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• Robert Livingston (1654-1728) — also known as "First Lord of the Manor" — of New York. Born in Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland, 0. Son of Rev. John Livingston; married 1679 to Alida Schuyler; uncle of Robert Livingston (1663-1725); father of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; grandfather of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston (1716-1778), Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775) and William Livingston; great-grandfather of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston, Philip Livingston (1740-1810), Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Henry Brockholst Livingston and Edward Livingston; great-great-grandfather of Henry Walter Livingston, Edward Philip Livingston and Charles Ludlow Livingston; ancestor of Robert Livingston Beeckman. Fur trader; member of New York colonial assembly, 1709-11, 1716-26; Speaker of New York Colonial Assembly, 1718. Died in 1728. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Fitz John Winthrop — of New London, New London County, Conn. Father-in-law of John Livingston. Colonial Governor of Connecticut, 1698-1708. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Livingston (1663-1725) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 0. Nephew of Robert Livingston (1654-1728). Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1710-19. Died in 1725. Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  
  
• Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747) — also known as John Schuyler — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 0. Father of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746). Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1703-06. Died in 1747. Original interment at Dutch Church Burial Ground, Albany, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  
  
• John Livingston (1680-1720) — of Connecticut. Born in 0. Son of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); son-in-law of Fitz John Winthrop; brother of Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; uncle of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston and William Livingston. Member of Connecticut colonial assembly. Died in 1720. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Livingston (1688-1775) — of New York. Born in 0. Son of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); brother of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; married 1717 to Margaret Howarden (1693-1758); uncle of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston and William Livingston; father of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); grandfather of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Alida Livingston (who married John Armstrong, Jr.), Gertrude Livingston (who married Morgan Lewis) and Edward Livingston. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1726-27. Died June 27, 1775. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Gilbert Livingston (1690-1746) — of New York. Born in 0. Son of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); brother of John Livingston and Robert Livingston (1688-1775); uncle of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston, Robert R. Livingston and William Livingston. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1728-37. Died in 1746. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 0. Son of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); father of Philip John Schuyler. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1741-42. Died in 1746. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  
  
