-41, 1845;Speakerof the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1827;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1821-23; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1846-50.Slaveowner. Died in Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,June 6,1854 (age61 years, 340days).Interment atRichmondCemetery, Richmond, Ky. | | Edward Russell Maxwell (1793-1835) — of Indiana. Born inGarrardCounty, Ky.,May 19,1793.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1831-32.Disciplesof Christ.Died in Hanover,JeffersonCounty, Ind.,July 15,1835 (age42 years, 57days).Interment atHanoverCemetery, Hanover, Ind. | | Matthew Clay (c.1795-1827) — of Alabama. Born about 1795. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1820-22; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1825-27; died in office 1827.Died, ofpneumonia,February,1827(ageabout32 years).Burial location unknown. | | John Wilson (1796-1864) — of Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.Born in Lancaster,GarrardCounty, Ky.,November29, 1796.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1840-41.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.,March25, 1864 (age67 years, 117days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind. | | 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. | | Madison Conyers Johnson (1806-1886) — also known asM. C. Johnson — of Kentucky. Born inScottCounty, Ky.,September21, 1806.Kentuckystate attorney general, 1849;lawprofessor;banker.Died in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,December7, 1886 (age80 years, 77days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) — of Kentucky. Born in Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,July 1,1808.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1840, 1860;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1863-65.Slaveowner. Died near Paris,BourbonCounty, Ky.,October11, 1878 (age70 years, 102days).Interment atAuvergneCemetery, Paris, Ky. | | Samuel Campbell Dunn (1809-1881) — of Indiana. Born near Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.,August9, 1809.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1839-40.Presbyterian.Died, fromstomachcancer, in Franklin,JohnsonCounty, Ind.,1881(ageabout71 years).Interment atGreenlawnCemetery, Franklin, Ind.  | Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) — also known asCassius M. Clay;"The Lion of WhiteHall" —ofMadisonCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,October19, 1810.Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his ownslaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislaverynewspaperin 1845-47; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; delegate to WhigNational Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker);shotpoint-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut offthe attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye;triedformayhemand found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1851; candidate for Republican nomination for VicePresident,1860;U.S. Minister toRussia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during theCivil War.Died, ofkidneyfailure, inMadisonCounty, Ky.,July 22,1903 (age92 years, 276days).Interment atRichmondCemetery, Richmond, Ky. | | | James Reily (1811-1863) — of Texas. Born in Hamilton,ButlerCounty, Ohio,July 3,1811.Lawyer;major in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; memberofTexasRepublic House of Representatives, 1840-41; Texas RepublicMinister to the United States, 1841-42; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S. Consul inSt. Petersburg, as of 1856; colonel in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War.Presbyterian;laterEpiscopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner.Killedin the Battle of Camp Bisland, on Bayou Teche, near Franklin,St. MaryParish, La.,April14, 1863 (age51 years, 285days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Henry Clay Jr. (1811-1847) — of Kentucky. Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,April10, 1811.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1835-37; colonel in the U.S. Armyduring the Mexican War.Episcopalian.Killedin action at the Battle of Buena Vista, Buena Vista,Coahuila,February23, 1847 (age35 years, 319days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | James Speed (1812-1887) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inJeffersonCounty, Ky.,March11, 1812.Republican. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1847; candidatefordelegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1861-63;U.S.Attorney General, 1864-66; candidate for Republican nominationfor Vice President,1868;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1870; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kentucky,1872.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,June 25,1887 (age75 years, 106days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William McKee Dunn (1814-1887) — of Madison,JeffersonCounty, Ind.Born in Hanover,JeffersonCounty, Ind.,December12, 1814.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1848-49;delegateto Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51;U.S.Representative from Indiana 3rd District, 1859-63; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War.Died in Dunn Loring,FairfaxCounty, Va.,July 24,1887 (age72 years, 224days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. (1816-1882) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,December13, 1816.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1842; state court judge inAlabama, 1846;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1853-61;Senatorfrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Suspected of conspiring with otherConfederatestoassassinatePresidentAbrahamLincoln, he wasimprisonedfor nearly a year after the war.Slaveowner. Died near Gurley,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January3, 1882 (age65 years, 21days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. | | Thomas Clay McCreery (1816-1890) — of Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.Born near Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,December12, 1816.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1868-71, 1873-79.Slaveowner. Died in Owensboro,DaviessCounty, Ky.,July 10,1890 (age73 years, 210days).Interment atRosehillElmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky. | | James Brown Clay (1817-1864) — of Kentucky. Born inWashington,D.C.,November9, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toPortugal, 1849-50;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1857-59.Slaveowner. Died oftuberculosis,in Montreal,Quebec,January26, 1864 (age46 years, 78days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Speed Smith Fry (1817-1892) — also known asSpeed S. Fry — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.Born in Mercer County (part now inBoyleCounty), Ky.,September9, 1817.