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 Walker (1744-1809) — ofAlbemarleCounty, Va.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,February13, 1744.Planter;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1790.Died inOrangeCounty, Va.,December2, 1809 (age65 years, 292days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother ofFrancisWalker; married1764 toElizabeth Moore; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (who marriedWilliamWirt); granduncle ofThomasWalker Gilmer; first cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; first cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; first cousin four times removed ofHubbardT. Smith; first cousin five times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin ofAylettHawes; second cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,GeorgeMadison,RichardAylett Buckner,RichardHawes andAlbertGallatin Hawes; second cousin twice removed ofZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,AyletteBuckner,DavidShelby Walker andAylettHawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andHarryBartow Hawes; second cousin four times removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman andVailMontgomery Pittman; second cousin five times removed ofSidneyFletcher Taliaferro andMaxRogers Strother. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Francis Walker (1764-1806) — of Virginia. Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,June 22,1764.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1788-91, 1797-1801;U.S.Representative from Virginia 14th District, 1793-95.Slaveowner. Died inAlbemarleCounty, Va., March,1806(age41years, 0 days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother ofJohnWalker; married to Jane Byrd Nelson; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (whomarriedWilliamWirt); granduncle ofThomasWalker Gilmer; first cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; first cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; first cousin four times removed ofHubbardT. Smith; first cousin five times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin ofAylettHawes; second cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,GeorgeMadison,RichardAylett Buckner,RichardHawes andAlbertGallatin Hawes; second cousin twice removed ofZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,AyletteBuckner,DavidShelby Walker andAylettHawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andHarryBartow Hawes; second cousin four times removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman andVailMontgomery Pittman; second cousin five times removed ofSidneyFletcher Taliaferro andMaxRogers Strother. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | William Henry Cabell (1772-1853) — also known asWilliam H. Cabell — of Virginia. Born inCumberlandCounty, Va.,December16, 1772.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1796-1805; Presidential Elector forVirginia,1800;Presidential Elector for Virginia,1804;Governorof Virginia, 1805-08; state court judge in Virginia, 1808-11;Judge, Virginia Court of Appeals, 1830-51.Died inRichmond,Va.,January12, 1853 (age80 years, 27days).Interment atShockoeHill Cemetery, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Col. Nicholas Cabell and Hannah (Carrington) Cabell; married1795 toElizabeth Cabell; married1805 to AgnesSarah Bell Gamble (sister-in-law ofWilliamWirt); father ofEdwardCarrington Cabell; nephew ofWilliamCabell andPaulCarrington; first cousin ofWilliamCabell Jr.; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andFrederickMortimer Cabell; first cousin twice removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; first cousin thrice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,CarterHenry Harrison II,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin four times removed ofEarleCabell; second cousin once removed ofCameronErskine Thom; second cousin twice removed ofErskineMayo Ross. | | | | Political families:Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia;Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cabell County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Huntington ThroughSeventy-Five Years (1947) |
 | William Wirt (1772-1834) — of Virginia. Born near Bladensburg,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,November8, 1772.Lawyer;prosecuting attorney at the treason trial ofAaronBurr, 1807;U.S.Attorney for Virginia, 1816-17;U.S.Attorney General, 1817-29; Anti-Masonic candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1832.Presbyterian.GermanandSwissancestry.Died inWashington,D.C.,February18, 1834 (age61 years, 102days).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Wirt and Henrietta Wirt; married,May 28,1795, to Mildred 'Millie' Gilmer (niece ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; aunt ofThomasWalker Gilmer); married,September7, 1802, to Elizabeth Washington Gamble (sister-in-law ofWilliamHenry Cabell); father of Catherine Gratten Wirt (who marriedAlexanderRandall); grandfather ofJohnWirt Randall; great-grandfather ofHannahParker Randall (who marriedWilliamBladen Lowndes). | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Wirt County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:WirtAdams—WilliamWirt Virgin—WilliamWirt Watkins—WilliamWirt Vaughan—WilliamW. Warren—WilliamWirt Culbertson—WilliamWirt Herod—WilliamW. Dixon—WilliamWirt Henderson—WilliamW. Hastings—W.Wirt Courtney | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about William Wirt: Gregory KurtGlassner,AdoptedSon: The Life, Wit & Wisdom of William Wirt,1772-1834 | | | | Image source: The South in the Buildingof the Nation (1909) |
| | | Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,August18, 1774.Governorof Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809.EnglishandWelshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Commanded expedition withWilliamClark to Oregon, 1803-04.Died fromgunshotwounds undermysteriouscircumstances (murder orsuicide?)at Grinder's Stand, aninn onthe Natchez Trace near Hohenwald,LewisCounty, Tenn.,October11, 1809 (age35 years, 54days).Interment atMeriwetherLewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.| | Relatives: Sonof William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin onceremoved ofHowellLewis,JohnWalker,DavidMeriwether (1755-1822),JamesMeriwether (1755-1817),FrancisWalker andGeorgeRockingham Gilmer; first cousin five times removed ofArthurSidney Demarest; second cousin ofJamesMeriwether (1788-1852),DavidMeriwether (1800-1893) andJamesArchibald Meriwether; second cousin once removed ofGeorgeWashington,HowellCobb (1772-1818),ThomasWalker Gilmer,DavidShelby Walker andReubenHandy Meriwether; second cousin twice removed ofHowellCobb (1815-1868),ThomasReade Rootes Cobb,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; second cousin thrice removed ofHubbardT. Smith andAndrewJackson Cobb; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; second cousin five times removed ofHowellCobb Jr.; third cousin ofTheodorickBland,RobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,GeorgeMadison andRichardAylett Buckner; third cousin once removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke,HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnThornton Augustine Washington,ZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andAyletteBuckner; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,AylettHawes Buckner,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,NathanielBeverly Tucker andHubbardDozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed ofJamesFrancis Buckner Jr.,KeyPittman,ClaudePollard andVailMontgomery Pittman; fourth cousin once removed ofHenryRootes Jackson. | | | | Political families:Cobb-Lumpkinfamily of Athens, Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland;Meriwetherfamily of Georgia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GeorgeF. Shannon | | | | Lewis counties inIdaho,Ky.,Mo.,Tenn. andWash. arenamed for him;Lewis and ClarkCounty, Mont. is named partly for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:MeriwetherLewis Randolph—MeriwetherLewis Walker | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to1927. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C.Danisi,Uncoveringthe Truth About Meriwether Lewis — Donald BarrChidsey,Lewisand Clark: The Great Adventure |
| | Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Gilmerton,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,April 6,1802.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39;Speaker ofthe Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39;Governor ofVirginia, 1840-41;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5thDistrict 1843-44);U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844.Slaveowner. Among those killed in theexplosionwhen acannonaccidentallyburstonboard the U.S.S.Princeton, on the Potomac River near FortWashington,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February28, 1844 (age41 years, 328days).Originally entombed atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment ataprivate or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married toAnne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who marriedWilliamWirt); grandnephew ofJohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofAylettHawes; third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,GeorgeMadison,RichardAylett Buckner,RichardHawes,AlbertGallatin Hawes andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck; third cousin twice removed ofHubbardT. Smith; third cousin thrice removed ofArcherWoodford; fourth cousin ofZacharyTaylor,FrancisTaliaferro Helm,AyletteBuckner,DavidShelby Walker andAylettHawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnStrother Pendleton,AlbertGallatin Pendleton,CharlesJohn Helm,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm,JamesDavid Walker,DavidShelby Walker Jr. andHarryBartow Hawes. | | | | Political family:Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Gilmer County,W.Va. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alexander Randall (1803-1881) — ofAnneArundel County, Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,January3, 1803.Whig.U.S.Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1841-43;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850-51;Marylandstate attorney general, 1865-67.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,November21, 1881 (age78 years, 322days).Interment atSt.Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md. | | David Shelby Walker (1815-1891) — also known asDavid S. Walker — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inLoganCounty, Ky.,May 2,1815.Lawyer;mayorof Tallahassee, Fla., 1852;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1860-65;Governor ofFlorida, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge inFlorida, 1878-91.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,July 20,1891 (age76 years, 79days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.