See thetrouble anddisgrace main page, as well as theFAQ and thePoliticalGraveyard privacy policy, for important explanations anddisclaimers. in chronological order | |  David Brydie Mitchell (1760-1837) — of Savannah,ChathamCounty, Ga.; Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.Born in Muthill, Perthshire,Scotland,October22, 1760.Georgiastate attorney general, 1795; member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1796;mayorof Savannah, Ga., 1801-02;U.S.Attorney for Georgia, 1802-04;Governor ofGeorgia, 1809-13, 1815-17; U.S. Indian Agent to the Creek Nation,1817-21;resignedfrom this position followingchargesthat he wassmugglingAfrican slaves into the country.Scottishancestry.Died in Milledgeville,BaldwinCounty, Ga.,April22, 1837 (age76 years, 182days).Interment atMemoryHill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga. | | Henry Everard Peck (1821-1867) — also known asH. E. Peck — of Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 20,1821.Republican.Collegeprofessor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1856;U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner toHaiti, 1865-66; U.S. Minister toHaiti, 1866-67, died in office 1867.Abolitionist; involved in rescue of an escaping slave in Wellington,near Oberlin, Ohio, in September 1858; among the 20 men who werearrestedandchargedwith "infringement of theFugitive Slave Law"; thetrialended when the slave catchers (who had pressed the charges) wereindicted for kidnapping.Died, ofyellowfever, inHaiti,June9, 1867 (age45 years, 324days).Intermentsomewherein Oberlin, Ohio. | | John Milton Elliott (1820-1879) — also known asJohn M. Elliott — of Prestonsburg,FloydCounty, Ky.Born inScottCounty, Va.,May 20,1820.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1847, 1860-61;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1853-59;Delegatefrom Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Representativefrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; circuit judgein Kentucky, 1868-74;Judge,Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1876-79; died in office 1879.Expelledfrom the Kentucky legislature in 1861 forsupporting theConfederacy.Slaveowner.Shotandkilled byCol. Thomas Buford, in front of the ladies' entrance to the CapitolHotel,in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,March26, 1879 (age58 years, 310days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.; statue atBoydCounty Courthouse Grounds, Catlettsburg, Ky. | | James Chesnut Jr. (1815-1885) — of Camden, Kershaw District (nowKershawCounty), S.C.Born near Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,January18, 1815.Democrat. Member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1842; member ofSouthCarolina state senate, 1854;U.S.Senator from South Carolina, 1858-60;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from Kershaw, 1860-62;Delegatefrom South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62; candidate forSenatorfrom South Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1861; general inthe Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from South Carolina,1868,1872.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in Camden,KershawCounty, S.C.,February1, 1885 (age70 years, 14days).Interment atKnightsHill Cemetery, Camden, S.C. | | George William Brown (1812-1890) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,October13, 1812.Mayorof Baltimore, Md., 1860-61;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1867; municipaljudge in Maryland, 1872.His term as mayor was cut short on September 12, 1861, when he wasarrested andimprisoned, over allegeddisloyalty, by Federalauthorities.DiedSeptember8, 1890 (age77 years, 330days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) — also known asCharles J. Faulkner — of Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.).Born in Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),July 6,1806.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1829-34, 1848-49; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1838-42;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1851-59 (10th District 1851-53, 8thDistrict 1853-59); U.S. Minister toFrance, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the CivilWar;delegateto West Virginia state constitutional convention, 1872;U.S.Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1875-77.On his return from France in August 1861, wasdetainedas aprisoner ofstate onchargesof negotiating arms sales for theConfederacy while in Paris;released in December 1861 and negotiated his own exchange forAlfredEly, a a Congressman from New York who had been taken prisoner bythe Confederates at Bull Run.Slaveowner. Died near Martinsburg,BerkeleyCounty, W.Va.,November1, 1884 (age78 years, 118days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va. | | James Murray Mason (1798-1871) — also known asJames M. Mason — ofWinchester,Va.Born in Georgetown,Washington,D.C.,November3, 1798.Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1826;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829;U.S.Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1837-39;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1847-61;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;ConfederateStates Envoy to England, 1861.Author of the Fugitive Slave Law. When the Civil War began, he leftWashington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Slaveowner. DiedApril28, 1871 (age72 years, 176days).Interment atChristChurch Episcopal Cemetery, Alexandria, Va. | | Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) — also known asRobert M. T. Hunter — of Lloyds,EssexCounty, Va.Born near Loretto,EssexCounty, Va.,April21, 1809.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1834-35; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1835-37;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District1845-47);Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1839-41;U.S.Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1860;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of State, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68;Virginiastate treasurer, 1874-80.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; he was one of tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Arrestedin 1865 andimprisonedwithout trial byfederal forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee,until 1866.Slaveowner. Died in Lloyds,EssexCounty, Va.,July 18,1887 (age78 years, 88days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Essex County, Va. | | Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) — also known asThomas L. Clingman;"The Prince ofPoliticians" —of Asheville,BuncombeCounty, N.C.Born in Huntsville,YadkinCounty, N.C.,July 27,1812.Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1840;U.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1843-45, 1847-58 (1stDistrict 1843-45, 1847-53, 8th District 1853-58);U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1858-61; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from North Carolina,1868,1876(member,ResolutionsCommittee).When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Died in Morganton,BurkeCounty, N.C.,November3, 1897 (age85 years, 99days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Asheville, N.C. | | Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (1808-1876) — also known asA. O. P. Nicholson — of Tennessee. Born in Tennessee,1808.Democrat. Member of Tennessee state legislature, 1830;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1840-42, 1859-61;chiefjustice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1870-76.