See also the narrower category ofpoliticianswho died in duels. in approximate chronological order | |  Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) — Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,1740.Lawyer;planter;shot and killedJohnBaylis in aduel on September 24, 1765; latertriedfor thekillingand acquitted;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776.Anglican;laterEpiscopalian.Died inPrinceWilliam County, Va.,August27, 1791 (ageabout 51years).Burial location unknown. | | Button Gwinnett (1735-1777) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.Born in Down Hatherly, Gloucestershire,England,March3, 1735.Planter;Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1776;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777;Governor ofGeorgia, 1777.Mortallywounded in aduel withLachlanMcIntosh, on May 16, 1777, and died three days later, nearSavannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,May 19,1777 (age42 years, 77days).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C. | | Lachlan McIntosh (1725-1806) — of Georgia. Born inScotland,March17, 1725.Delegateto Continental Congress from Georgia, 1784.KilledButtonGwinnett in aduel in 1777.Died in Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.,February20, 1806 (age80 years, 340days).Interment atColonialPark Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. | | James Jackson (1757-1806) — of Georgia. Born in Devon,England,September21, 1757.Delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1777;U.S.Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1793-95, 1801-06; died in office 1806;Governor ofGeorgia, 1798-1801.KilledGeorgeWells in aduel in 1780; injured in both knees.Died inWashington,D.C.,March19, 1806 (age48 years, 179days).Original interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1832 atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | George Wells (1744-1780) — of Georgia. Born inQueenAnne's County, Md.,March 3,1744.Physician;served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;Governor ofGeorgia, 1780; died in office 1780.Mortallywounded in aduel withJamesJackson, and died soon after, in Augusta,RichmondCounty, Ga.,February15, 1780 (age35 years, 349days).Burial location unknown. | | Waightstill Avery (1741-1821) — ofBurkeCounty, N.C.Born in Groton,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 10,1741.Lawyer;colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; memberofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1776, 1782-83, 1793;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1777-79; member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1796.Fought apistol duel withAndrewJackson in 1788; neither man was injured.Died in thejudge'schambers at the BurkeCountyCourthouse, Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,March13, 1821 (age79 years, 307days).Interment atSwanPonds Plantation Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof Jerusha (Morgan) Avery and Humphrey Avery; married,October3, 1778, to Leah Probart Franks; father of Elizabeth Avery (whomarriedWilliamBallard Lenoir); grandfather ofIsaacThomas Lenoir andWilliamWaigstill Avery; granduncle ofLorenzoBurrows; first cousin four times removed ofHoraceBillings Packer; second cousin once removed ofNoyesBarber; second cousin twice removed ofDanielPacker,AsaPacker,EdwinBarber Morgan,ChristopherMorgan,EdwinDenison Morgan andAlfredAvery Burnham; second cousin thrice removed ofJudsonB. Phelps,MorganGardner Bulkeley,WilliamHenry Bulkeley,RobertAsa Packer andWilliamFrederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin four times removed ofHenryBrewster Stanton,JonathanR. Herrick,ErskineMason Phelps andSpencerGale Frink; second cousin five times removed ofD-CadyHerrick,HermanArod Gager,WalterRichmond Herrick andBurdetteBurt Bliss; third cousin twice removed ofNathanBelcher,SamuelTownsend Douglass,SilasHamilton Douglas andJoshuaPerkins; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesPhelps Huntington,GeorgeMortimer Beakes,GeorgeDouglas Perkins,ChaunceyC. Pendleton,DanielParrish Witter,AlbertLemando Bingham,CorneliaCole Fairbanks,LlewellynJames Barden andHenryWoolsey Douglas. | | | | Political families:Douglasfamily of Ann Arbor, Michigan;Douglasfamily of Greensboro, North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Avery County,N.C. is named for him. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as"Old Hickory";"The Farmer ofTennessee";"King Andrew theFirst" —of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born, in alogcabin, in The Waxhaws,LancasterCounty, S.C.,March15, 1767.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Armyduring the War of 1812;Governorof Florida Territory, 1821;Presidentof the United States, 1829-37;censuredby the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits fromthe Bank of the United States; on January 30, 1835, while attendingfuneral services at the Capitol Building for Rep.WarrenR. Davis of South Carolina, he wasshotat with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, ahouse painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity).Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistolduel, May 30, 1806; alsodueled withThomasHart Benton andWaightstillAvery. Elected in 1910 to theHallof Fame for Great Americans.Slaveowner. Died, of dropsy (congestiveheart failure), in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,June 8,1845 (age78 years, 85days).Interment atTheHermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 atLafayettePark, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 atJacksonSquare, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrew Jackson (1730-1767) and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson;married,January17, 1794, to Rachel (Donelson) Robards (aunt ofAndrewJackson Donelson). | | | | Political families:Cafferyfamily of Franklin, Louisiana;Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:FrancisP. Blair | | | | Jackson counties inAla.,Ark.,Colo.,Fla.,Ill.,Ind.,Iowa,Kan.,Ky.,La.,Mich.,Miss.,Mo.,N.C.,Ohio,Okla.,Ore.,Tenn.,Tex.,W.Va. andWis., andHickory County,Mo., are named for him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AndrewJ. Donelson—AndrewJackson Miller—AndrewJ. Faulk—AndrewJackson Titus—AndrewJackson Isacks—AndrewJackson Hamilton—AndrewJ. Harlan—AndrewJ. Kuykendall—AndrewJ. Thayer—ElamA. J. Greeley—AndrewJackson Ingle—AndrewJ. Ogle—AndrewJackson Carr—AndrewJ. Waterman—AndrewJ. Bentley—AndrewJ. Rogers—WilliamA. J. Sparks—AndrewJackson Poppleton—AndrewJ. Hunter—AndrewJackson Bryant—AndrewJ. Beale—A.J. Clements—AndrewJackson Baker—AndrewJ. Felt—A. J.King—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJackson Greenfield—AndrewJackson Caldwell—AndrewJackson Gahagan—AndrewJackson Biship—AndrewJackson Houston—AndrewJackson Speer—AndrewJ. Cobb—AndrewJ. Montague—AndrewJ. Barchfeld—AndrewJ. Balliet—AndrewJ. Kirk—AndrewJ. Howell, Jr.—AndrewJ. Livingston—A.J. Sherwood—AndrewJackson Stewart—AndrewJ. May—AndrewJ. McConnico—AndrewJ. Sawyer—AndrewJ. Brewer—AndrewJ. Dunning, Jr.—AndrewBettwy—AndrewJ. Transue—AndrewJackson Graves—AndrewJackson Gilbert—AndrewJ. Goodwin—AndrewJ. Hinshaw—AndyYoung—AndrewJackson Kupper | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, hisportraitappeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. | | | | Campaign slogan: "Let the peoplerule." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —TennesseeEncyclopedia | | | | Books about Andrew Jackson: RobertVincent Remini,TheLife of Andrew Jackson — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832 —Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Democracy,1833-1845 — Robert Vincent Remini,AndrewJackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821 —Andrew Burstein,ThePassions of Andrew Jackson — David S. Heidler & JeanneT. Heidler,OldHickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest forEmpire — Donald B. Cole,ThePresidency of Andrew Jackson — H. W. Brands,AndrewJackson : His Life and Times — Jon Meacham,AmericanLion: Andrew Jackson in the White House — Donald BarrChidsey,AndrewJackson, Hero — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Portrait & BiographicalAlbum of Washtenaw County (1891) |
| | Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) — also known asJoe Daviess — of Danville,BoyleCounty, Ky.; Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,March 4,1774.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812.Welshancestry. Member,Freemasons.Around 1801, he served as a second toJohnRowan in hisduel with James Chambers; after Chambers waskilled, hefledtoavoidprosecution as accomplice tomurder,and became afugitive,but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legalcounsel.Shotandkilledin the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is nowTippecanoeCounty, Ind.,November7, 1811 (age37 years, 248days).Interment atTippecanoeBattlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind. | | 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 aduel about 1801 with an acquaintance, James Chambers,in which the latter was killed;arrestedandtried onmurdercharges,but acquitted.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,July 13,1843 (age70 years, 1days).Interment atBardstownCemetery, Bardstown, Ky. | | Richard Dobbs Spaight (1758-1802) — ofCravenCounty, N.C.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,March25, 1758.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1781;Delegateto Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1783-85;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1792-95;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1798-1801 (10th District1798-99, at-large 1799-1801); member ofNorthCarolina state senate, 1801.Episcopalian.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in in aduel withJohnStanly, his opponent and successor in Congress, and died in NewBern,CravenCounty, N.C.,September6, 1802 (age44 years, 165days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Craven County, N.C. | | Aaron Burr (1756-1836) — also known asAaron Edwards — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,February6, 1756.Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar;lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1784-85, 1797-99, 1800-01 (New York County1784-85, 1797-99, Orange County 1800-01);New Yorkstate attorney general, 1789-91; appointed 1789;U.S.Senator from New York, 1791-97;VicePresident of the United States, 1801-05; KilledAlexanderHamilton in aduel, July 11, 1804;triedfortreasonin 1807; found not guilty.Presbyterian.Slaveowner. Died, after severalstrokes,at the Winants or Port RichmondHotel,Port Richmond, Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1836 (age80 years, 221days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.| | Relatives: Sonof Aaron Burr (1716-1757) and Esther (Edwards) Burr; brother of SarahBurr (who marriedTappingReeve); married,July 2,1782, to Theodosia (Bartow) Prevost (first cousin twice removedofFrancisStebbins Bartow); married1833 to Eliza(Bowen) Jumel; father of Theodosia Burr (who marriedJosephAlston); nephew ofPierpontEdwards; third great-grandson ofThomasWillett; ancestor ofKarlaBallard; first cousin ofTheodoreDwight andHenryWaggaman Edwards; first cousin four times removed ofAnsonFoster Keeler; second cousin ofJohnDavenport andJamesDavenport; second cousin once removed ofTheodoreDavenport; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesTaylor Sherman,WilliamTecumseh Sherman,LampsonParker Sherman,JohnSherman andEvertHarris Kittell; second cousin four times removed ofChaunceyMitchell Depew,EzekielGilbert Stoddard,StillmanStephen Light andBlancheM. Woodward; second cousin five times removed ofAlfredWalstein Bangs,JohnClarence Keeler,LouisEzekiel Stoddard,JohnCecil Purcell andArthurCallen Kittell Jr.; third cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge; third cousin once removed ofFrederickAugustus Tallmadge; third cousin twice removed ofEliThacher Hoyt,GeorgeSmith Catlin,JohnAppleton,HowkinBulkley Beardslee,JosephPomeroy Root andEdwardWilliams Hooker; third cousin thrice removed ofGreeneCarrier Bronson,AbijahCatlin,DavidMunson Osborne,GeorgeLandon Ingraham,DwightArthur Silliman andCharlesDunsmore Millard; fourth cousin ofNoahPhelps andHezekiahCase; fourth cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,AmbroseTuttle,JesseHoyt,AbielCase,HenryFisk Janes,JairusCase,JohnLeslie Russell,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,WilliamDean Kellogg andAlmonCase. | | | | Political family:Keeler-Russellfamily of Canton, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JonathanDayton —NathanielPendleton —JohnSmith —JohnTayler —WalterD. Corrigan, Sr. —CowlesMead —LutherMartin —WilliamP. Van Ness —SamuelSwartwout —WilliamWirt —TheophilusW. Smith | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Aaron Burr: Milton Lomask,AaronBurr: The Years from Princeton to Vice President,1756-1805 — Milton Lomask,AaronBurr: The Conspiracy and Years of Exile, 1805-1836 —Joseph Wheelan,Jefferson'sVendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and theJudiciary — Buckner F. Melton Jr.,AaronBurr : Conspiracy to Treason — Thomas Fleming,Duel:Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future ofAmerica — Arnold A. Rogow,AFatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —H. W. Brands,TheHeartbreak of Aaron Burr — David O. Stewart,AmericanEmperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson'sAmerica — Donald Barr Chidsey,Thegreat conspiracy: Aaron Burr and his strange doings in theWest — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Fiction about Aaron Burr: Gore Vidal,Burr |
 | Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) — also known as"Alexander theCoppersmith" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Charles Town,Nevis,January11, 1757.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1782-83; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1786-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95.Episcopalian.ScottishandFrenchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Societyof the Cincinnati.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1915.Shotandmortallywounded in aduel withAaronBurr, on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 12,1804 (age47 years, 183days).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue atTreasuryBuilding Grounds, Washington, D.C.; statue atCommonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married,December14, 1780, to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter ofPhilipJohn Schuyler; sister ofPhilipJeremiah Schuyler); father ofAlexanderHamilton Jr.,JamesAlexander Hamilton andWilliamStephen Hamilton; great-grandfather ofRobertRay Hamilton; second great-grandfather ofLaurensM. Hamilton; ancestor *** ofRobertHamilton Woodruff. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:NathanielPendleton —RobertTroup —JohnTayler —WilliamP. Van Ness | | | | Hamilton counties inFla.