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. | |  Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (1792-1855) — of South Carolina. Born in Edisto Island,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,June 30,1792.Democrat.Planter;lawyer;author;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1814-25; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1826-34;LieutenantGovernor of South Carolina, 1834-36;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1848-50.Episcopalian.Died in Beaufort, Beaufort District (nowBeaufortCounty), S.C.,April16, 1855 (age62 years, 290days).Interment atGunbluffPlantation Cemetery, Edisto Island, S.C.  | Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) — also known asHugh S. Legaré — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January2, 1797.Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824-30;SouthCarolina state attorney general, 1830-32; U.S. Charge d'AffairestoBelgium, 1832-36;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39;U.S.Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843.ScottishandFrenchHuguenot ancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,June 20,1843 (age46 years, 169days).Original interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | George Washington Seabrook (1808-1866) — of Colleton District (nowColletonCounty), S.C.Born in Edisto Island, Colleton District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,November14, 1808.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from St. John's, Colleton,1860-62.Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg District (nowOrangeburgCounty), S.C.,June 22,1866 (age57 years, 220days).Interment atJohns Island Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Johns Island, S.C. | | Ephraim Mikell Seabrook (1820-1895) — of Bluffton, Beaufort District (nowBeaufortCounty), S.C.Born in Edisto Island, Colleton District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.,November10, 1820.Delegateto South Carolina secession convention from St. Luke's, 1860-62.Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,November24, 1895 (age75 years, 14days).Interment atWestviewCemetery, Atlanta, Ga. | | James Ferdinand Izlar (1832-1912) — also known asJames F. Izlar — of Orangeburg,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.Born near Orangeburg,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.,November25, 1832.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from South Carolina,1872,1884;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Orangeburg County, 1880-89; resigned1889;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1894-95.Slaveowner. Died in Orangeburg,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.,May 26,1912 (age79 years, 183days).Interment atEpiscopalCemetery, Orangeburg, S.C. | | George Swinton Legaré (1869-1913) — also known asGeorge S. Legaré — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Rockville,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,November11, 1869.Democrat.U.S.Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1903-13; died inoffice 1913.Member,PhiKappa Psi.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January31, 1913 (age43 years, 81days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Marion Wainwright Seabrook (1890-1947) — also known asMarion W. Seabrook — of Sumter,SumterCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,June 13,1890.Republican.Lawyer;farmer;candidate forU.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1936; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from South Carolina,1940(member,Committeeon Rules and Order of Business).Died in Sumter,SumterCounty, S.C.,November3, 1947 (age57 years, 143days).Interment atSumterCemetery, Sumter, S.C. | | William Storen Legaré (1900-1930) — also known asWilliam S. Legaré — ofCharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,January6, 1900.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,1924-26; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Charleston County, 1926-30; died inoffice 1930.Episcopalian.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon.Fatally injured in anautomobileaccident near Wolfton, S.C., and died two hours later in ahospitalat Orangeburg,OrangeburgCounty, S.C.,February7, 1930 (age30 years, 32days). Also killed was Sen.W.Claude Martin; Rep.J.Rutledge Smith, Jr. was injured but survived.Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C.  | Thomas Allen Legaré Jr. (1915-2010) — also known asT. Allen Legaré, Jr. — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.; Wadmalaw Island,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,July 22,1915.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,1947-48, 1951-53; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Charleston County, 1953-66.Presbyterian.Member,OmicronDelta Kappa;Freemasons;Lions.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,June 11,2010 (age94 years, 324days).Interment atSecond Presbyterian Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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