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in1876(ageabout68 years).Interment atRoseHill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn. | | John Cabell Breckinridge (1821-1875) — also known asJohn C. Breckinridge — of Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.Born near Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,January16, 1821.Democrat.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1849-51;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1851-55; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1856;VicePresident of the United States, 1857-61; Southern Democraticcandidate forPresidentof the United States, 1860;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1861; general in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1865.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Expelledfrom the U.S. Senate on December 4, 1861 for his participation in theConfederate military.Fledto Cuba at the end of the war, and lived in England and Canada until1869.Slaveowner. Died, fromlungdisease andlivercirrhosis, in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,May 17,1875 (age54 years, 121days).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof Mary Clay (Smith) Breckinridge andJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823); married1840 toElizabeth Lucas; married,December12, 1843, to Mary Cyrene Burch (1826-1907) andMaryCyrene Burch (1826-1907); father ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906) andCliftonRodes Breckinridge; nephew ofRobertJefferson Breckinridge; grandson ofJohnBreckinridge; great-grandson ofJohnWitherspoon; great-grandnephew ofWilliamPreston andWilliamCabell; first cousin ofPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr. andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; first cousin once removed ofJamesDouglas Breckinridge,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCabell Jr.,FrancisSmith Preston,WilliamHenry Cabell andJamesPatton Preston; second cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison,WilliamLewis Cabell,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; second cousin once removed ofWilliamCampbell Preston,JamesMcDowell,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnBuchanan Floyd,JohnSmith Preston,GeorgeRogers Clark Floyd,EdwardCarrington Cabell,BenjaminEarl Cabell andCarterHenry Harrison II; second cousin twice removed ofEarleCabell; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Leftwich. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThecityofBreckenridge,Missouri, isnamed forhim. — ThecityofBreckenridge,Colorado, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS John C. Breckinridge (built 1943 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about John C. Breckinridge:William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — Frank Hopkins Heck,ProudKentuckian, John C. Breckinridge, 1821-1875 — WilliamC. Davis,Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol |
| | Charles Burton Mitchel (1815-1864) — also known asCharles B. Mitchel — of Arkansas. Born in Gallatin,SumnerCounty, Tenn.,September19, 1815.Democrat. Member of Arkansas state legislature, 1848; candidate forU.S.Representative from Arkansas, 1860;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1861;Senatorfrom Arkansas in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died inoffice 1864.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in Little Rock,PulaskiCounty, Ark.,September20, 1864 (age49 years, 1days).Interment atPresbyterianCemetery, Washington, Ark. | | Thomas Bragg (1810-1872) — ofNorthamptonCounty, N.C.; Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.Born in Warrenton,WarrenCounty, N.C.,November9, 1810.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNorthCarolina house of commons, 1842;Governor ofNorth Carolina, 1855-59;U.S.Senator from North Carolina, 1859-61;ConfederateAttorney General, 1861-62.Presbyterian.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861.Slaveowner. Died in Raleigh,WakeCounty, N.C.,January21, 1872 (age61 years, 73days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Raleigh, N.C. | | George Proctor Kane (1817-1878) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,August4, 1817.U.S.Collector of Customs at Baltimore, Md., Maryland, 1849-53; asBaltimore Marshal of Police in 1861, he opposed themovement ofUnion troops through Baltimore; on June 27, he wasarrestedby Federal soldiers andimprisonedin Fort Warren for fourteen months;mayorof Baltimore, Md., 1877-78; died in office 1878.Died inBaltimore,Md.,June 23,1878 (age60 years, 323days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | 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 aduelaround 1840; wounded Rep.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 tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin 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. | | John Hemphill (1803-1862) — of Texas. Born in Chester District (nowChesterCounty), S.C.,December18, 1803.Lawyer;newspapereditor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840;chiefjustice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58;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 tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; diedin office 1862; candidate forSenatorfrom Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.Slaveowner. Died inRichmond,Va.,January7, 1862 (age58 years, 20days).Interment atTexasState Cemetery, Austin, Tex. | | William King Sebastian (1812-1865) — also known asWilliam K. Sebastian — of Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena),PhillipsCounty, Ark.Born in Centerville,HickmanCounty, Tenn.,June 12,1812.Democrat.Lawyer;member of Arkansas state legislature, 1840;U.S.Senator from Arkansas, 1848-61.When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign hisseat in the Senate; one of tenSouthern senatorsexpelledin absentia on July 11, 1861. Did not participate in the Confederacyduring the war; his expulsion from the Senate was posthumouslyrevoked in 1877.Slaveowner. Died in Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.,May 20,1865 (age52 years, 342days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | George Wallace Jones (1804-1896) — also known asGeorge W. Jones — of Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Vincennes,KnoxCounty, Ind.,April12, 1804.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1835-36;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1836-39; U.S.Surveyor-General for Iowa & Wisconsin, 1845;U.S.Senator from Iowa, 1848-59; U.S. Minister toNew Grenada, 1859-61.Welshancestry.In 1861, wasarrestedin New York City by order of Secretary of StateWilliamH. Seward on achargeofdisloyalty, based on correspondence with his friendJeffersonDavis;imprisonedfor 64 days; released by order of PresidentAbrahamLincoln.Slaveowner. Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,July 22,1896 (age92 years, 101days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa. | | Alfred Ely (1815-1892) — of Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.Born in Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.,February15, 1815.Republican.U.S.Representative from New York 29th District, 1859-63.While witnessing the Battle of Bull Run in 1861, wascapturedby theConfederates, andimprisonedat Richmond for several months; released in exchange forCharlesJ. Faulkner.Died in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1892 (age77 years, 93days).Entombed atMt.Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y. | | William T. Casto (1824-1862) — BornJanuary24, 1824.Lawyer;mayorof Maysville, Ky., 1850;arrestedin 1861 andimprisonedfor allegedlyaiding the Confederacy; released in 1862.Blamed Col. Leonidas Metcalfe (son of Gov.ThomasMetcalfe) for his imprisonment; challenged him to aduel; theweapons were Colt rifles at 60 yards; Casto wasshot andkilledon the first fire, inBrackenCounty, Ky.,May 8,1862 (age38 years, 104days).Interment atMaysvilleCemetery, Maysville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Abijah Casto. | | | | Epitaph: "A Patriot, his Country's firmunwavering friend, he was willing to die for his Principles and as aman of Honor nobly fell a Veteran of the sacred and invincible rightof personal liberty." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Bullock Clark (1802-1885) — also known asJohn B. Clark — of Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.Born inMadisonCounty, Ky.,April17, 1802.Democrat.Lawyer;HowardCounty Court Clerk, 1824-34; colonel in the U.S. Army during theBlack Hawk War; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1850-51;U.S.Representative from Missouri 3rd District, 1857-61; expelled1861; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1860;expelledfrom Congress in July 1861 for havingtaken up arms against theunion;Delegatefrom Missouri to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;Representativefrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.Slaveowner. Died in Fayette,HowardCounty, Mo.,October29, 1885 (age83 years, 195days).Interment atFayetteCity Cemetery, Fayette, Mo. | | John Merryman (1824-1881) — of Cockeysville,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born inBaltimoreCounty, Md.,August9, 1824.Alleged to haveled a mob in Baltimore whichdestroyedtelegraph lines;arrestedin 1861 by Union troops, and held at Fort McHenry, Baltimore;petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted by ChiefJusticeRogerB. Taney, but PresidentAbrahamLincoln had suspended habeas corpus and refused to follow Taney'sruling;Marylandstate treasurer, 1870-72.Died inBaltimoreCounty, Md.,November15, 1881 (age57 years, 98days).Interment atSherwoodEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Cockeysville, Md. | | John William Reid (1821-1881) — of Jefferson City,ColeCounty, Mo.; Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born inBedfordCounty, Va.,June 14,1821.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1854-56;U.S.Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1861;expelledby the U.S. House in December, 1861, for havingtaken up armsagainst the union; served in the Confederate Army during theCivil War.Slaveowner. Died in Lee's Summit,JacksonCounty, Mo.,November22, 1881 (age60 years, 161days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Kansas City, Mo. | | Henry Cornelius Burnett (1825-1866) — also known asHenry C. Burnett — of Cadiz,TriggCounty, Ky.Born inEssexCounty, Va.,October5, 1825.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1855-61;delegateto Kentucky secession convention, 1861; expelled by the U.S.House in December 1861 for havingtaken up arms against theunion; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Delegatefrom Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;Senatorfrom Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65;indictedfortreason after the Civil War, but never tried.Slaveowner. Died, fromcholera,in Hopkinsville,ChristianCounty, Ky.,October1, 1866 (age40 years, 361days).Original interment atOld Cadiz Cemetery, Cadiz, Ky.; reinterment atEastEnd Cemetery, Cadiz, Ky. | | Jesse David Bright (1812-1875) — also known asJesse D. Bright — of Madison,JeffersonCounty, Ind.; Jeffersonville,ClarkCounty, Ind.Born in Norwich,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,December18, 1812.Democrat. State court judge in Indiana, 1834-39; member ofIndianastate senate, 1841-43;LieutenantGovernor of Indiana, 1843-45;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1845-62; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1867-71; Presidential Elector forKentucky,1868.Presbyterian.Expelledfrom the U.S. Senate, February 5, 1862, over allegeddisloyalty tothe Union, as evidenced by a letter of introduction he wrote foran arms merchant, addressed to Confederate presidentJeffersonDavis.Slaveowner. Died inBaltimore,Md.,May 20,1875 (age62 years, 153days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Dennis Aloysius Mahoney (1821-1879) — ofJacksonCounty, Iowa; Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa.Born in Ross, County Cork,Ireland,January20, 1821.Member ofIowastate house of representatives; elected 1848, 1858; candidate forU.S.Representative from Iowa, 1862, 1864.Catholic.Newspapereditor whocriticized the Civil War;arrestedin August 1862 and held until November at the Old Capitol FederalPrisonin Washington, D.C.Died in Dubuque,DubuqueCounty, Iowa,November5, 1879 (age58 years, 289days).Interment atSt.Patrick Cemetery, Garryowen, Iowa. | | Charles Christopher Sheats (1839-1904) — of Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.Born inWalkerCounty, Ala.,April10, 1839.Republican.Delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861; member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1861-62;delegateto Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Alabama,1872,1884;U.S.Representative from Alabama at-large, 1873-75; defeated, 1874.Opposed secession in 1860;expelledfrom the Alabama House of Representatives in 1862 because of hisadherence to the Union;imprisonedby Confederate authorities on achargeoftreason, but never tried.Died in Decatur,MorganCounty, Ala.,May 27,1904 (age65 years, 47days).Interment atMcKendreeCemetery, Near Decatur, Morgan County, Ala. | | Waldo Porter Johnson (1817-1885) — also known asWaldo P. Johnson — of Missouri. Born in Bridgeport,HarrisonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),September16, 1817.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofMissouristate house of representatives, 1847; state court judge inMissouri, 1851;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;Senatorfrom Missouri in the Confederate Congress, 1863-65;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 15th District, 1875.Expelledfrom the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over hissupport forsecession.Slaveowner. Died in Osceola,St. ClairCounty, Mo.,August14, 1885 (age67 years, 332days).Interment atForestHill Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo. | | Lawrence Washington Hall (1819-1863) — of Bucyrus,CrawfordCounty, Ohio.Born inLakeCounty, Ohio,1819.Democrat.Lawyer;common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1852-57;U.S.Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1857-59; defeated, 1858.Imprisonedfor allegeddisloyalty to the Union in 1862.Died of alunghemorrhage, Bucyrus,CrawfordCounty, Ohio,January18, 1863 (ageabout 43years).Original interment atOakwoodCemetery, Bucyrus, Ohio; reinterment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Edson Baldwin Olds (1802-1869) — also known asEdson B. Olds — of Circleville,PickawayCounty, Ohio; Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio.Born in Marlboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,June 3,1802.Democrat.Physician;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1842-43, 1845-46, 1862-66; memberofOhiostate senate, 1846-48;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1849-55 (9th District 1849-53, 12thDistrict 1853-55); defeated, 1854; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Ohio,1864(speaker).Arrestedfor allegeddisloyalty to the Union andimprisonedin Fort Lafayette in 1862.Died in Lancaster,FairfieldCounty, Ohio,January24, 1869 (age66 years, 235days).Interment atForestCemetery, Circleville, Ohio. | | Benjamin Stark (1820-1898) — of Portland,MultnomahCounty, Ore.; New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,June 26,1820.Democrat.