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. | |  John Hanson (1721-1783) — of Maryland. Born near Port Tobacco,CharlesCounty, Md.,April14, 1721.Planter;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1757-73;Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1779-82;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1781.Swedishancestry.Died in Oxon Hill,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,November22, 1783 (age62 years, 222days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.; statueatFrederick County Courthouse Grounds, Frederick, Md. | | Philip Thomas (1747-1815) — of Maryland. Born inKentCounty, Md.,June 11,1747.Presidential Elector for Maryland,1789(voted forGeorgeWashington andRobertH. Harrison); Federalist candidate for Presidential Elector forMaryland,1800.Died inFrederickCounty, Md.,April25, 1815 (age67 years, 318days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md. | | Alexander Contee Hanson (1749-1806) — of Maryland. Born in Maryland,October22, 1749.Presidential Elector for Maryland,1789(voted forGeorgeWashington andRobertH. Harrison); Presidential Elector for Maryland,1792(voted forGeorgeWashington andJohnAdams).DiedJanuary16, 1806 (age56 years, 86days).Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin Contee (1755-1815) — of Maryland. Born inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,1755.Delegateto Continental Congress from Maryland, 1788;U.S.Representative from Maryland at-large, 1789-91; state court judgein Maryland, 1815.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died near Port Tobacco,CharlesCounty, Md.,November30, 1815 (ageabout 60years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Charles County, Md. | | Alexander Contee Magruder (1779-1853) — also known asAlexander C. Magruder — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in Maryland,1779.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate executive council, 1812-15; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1838-41;mayorof Annapolis, Md., 1840-43; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals,1844-51.Died in Fort Washington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,January31, 1853 (ageabout 73years).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Thomas Contee Worthington (1782-1847) — of Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.Born near Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,November25, 1782.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1818;U.S.Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1825-27; member ofMarylandstate executive council, 1831-33.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Frederick,FrederickCounty, Md.,April12, 1847 (age64 years, 138days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md. | | Alexander Contee Hanson (1786-1819) — also known asAlexander C. Hanson — of Elkridge,HowardCounty, Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,February27, 1786.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1811-15;U.S.Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1813-16;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1816-19; died in office 1819.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Elkridge,HowardCounty, Md.,April23, 1819 (age33 years, 55days).Interment atBelmont Manor Cemetery, Elkridge, Md.
| |