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Neb.,N.Y.,Ohio andTenn. arenamed for him. | | | | ThecityofHamilton,Ohio, isnamed forhim. — Hamilton Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:AlexanderH. Buell—AlexanderH. Holley—HamiltonFish—AlexanderH. Stephens—AlexanderH. Bullock—AlexanderH. Bailey—AlexanderH. Rice—AlexanderH. Wallis—AlexanderHamilton Jones—AlexanderH. Waterman—AlexanderH. Coffroth—AlexanderH. Dudley—AlexanderH. Revell—AlexanderHamilton Hargis—AlexanderHamilton Phillips—AlexWoodle | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, hisportrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of variousdenominations from $2 to $1,000. | | | | Personal motto: "Do it betteryet." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —HistoricalSociety of the New York Courts | | | | Books about Alexander Hamilton: RichardBrookhiser,AlexanderHamilton, American — Forrest McDonald,AlexanderHamilton: A Biography — Gertrude Atherton,Conqueror: Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton — RonChernow,AlexanderHamilton — Thomas Fleming,Duel:Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future ofAmerica — Arnold A. Rogow,AFatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr —Willard Sterne Randall,AlexanderHamilton: A Life — John Harper,AmericanMachiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. ForeignPolicy — Stephen F. Knott,AlexanderHamilton and the Persistence of Myth — Charles Cerami,YoungPatriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan andThe Revolution That Created The Constitution — DonaldBarr Chidsey,Mr.Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson | | | | Critical books about AlexanderHamilton: Thomas DiLorenzo,Hamilton'sCurse : How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution-- and What It means for Americans Today | | | | Image source: U.S. postage stamp(1957) |
| | William Peter Van Ness (1778-1826) — also known asWilliam P. Van Ness — Born in Claverack,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,February13, 1778.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for New York, 1812-14;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1814-26;died in office 1826.Dutchancestry.Served as second toAaronBurr, during hisduel withAlexanderHamilton, 1804.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September6, 1826 (age48 years, 205days).Burial location unknown. | | William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) — also known asWilliam C. C. Claiborne — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inSussexCounty, Va.,1775.Lawyer;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state courtjudge in Tennessee, 1796;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801;Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1801-04;Governorof Orleans Territory, 1804-12;Governor ofLouisiana, 1812-16;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Fought aduel with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he waswounded in the thigh.Died of aliverailment, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,November23, 1817 (ageabout 42years).Originally entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.  | Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) — also known as"Old Bullion" — of Franklin,WilliamsonCounty, Tenn.;St.Louis, Mo.Born near Hillsborough,OrangeCounty, N.C.,March14, 1782.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1809;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1821-51;U.S.Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; BentonDemocrat candidate forGovernor ofMissouri, 1856.Fought aduel withAndrewJackson, who later became a political ally. In April, 1850, hecaused ascandalwith his attempt toassaultSen.HenryStuart Foote, of Mississippi, during debate on the Senate floor;he was restrained by other senators. Foote had a cocked pistol in hishand and undoubtedly would have shot him.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,April10, 1858 (age76 years, 27days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | John Ward Gurley (c.1787-1808) — of Louisiana. Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn., about 1787.Orleansterritory attorney general, 1803.Killedin aduel withPhilip L. Jones, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March 3,1808 (ageabout 21years).Burial location unknown.  | Henry Clay (1777-1852) — also known as"The Sage of Ashland";"TheGreat Compromiser" —of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,April12, 1777.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1803;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; diedin office 1852;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5thDistrict 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rdDistrict 1823-25);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844(Whig);U.S.Secretary of State, 1825-29; candidate for Whig nomination forPresident, 1839.Member,Freemasons.In 1809, he fought aduel withHumphreyMarshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,June 29,1852 (age75 years, 78days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; brother ofPorterClay; married,April11, 1799, to Lucretia (Hart) Erwin; father ofThomasHart Clay,HenryClay Jr. andJamesBrown Clay; grandfather ofHenryClay (1849-1884); granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who marriedJamesReily); first cousin once removed ofMatthewClay (1754-1815) andGreenClay; second cousin ofMatthewClay (c.1795-1827),BrutusJunius Clay (1808-1878) andCassiusMarcellus Clay; second cousin once removed ofGreenClay Smith andBrutusJunius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin thrice removed ofOliverCarroll Clay; second cousin four times removed ofArcherWoodford; third cousin ofClementComer Clay; third cousin once removed ofClementClaiborne Clay Jr.. | | | | Political family:Clayfamily of Kentucky (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Clay counties inAla.,Fla.,Ga.,Ill.,Ind.,Kan.,Minn.,Miss.,Mo.,Neb.,N.C.,S.Dak.,Tenn.,Tex. andW.Va. arenamed for him. | | | | MountClay (also called Mount Reagan), in the White Mountains,CoosCounty, New Hampshire, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Henry Clay (built 1941-42 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1967) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:HenryClay Longnecker—HenryClay Dean—H.Clay Dickinson—HenryC. Brockmeyer—HenryClay Sexton—H.Clay Cockerill—HenryClay Ewing—HenryClay Caldwell—HenryClay Hall—HenryClay Gooding—HenryClay Naill—HenryC. Myers—HenryC. Peabody—HenryC. Cole—HenryC. Platt—H.Clay Harris—HenryC. Hines—HenryC. Miner—HenryC. Warmoth—HenryClay Cleveland—HenryC. Erman—H.Clay Evans—HenryC. Payne—HenryC. Bates—H.Clay Foster—HenryC. McCormick—HenryC. Ide—HenryClay Williams—HenryC. Simms—HenryClay Ferguson—HenryC. Glover—H.Clay Park—HenryC. Hansbrough—HenryC. Snodgrass—H.Clay Maydwell—HenryC. Gleason—HenryC. Loudenslager—H.Clay Van Voorhis—HenryC. Smith—HenryC. Clippinger—H.Clay Crawford—H.Clay Bascom—H.Clay Michie—H.Clay Chisolm—H.Clay Howard—HenryC. Hall—HenryClay McDowell—HenryC. Truesdell—H.Clay Jones—H.Clay Heather—H.Clay Day—HenryClay Hines—HenryClay Meacham—HenryClay Calloway—H.Clay Suter—H.Clay Hall—H.Clay Warth—HenryClay Elwood—H.Clay Kennedy—H.Clay Davis—H.Clay Needham—H.Clay Pence—HenryClay Etherton—H.Clay Mace—H.Clay Armstrong—H.Clay Baldwin—H.Clay Haynes—H.Clay Burkholder—Mrs.H. Clay Kauffman—H.Clay Bentley—HenryC. Greenberg—H.Clay Gardenhire, Jr.—HenryClay Cox—H.Clay Myers, Jr.—H.Clay Johnson—HenryClay Dennison | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th and early 20thcenturies. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Henry Clay: Robert VincentRemini,HenryClay: Statesman for the Union — Maurice G. Baxter,HenryClay the Lawyer — Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney,KingsOf The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of AmericanHistory — Merrill D. Peterson,TheGreat Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun — ScottFarris,AlmostPresident: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed theNation — David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler,HenryClay: The Essential American — Fergus M. Bordewich,America'sGreat Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise ThatPreserved the Union | | | | Image source: James Smith NoelCollection, Louisiana State University in Shreveport |
| | | Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in Orlean,FauquierCounty, Va.,1760.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;lawyer;delegateto Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from FayetteCounty, 1788; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1793-94, 1807-09;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1795-1801; In 1809, he opposedHenryClay's proposal to require all Kentucky legislators to weardomestic homespun instead of British broadcloth; this clash resultedin aduel in which both men were wounded.Author ofthefirsthistory of Kentucky, published in 1812.Slaveowner. Died near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,July 3,1841 (ageabout 81years).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Gabriel Moore (c.1785-1845) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born inStokesCounty, N.C., about 1785.Lawyer;member ofAlabamaterritorial House of Representatives, 1817;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1819-20;U.S.Representative from Alabama, 1821-29 (at-large 1821-23, 1stDistrict 1823-29);Governor ofAlabama, 1829-31;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1831-37.Fought aduel with his brother-in-law. Slaveowner. Died inHarrisonCounty, Tex.,June 9,1845 (ageabout 60years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Harrison County, Tex. | | Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844) — also known asPeter B. Porter — of Canandaigua,OntarioCounty, N.Y.; Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,August4, 1773.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1801-02, 1828 (Ontario and Steuben counties1801-02, Erie County 1828);U.S.Representative from New York, 1809-13, 1815-16 (15th District1809-13, 21st District 1815-16); general in the U.S. Army during theWar of 1812; fought aduel with Gen. Alexander Smyth;secretaryof state of New York, 1815-16; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1817;U.S.Secretary of War, 1828-29.Slaveowner. Died in Niagara Falls,NiagaraCounty, N.Y.,March20, 1844 (age70 years, 229days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Joshua Porter and Abigail (Buell) Porter; brother of Eunice Porter(who marriedJohnBird) andAugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849); married,October16, 1818, to Letitia Preston Breckinridge (daughter ofJohnBreckinridge; sister ofJosephCabell Breckinridge andRobertJefferson Breckinridge; widow ofAlfredWilliam Grayson); father ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); uncle ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872) andPeterBuell Porter Jr.; grandfather ofPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925); first cousin twice removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant; first cousin thrice removed ofFrederickDent Grant andUlyssesSimpson Grant Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin thrice removed ofAsa H.Otis,AlvredBayard Nettleton andFrancisWatkinson Cole; second cousin four times removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,LovelDavis Parmelee andTheronEphron Catlin; third cousin ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop andAbelHuntington; third cousin once removed ofSamuelHuntington,JedediahHuntington,HenryScudder,EbenezerHuntington,GaylordGriswold,BenjaminTrumbull,ParmenioAdams,ElishaPhelps,LancelotPhelps,TheodoreDavenport,AbijahBlodget andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; third cousin twice removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,AbielCase,SamuelGeorge Andrews,HarrisonBlodget,JohnHall Brockway,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,AnsonLevi Holcomb,GeorgeSmith Catlin,WaitmanThomas Willey,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps,RobertCoit Jr.,SamuelLathrop Bronson,AbialLathrop,RogerWolcott andAllenJacob Holcomb; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCreighton Stratton,EdmundHolcomb,IraChandler Backus,CalvinTilden Hulburd,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CharlesJenkins Hayden,JohnLeake Newbold Stratton,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,JudsonB. Phelps,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,TimothyE. Griswold,ErskineMason Phelps,WilliamWalter Phelps,WilliamPatrick Willey,CharlesA. Hungerford,WalterHarrison Blodget,WilliamBarret Ridgely,GeorgeHarrison Hall,ClaytonHyde Lathrop,PhineasOrange Small,ClementPhineas Kellogg,MonroeMarsh Sweetland,WilliamBrainard Coit,LafayetteBlanchard Gleason,ArthurEugene Parmelee,AustinEugene Lathrop andHiramBingham; fourth cousin ofSamuelH. Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofLeonardWhite,WilliamWoodbridge,IsaacBackus,EliThacher Hoyt,NathanielHuntington,CalebScudder,JamesHuntington,JosephLyman Huntington,CharlesPhelps Huntington,JohnArnold Rockwell,ElishaMills Huntington,HenryTitus Backus,BaileyFrye Adams andHenryJoel Scudder. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John George Jackson (1777-1825) — also known asJohn G. Jackson — of Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born in Buckhannon, Lewis County, Va. (nowUpshurCounty, W.Va.),September22, 1777.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1798-1801, 1811-12;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1803-10, 1813-17 (at-large 1803-07,1st District 1807-10, 1813-17);U.S.District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1819-25;died in office 1825.In November, 1807, leaving the courthouse in Clarksburg, has wasattackedand suffered a skull fracture. While in Congress, fought aduel withJosephPearson of North Carolina, and on the second fire was wounded inthe hip.Slaveowner. Died in Clarksburg,HarrisonCounty, Va (now W.Va.),March28, 1825 (age47 years, 187days).Interment atOldJackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va. | | Joseph Pearson (1776-1834) — of North Carolina. Born inRowanCounty, N.C.,1776.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1804-05;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1809-15 (at-large 1809-11,10th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15).While in Congress, fought aduel withJohnGeorge Jackson of Virginia, and on the second fire wounded hisopponent on the hip.Slaveowner. Died in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.,October27, 1834 (ageabout 58years).Burial location unknown. | | James Nelson Barker (1784-1858) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 17,1784.Playwright;major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; severely wounded in aduel, 1814;mayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1819-20;U.S.Collector of Customs at Philadelphia, Pa., Pennsylvania, 1829-38.