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;lawyer;member ofOregonterritorial House of Representatives, 1852; member ofOregonstate house of representatives, 1860;U.S.Senator from Oregon, 1861-62; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Oregon,1864;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1868;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1874.On June 6, 1862, aresolutionto expel him from the U.S. Senate for allegeddisloyalty tothe Union, requiring two-thirds to pass, failed on a vote of 21in favor to 16 opposed.Died in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October10, 1898 (age78 years, 106days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New London, Conn. | | Eccles G. Van Riper (b. 1841) — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1841.Democrat.Mayorof Evansville, Ind., 1870.In 1862, while traveling on business in Arkansas, wascapturedby the Confederate Army andchargedwith being aspy;triedbefore a military court in Little Rock andsentencedto death; reprieved by the arrival of a new military commander, butimprisoneduntil the end of the war.Burial location unknown. | | Trusten Polk (1811-1876) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born near Bridgeville,SussexCounty, Del.,May 29,1811.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto Missouri state constitutional convention 28th District,1845-46; Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri,1848;Governorof Missouri, 1857;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1857-62; expelled 1862; colonel in theConfederate Army during the Civil War.Expelledfrom the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1862 over hissupport forsecession.Slaveowner. Died inSt.Louis, Mo.,April16, 1876 (age64 years, 323days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Joshua Chilton (1818-1862) — ofShannonCounty, Mo.Born inWayneCounty, Tenn.,September28, 1818.Democrat. Member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Shannon County, 1846-55;member ofMissouristate senate 24th District, 1860-61.Member,Freemasons.Arrestedby Union troops as an allegedSouthern sympathizer, and whileaprisoner,wasshot andkilled,near Rolla,PhelpsCounty, Mo.,August28, 1862 (age43 years, 334days).Burial location unknown. | | Joseph Campbell Anderson (1830-1891) — also known asJoseph C. Anderson — of Kansas. Born inJessamineCounty, Ky.,1830.Lawyer;member ofKansasterritorial legislature, 1855;arrestedandimprisonedduring the Civil War forrefusing to sign an oath ofallegiance to the Union.Died in1891(ageabout61 years).Interment atLexingtonCemetery, Lexington, Ky. | | Henry Clay Sexton (1828-1893) — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Virginia,March29, 1828.Builder;imprisonedin 1862 as aSouthern sympathizer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at St. Louis, Missouri, 1885.SouthernMethodist. Member,Freemasons;Elks.DiedDecember31, 1893 (age65 years, 277days).Interment atBellefontaineCemetery, St. Louis, Mo. | | Roderick Randum Butler (1827-1902) — also known asRoderick R. Butler — of Mountain City,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.Born in Wytheville,WytheCounty, Va.,April 9,1827.Republican.Tailor;postmaster;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate senate, 1859, 1893-1901;arrestedby Confederate authorities in 1862, andchargedwithtreason; eventuallyfledto Kentucky; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1865; circuit judgein Tennessee, 1865;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1867-75, 1887-89;unanimouslycensuredby the U.S. House in March 1870, foracceptingpayment for his recommendation of a cadet to the military academyat West Point; a vote toexpelhim failed; in August, 1870, he wasarrestedforforgeryin connection with pensionfraud;in December, 1870, he wasindictedby a federal grand jury; in January, 1871, atrialwas begun, but following witness testimony, the case was dismissed;delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee,1872;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1879-85.Slaveowner. Died in Mountain City,JohnsonCounty, Tenn.,August18, 1902 (age75 years, 131days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Mountain City, Tenn.  | Clement Laird Vallandigham (1820-1871) — also known asClement L. Vallandigham — of Ohio. Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon),ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,July 29,1820.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1845-46; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Ohio,1856,1864,1868;U.S.Representative from Ohio 3rd District, 1858-63; defeated, 1852,1854, 1862; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1863.Leader of the pro-Southern "Copperheads" during the Civil War;arrestedby the Union military authorities in 1863 fortreasonableutterances, andbanishedto the Confederate States; returned to the North by way of Canada.Accidentallyshothimself, while practicing acourtroomdemonstration he planned as part of a defense in a murder trial (notactually in court at the time, contrary to legend), and died of hiswound the next day, in the Lebanon Househotel,Lebanon,WarrenCounty, Ohio,June 17,1871 (age50 years, 323days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Dayton, Ohio. | | 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 aduelwithJ.W. McCorkle, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries; twicearrestedfor allegeddisloyalty during the Civil War.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1885 (age79 years, 329days).Entombed atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Robert Murphy Mayo (1836-1896) — also known asRobert M. Mayo — of Virginia. Born in Hague,WestmorelandCounty, Va.,April28, 1836.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;courtmartialed in theConfederate Army, 1863, fordrunkenness,andreduced inrank;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1881-82, 1885-88;U.S.Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1883-84.Member,American BarAssociation.Slaveowner. Died in Hague,WestmorelandCounty, Va.,March29, 1896 (age59 years, 336days).Interment atYeocomicoCemetery, Kinsale, Va. | | John Harrison Surratt Jr. (1844-1916) — also known asJohn H. Surratt, Jr. — of Surrattsville (now Clinton),PrinceGeorge's County, Md.Born inWashington,D.C.,April13, 1844.Postmaster atSurrattsville,Md., 1862-63;dismissedas postmaster in 1863 for allegeddisloyalty to the Union;became a Confederate courier andspy; heand others attempted tokidnapPresidentAbrahamLincoln; later, the plot to kill the President and othergovernment officials was formulated at his mother's boarding house inWashington; he denied involvement in the assassination, butfledoverseas; he wasarrestedin Alexandria, Egypt, and sent back to the U.S.; tried in a Marylandcourt in 1867 for his alleged involvement in themurderplot, but the jury couldn't reach a verdict, and a mistrial wasdeclared; treasurer of asteamshipcompany.Died, frompneumonia,inBaltimore,Md.,April21, 1916 (age72 years, 8days).Interment atNewCathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | Samuel Medary (1801-1864) — also known as"The Wheel Horse of OhioDemocracy" —of Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio.Born in Montgomery Square,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,February25, 1801.