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. 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. | |  Benjamin Franklin Perry (1805-1886) — of Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.Born in Pendleton District (part now inPickensCounty), S.C.,November20, 1805.Democrat.Farmer;lawyer;newspapereditor; in 1832, he challenged Turner Bynum, editor of acompeting newspaper, to aduel,and fatally injured his adversary; candidate forU.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1834, 1835, 1848, 1872;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Greenville, 1836-41,1849-59, 1862-64; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Greenville, 1844-48; PresidentialElector for South Carolina,1848;delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1860,1868,1876;Governorof South Carolina, 1865.Episcopalian.Died, fromheartdisease, inGreenvilleCounty, S.C.,December3, 1886 (age81 years, 13days).Interment atChristEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C. | | William Hayne Perry (1839-1902) — also known asWilliam H. Perry — of Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.Born in Greenville, Greenville District (nowGreenvilleCounty), S.C.,June 9,1839.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Greenville, 1864-66;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; memberofSouthCarolina state senate from Greenville County, 1880-84;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1885-91.Died near Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.,July 7,1902 (age63 years, 28days).Interment atChristEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C. | | John Hollis Bankhead (1842-1920) — also known asJohn H. Bankhead — of Fayette,FayetteCounty, Ala.; Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.Born in Moscow, Marion County (now Sulligent,LamarCounty), Ala.,September13, 1842.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; memberofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1865-67, 1880-81; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1876-77;U.S.Representative from Alabama 6th District, 1887-1907;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1907-20; died in office 1920; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Alabama,1912(speaker).Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 1,1920 (age77 years, 170days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala. | | John Hollis Bankhead II (1872-1946) — also known asJohn H. Bankhead II — of Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.Born near Moscow (now Sulligent),LamarCounty, Ala.,July 8,1872.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1903; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Alabama,1928(alternate),1936,1940,1944(alternate;speaker);U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1931-46; died in office 1946; candidate forDemocratic nomination for Vice President,1944.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Died in theU.S.Naval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,June 12,1946 (age73 years, 339days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.  | William Brockman Bankhead (1874-1940) — also known asWilliam B. Bankhead — of Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.Born in Moscow (now Sulligent),LamarCounty, Ala.,April12, 1874.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1900-02;speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1912 ;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1917-40 (10th District 1917-33, 7thDistrict 1933-40); died in office 1940;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1936-40; died in office 1940.Methodist.Member,PhiDelta Theta;Freemasons;OddFellows;JuniorOrder;Woodmen.Died inWashington,D.C.,September15, 1940 (age66 years, 156days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala. | | Walter Will Bankhead (1897-1988) — also known asWalter W. Bankhead — of Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.Born in Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.,July 21,1897.Democrat.Lawyer;board chairman, BankheadMining Co.and BankheadDevelopmentCo.; president, MammothPacking Co.and BankheadBroadcastingCo.; vice-chairman, First NationalBank ofJasper; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama,1940;U.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1941.Died in Jasper,WalkerCounty, Ala.,November24, 1988 (age91 years, 126days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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