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. | | Edwin Hickman Ewing (1809-1902) — of Tennessee. Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,December2, 1809.Whig.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1841-42;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1845-47;president,University of Nashville.Slaveowner. Died in Murfreesboro,RutherfordCounty, Tenn.,April24, 1902 (age92 years, 143days).Interment atMurfreesboroCity Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Tenn. | | Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891) — also known asHarvey M. Watterson — of Tennessee. Born inBedfordCounty, Tenn.,November23, 1811.Democrat.Newspapereditor;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1835;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1839-43; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1845-47;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1845-47.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October1, 1891 (age79 years, 312days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Andrew Ewing (1813-1864) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 17,1813.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1849-51; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Tennessee,1860.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,June 16,1864 (age50 years, 365days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,July 21,1824.Republican. State court judge in Ohio, 1851; member ofOhiostate senate, 1856;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1858-61;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1877-79;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-89; died in office 1889.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,March22, 1889 (age64 years, 244days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | Henry Watterson (1840-1921) — also known as"Marse Henry" — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inWashington,D.C.,February16, 1840.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;editor, Louisville Courier-Journalnewspaper;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1876(TemporaryChair),1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1884,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1892;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1876-77; received thePulitzerPrize in Journalism, 1918.Methodist.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,December22, 1921 (age81 years, 309days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | John Overton Pendleton (1851-1916) — also known asJohn O. Pendleton — of Wheeling,OhioCounty, W.Va.Born in Wellsburg,BrookeCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),July 4,1851.Democrat. Candidate forWestVirginia state senate, 1886;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1889-90, 1891-95;defeated, 1895.Died in Wheeling,OhioCounty, W.Va.,December24, 1916 (age65 years, 173days).Interment atGreenwoodCemetery, Wheeling, W.Va. | | Harvey Watterson (1879-1908) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,February12, 1879.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly, 1906.While trying to close a window in hislawoffice, hefellthrough the window to his death 110 feet below, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November11, 1908 (age29 years, 273days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | James Harlan Cleveland Jr. (1894-1950) — also known asJames H. Cleveland — of Glendale,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Glendale,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August28, 1894.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1939.Died inHamiltonCounty, Ohio,March21, 1950 (age55 years, 205days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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