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1834; member ofOhiostate senate, 1836; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Ohio,1844,1856,1864;postmaster atColumbus,Ohio, 1847-49, 1858;Governorof Minnesota Territory, 1857-58;Governorof Kansas Territory, 1858-59, 1859-60, 1860, 1860; candidate forGovernorof Kansas, 1859.Originated the slogan "Fifty-four forty or fight," calling foraggressive action on the Oregon boundary dispute with Great Britainin the 1840s; the American claim of all the land up to 54°40'north latitude encompassed most of what is now British Columbia.Indictedby a federal grand jury in 1864 forconspiracy against thegovernment;arrested;released on bond; never tried.Died in Columbus,FranklinCounty, Ohio,November7, 1864 (age63 years, 256days).Interment atGreenLawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio. | | Richard Taylor Jacob (1825-1903) — of Kentucky. Born inOldhamCounty, Ky.,1825.LieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1863-64.Arrestedfor allegeddisloyalty,removed fromoffice, andbanishedfrom Kentucky, November 11, 1864; later allowed to return to thestate under direct orders from PresidentAbrahamLincoln.Died in1903(ageabout78 years).Burial location unknown. | | Alexander Long (1816-1886) — of Ohio. Born in Greenville,MercerCounty, Pa.,December24, 1816.Democrat. Member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1848;U.S.Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1863-65; defeated, 1860;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1864(member,CredentialsCommittee),1880;candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1865.Censuredby the House of Representatives during the Civil War, fortreasonable utterances.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,November28, 1886 (age69 years, 339days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Buckner Stith Morris (1800-1879) — also known asBuckner S. Morris — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Augusta,BrackenCounty, Ky.,August19, 1800.Whig.Lawyer;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1838-39; candidate forsecretaryof state of Illinois, 1852; circuit judge in Illinois, 1853-55;served as treasurer of the Sons of Liberty, a Northernpro-Confederate organization; in 1864, he wasarrestedandimprisonedfor taking part in an alleged plot tobreak out prisoners ofwar held at Camp Douglas in Chicago.Catholic.Thought to be the originator of "to hell in a handbasket," though thephrase wasn't widely used before the 1940s.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December16, 1879 (age79 years, 119days).Interment atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Edmund C. Weeks (1829-1907) — of Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.Born in Massachusetts,March10, 1829.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War;court-martialedin 1864,chargedwithkillinga sentry,conductunbecoming an officer, andconductprejudicial to order and discipline; the trial lasted 53 days;witnesses against him were reported to be "rebel refugees anddeserters"; the military court found him not guilty on allcharges;LieutenantGovernor of Florida, 1870;LeonCounty Sheriff, 1873-74; member ofFloridastate house of representatives, 1877, 1885; postmaster atTallahassee,Fla., 1890; U.S. Marshall for Northern District of Florida; U.S.Surveyor-General for Florida, 1902-05.Died in Tallahassee,LeonCounty, Fla.,April12, 1907 (age78 years, 33days).Interment atOldCity Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla. | | John Breckinridge Castleman (1841-1918) — also known asJohn B. Castleman — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born in Lexington,FayetteCounty, Ky.,June 30,1841.Democrat. Major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; ledConfederateguerilla forces in operations aimed at Chicago andSt. Louis;capturedin Indiana, 1864, convicted ofspying,andsentenced todeath, but his execution was stayed by PresidentAbrahamLincoln;deportedto France in 1865;pardonedin 1866 by PresidentAndrewJohnson, and returned to Kentucky;insurancebusiness;AdjutantGeneral of Kentucky, 1883, 1900; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Kentucky,1888(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1892(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization); colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,May 23,1918 (age76 years, 327days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.; statue (now gone) atCherokee Triangle, Louisville, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof David B. Castleman and Virginia (Harrison) Castleman; married toAlice Osmond Barbee; great-grandnephew ofBenjaminHarrison (1726-1791) andWilliamCabell; second great-grandnephew ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofCarterHenry Harrison; first cousin once removed ofJosephCabell Breckinridge (1788-1823),BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge andCarterHenry Harrison II; first cousin twice removed ofThomasJefferson,CarterBassett Harrison,WilliamCabell Jr.,WilliamHenry Cabell andWilliamHenry Harrison (1773-1841); first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland,PeytonRandolph (1721-1775),RobertCarter Nicholas (1729-1780) andWilliamFitzhugh; second cousin ofJohnCabell Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864),WilliamLewis Cabell,RobertJefferson Breckinridge Jr.,GeorgeCraighead Cabell andWilliamCampbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin once removed ofMarthaJefferson Randolph,DabneyCarr,FrederickMortimer Cabell,JohnScott Harrison (1804-1878),EdwardCarrington Cabell,JosephCabell Breckinridge (1844-1906),CliftonRodes Breckinridge,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925),BenjaminEarl Cabell,LevinIrving Handy,DeshaBreckinridge andHenrySkillman Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,GeorgeNicholas,BeverleyRandolph,WilsonCary Nicholas,JohnNicholas,JohnRandolph of Roanoke andEarleCabell; third cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes,DabneySmith Carr,BenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph,GeorgeWythe Randolph,JohnWilliam Leftwich,BenjaminHarrison (1833-1901) andJohnScott Harrison (1844-1926); third cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,HenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,JamesMarkham Marshall,ThomasMann Randolph Jr.,AlexanderKeith Marshall,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,RobertCarter Nicholas (1787-1857),ThomasJefferson Coolidge,RussellBenjamin Harrison andFrederickMadison Roberts; third cousin twice removed ofBurwellBassett,JohnGardner Coolidge,EdithWilson andWilliamHenry Harrison (1896-1990); fourth cousin ofThomasMarshall,JamesKeith Marshall,PeterMyndert Dox,NathanielBeverly Tucker,EdmundRandolph andWilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnWayles Eppes,FitzhughLee,EdmundRandolph Cocke,ConnallyFindlay Trigg,JohnAugustine Marshall,RichardEvelyn Byrd,HarryBartow Hawes andWilliamWelby Beverley. | | | | Political family:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Henninger Reagan (1818-1905) — also known asJohn H. Reagan — of Palestine,AndersonCounty, Tex.Born in Sevierville,SevierCounty, Tenn.,October8, 1818.Democrat. Member ofTexasstate house of representatives, 1847; district judge in Texas,1852-57;U.S.Representative from Texas, 1857-61, 1875-87 (1st District1857-61, 1875-83, 2nd District 1883-87);delegateto Texas secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;ConfederatePostmaster General, 1861-65; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Texas,1872,1904(HonoraryVice-President);delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1875;U.S.Senator from Texas, 1887-91.Methodist.ArrestedbyUnion troops in May 1865, along withJeffersonDavis, andimprisonedfor several months.Slaveowner. Died ofpneumoniain Palestine,AndersonCounty, Tex.,March 6,1905 (age86 years, 149days).Interment atEastHill Cemetery, Palestine, Tex.  | Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883) — also known asAlexander H. Stephens;"The Little PaleStar from Georgia" —of Crawfordville,TaliaferroCounty, Ga.Born near Crawfordville,TaliaferroCounty, Ga.,February11, 1812.