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 9,1858 (age73 years, 265days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819) — also known asArmistead T. Mason — of Virginia. Born inLouisaCounty, Va.,August4, 1787.Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1816-17.Slaveowner. As a result of a bitter election campaign, waskilled inaduelwith Col. John Mason McCarty, at Bladensburg,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February6, 1819 (age31 years, 186days).Interment atEpiscopalChurchyard, Leesburg, Va. | | Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) — also known asClement C. Clay — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born inHalifaxCounty, Va.,December17, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;memberAlabama territorial council, 1817-18; state court judge inAlabama, 1819-23; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1827-28;U.S.Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1829-35;Governor ofAlabama, 1835-37;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1837-41;associatejustice of Alabama state supreme court, 1843.Fought aduel in 1823 with Dr. Waddy Tate. Slaveowner. Died in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,September7, 1866 (age76 years, 264days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. | | Andrew Scott (1789-1851) — of Ste. Genevieve,Ste.Genevieve County, Mo.Born inHanoverCounty, Va.,August6, 1789.Lawyer;justiceof Arkansas territorial supreme court, 1819-25; member ofArkansasterritorial House of Representatives, 1831.Scottishancestry.KilledJosephSelden, another Arkansas Territory judge, in aduel on anisland in the Mississippi River near Helena, Ark., May 26, 1824.Died in Norristown,PopeCounty, Ark.,March13, 1851 (age61 years, 219days).Original interment atDoverCemetery, Pope County, Ark.; reinterment atOaklandCemetery, Russellville, Ark. | | Alexander Dimitry (1805-1883) — also known asTobias Guarneriius — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,February7, 1805.Newspapereditor;collegeprofessor;linguist;as a young man, took part in severalduels;Louisianasuperintendent of public instruction, 1848-51; U.S. Minister toCosta Rica, 1859-61;Nicaragua, 1859-61.GreekandAlabamaIndian ancestry.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,January30, 1883 (age77 years, 357days).Interment atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives: Sonof Andrea Drussakis Dimitry and Marie Celeste (Dragon) Dimitry;married to Mary Powell Mills (daughter of Robert Mills); secondgreat-grandfather and great-granduncle ofDracosAlexander Dimitry Jr.. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary |
| | Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827) — also known asHenry W. Conway — of Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.Born near Greeneville,GreeneCounty, Tenn.,March18, 1793.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster atLittleRock, Ark., 1821-23;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Arkansas Territory, 1823-27; died in office1827.Mortallywounded in aduel withRobertCrittenden on October 29, 1827, and died at Arkansas Post,ArkansasCounty, Ark.,November9, 1827 (age34 years, 236days).Interment atScullCemetery, Arkansas Post, Ark. | | Robert Brank Vance (1793-1827) — of Nashville,NashCounty, N.C.Born near Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.,1793.Democrat.U.S.Representative from North Carolina 12th District, 1823-25.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in aduel withSamuelP. Carson, who had defeated him for Congress; died the next dayat ahotel inHendersonCounty, N.C.,1827(ageabout34 years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Buncombe County, N.C. | | Robert Crittenden (1797-1834) — of Arkansas. Born near Versailles,WoodfordCounty, Ky.,January1, 1797.Secretaryof Arkansas Territory, 1819-29.Mortally woundedHenryWharton Conway in aduel on October 29, 1827.Died in Vicksburg,WarrenCounty, Miss.,December18, 1834 (age37 years, 351days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Stuart Foote (1804-1880) — also known asHenry S. Foote;"HangmanFoote" —of Tuscumbia,ColbertCounty, Ala.; Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born inFauquierCounty, Va.,February28, 1804.Lawyer;co-founderof LaGrange College, which later became the University of NorthAlabama; fought fourduels;fledAlabama in 1830 toescapeprosecution fordueling;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1847-52; exchanged blows withThomasHart Benton on the floor of the U.S. Senate;Governor ofMississippi, 1852-54;Representativefrom Tennessee in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;expelledfrom the Confederate Congress in early 1865 for going North on anunauthorizedpeace mission; delegate to Republican National Convention fromTennessee,1876.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,May 19,1880 (age76 years, 81days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) — of Louisiana. Born inWinchester,Va.,December24, 1804.Lawyer;fought aduel and killed his opponent; member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1840-42;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43;delegateto Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50;U.S.Secretary of War, 1850-53;Delegatefrom Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Slaveowner. Suffered astrokewhile testifying incourt,and died a few days later, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,February11, 1878 (age73 years, 49days).Originally entombed atGirodStreet Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;re-entombed in 1957 atHopeMausoleum, New Orleans, La. | | Volney Erskine Howard (1809-1889) — also known asVolney E. Howard — of Brandon,RankinCounty, Miss.; San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Norridgewock,SomersetCounty, Maine,October22, 1809.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1836; candidate forU.S.Representative from Mississippi, 1840;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845;Texasstate attorney general, 1846;U.S.Representative from Texas 2nd District, 1849-53;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; superiorcourt judge in California, 1879.Injured induel withHiramG. Runnels.Slaveowner. Died in Santa Monica,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 14,1889 (age79 years, 204days).Original interment atFortHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), Los Angeles, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location. | | Spencer Darwin Pettis (1802-1831) — also known asSpencer D. Pettis — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born inCulpeperCounty, Va.,1802.Democrat.Secretaryof state of Missouri, 1826-28;U.S.Representative from Missouri at-large, 1829-31; died in office1831.The fierce campaign of 1830 led to a quarrel and ultimately aduel withMaj. Thomas Biddle, in which both fellmortallywounded; died the next day, inSt.Louis, Mo.,August28, 1831 (ageabout 29years).