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; widely credited as having killedConfederate Gen.FelixZolicoffer, during the battle at Mill Springs, Kentucky;candidate forU.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1866; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kentucky,1884.Presbyterian.Died, in the KentuckySoldiers'Home, of which he was superintendent, Harrods Creek,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,August1, 1892 (age74 years, 327days).Interment atBellevueCemetery, Danville, Ky. | | David Maxwell Dunn (1818-1889) — of Indiana. Born inJeffersonCounty, Ind.,November28, 1818.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1855; director, Logansport andPacificRailroad;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; trustee, Wabash andErieCanal,1865-67; U.S. Consul inCharlottetown, 1871-83;Valparaiso, 1883.Died inWashington,D.C.,August20, 1889 (age70 years, 265days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | James Burnie Beck (1822-1890) — also known asJames B. Beck — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born in Dumfriesshire (now Dumfries and Galloway),Scotland,February13, 1822.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1860;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1867-75;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1877-90; died in office 1890.Slaveowner. Died suddenly, in the Baltimore & Potomactrainstation,Washington,D.C.,May 3,1890 (age68 years, 79days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | | James Wilson (1825-1867) — of Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.Born in Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.,April 9,1825.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Indiana 8th District, 1857-61; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toVenezuela, 1866-67, died in office 1867.Died in Caracas,Venezuela,August8, 1867 (age42 years, 121days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind. | | Green Clay Smith (1826-1895) — also known asGreen C. Smith — of Covington,KentonCounty, Ky.Born in Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.,July 4,1826.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1861; general in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1863-66;Governorof Montana Territory, 1866-68; Prohibition candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1876.Baptist.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 29,1895 (age68 years, 360days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835-1914) — also known asAdlai E. Stevenson — of Metamora,WoodfordCounty, Ill.; Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.Born inChristianCounty, Ky.,October23, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois,1864;U.S.Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1875-77, 1879-81;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1884,1892;VicePresident of the United States, 1893-97; defeated, 1900;candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1908.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons;Council onForeign Relations;PhiDelta Theta.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 14,1914 (age78 years, 234days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. | | James Stevenson Ewing (1835-1918) — also known asJames S. Ewing — of Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.Born in Woodford County (part now inMcLeanCounty), Ill.,July 19,1835.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1876,1888,1892;U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1893-97.Died in Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,February7, 1918 (age82 years, 203days).Interment atParkHill Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. | | 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 |
| | Charles Donald Jacob (1838-1898) — also known asCharles D. Jacob — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.BornJune 1,1838.Democrat.Mayorof Louisville, Ky., 1873-79, 1882-84, 1888-90; U.S. Minister toColombia, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1888.DiedDecember25, 1898 (age60 years, 207days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Gillespie Ewing (1839-1922) — also known asWilliam G. Ewing — of Quincy,AdamsCounty, Ill.; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Highland Park,LakeCounty, Ill.Born inWoodfordCounty, Ill.,May 11,1839.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1886-90;candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1890; superior courtjudge in Illinois, 1893-98.ChristianScientist.Died in Highland Park,LakeCounty, Ill.,February16, 1922 (age82 years, 281days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | William Cassius Goodloe (1841-1889) — also known asW. Cassius Goodloe — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,June 27,1841.Republican.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1868,1872(delegation chair),1884,1888;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1871; defeated, 1867; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Kentucky, 1872-; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1873; candidate forKentuckystate attorney general, 1875; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1878-80.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion.During a violent encounter in the lobby of the LexingtonPostOffice, herepeatedlystabbed and ultimately killed a political enemy, Col. ArmisteadSwope, who meanwhileshot andbadlywounded him; before anyprosecutioncould ensue, he died of his own wounds two days later, in the PhoenixHotel,Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,November8, 1889 (age48 years, 134days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Letitia Stevenson (1843-1913) — also known asLetitia Barbour Green — Born in Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,January8, 1843.SecondLady of the United States, 1893-97.Female.