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1836; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1842;U.S.Representative from Georgia, 1843-59, 1873-82 (at-large 1843-45,7th District 1845-53, 8th District 1853-59, 1873-82); PresidentialElector for Georgia,1860;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;VicePresident of the Confederacy, 1861-65;arrestedfortreason in May 1865, and held for five months at FortWarren;Governor ofGeorgia, 1882-83; died in office 1883.Slaveowner. Died in Atlanta,FultonCounty, Ga.,March 4,1883 (age71 years, 21days).Original interment and cenotaph atOaklandCemetery, Atlanta, Ga.; reinterment atAlexanderH. Stephens Memorial State Park, Crawfordville, Ga. | | Thomas Overton Moore (1804-1876) — of Louisiana. Born inSampsonCounty, N.C.,April10, 1804.Democrat.Planter;member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1848; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1856;Governor ofLouisiana, 1860-64;delegateto Louisiana secession convention, 1861.Presbyterian.At the end of the Civil War, the military governor of Louisianaordered hisarrestas aConfederate leader; hefledto Mexico and settled in Havana, Cuba.Pardonedby PresidentAndrewJohnson.Died near Alexandria,RapidesParish, La.,June 25,1876 (age72 years, 76days).Interment atMt.Olivet Episcopal Cemetery, Pineville, La. | | Luke Pryor Blackburn (1816-1887) — also known asLuke P. Blackburn — of Kentucky. Born inWoodfordCounty, Ky.,June 16,1816.Physician;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1843;Governor ofKentucky, 1879-83.Baptist.In 1865, he wastriedand acquitted in a Toronto court for violating Canadian neutrality,in connection with aConfederate scheme to spread yellow feverin Northern cities.Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,September14, 1887 (age71 years, 90days).Interment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky.| | Relatives: Sonof Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn;brother ofJosephClay Stiles Blackburn; married,November24, 1835, to Ella Boswell; married,November17, 1857, to Julia Churchill; uncle of Corinne Blackburn (whomarriedWilliamHolt Gale); granduncle ofSmithAlford Blackburn; great-granduncle ofCharlesMilton Blackburn; first cousin twice removed ofGabrielSlaughter; third cousin ofCharlesRice Slaughter; third cousin once removed ofRobertPryor Henry,JohnFlournoy Henry andGustavusAdolphus Henry. | | | | Political families:FourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The BlackburnCorrectionalComplex (opened 1972), inLexington,Kentucky, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Luke Pryor Blackburn: NancyDisher Baird,LukePryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer |
| | Abraham Kurkindolle Allison (1810-1893) — also known asAbraham K. Allison — Born inJonesCounty, Ga.,December10, 1810.Member ofFloridaterritorial legislature, 1830; served in the Confederate Armyduring the Civil War;Governor ofFlorida, 1865;arrestedby Federal authorities on June 19, 1865, andincarceratedwith otherConfederate officials at Fort Pulaski, Georgia, forsix months.Died in Quincy,GadsdenCounty, Fla.,July 8,1893 (age82 years, 210days).Burial location unknown. | | John Jones Pettus (1813-1867) — also known asJohn J. Pettus — of Mississippi. Born inWilsonCounty, Tenn.,October9, 1813.Governorof Mississippi, 1854, 1859-63.Slaveowner. After the Civil War, as aConfederate leader,amnesty wasrefused to him, and he became afugitive;the manhunt continued until his death, frompneumonia,in Pulaski County (part now inLonokeCounty), Ark.,January25, 1867 (age53 years, 108days).Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment atFlatBayou Burial Ground, Near Wabbaseka, Jefferson County, Ark. | | Benjamin Gwinn Harris (1805-1895) — also known asBenjamin G. Harris — of Leonardtown,St. Mary'sCounty, Md.Born near Leonardtown,St. Mary'sCounty, Md.,December13, 1805.Democrat. Member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1832-33, 1836, 1849, 1856, 1861-62;U.S.Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1863-67; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maryland,1864.Tried andconvicted ofharboring Confederate soldiers;sentencedto three years'imprisonment;sentence remitted by President Johnson.Slaveowner. Died near Leonardtown,St. Mary'sCounty, Md.,April 4,1895 (age89 years, 112days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, St. Mary's County, Md. | | George Wythe Randolph (1818-1867) — also known asGeorge W. Randolph — ofRichmond,Va.Born near Charlottesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,March10, 1818.Lawyer;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Richmond city, 1861;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1862; after the collapse of theConfederacy,fledto Europe toavoidcapture;pardonedin 1866.Episcopalian.Died ofpulmonarypneumonia, near Charlottesville,AlbemarleCounty, Va.,April 3,1867 (age49 years, 24days).Interment atMonticelloGraveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.| | Relatives: SonofThomasMann Randolph Jr. andMarthaJefferson Randolph; brother ofBenjaminFranklin Randolph,MeriwetherLewis Randolph and Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who marriedNicholasPhilip Trist); uncle ofThomasJefferson Coolidge; grandson ofThomasJefferson; granduncle ofJohnGardner Coolidge; great-grandson ofArchibaldCary; second great-grandson ofRichardRandolph; first cousin ofFrancisWayles Eppes; first cousin once removed ofDabneyCarr,JohnWayles Eppes andFrederickMadison Roberts; first cousin twice removed ofJohnRandolph of Roanoke; first cousin thrice removed ofRichardBland andPeytonRandolph (1721-1775); second cousin ofDabneySmith Carr; second cousin once removed ofJohnMarshall,JamesMarkham Marshall andAlexanderKeith Marshall; second cousin twice removed ofTheodorickBland,EdmundJenings Randolph,BeverleyRandolph andEdithWilson; third cousin ofThomasMarshall,JohnJordan Crittenden,ThomasTurpin Crittenden,RobertCrittenden,JamesKeith Marshall,CarterHenry Harrison andJohnBreckinridge Castleman; third cousin once removed ofHenryLee,CharlesLee,RichardBland Lee,EdmundJennings Lee,PeytonRandolph (1779-1828),HenrySt. George Tucker,JohnRobertson,BenjaminWilliam Sheridan Cabell,AlexanderParker Crittenden,ThomasLeonidas Crittenden,ThomasTheodore Crittenden,ArchelausMarius Woodson,JohnAugustine Marshall andCarterHenry Harrison II; third cousin twice removed ofThomasTheodore Crittenden Jr.,WilliamMarshall Bullitt andAlexanderScott Bullitt; fourth cousin ofEdmundRandolph,NathanielBeverly Tucker,WilliamLewis Cabell andGeorgeCraighead Cabell; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasJones Hardeman,BaileyHardeman,FitzhughLee,WilliamHenry Fitzhugh Lee,JoelWalker Flood,EdmundRandolph Cocke,BenjaminEarl Cabell andWilliamHenry Robertson. | | | | Political families:Cabell-Breckinridgefamily of Virginia;Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardsonfamily of Virginia (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States $100 notes in 1862-64. |
