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. | |  Thomas Jacob Kennamer (1870-1938) — also known asThomas J. Kennamer — of Ensley (now part of Birmingham),JeffersonCounty, Ala.; Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.Born in Kennamer Cove,MarshallCounty, Ala.,July 19,1870.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1912(alternate),1924,1928,1932,1936(member,CredentialsCommittee); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Alabama, 1937.Died in Birmingham,JeffersonCounty, Ala.,September28, 1938 (age68 years, 71days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Birmingham, Ala. | | Charles Brents Kennamer (1874-1955) — also known asCharles B. Kennamer — of Guntersville,MarshallCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Kennamer Cove,MarshallCounty, Ala.,November25, 1874.Republican.Lawyer;MarshallCounty Solicitor, 1905-06; candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 7th District, 1906, 1919, 1920;delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1912(alternate),1916(member,CredentialsCommittee),1920,1924,1928;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, 1922-31;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 1931-36;U.S.District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 1931-55; diedin office 1955.Disciplesof Christ. Member,Freemasons;OddFellows;Woodmen;Civitan.Died, from aheartattack, in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,June 3,1955 (age80 years, 190days).Interment atGuntersvilleCity Cemetery, Guntersville, Ala. | | Franklin Elmore Kennamer (1879-1960) — also known asFranklin E. Kennamer — of Madill,MarshallCounty, Okla.Born in Kennamer Cove,MarshallCounty, Ala.,January12, 1879.Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma,1912(alternate),1920;mayorof Madill, Okla., 1919-20;justice ofOklahoma state supreme court, 1920-24;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1924-25;U.S.District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1925-40;took senior status 1940; senior judge, 1940-60.DiedMay 1,1960 (age81 years, 110days).Interment atChelsea Cemetery, Chelsea, Okla. | | Walter Judson Kennamer (1883-1970) — also known asWalter J. Kennamer — of Woodville,JacksonCounty, Ala.Born in Kennamer Cove,MarshallCounty, Ala.,April20, 1883.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1932(alternate),1936,1940(alternate),1952(alternate); Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forAlabama,1960(on behalf ofRichardM. Nixon andHenryCabot Lodge, Jr.).Died in Scottsboro,JacksonCounty, Ala.,May 21,1970 (age87 years, 31days).Interment atUnion Cemetery, Woodville, Ala. | | Birdie Hooper Kennamer (1889-1968) — also known asBirdie Hooper — of Guntersville,MarshallCounty, Ala.Born in Alabama,February12, 1889.Republican. Member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Alabama, 1924-32.Female.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,April18, 1968 (age79 years, 66days).Interment atGuntersvilleCity Cemetery, Guntersville, Ala. | | Charles B. Kennamer Jr. (1908-1991) — of Guntersville,MarshallCounty, Ala.; Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Guntersville,MarshallCounty, Ala.,September25, 1908.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1932,1936,1940,1944.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,July 24,1991 (age82 years, 302days).Entombed in mausoleum atGreenwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | Clarence Elliott Kennemer Jr. (1908-1962) — also known asC. E. Kennemer, Jr. — of Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.Born in Dallas,DallasCounty, Tex.,April22, 1908.Democrat.Lawyer;rancher;alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1940.Died in Terrell,KaufmanCounty, Tex.,May 25,1962 (age54 years, 33days).Interment atSparkmanHillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex. | | Ralph Kennamer (1910-1992) — of Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.Born in Guntersville,MarshallCounty, Ala.,August4, 1910.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama,1948;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, 1956-61.Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,February17, 1992 (age81 years, 197days).Interment atGuntersvilleCity Cemetery, Guntersville, Ala.
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