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. | |  Joel Lane (c.1740-1795) — of North Carolina. Born inHalifaxCounty, N.C., about 1740.Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1770; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1782-94;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1788, 1789.Provided the site for Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. DiedMarch29, 1795 (ageabout 55years).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in1969 atCityCemetery, Raleigh, N.C. | | Walter Terry Colquitt (1799-1855) — also known asWalter T. Colquitt — of Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,December27, 1799.Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1839-40, 1842-43;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1843-48.Slaveowner. Died in Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,May 7,1855 (age55 years, 131days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga. | | Joseph Lane (1801-1881) — of Winchester,DouglasCounty, Ore.Born in alogcabin near Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,December14, 1801.Democrat. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1822-23, 1830-33, 1838-39; memberofIndianastate senate, 1839-40, 1844-46; general in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;Governorof Oregon Territory, 1849-50, 1853;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Oregon Territory, 1851-59; candidate forDemocratic nomination for President,1852;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1859-61; Southern Democratic candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1860; candidate forOregonstate senate, 1880.Baptist;laterCatholic.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Roseburg,DouglasCounty, Ore.,April19, 1881 (age79 years, 126days).Original interment atMasonicCemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; reinterment atMemorialGarden Cemetery, Roseburg, Ore.; cenotaph atLoneFir Cemetery, Portland, Ore. | | David Lowry Swain (1801-1868) — also known asDavid L. Swain — ofBuncombeCounty, N.C.; Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.Born in alogcabin near Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,January4, 1801.Whig.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives, 1824-30; superior courtjudge in North Carolina, 1830-32;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1832-35;president,University of North Carolina, 1835-68.Died in Chapel Hill,OrangeCounty, N.C.,August27, 1868 (age67 years, 236days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Raleigh, N.C. | | Alfred Holt Colquitt (1824-1894) — also known asAlfred H. Colquitt — of Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.Born in Monroe,WaltonCounty, Ga.,April20, 1824.Democrat.Lawyer;planter;U.S.Representative from Georgia 2nd District, 1853-55; member ofGeorgia state legislature, 1859;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Georgia,1868;received 5 electoral votes for Vice-President,1872;Governorof Georgia, 1877-82;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1883-94; died in office 1894.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,March26, 1894 (age69 years, 340days).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Macon, Ga. | | Lafayette Mosher (1824-1890) — of Oregon. Born in Latonia Springs,KentonCounty, Ky.,September1, 1824.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Oregonstate legislature, 1860;justice ofOregon state supreme court, 1872-74.Catholic.Member,Freemasons;Redmen.DiedMarch27, 1890 (age65 years, 207days).Burial location unknown. | | Smith Dykins Atkins (1835-1913) — also known asSmith D. Atkins — of Freeport,StephensonCounty, Ill.Born in Horseheads,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,June 9,1835.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1896;postmaster atFreeport,Ill., 1901.Died in Freeport,StephensonCounty, Ill.,March27, 1913 (age77 years, 291days).Interment atFreeport City Cemetery, Freeport, Ill. | | James Lowry Robinson (1838-1887) — also known asJames L. Robinson — ofMaconCounty, N.C.Born in North Carolina,September17, 1838.Democrat.Merchant;member ofNorthCarolina state house of representatives from Macon County,1868-75, 1885-86;Speaker ofthe North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1872-75;member ofNorthCarolina state senate 42nd District, 1876-80;LieutenantGovernor of North Carolina, 1881-84.Died in Franklin,MaconCounty, N.C.,July 11,1887 (age48 years, 297days).Interment atFirst Methodist Church Cemetery, Franklin, N.C. | | La Fayette Lane (1842-1896) — of Oregon. Born near Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,November12, 1842.Democrat. Member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1864;U.S.Representative from Oregon at-large, 1875-77.Catholic.DiedNovember23, 1896 (age54 years, 11days).Interment atCatholicCemetery, Roseburg, Ore. | | Harry Lane (1855-1917) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.Born in Corvallis,BentonCounty, Ore.,August28, 1855.Democrat.Mayorof Portland, Ore., 1905-09;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1913-17; died in office 1917.DiedMay 23,1917 (age61 years, 268days).Interment atLoneFir Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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