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. | | John Rowan (1773-1843) — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born near York,YorkCounty, Pa.,July 12,1773.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1804-08;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1807-09; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1813-17, 1822-24;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1819-21;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1825-31.Built the mansion "Federal Hill", later made famous by his cousin,the songwriter Stephen Foster, in the song "My Old Kentucky Home."Fought aduelabout 1801 with an acquaintance, James Chambers, in which the latterwas killed;arrestedandtried onmurdercharges,but acquitted.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 13,1843 (age70 years, 1days).Interment atBardstownCemetery, Bardstown, Ky. | | Robert Todd Lytle (1804-1839) — also known asRobert T. Lytle — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Williamsburg,ClermontCounty, Ohio,May 19,1804.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1828-29;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1833-34, 1834-35; U.S.Surveyor-General for Ohio-Indiana-Michigan, 1836-37.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December22, 1839 (age35 years, 217days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | John Rowan Jr. (1807-1855) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky,February9, 1807.U.S. Charge d'Affaires toTwo Sicilies, 1848-49.Died, due to anaccident,August14, 1855 (age48 years, 186days).Burial location unknown.
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