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. | |  William Cocke (1747-1828) — Born inAmeliaCounty, Va.,September6, 1747.Member ofVirginiaHouse of Burgesses, 1774; general in the Continental Army duringthe Revolutionary War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97, 1797, 1799-1805; circuit judgein Tennessee, 1809-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of1812; member of Mississippi state legislature, 1822.Died in Columbus,LowndesCounty, Miss.,August22, 1828 (age80 years, 351days).Interment atFriendshipCemetery, Columbus, Miss. | | James White (1747-1821) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.,1747.Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1797-98, 1801-05.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,August14, 1821 (ageabout 74years).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Major Lea (1771-1822) — ofGraingerCounty, Tenn.Born in Leasburg,CaswellCounty, N.C.,April21, 1771.Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1810.Baptist.Died inGraingerCounty, Tenn.,July 16,1822 (age51 years, 86days).Interment atLea Springs Cemetery, Grainger County, Tenn. | | John Alexander Cocke (1772-1854) — also known asJohn Cocke — of Rutledge,GraingerCounty, Tenn.Born in Brunswick,BrunswickCounty, Va.,December7, 1772.Member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1796-97, 1807-13, 1837-39;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1811-13,1837-39; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1799-1801, 1843; colonel in the U.S. Army duringthe War of 1812;U.S.Representative from Tennessee, 1819-27 (at-large 1819-25, 2ndDistrict 1825-27).Slaveowner. Died in Rutledge,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,February16, 1854 (age81 years, 71days).Interment atMethodistChurch Cemetery, Rutledge, Tenn. | | Hugh Lawson White (1773-1840) — also known asHugh L. White — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born inRowanCounty, N.C.,October30, 1773.Whig.Justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1801; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1807;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1808-09;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1825-40; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1836.Slaveowner. Died in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,April10, 1840 (age66 years, 163days).Interment atFirstPresbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Luke Lea (1783-1851) — of Tennessee. Born inSurryCounty, N.C.,January21, 1783.U.S.Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1833-37;secretaryof state of Tennessee, 1835-39.Slaveowner.Thrown fromhis horse and killed, in near Fort Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,June 17,1851 (age68 years, 147days).Original interment atWestportCemetery, Kansas City, Mo.; reinterment atUnionCemetery, Kansas City, Mo. | | James King (1787-1838) — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born inMontgomeryCounty, Va.,August21, 1787.Physician;merchant;steamboatowner;mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 1837-38.DiedAugust29, 1838 (age51 years, 8days).Interment atOldGray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Pryor Newton Lea (1794-1879) — also known asPryor Lea — of Tennessee. Born inGraingerCounty, Tenn.,August31, 1794.U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1821-28;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1827-31;delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in Goliad,GoliadCounty, Tex.,September14, 1879 (age85 years, 14days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Goliad, Tex.  | George McNutt White (1800-1884) — also known asGeorge M. White — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,April12, 1800.Sheriff;mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 1852-53.DiedDecember18, 1884 (age84 years, 250days).Interment atOldGray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. | | Luke Lea (1810-1898) — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born inGraingerCounty, Tenn.,November16, 1810.U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1876-85.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,May 9,1898 (age87 years, 174days).Interment atLea Springs Cemetery, Grainger County, Tenn. | | Frederick Bird Smith Cocke (1813-1903) — of Texas. Born in Rutledge,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,February13, 1813.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1861-63, 1879;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875.Died in Center Point,KerrCounty, Tex.,April28, 1903 (age90 years, 74days).Interment atCockeFamily Cemetery, Near Buda, Hays County, Tex. | | William Michael Cocke (1815-1896) — of Tennessee. Born in Rutledge,GraingerCounty, Tenn.,July 16,1815.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1840;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 2nd District, 1845-49.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,February6, 1896 (age80 years, 205days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | John McCormick Lea (1818-1903) — also known asJohn M. Lea — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,December25, 1818.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1842-44;mayorof Nashville, Tenn., 1848-50; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1850.Presbyterian.Died in Monteagle,GrundyCounty, Tenn.,September21, 1903 (age84 years, 270days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.  | Samuel Davies Carrick White (1825-1860) — also known asSamuel A. White — of Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.Born in Knoxville,KnoxCounty, Tenn.,1825.Mayorof Knoxville, Tenn., 1857.Died in1860(ageabout35 years).Burial location unknown. | | | Albert Major Lea (1848-1901) — also known asAlbert M. Lea — of Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.Born inGraingerCounty, Tenn.,December10, 1848.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi, 1889-97,1897-1901; died in office 1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Mississippi,1896(member,CredentialsCommittee).Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Elks.Suffered astroke ofparalysis, and died, in the Edwards Househotel,Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,December24, 1901 (age53 years, 14days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss. | | William Alexander Cocke (1873-1959) — also known asWilliam A. Cocke — of Texas. Born in Nuecestown,NuecesCounty, Tex.,September24, 1873.Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1906.Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,October2, 1959 (age86 years, 8days).Interment atGreenwood Cemetery, Hot Springs, Ark. | | Luke Lea (1879-1945) — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,April12, 1879.Democrat.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; founder of the Nashville Tennesseean;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1911-17; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Tennessee,1912(speaker);colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; in January 1919, afterthe war was over, he led a group of U.S. Army officers in anunauthorizedattempt to seize former German leader Kaiser Wilhelm; theyillegallyentered the Netherlands (which wasneutralterritory) usingforgedpassports; he and the others werereprimandedby the Army; following the collapse of the Asheville Central Bank andTrust, he and others wereindictedin 1931 forbankfraud;convictedon three counts; sentenced toprison,served two years before being paroled; ultimatelypardonedin 1937.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaTau Omega;PhiDelta Phi;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;Redmen.Died, in Vanderbilt UniversityHospital,Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,November18, 1945 (age66 years, 220days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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