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Hiram George Runnels (1796-1857) — also known asHiram G. Runnels — Born inHancockCounty, Ga.,December17, 1796.Mississippistate auditor, 1822-30; member of Mississippi state legislature,1830, 1841;Governor ofMississippi, 1833-35;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1845.Fought aduel withVolneyE. Howard.Died in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,December17, 1857 (age61 years, 0days).Interment atGlenwoodCemetery, Houston, Tex. | | Thomas Lavan Baltzell (1804-1866) — also known asThomas Baltzell — ofJacksonCounty, Fla.; Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,July 11,1804.Lawyer;memberFlorida territorial council, 1832;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Jackson County,1838-39; member ofFloridaterritorial senate, 1844-46;justice ofFlorida state supreme court, 1846-50, 1854-60; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1862-63;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County, 1865.About 1832, he woundedJamesD. Westcott in aduel.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,January14, 1866 (age61 years, 187days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla. | | Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) — also known asAlexander K. McClung;"The Black Knightof the South" —of Mississippi. Born in Virginia,1809.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Charged'Affaires toBolivia, 1849-51.Killed his opponents in a number ofduels. Died from aself-inflictedgunshot,with a dueling pistol, in ahotelroom at Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,March23, 1855 (ageabout 45years).Interment atFriendshipCemetery, Columbus, Miss. | | Benjamin Franklin Perry (1805-1886) — of Greenville,GreenvilleCounty, S.C.Born in Pendleton District (part now inPickensCounty), S.C.,November20, 1805.Democrat.Farmer;lawyer;newspapereditor; in 1832, he challenged Turner Bynum, editor of acompeting newspaper, to aduel, and fatally injured hisadversary; candidate forU.S.Representative from South Carolina, 1834, 1835, 1848, 1872;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives from Greenville, 1836-41,1849-59, 1862-64; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Greenville, 1844-48; PresidentialElector for South Carolina,1848;delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina,1860,1868,1876;Governorof South Carolina, 1865.Episcopalian.Died, fromheartdisease, inGreenvilleCounty, S.C.,December3, 1886 (age81 years, 13days).Interment atChristEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, S.C. | | James Diament Westcott Jr. (1802-1880) — also known asJames D. Westcott, Jr. — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born inAlexandria,Va.,May 10,1802.Democrat.Lawyer;secretaryof Florida Territory, 1830-34; member ofFloridaterritorial House of Representatives, 1832;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from Leon County,1838-39;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1845-49.About 1832, he was wounded in aduel withThomasBaltzell.Slaveowner. Died in Montreal,Quebec,January19, 1880 (age77 years, 254days).Interment atCityCemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Washington,MasonCounty, Ky.,February2, 1803.Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; served in theTexas Army during the Texas War of Independence; wounded in aduel with Texas Gen. Felix Huston, Februay 7, 1837;TexasRepublic Secretary of War, 1838-40; general in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War.Shotandkilledwhile leading his forces at the Battle of Shiloh,HardinCounty, Tenn.,April 6,1862 (age59 years, 63days). He was the highest-ranking officer on either side killedduring the war.Original interment atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1867 atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex.; statue atSouth Mall, University of Texas, Austin, Tex. | | Jonathan Cilley (1802-1838) — of Thomaston,KnoxCounty, Maine.Born in Nottingham,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,July 2,1802.Lawyer;member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1831-36;Speaker ofthe Maine State House of Representatives, 1835-36;U.S.Representative from Maine 3rd District, 1837-38; died in office1838.Killedin aduel byRepresentativeWilliamJ. Graves of Kentucky, on the Marlboro Pike, inPrinceGeorge's County, Md.,February24, 1838 (age35 years, 237days).Interment atElmGrove Cemetery, Thomaston, Maine; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | William Jordan Graves (1805-1848) — also known asWilliam J. Graves — of New Castle,HenryCounty, Ky.Born in New Castle,HenryCounty, Ky.,1805.Whig.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1834, 1843;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1835-41.Killed Rep.JonathanCilley of Maine, in aduel, February 24, 1838.Slaveowner. Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September27, 1848 (ageabout 43years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Henry County, Ky. | | Augustus A. Alston (1805-1839) — of Georgia. Born inHancockCounty, Ga.,1805.Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1828-29.Killedin aduel withGen. Leigh Read, in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,1839(ageabout34 years).Burial location unknown. | | Preston Smith Brooks (1819-1857) — also known asPreston S. Brooks — of Ninety Six, Edgefield District (nowGreenwoodCounty), S.C.Born in Edgefield, Edgefield District (nowEdgefieldCounty), S.C.,August5, 1819.Lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1844;U.S.Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1853-56,1856-57; died in office 1857.Suffered a hip wound in aduel withLouisT. Wigfall, 1839, and could walkonly witha cane for the rest of his life. In May, 1856, furious over ananti-slavery speech, he went to the Senate andbeatSenatorCharlesSumner with a cane, causingsevereinjuries; an attempt toexpelhim from Congress failed for lack of the necessary two-thirds vote,but heresigned;re-elected to his own vacancy.Slaveowner. Died inWashington,D.C.,January27, 1857 (age37 years, 175days).Interment atWillowBrook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.; cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | August Belmont (1816-1890) — also known asAugust Schönberg — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Alzei,Germany,December2, 1816.Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires toNetherlands, 1853-54; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1854-57;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1860-72; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1860,1864,1876;speaker,1864,1868.Jewish.Fought aduel with Edward Hayward, in Elkton, Md., 1840; bothmen were injured.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1890 (age73 years, 357days).Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I. | | Louis Trezevant Wigfall (1816-1874) — also known asLouis T. Wigfall — of Texas. Born near Edgefield,EdgefieldCounty, S.C.,April21, 1816.Democrat. Killed Thomas Bird in aduel around 1840; woundedRep.PrestonS. Brooks in anotherduel; member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1849; member ofTexasstate senate, 1857;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he leftWashington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of tenSouthernsenatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.Slaveowner. Died in Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.,February18, 1874 (age57 years, 303days).Interment atTrinityEpiscopal Cemetery, Galveston, Tex. | | James Shields (1806-1879) — of Springfield,SangamonCounty, Ill.; Belleville,St. ClairCounty, Ill.;RiceCounty, Minn.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Carrollton,CarrollCounty, Mo.Born in Altmore, County Tyrone, Ireland (nowNorthernIreland),May 10,1806.