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 Breathitt (1786-1834) — of Kentucky. Born inLoudounCounty, Va.,September9, 1786.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1811;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1828-32;Governor ofKentucky, 1832-34; died in office 1834.Presbyterian.Died oftuberculosisin Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,February21, 1834 (age47 years, 165days).Original interment atBreathittCemetery, Near Russellville, Logan County, Ky.; reinterment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Russellville, Ky. | | Meredith Miles Marmaduke (1791-1864) — also known asMeredith M. Marmaduke — ofSalineCounty, Mo.BornAugust25, 1791.Democrat.LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1840-44;Governor ofMissouri, 1844;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 26th District,1845-46.DiedMarch26, 1864 (age72 years, 214days).Interment atSappingtonCemetery State Historic Site, Near Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo. | | Hancock Lee Jackson (1796-1876) — ofRandolphCounty, Mo.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,May 12,1796.Delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 11th District,1845-46;LieutenantGovernor of Missouri, 1857-61;Governor ofMissouri, 1857.DiedMarch19, 1876 (age79 years, 312days).Interment atPioneerCemetery, Salem, Ore. | | Claiborne Fox Jackson (1806-1862) — of Arrow Rock,SalineCounty, Mo.Born inFlemingCounty, Ky.,April 4,1806.Member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1836, 1842-48;Speaker ofthe Missouri State House of Representatives, 1844;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 10th District,1845-46; member ofMissouristate senate, 1848-51;Governor ofMissouri, 1861.Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,December6, 1862 (age56 years, 246days).Interment atSappingtonCemetery State Historic Site, Near Arrow Rock, Saline County, Mo. | | John Sappington Marmaduke (1833-1887) — of Missouri. Born in Arrow Rock,SalineCounty, Mo.,March14, 1833.Democrat. General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Governor ofMissouri, 1885-87; died in office 1887.Died in Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.,December28, 1887 (age54 years, 289days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Jefferson City, Mo. | | Isaac Breathed Snodgrass (1841-1890) — also known asIsaac B. Snodgrass — ofBerkeleyCounty, W.Va.Born inBerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),December24, 1841.Member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Berkeley County, 1885.Episcopalian.Died inBerkeleyCounty, W.Va.,October3, 1890 (age48 years, 283days).Burial location unknown. | | James Breathitt (1852-1934) — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,September4, 1852.Republican. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1883-84, 1887-88; district judgein Kentucky 3rd District, 1896-1900; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Kentucky,1904,1912;ChristianCounty Probate Judge, 1905-07;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1908-12.Methodist.Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias;Elks.Died in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,February1, 1934 (age81 years, 150days).Burial location unknown. | | Erasmus L. Pearson (1865-1931) — also known asRas L. Pearson — of Louisiana,PikeCounty, Mo.Born inPikeCounty, Mo.,December27, 1865.Democrat.Lawyer;chair ofPike County Democratic Party, 1916-21.Died inLincolnCounty, Mo.,January24, 1931 (age65 years, 28days).Interment atBowling Green City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo. | | James Breathitt Jr. (1890-1934) — of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,December14, 1890.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1924,1928;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1927-31; member ofKentuckystate senate 6th District, 1934; died in office 1934.Died in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,October29, 1934 (age43 years, 319days).Burial location unknown. | | Edward Thompson Breathitt Jr. (1924-2003) — also known asEdward T. Breathitt;NedBreathitt —of Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.Born in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,November26, 1924.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives 9th District, 1952-57;Governor ofKentucky, 1963-67; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Kentucky,1964,1972,1980;counsel and vice-president, SouthernRailwaySystem.Methodist.Member,Jaycees;Kiwanis;Elks;OmicronDelta Kappa;SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Collapsed whilemaking aspeech at Lexington Community College, and died a few days later,fromheartdisease, in the University of KentuckyHospital,Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,October14, 2003 (age78 years, 322days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.
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