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Died in Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,December25, 1913 (age70 years, 351days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. | | Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932) — also known asBrutus J. Clay — of Richmond,MadisonCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,February20, 1847.Republican.Grocer;cottonplanter;delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky,1904;U.S. Minister toSwitzerland, 1905-10.Presbyterian.DiedJune 2,1932 (age85 years, 103days).Interment atRichmondCemetery, Richmond, Ky. | | Henry Clay (1849-1884) — also known asHarry Clay — of Kentucky. Born in Lisbon,Portugal,November17, 1849.Candidate forKentuckystate house of representatives, 1883.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September22, 1884 (age34 years, 310days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Laura Clay (b. 1849) — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,February9, 1849.Democrat. President, Kentucky Equal Rights Association, advocatingvotes for women, 1899-1912; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1920;delegateto Kentucky convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Female.Episcopalian.Burial location unknown. | | Oliver Carroll Clay (1849-1929) — also known asOliver C. Clay — of Canton,LewisCounty, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,May 27,1849.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;farmer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Lewis County, 1919-22.Died, frompneumonia,in Canton,LewisCounty, Mo.,March 5,1929 (age79 years, 282days).Interment atForestGrove Cemetery, Canton, Mo. | | John Lockwood Wilson (1850-1912) — also known asJohn L. Wilson — of Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.Born in Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.,August7, 1850.Republican. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1881;U.S.Representative from Washington at-large, 1889-95;U.S.Senator from Washington, 1895-99.Died inWashington,D.C.,November6, 1912 (age62 years, 91days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind. | | 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.  | Henry Lane Wilson (1857-1932) — also known asHenry L. Wilson — of Lafayette,TippecanoeCounty, Ind.; Spokane,SpokaneCounty, Wash.; Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Crawfordsville,MontgomeryCounty, Ind.,November3, 1857.Republican.Newspapereditor;lawyer;banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee); U.S. Minister toChile, 1897-1904;Belgium, 1905-09; U.S. Ambassador toMexico, 1909-12; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Indiana,1928.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;LoyalLegion.Died in Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.,December22, 1932 (age75 years, 49days).Entombed atCrownHill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. | | Lewis Green Stevenson (1868-1929) — also known asLewis G. Stevenson — of Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.Born in Chenoa,McLeanCounty, Ill.,August15, 1868.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Illinois, 1914-17; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1920(alternate),1928.Died in Bloomington,McLeanCounty, Ill.,April 5,1929 (age60 years, 233days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill. | | 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). |
 | Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900-1965) — also known asAdlai E. Stevenson — of Libertyville,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February5, 1900.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,1948(member,CredentialsCommittee),1952,1956,1960;Governorof Illinois, 1949-53; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1960;U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1961-65, died in office 1965.Unitarian.Member,Council onForeign Relations.While walking withMariettaTree, he was stricken with aheartattack, and died soon after, in St. George'sHospital,London,England,July14, 1965 (age65 years, 159days).Interment atEvergreenMemorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.| | Relatives: SonofLewisGreen Stevenson and Helen Louise (Davis) Stevenson; married,December1, 1928, to Ellen Borden; father ofAdlaiEwing Stevenson III; grandson ofAdlaiEwing Stevenson andLetitiaStevenson; great-grandnephew ofSpeedSmith Fry; second great-grandnephew ofJohnSpeed Smith; fourth great-grandson ofJohnFry; fifth great-grandson ofJoshuaFry; first cousin twice removed ofJamesStevenson Ewing andWilliamGillespie Ewing; first cousin thrice removed ofJamesSpeed andGreenClay Smith; second cousin once removed of McLean Stevenson;second cousin twice removed ofWilliamChristian Bullitt (1856-1914),WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; second cousin five times removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry,GustavusAdolphus Henry andThomasStanhope Flournoy; third cousin once removed ofWilliamChristian Bullitt (1891-1967); third cousin thrice removed ofRobertGoodloe Harper Speed. | | | | Political family:Clayfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WilliamMcCormick Blair, Jr. —DanielWalker —JohnBrademas —JohnBartlow Martin | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Adlai Stevenson: JeffBroadwater,AdlaiStevenson and American Politics : The Odyssey of a Cold WarLiberal — Porter McKeever,AdlaiStevenson: His Life and Legacy — Scott Farris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Carl Albert Center (viaWikipedia) |
| | William Cassius Goodloe III (1919-1997) — also known asWilliam C. Goodloe;BillGoodloe —of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,September19, 1919.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofWashingtonstate senate 32nd District, 1951-58;WashingtonRepublican state chair, 1950; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Washington,1960;HonoraryConsul for Ecuador inSeattle,Wash., 1962; superior court judge in Washington, 1970;chiefjustice of Washington state supreme court, 1985-88.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati.Died, fromliverdisease, in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,January18, 1997 (age77 years, 121days).Burial location unknown. | | Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (b. 1930) — also known asAdlai E. Stevenson III — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October10, 1930.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; memberofIllinoisstate house of representatives at-large, 1965-67;Illinoisstate treasurer, 1967-70;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1970-81; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Illinois,1972;candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1982, 1986.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Still living as of 2014.
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