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1836; member ofIllinoisDemocratic State Committee, 1839-41;Illinoisstate auditor of public accounts, 1841-43; in 1842, when theSpringfield paper published letters from "Aunt Becca" ridiculing him,Shields demanded to know who wrote them;AbrahamLincoln (then a Springfield lawyer) acknowledged responsibility,and Shields challenged him to aduel, which was averted onlythrough the intervention of friends;justice ofIllinois state supreme court, 1843-45; Commissioner of theGeneral Land Office, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army during theMexican War;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1849, 1849-55;U.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1858-59; general in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Missouri, 1868; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1874, 1879;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1879.Catholic.Irishancestry.Died in Ottumwa,WapelloCounty, Iowa,June 1,1879 (age73 years, 22days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Carrollton, Mo.; statue atCourthouse Grounds, Carrollton, Mo.; statue atStateCapitol Grounds, St. Paul, Minn. | | George Augustus Waggaman (c.1782-1843) — also known asGeorge A. Waggaman — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inCarolineCounty, Md., about 1782.Lawyer;sugarcaneplanter;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; circuit judge inLouisiana, 1818;secretaryof state of Louisiana, 1830-32;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1831-35.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in aduel, anddied in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,March31, 1843 (ageabout 61years).Original interment atGirodStreet Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.;reinterment in 1957 atHopeMausoleum, New Orleans, La. | | James William Denver (1817-1892) — also known asJames W. Denver — Born near Winchester,FrederickCounty, Va.,October23, 1817.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1852-53; killed newspaper editor Edward Gilbert inaduel on August 2, 1852;secretaryof state of California, 1853-55;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1855-57;secretaryof Kansas Territory, 1857-58;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1857-58, 1858, 1858; general in the UnionArmy during the Civil War; candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio, 1866.Died inWashington,D.C.,August9, 1892 (age74 years, 291days).Interment atSugarGrove Cemetery, Wilmington, Ohio. | | Edward Gilbert (c.1819-1852) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Cherry Valley,OtsegoCounty, N.Y., about 1819.Democrat.Printer;newspapereditor;delegateto California state constitutional convention from San FranciscoDistrict, 1849;U.S.Representative from California at-large, 1850-51.Killedin aduel withCol. James W. Denver, near Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,August2, 1852 (ageabout 33years).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment to unknown location. | | John McDougal (1818-1866) — of California. Born in1818.LieutenantGovernor of California, 1849-51;Governor ofCalifornia, 1851-52.Engaged in aduel with A. C. Russell, editor of the SanFranciscoPicayune, on January 12, 1852; Russell was slightlywounded.DiedMarch30, 1866 (ageabout 47years).Burial location unknown. | | Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (1812-1862) — also known asFelix K. Zollicoffer — of Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Bigbyville,MauryCounty, Tenn.,May 19,1812.Member ofTennesseestate senate, 1849; fought a pistolduel with rival editorJohn L. Martin, in Nashville, Tenn., 1852;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 8th District, 1853-59; general inthe Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner.Shotand killed, perhaps by Union Col.Speed S.Fry, in aCivilWar battle near Mill Springs,WayneCounty, Ky.,January19, 1862 (age49 years, 245days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.; cenotaph atZollicofferPark Cemetery, Near Nancy, Pulaski County, Ky. | | Samuel Williams Inge (1817-1868) — of Livingston,SumterCounty, Ala.Born inWarrenCounty, N.C.,February22, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1844-45;U.S.Representative from Alabama 4th District, 1847-51; in 1853, heparticipated in aduel with Rep.EdwardStanly, but neither was seriously injured;U.S.Attorney for the Northern District of California, 1853-56.Slaveowner. Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,June 10,1868 (age51 years, 109days).Original interment atCalvaryCemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment in 1942 atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | Edward Stanly (1810-1872) — of Washington,BeaufortCounty, N.C.;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born in New Bern,CravenCounty, N.C.,January10, 1810.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1837-43, 1849-53 (3rdDistrict 1837-43, 8th District 1849-53); member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1844-46, 1848-49;Speaker ofthe North Carolina State House of Representatives, 1844-46;NorthCarolina state attorney general, 1846-48; in 1853, heparticipated in aduel with Rep.SamuelW. Inge, but neither was seriously injured; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1857; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 12,1872 (age62 years, 184days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | William McKendree Gwin (1805-1885) — also known asW. M. Gwin — of Mississippi;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born near Gallatin,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,October9, 1805.Democrat.Physician;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1841-43;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1849;U.S.Senator from California, 1850-55, 1857-61.Engaged in aduel withJ.W. McCorkle, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries; twicearrestedfor allegeddisloyaltyduring the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1885 (age79 years, 329days).Entombed atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Joseph Walker McCorkle (1819-1884) — also known asJoseph W. McCorkle;J. W.McCorkle —of Dayton,MontgomeryCounty, Ohio;SutterCounty, Calif.; Virginia City,StoreyCounty, Nev.;Washington,D.C.Born in Piqua,MiamiCounty, Ohio,June 24,1819.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atDayton,Ohio, 1845-49;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 14th District, 1851-52;U.S.Representative from California 2nd District, 1851-53.Engaged in aduel with U.S. SenatorW.M. Gwin, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries.Died in Branchville,PrinceGeorge's County, Md.,March18, 1884 (age64 years, 268days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio. | | Solomon Weathersbee Downs (1801-1854) — also known asSolomon W. Downs — of Louisiana. Born inMontgomeryCounty, Tenn.,1801.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1845-46;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1847-53;U.S.Collector of Customs at New Orleans, La., Louisiana, 1853.Slaveowner.Mortallywounded in aduel, andsubsequently died, at Crab Orchard Springs,LincolnCounty, Ky.,August14, 1854 (ageabout 53years).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.; reinterment atRiverviewCemetery, Monroe, La. | | David Colbreth Broderick (1820-1859) — also known asDavid C. Broderick — of New York;SanFrancisco, Calif.Born inWashington,D.C.,February4, 1820.