| | Relatives: SonofDavidWalker; married to Philoclea Alston (sister ofAugustusA. Alston; niece ofWillisAlston); father of Courtney Walker (who marriedRobertSpratt Cockrell) andDavidShelby Walker Jr.; nephew ofGeorgeWalker; uncle ofJamesDavid Walker; first cousin twice removed ofHowellLewis; second cousin once removed ofMeriwetherLewis; second cousin twice removed ofGeorgeWashington,JohnWalker andFrancisWalker; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeMadison; third cousin ofHowellCobb (1772-1818); third cousin once removed ofRobertBrooke,BushrodWashington,HowellCobb (1815-1868) andThomasReade Rootes Cobb; third cousin twice removed ofJamesMadison,WilliamTaylor Madison,ClementF. Dorsey andAndrewJackson Cobb; fourth cousin ofJohnThornton Augustine Washington,FrancisTaliaferro Helm andThomasWalker Gilmer; fourth cousin once removed ofAndrewDorsey,CharlesJohn Helm,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,RobertThomas Brooke,HubbardDozier Helm andGeorgeWashington Thornton Beck. | | | | Political families:Walker-Edwardsfamily of North Carolina and Georgia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The David S. WalkerLibrary,inTallahassee,Florida, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Edward Carrington Cabell (1816-1896) — also known asEdward C. Cabell — ofJeffersonCounty, Fla.; Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inRichmond,Va.,February5, 1816.Lawyer;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Jefferson County,1838-39;U.S.Representative from Florida, 1845-46, 1847-53 (at-large 1845-46,1847-51, 1st District 1851-53); colonel in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War; member ofMissouristate senate 32nd District, 1879-82.Slaveowner. Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,February28, 1896 (age80 years, 23days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamHenry Cabell and Agnes Sarah Bell (Gamble) Cabell; married toAnna Marie Wilcox; grandnephew ofWilliamCabell andPaulCarrington; first cousin once removed ofWilliamCabell Jr. andJohnWirt Randall; first cousin twice removed ofHannahParker Lowndes; second cousin ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andFrederickMortimer Cabell; second cousin once removed ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,CarterHenry Harrison,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell,WilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin twice removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,CarterHenry Harrison II,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin thrice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofCameronErskine Thom; third cousin once removed ofErskineMayo Ross. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Walker-Lowndesfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James David Walker (1830-1906) — also known asJames D. Walker — of Fayetteville,WashingtonCounty, Ark.Born near Russellville,LoganCounty, Ky.,December13, 1830.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; DemocraticPresidential Elector for Arkansas,1876;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1879-85.Died in Fayetteville,WashingtonCounty, Ark.,November17, 1906 (age75 years, 339days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Henry Haymond (1837-1920) — of Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, W.Va.Born in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),January6, 1837.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; RepublicanPresidential Elector for West Virginia,1897(voted forWilliamMcKinley andGarretA. Hobart).Died in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, W.Va.,July 31,1920 (age83 years, 207days).Interment atOddFellows Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va. | | Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (1845-1905) — of Maryland. Born in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),February21, 1845.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1873-75; defeated,1874; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1880;Governorof Maryland, 1896-1900.Episcopalian.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,January8, 1905 (age59 years, 322days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md. | | John Wirt Randall (1845-1912) — of Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,March 6,1845.Lawyer;banker;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1884-85; member ofMarylandstate senate, 1888-90, 1896-98.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Roland Park,Baltimore,Md.,August16, 1912 (age67 years, 163days).Interment atSt.Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Md. | | David Shelby Walker Jr. (1846-1889) — also known asDavid S. Walker, Jr. — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inLeonCounty, Fla.,October10, 1846.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;mayorof Tallahassee, Fla., 1875, 1878-79; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1883;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; member ofFloridastate senate, 1887.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,December6, 1889 (age43 years, 57days).Interment atSt.John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | William Bladen Lowndes (1875-1941) — also known asW. Bladen Lowndes — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.,November25, 1875.Republican.Banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1924.Died inBaltimore,Md.,May 30,1941 (age65 years, 186days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md. | | Hannah Parker Lowndes (1880-1970) — also known asHannah P. Lowndes;Hannah Parker Randall;Mrs. W. Bladen Lowndes —ofBaltimore,Md.; Ellicott City,HowardCounty, Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,July 17,1880.Republican. Member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maryland, 1924;delegateto Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment 5th District,1933.Female.Died, in College Manornursinghome, Lutherville,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,August11, 1970 (age90 years, 25days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md. | | Elizabeth Lloyd Lowndes (1881-1963) — also known asElizabeth L. Lowndes — of Cumberland,AlleganyCounty, Md.Born in Maryland,1881.Delegateto Maryland convention to ratify 21st amendment at-large, 1933.Female.DiedNovember4, 1963 (ageabout 82years).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Cumberland, Md.
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