| | George Davis (1820-1896) — of Wilmington,NewHanover County, N.C.Born in Porter's Neck,PenderCounty, N.C.,March 1,1820.Lawyer;Delegatefrom North Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress,1861-62;Senatorfrom North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64;ConfederateAttorney General, 1864-65.Episcopalian.At the end of the Civil War, with otherConfederate officials,attemptedto flee overseas, butturnedhimself in at Key West, Fla.; spent several months inprisonat Fort Hamilton;pardonedin 1866.Died in Wilmington,New HanoverCounty, N.C.,February23, 1896 (age75 years, 359days).Interment atOakdaleCemetery, Wilmington, N.C.; statue erected 1911 atThirdand Market Streets, Wilmington, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Frederick Davis and Sarah Isabella (Eagles) Davis;half-brother and fourth cousin ofHoratioDavis; married,November17, 1842, to Mary Adelaide Polk (first cousin once removed ofFrankLyon Polk; second cousin once removed ofJamesKnox Polk andWilliamHawkins Polk; third cousin ofMarshallTate Polk); married,May 9,1866, to Monimia Fairfax; great-grandnephew ofSamuelAshe; cousin four different ways ofJohnBaptista Ashe (1748-1802),JohnBaptista Ashe (1810-1857),ThomasSamuel Ashe andWilliamShepperd Ashe; cousin three different ways ofAlfredMoore Waddell; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamHenry Hill. | | | | Political families:Polkfamily of New York City, New York;Polkfamily of Tennessee;Ashefamily of North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS George Davis (built 1942 atWilmington,North Carolina; scrapped 1960) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
 | Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known asJefferson Davis — of Warrenton,WarrenCounty, Miss.;WarrenCounty, Miss.Born in alogcabin, Fairview, Christian County (nowToddCounty), Ky.,June 3,1808.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; candidate forMississippistate house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector forMississippi,1844;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War;U.S.Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate forGovernor ofMississippi, 1851;U.S.Secretary of War, 1853-57;Presidentof the Confederacy, 1861-65.CapturedbyUnion forces in May 1865 andimprisonedwithout trial for about two years.Slaveowner. Died ofbronchitisandmalariain New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December6, 1889 (age81 years, 186days).Original interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument atMemorial Avenue, Richmond, Va.| | Relatives: Sonof Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married,June 17,1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter ofZacharyTaylor andMargaretTaylor); married,February25, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter ofRichardHowell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who marriedRichardBrodhead); granduncle ofJosephDavis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who marriedThomasEdmund Dewey). | | | | Political family:Taylor-Brodheadfamily of Easton, Pennsylvania (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JesseD. Bright —JohnH. Reagan —HoraceGreeley —SolomonCohen —GeorgeW. Jones —SamuelA. Roberts —WilliamT. Sutherlin —VictorVifquain —CharlesO'Conor | | | | Jeff DavisCounty, Ga.,Jefferson DavisParish, La.,Jefferson DavisCounty, Miss. andJeff DavisCounty, Tex. are named for him. | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS Jefferson Davis (built 1942 atMobile,Alabama; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:J.Davis Brodhead—JeffersonD. Hostetter—JeffersonD. Blount—JeffersonDavis Carwile—JeffersonD. Helms—JeffersonDavis Wiggins—JeffersonDavis Parris | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books by Jefferson Davis:TheRise and Fall of the Confederate Government(1881) | | | | Books about Jefferson Davis: William J.Cooper, Jr.,JeffersonDavis, American : A Biography — Varina Davis,JeffersonDavis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoirby His Wife — William C. Davis,AnHonorable Defeat: The Last Days of the ConfederateGovernment — James Ronald Kennedy & Walter DonaldKennedy,WasJefferson Davis Right? — Robert Penn Warren,JeffersonDavis Gets His Citizenship Back — Herman Hattaway &Richard E. Beringer,JeffersonDavis, Confederate President — Felicity Allen,JeffersonDavis: Unconquerable Heart — Clint Johnson,Pursuit:The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release ofConfederate President Jefferson Davis | | | | Image source: Frank Leslie'sIllustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1861 |
| | Andrew Gordon Magrath (1813-1893) — of Charleston, Charleston District (nowCharlestonCounty), S.C.Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February8, 1813.U.S.District Judge for South Carolina, 1856-60; resigned 1860;delegateto South Carolina secession convention from St. Philips' & St.Michael's, 1860-61; resigned 1861;secretaryof state of South Carolina, 1860-62;Governor ofSouth Carolina, 1864-65.Oustedas Governor byUnion authorities in 1865 andimprisoned.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,April 9,1893 (age80 years, 60days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Stephen Russell Mallory (c.1813-1873) — also known asStephen R. Mallory — of Key West,MonroeCounty, Fla.; Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Port-of-Spain,Trinidad,of American parents, about 1813.Democrat. County judge in Florida, 1837-45;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1851-61;ConfederateSecretary of the Navy, 1861-65.Catholic.Arrestedas aConfederate by Union troops in 1865 andimprisoneduntil March 1866.Slaveowner. Died in Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.,November9, 1873 (ageabout 60years).Interment atSt.Michael's Cemetery, Pensacola, Fla. | | Charles Clark (1810-1877) — of Mississippi. BornFebruary19, 1810.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMississippi,1860;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;Governor ofMississippi, 1863-65.Physicallyremoved fromoffice by U.S. troops at the end of theCivil War, andimprisonedat Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga.Died inBolivarCounty, Miss.,December18, 1877 (age67 years, 302days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Bolivar County, Miss. | | Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. (1816-1882) — of Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.Born in Huntsville,MadisonCounty, Ala.,December13, 1816.Democrat. Member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1842; state court judge inAlabama, 1846;U.S.Senator from Alabama, 1853-61;Senatorfrom Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.Suspected of conspiring with otherConfederates toassassinatePresidentAbrahamLincoln, he wasimprisonedfor nearly a year after the war.Slaveowner. Died near Gurley,MadisonCounty, Ala.,January3, 1882 (age65 years, 21days).Interment atMapleHill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala. | | Thomas Hill Watts (1819-1892) — also known asThomas H. Watts — of Alabama. Born near Greenville,ButlerCounty, Ala.,January3, 1819.Lawyer;member ofAlabamastate house of representatives, 1842-45, 1880-81; member ofAlabamastate senate, 1847-53; candidate forU.S.Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1855;delegateto Alabama secession convention, 1861; colonel in the ConfederateArmy during the Civil War;ConfederateAttorney General, 1862-63;Governor ofAlabama, 1863-65;arrestedbyUnion forces in Union Springs, Alabama, in May 1865;imprisonedfor a few weeks.Baptist.Slaveowner. Died in Montgomery,MontgomeryCounty, Ala.,September16, 1892 (age73 years, 257days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Montgomery, Ala. | | David Levy Yulee (1810-1886) — also known asDavid Levy;"Father of Florida'sRailroads" —of St. Augustine,St. JohnsCounty, Fla.; Homosassa,CitrusCounty, Fla.Born in St. Thomas,VirginIslands,June 12,1810.Republican.Lawyer;delegateto Florida state constitutional convention from St. Johns County,1838-39;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1841-45;U.S.Senator from Florida, 1845-51, 1855-61;imprisonedas aConfederate at Fort Pulaski, Fla. for a time after theCivil War.Jewish.