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1846;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1850-52;LieutenantGovernor of California, 1851-52;U.S.Senator from California, 1857-59; died in office 1859.Irishancestry.Mortallywounded in aduel onSeptember 13, 1859 withDavidS. Terry, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, and diedinSanFrancisco, Calif.,September16, 1859 (age39 years, 224days).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment in 1942 atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | David Smith Terry (1823-1889) — also known asDavid S. Terry — of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.;SanFrancisco, Calif.; Stockton,SanJoaquin County, Calif.Born in Christian County (part now inToddCounty), Ky.,March 8,1823.Lawyer;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; advocated the extension ofslavery to California;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1855-59;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1857-59; killed U.S.SenatorDavidC. Broderick in aduel near San Francisco in 1859;triedformurder,but acquitted; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;delegateto California state constitutional convention, 1878-79; candidatefor Presidential Elector for California,1880;his wife Sarah Althea Hill claimed to be the widow and heir ofwealthy U.S. SenatorWilliamSharon; in September, 1888, when her claim was finally rejectedby U.S. Supreme Court JusticeStephenJ. Field (acting as a Court of Appeals judge for California), sheand Terry caused an altercation in the courtroom and werejailedsix months forcontemptof court.Five months after his release from jail, he encountered Justice Fieldand slapped him in the face; he was thenshotthrough the heart andkilled byU.S. Deputy Marshal David Neagle, the justice's bodyguard, in thetrainstationdiningroom at Lathrop,San JoaquinCounty, Calif.,August14, 1889 (age66 years, 159days). Neagle was arrested by local authorities, but laterreleased on the demand of the U.S. government.Interment atStocktonRural Cemetery, Stockton, Calif. | | William Augustus Lake (1808-1861) — Born near Cambridge,DorchesterCounty, Md.,January6, 1808.Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1831; member ofMississippistate senate, 1848;U.S.Representative from Mississippi 4th District, 1855-57; member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1859.Slaveowner.Killedin aduel byHenryCousins Chambers, his opponent for Confederate Congress, atHopefield,CrittendenCounty, Ark.,October15, 1861 (age53 years, 282days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss. | | Henry Cousins Chambers (1823-1871) — of Mississippi. Born inLimestoneCounty, Ala.,July 26,1823.Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1859;Representativefrom Mississippi in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65.KilledWilliamAugustus Lake, his opponent for the Confederate Congress, in aduel on October 15, 1861, at Hopefield, Ark.Died inBolivarCounty, Miss.,May 1,1871 (age47 years, 279days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | William Evelyn Cameron (1842-1927) — also known asWilliam E. Cameron — ofPetersburg,Va.Born inPetersburg,Va.,November29, 1842.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;newspapereditor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1872;mayorof Petersburg, Va., 1876-82;Governor ofVirginia, 1882-86;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Petersburg city,1901-02.In 1869, he was injured in aduel withRobertWilliam Hughes.Died inLouisaCounty, Va.,January26, 1927 (age84 years, 58days).Interment atBlandfordCemetery, Petersburg, Va. | | Robert William Hughes (1821-1901) — of Virginia. Born inPowhatanCounty, Va.,January16, 1821.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1871-73; candidateforGovernor ofVirginia, 1873;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1874-98;retired 1898.In aduel in 1869, he shot and woundedWilliamE. Cameron.Died near Abingdon,WashingtonCounty, Va.,December10, 1901 (age80 years, 328days).Interment atSinkingSpring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va. | | Albert Jennings Fountain (1838-1896) — also known asAlbert J. Fountain;AlbertJennings —of El Paso,El PasoCounty, Tex.; Mesilla,Dona AnaCounty, N.M.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,October23, 1838.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.Collector of Customs at El Paso; Assessor and Collector of InternalRevenue for the Western District of Texas; member ofTexasstate senate, 1869-70; fought aduel with Frank Williams,and killed him;lawyer.Presumedmurderednear White Sands,Dona AnaCounty, N.M.,February1, 1896 (age57 years, 101days). His body wasneverfound.| | Relatives: Sonof Solomon Jennings and Catherine (de la Fontaine) Jennings; married1862 toMariana Perez. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article |
| | André Louis Bagger (1846-1895) — also known asAndré L. Bagger — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Copenhagen,Denmark,1846.Fought on the German side in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870;patentattorney; during a controversy with D.C. GovernorAlexanderR. Shepherd, challenged him to aduel, but nothing came ofit;Vice-Consulfor Denmark inWashington,D.C., 1886-95;Vice-Consulfor Sweden & Norway inWashington,D.C., 1887-95.Danishancestry. Member,Freemasons.Died, reportedly fromapoplexy,in his room at the DeWitt Househotel,Ocean Grove,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,May 23,1895 (ageabout 48years).Interment atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Edward Austin Burke (1839-1928) — also known asEdward A. Burke;Edward A.Burk —of Galveston,GalvestonCounty, Tex.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,September13, 1839.Democrat.Telegraphoperator;railroadsuperintendent; major in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar;importerand exporter;railwayfreight agent;newspapereditor;Louisianastate treasurer, 1878-88; engaged in a pistolduel withHenry J. Hearsey on January 25, 1880; neither man was injured; in1882, he was wounded in a duel with C. Harrison Parker; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Louisiana,1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1884;in 1889, his successor as state treasurer,WilliamHenry Pipes, discovered discrepancies in state funds, and accusedBurke ofembezzlement;he was subsequentlyindictedby a grand jury; Burke, then in London, chose not to return toLouisiana, and insteadfledto Honduras, and remained in Central America for the rest of his life.Irishancestry.Died, in theHotelRitz, Tegucigalpa,Honduras,September24, 1928 (age89 years, 11days).Intermentsomewhere in Yuscarán, Honduras. | | John Lyde Wilson (1784-1849) — of Georgetown, Georgetown District (nowGeorgetownCounty), S.C.Born in South Carolina,May 24,1784.Lawyer;newspapereditor; member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1806-08, 1810, 1812-14,1816-18 (Marlborough 1806-08, Prince George Winyah 1810, 1812-14,1816-18);intendantof Georgetown, South Carolina, 1811-12; member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Prince George Winyah, 1818-22,1826-30;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1822-24; authorCode of Honor, a rule bookfordueling.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February12, 1849 (age64 years, 264days).Interment atCathedral Church of St. Luke and St. Paul, Charleston, S.C.
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