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. | |  Robert Witherspoon (1767-1837) — of South Carolina. Born in Kingstree, Williamsburg District (nowWilliamsburgCounty), S.C.,January29, 1767.Democrat.Planter;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1792-94, 1802-04,1806-08, 1816-17;SouthCarolina state treasurer, 1801;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1809-11.Scotch-Irishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Mayesville, Sumter District (nowSumterCounty), S.C.,October11, 1837 (age70 years, 255days).Interment atSalemBrick Church Cemetery, Mayesville, S.C. | | John Hemphill (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,December18, 1803.Lawyer;newspapereditor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840;chiefjustice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he leftWashington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; diedin office 1862; candidate forSenatorfrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.Slaveowner. Died inRichmond,Va.,January7, 1862 (age58 years, 20days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | James Hemphill (1813-1902) — of Chester,ChesterCounty, S.C.Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,July 3,1813.Lawyer;banker;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Chester, 1857,1862-64;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; memberofSouthCarolina state senate from Chester, 1865-66.Presbyterian.Died inChesterCounty, S.C.,January12, 1902 (age88 years, 193days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Chester, S.C. | | Robert Reid Hemphill (1840-1908) — ofAbbevilleCounty, S.C.Born in Abbeville District (nowAbbevilleCounty), S.C.,May 3,1840.Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,1876-80, 1884-86; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1886-94; Clerk ofthe South Carolina Senate, 1894-1908;delegateto South Carolina state constitutional convention from AbbevilleCounty, 1895.Presbyterian.Advocate of woman suffrage. Died in Abbeville,AbbevilleCounty, S.C.,December28, 1908 (age68 years, 239days).Interment atMelroseCemetery, Abbeville, S.C. | | William Hiram Brawley (1841-1916) — also known asWilliam H. Brawley;William HugginsBrawley —of Chester, Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.; Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Chester, Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,May 13,1841.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, Va., 1862, andlost anarm;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,1882-90;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1891-94;resigned 1894;U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1894-1911; retired 1911.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,November15, 1916 (age75 years, 186days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | John James Hemphill (1849-1912) — also known asJohn J. Hemphill — of Chester,ChesterCounty, S.C.Born in Chester,ChesterCounty, S.C.,August25, 1849.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Chester County,1877-78;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1883-93.DiedMay 11,1912 (age62 years, 260days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Robert Witherspoon Hemphill (1915-1983) — of Chester,ChesterCounty, S.C.Born in Chester,ChesterCounty, S.C.,May 10,1915.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; memberofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1947-48;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1957-64;Judgeof U.S. District Court, 1964.Died in Chester,ChesterCounty, S.C.,December25, 1983 (age68 years, 229days).Interment atHopewellReformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, S.C. | | Paul Hemphill Jr. (b. 1930) — ofChesterCounty, S.C.Born in Chester,ChesterCounty, S.C.,November27, 1930.Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Chester County, 1965-66.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;Shriners.Still living as of 1966.
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