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. | |  Charles Anderson Wickliffe (1788-1869) — also known asCharles A. Wickliffe — of Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.Born near Springfield,WashingtonCounty, Ky.,June 8,1788.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1812-13, 1822-23, 1833-35;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1823-33, 1861-63 (9th District1823-33, 5th District 1861-63);LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1836-39;Governor ofKentucky, 1839-40;U.S.Postmaster General, 1841-45;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856,1864.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died near Ilchester,HowardCounty, Md.,October31, 1869 (age81 years, 145days).Interment atBardstownCemetery, Bardstown, Ky. | | John Bennett Dawson (1798-1845) — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born near Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,March17, 1798.Planter;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1834; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1830;U.S.Representative from Louisiana, 1841-45 (2nd District 1841-43, 3rdDistrict 1843-45); died in office 1845; postmaster atNewOrleans, La., 1843.Slaveowner. Died in St. Francisville,WestFeliciana Parish, La.,June 26,1845 (age47 years, 101days).Interment atGraceEpiscopal Churchyard, St. Francisville, La.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Isaac Johnson (1803-1853) — of Louisiana. BornNovember1, 1803.Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1830;secretaryof state of Louisiana, 1840;Governor ofLouisiana, 1846-50;Louisianastate attorney general, 1850.Episcopalian.Died, of aheartattack, in ahotel atNew Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March15, 1853 (age49 years, 134days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Holt (1807-1894) — of Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.;Washington,D.C.Born inBreckinridgeCounty, Ky.,January6, 1807.Lawyer;newspapereditor;JeffersonCounty Commonwealth Attorney, 1833-35; U.S. Commissioner ofPatents, 1857;U.S.Postmaster General, 1859-60;U.S.Secretary of War, 1861.Died inWashington,D.C.,August1, 1894 (age87 years, 207days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Breckinridge County, Ky. | | J. J. Holt (d. 1868) — District judge in Texas 10th District, 1850. Died in Texas,March 1,1868.Burial location unknown. | | David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) — also known asDavid Levy;"Father of Florida'sRailroads" —of St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.; Homosassa,CitrusCounty, Fla.Born in St. Thomas,VirginIslands,June 12,1810.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,1838-39;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61;imprisonedas aConfederateat Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after the Civil War.Jewish.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1886 (age76 years, 120days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Robert Charles Wickliffe (1819-1895) — also known asRobert C. Wickliffe — of Bayou Sara,WestFeliciana Parish, La.Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,January6, 1819.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofLouisianastate senate, 1850;LieutenantGovernor of Louisiana, 1854-56;Governor ofLouisiana, 1856-60; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Louisiana,1876,1884.Presbyterian.Died in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,April18, 1895 (age76 years, 102days).Interment atBardstownCemetery, Bardstown, Ky. | | Joseph White Holt (1825-1898) — of New Castle,CraigCounty, Va.; Hamlin,LincolnCounty, W.Va.Born inCampbellCounty, Va.,December6, 1825.Lawyer;CraigCounty Commonwealth Attorney; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Lincoln County, 1881-84.Presbyterian.Died in Hamlin,LincolnCounty, W.Va.,January21, 1898 (age72 years, 46days).Interment atFairview Memory Gardens, Hamlin, W.Va. | | John Crepps Wickliffe (1830-1913) — also known asJohn C. Wickliffe — of Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.Born inNelsonCounty, Ky.,July 11,1830.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1857; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1874;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1885-89.Died in Attalla,EtowahCounty, Ala.,January3, 1913 (age82 years, 176days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (1869-1940) — also known asJ. C. W. Beckham — of Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.; Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,August5, 1869.Democrat.Schoolprincipal;lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1894-98;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1898;LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1900;Governor ofKentucky, 1900-07; defeated, 1927; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Kentucky,1900,1904(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1908,1912(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee),1916,1920,1936;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1915-21; defeated, 1920, 1936.Presbyterian.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,January9, 1940 (age70 years, 157days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Robert Wickliffe Woolley (1871-1958) — also known asRobert W. Woolley — of Virginia;Washington,D.C.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,April29, 1871.Democrat. Director, U.S. Mint, 1915-16; member, Interstate CommerceCommission, 1917-20; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromDistrict of Columbia,1936,1940.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,December15, 1958 (age87 years, 230days).Interment atFairfaxCity Cemetery, Fairfax, Va. | | Robert Charles Wickliffe (1874-1912) — also known asRobert C. Wickliffe — of St. Francisville,WestFeliciana Parish, La.Born in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,May 1,1874.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898; served in theU.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; district attorney, 24thJudicial District, 1902-06;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1909-12; died inoffice 1912; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1912.While walking on the Southern Railway track in Potomac Park, wasstruck andkilled by a train, inWashington,D.C.,June 11,1912 (age38 years, 41days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.  | William Sidney Wysong (1876-1963) — also known asWilliam S. Wysong — of Webster Springs,WebsterCounty, W.Va.Born in Hamlin,LincolnCounty, W.Va.,February13, 1876.Democrat.Lawyer;mayor of Webster Springs, W.Va., 1907-09; member ofWestVirginia state house of delegates from Webster County, 1911-14,1929-30, 1935-36, 1951-52;chair ofWebster County Democratic Party, 1940-42; Democratic PresidentialElector for West Virginia,1940(voted forFranklinD. Roosevelt andHenryA. Wallace);WestVirginia state attorney general, 1942-43.SouthernMethodist. Member,Freemasons;Lions;PhiKappa Psi.Died in Beard Heights,PocahontasCounty, W.Va.,April26, 1963 (age87 years, 72days).Interment atWoodell Cemetery, Webster Springs, W.Va.
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