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. | |  Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) — also known asHenry W. Conway — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,March18, 1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster atLittleRock, Ark., 1821-23;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1823-27; died in office1827.Mortallywounded in aduel withRobertCrittenden on October 29, 1827, and died at Arkansas Post,ArkansasCounty, Ark.,November9, 1827 (age34 years, 236days).Interment atScullCemetery, Arkansas Post, Ark. | | James Sevier Conway (1798-1855) — of Arkansas. Born inGreeneCounty, Tenn.,December9, 1798.Governorof Arkansas, 1836-40.Died, from complications ofpneumonia,in Walnut Hill,LafayetteCounty, Ark.,March 3,1855 (age56 years, 84days).Interment atConwayCemetery State Park, Walnut Hill, Ark. | | Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1801-1848) — also known asAmbrose H. Sevier — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.; Lakeport,ChicotCounty, Ark.Born inGreeneCounty, Tenn.,November4, 1801.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofArkansasterritorial House of Representatives, 1823-27;Speakerof Arkansas Territory House of Representatives, 1827;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1828-36;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1836-48; resigned 1848.Slaveowner. Died near Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,December31, 1848 (age47 years, 57days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | William Conway (1805-1852) — of Arkansas. Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,January14, 1805.Circuit judge in Arkansas, 1830;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1847-48.Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,December29, 1852 (age47 years, 350days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Elias Nelson Conway (1812-1892) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,May 17,1812.Arkansasterritorial auditor, 1835-36;Arkansasstate auditor, 1836-49;Governor ofArkansas, 1852-60.Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,February28, 1892 (age79 years, 287days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | Henry Massey Rector (1816-1899) — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 1,1816.Lawyer;member ofArkansasstate senate; elected 1848; member ofArkansasstate house of representatives; elected 1854;justice ofArkansas state supreme court, 1859-60;Governor ofArkansas, 1860-62; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;delegateto Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1874.Slaveowner. Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,August12, 1899 (age83 years, 103days).Interment atMt.Holly Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. | | George Taylor Conway (1881-1929) — also known asGeorge T. Conway — of Texarkana,MillerCounty, Ark.Born inWashingtonCounty, Ark.,November11, 1881.Democrat.Mayorof Texarkana, Ark., 1923-27; alternate delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Arkansas,1924.Died in Texarkana,MillerCounty, Ark.,March26, 1929 (age47 years, 135days).Burial location unknown. | | Walter B. Conway (b. 1883) — of Texarkana,MillerCounty, Ark.Born in Arkansas,1883.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas,1916(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Mitchell Conway (1925-1975) — also known asCharles M. Conway — of Texarkana,MillerCounty, Ark.; Fort Smith,SebastianCounty, Ark.Born in Texarkana,MillerCounty, Ark.,May 5,1925.U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, 1961-69.Died in Texarkana,MillerCounty, Ark.,May 16,1975 (age50 years, 11days).Burial location unknown.
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