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1886 (age76 years, 120days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) — also known asJames A. Seddon — of Virginia. Born in Falmouth,StaffordCounty, Va.,July 13,1815.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1856;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1862-65.ArrestedbyUnion forces in May 1865 andimprisoneduntil December.Slaveowner. Died inGoochlandCounty, Va.,August19, 1880 (age65 years, 37days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Robert Augustus Toombs (1810-1885) — also known asRobert Toombs;Bob Toombs — of Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.Born inWilkesCounty, Ga.,July 2,1810.Lawyer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives, 1837-43;U.S.Representative from Georgia 8th District, 1845-53;U.S.Senator from Georgia, 1853-61;delegateto Georgia secession convention, 1861;Delegatefrom Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of State, 1861; general in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War;fledto Europe in 1865 toavoidarrest byUnion forces; he was suspected of involvement intheassassinationof PresidentAbrahamLincoln; later returned to Georgia;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.One of the greatest orators of his time. Slaveowner. Died in Washington,WilkesCounty, Ga.,December15, 1885 (age75 years, 166days).Interment atRestHaven Cemetery, Washington, Ga. | | George Alfred Trenholm (1807-1876) — also known asGeorge A. Trenholm — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February25, 1807.Democrat.Banker;member ofSouthCarolina state house of representatives, 1852, 1853-56, 1874-76(St. Philip & St. Michael 1852, 1853-56, Charleston County 1874-76);ConfederateSecretary of the Treasury, 1864-65.ArrestedbyUnion forces in 1865, andimprisonedat Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until October.Slaveowner. Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,December9, 1876 (age69 years, 288days).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | 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 anunauthorized peace mission; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Tennessee,1876.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,May 19,1880 (age76 years, 81days).Interment atMt.Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | Jubal Anderson Early (1816-1894) — also known asJubal A. Early;"The Terrapin fromFranklin";"Old Jube";"OldJubilee" —ofFranklinCounty, Va.;Lynchburg,Va.Born inFranklinCounty, Va.,November3, 1816.Lawyer;member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1841-42; major in the U.S. Army duringthe Mexican War;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Franklin County, 1861;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; after theConfederate surrender, fearingimprisonment,hefledthe country to Cuba, then Canada;pardonedin 1869 by PresidentAndrewJohnson.Felldown stairs at the LynchburgPostOffice, and died two weeks later, inLynchburg,Va.,March 2,1894 (age77 years, 119days).Interment atSpringHill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Va.; cenotaph atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La.; memorial monument atFort Early, Lynchburg, Va. | | William Nathaniel Porter (1812-1867) — also known asNathaniel Porter — of Tennessee. Born inHenryCounty, Tenn.,December15, 1812.Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1866.With others, tried tostop the ratification of the 14thAmendment in 1866 by staying away and preventing a quorum; thistactic was not successful.Expelledfrom the Tennessee House a few days later.Died inHenryCounty, Tenn.,June 11,1867 (age54 years, 178days).Interment atPoplarGrove Cemetery, Henry County, Tenn. | | John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877) — also known asJohn W. Chanler — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September14, 1826.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1858-59;U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1863-69.On May 14, 1866, he offered a resolution defending PresidentAndrewJohnson's veto ofReconstruction enactments, which hecalled "the wicked and revolutionary acts of a few malignant andmischievous men." On motion of Rep.RobertC. Schenck, he wascensuredforinsultingthe House of Representatives.Died in Barrytown,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,October19, 1877 (age51 years, 35days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Albert Rhodes (b. 1840) — of Pennsylvania;Washington,D.C.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,1840.U.S. Consul inJerusalem, 1863-65;Rotterdam, as of 1866;Rouen, 1877-83;Elberfeld, 1883-85; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toNetherlands, 1866;dismissedas Charge d'Affaires in February 1867, byHughEwing, for suspecteddisloyalty.Burial location unknown. | | George Washington Jones (1828-1903) — also known asGeorge W. Jones — of Bastrop,BastropCounty, Tex.Born inMarionCounty, Ala.,September5, 1828.Lawyer;BastropCounty Attorney, 1858-60; colonel in the Confederate Army duringthe Civil War;delegateto Texas state constitutional convention, 1866;LieutenantGovernor of Texas, 1866-67;removed fromoffice as Lieutenant Governor by Gen. Philip Sheridan, 1867, forbeing an "impediment to Reconstruction";U.S.Representative from Texas 5th District, 1879-83.Slaveowner. Died in Bastrop,BastropCounty, Tex.,July 11,1903 (age74 years, 309days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Bastrop, Tex. | | Tunis George Campbell (1812-1891) — also known asTunis G. Campbell — ofMcIntoshCounty, Ga.Born in Middlebrook (unknowncounty), N.J.,April 1,1812.Minister;abolitionist;delegateto Georgia state constitutional convention, 1867; member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1868, 1869-72; expelled 1868; defeated, 1872;expelledfrom the Georgia State Senate in 1868 based on the claim thatonlywhites could serve;chargedwithfalselyimprisoning white men as Justice of of the Peace, and served ayear ofhardlabor in Georgia's brutal leased labor system.Methodist.Africanancestry.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December4, 1891 (age79 years, 247days).Burial location unknown. | | Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (1808-1882) — also known asBenjamin G. Humphreys — of Mississippi. Born inClaiborneCounty, Miss.,August26, 1808.Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1837; member ofMississippistate senate, 1839; general in the Confederate Army during theCivil War;Governor ofMississippi, 1865-68.DuringReconstruction, he wasphysicallyejected from the governor's office by an armed force under theorders of the U.S. military commander of Mississippi.Died inLefloreCounty, Miss.,December20, 1882 (age74 years, 116days).Interment atWintergreenCemetery, Port Gibson, Miss. | | William Dudley Chipley (1840-1897) — also known asW. D. Chipley — of Pensacola,EscambiaCounty, Fla.Born in Columbus,MuscogeeCounty, Ga.,June 6,1840.Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;fought againstReconstruction along with other members of theKu KluxKlan; he was among thoseimplicatedin themurderofGeorgeW. Ashburn in in 1868;tried ina military court, but Georgia's re-admission to the Union endedmilitary jurisdiction, so he and his co-defendants were released;general manager of the PensacolaRailroad;successfully promoted the construction of the Pensacola and AtlantaRailroadin 1881-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,1884,1892;mayorof Pensacola, Fla., 1887-88; member ofFloridastate senate, 1895-97.Died in ahospitalatWashington,D.C.,December1, 1897 (age57 years, 178days).Interment atLinwoodCemetery, Columbus, Ga.
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