• Robert Livingston (1708-1790) — also known as "Third Lord of the Manor" — of New York. Born in 1708. Grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); nephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; brother of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston (1716-1778) and William Livingston; first cousin of Robert R. Livingston; father-in-law of James Duane; father of Peter R. Livingston and Walter Livingston; uncle of Philip Livingston (1740-1810) and Henry Brockholst Livingston; uncle by marriage of John Jay, William Duer and John Kean. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1737-58. Died in 1790. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Richard Bland (1710-1776) — of Virginia. Born in Orange County, Va., May 6, 1710. Son of Richard Bland (1665-1720) and Elizabeth (Randolph) Bland (1680-1720); married to Martha Macon; first cousin of Peyton Randolph; uncle of Theodorick Bland; granduncle of Henry Lee, Charles Lee and Richard Bland Lee; great-great-granduncle of Fitzhugh Lee and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774. Died in Williamsburg, Va., October 26, 1776. Interment in private or family graveyard. Bland County, Va. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Peter Van Brugh Livingston (1710-1792) — also known as Peter V. B. Livingston — of New York County, N.Y. Born in 1710. Grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); nephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; brother of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Philip Livingston (1716-1778) and William Livingston; first cousin of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); uncle by marriage of James Duane, John Cleves Symmes, John Jay and William Duer; uncle of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; father of Philip Livingston (1740-1810); first cousin once removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) and Edward Livingston; father-in-law of John Kean; granduncle of Henry Walter Livingston and Edward Philip Livingston; grandfather of Charles Ludlow Livingston. Member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1784-85. Died in 1792. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Francis Lewis (1713-1803) — of New York. Born in Llandaff, Wales, March 21, 1713. Father of Morgan Lewis. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776. Welsh ancestry. Died December 30, 1803. Interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• John Stevens (1715-1792) — of New Jersey. Born in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., 1715. Father-in-law of Robert R. Livingston; great-great-great-grandfather of Archibald Stevens Alexander and Millicent Hammond Fenwick. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1783. Died May 10, 1792. Interment at Frame Meeting House Cemetery, Lambertville, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip Livingston (1716-1778) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 15, 1716. Grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); nephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; brother of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston and William Livingston; first cousin of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); uncle by marriage of James Duane, John Cleves Symmes, John Jay, William Duer and John Kean; uncle of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin once removed of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) and Edward Livingston; grandfather of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Rensselaer Westerlo and Edward Philip Livingston; granduncle of Henry Walter Livingston; ancestor of Robert Livingston Beeckman. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1769, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775-78; died in office 1778; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1777-78; died in office 1778. Presbyterian. Died while attending the sixth session of the Continental Congress in York, York County, Pa., June 12, 1778. Entombed at Prospect Hill Cemetery, York, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Armstrong (1717-1795) — also known as "Hero of Kittanny" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), October 13, 1717. Son of James Armstrong ; married to Rebecca Lyon; father of James Armstrong (1748-1828) and John Armstrong, Jr.. Civil engineer; surveyor; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1778-80. Died in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., March 9, 1795. Interment at Old Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa. Armstrong County, Pa. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775) — of New York. Born in 1718. Grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); nephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; son of Robert Livingston (1688-1775); first cousin of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston and William Livingston; married to Margaret Beekman; father of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Alida Livingston (who married John Armstrong, Jr.), Gertrude Livingston (who married Morgan Lewis) and Edward Livingston; grandfather-in-law and first cousin twice removed of Edward Philip Livingston. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1769-74. Died in Clermont, Columbia County, N.Y., December 9, 1775. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Peyton Randolph (1721-1775) — of Virginia. Born in Williamsburg, Va., 1721. Son of John Randolph (1693-1737); first cousin of Richard Bland; brother-in-law of Benjamin Harrison; first cousin once removed of Theodorick Bland; uncle of Edmund Jenings Randolph. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 22, 1775. Interment at College of William and Mary Chapel, Williamsburg, Va. Randolph County, N.C. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Samuel Adams (1722-1803) — also known as "The Tribune of the People"; "The Cromwell of New England"; "Determinatus"; "The Psalm Singer"; "Amendment Monger"; "American Cato"; "Samuel the Publican" — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 27, 1722. Married 1749 to Elizabeth Checkley; married 1764 to Elizabeth Wells; third cousin of John Adams; uncle of Joseph Allen; granduncle of Charles Allen; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who married Alfred Cumming); ancestor of John Quincy Adams. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1781; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1788; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1789-94; Governor of Massachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, 1796. Congregationalist. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 2, 1803. Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-1783) — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., March 22, 1723. Cousin of Daniel Carroll and Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-77; member of Maryland state senate, 1777-83; died in office 1783. Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore County, Md., March 23, 1783. Interment at St. Anne's Churchyard, Annapolis, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• William Livingston (1723-1790) — of Elizabeth, Union County, N.J. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., November 30, 1723. Grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); nephew of John Livingston, Robert Livingston (1688-1775) and Gilbert Livingston; brother of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston; first cousin of Robert R. Livingston; uncle by marriage of James Duane, William Duer and John Kean; uncle of Peter R. Livingston; father-in-law of John Cleves Symmes and John Jay; father of Henry Brockholst Livingston; granduncle of Henry Walter Livingston and Edward Philip Livingston. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1759-61; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1774-76; Governor of New Jersey, 1776-90; died in office 1790; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Presbyterian. Died July 25, 1790. Originally entombed at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; re-entombed in 1846 at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) — also known as "The Signer" — of Virginia. Born in Charles City County, Va., April 5, 1726. Brother-in-law of Peyton Randolph; father of Carter Bassett Harrison and William Henry Harrison (1773-1841); uncle of Beverley Randolph; grandfather of John Scott Harrison; ancestor of James Thomas Harrison; granduncle of Carter Henry Harrison; great-grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); great-great-grandfather of Russell Benjamin Harrison; great-granduncle of Carter Henry Harrison II; great-great-great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990). Planter; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776; Governor of Virginia, 1782-84. Died April 24, 1791. Interment at Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Va. Harrison County, W.Va. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Lewis Morris (1726-1798) — of New York. Born in Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., April 8, 1726. Half-brother of Gouverneur Morris; uncle of Lewis Richard Morris; great-great-grandfather of John Kean; ancestor of Hamilton Fish, Jr.. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1777-78, 1780-81, 1783-90. Died January 22, 1798. Interment at St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Joseph Jones (1727-1805) — of Virginia. Born in King George County, Va., 1727. Uncle of James Monroe. Delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777; state court judge in Virginia, 1778. Died in Fredericksburg, Va., October 28, 1805. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Daniel Carroll (1730-1796) — of Maryland. Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., July 22, 1730. Cousin of Charles Carroll, Barrister and Charles Carroll of Carrollton; uncle of Richard Brent; great-grandfather of Charles Holker Carroll. Member of Maryland state senate, 1781-90; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781-83; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1781; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1789-91. Catholic. Member, Freemasons. Died in Rock Creek, Montgomery County, Md., May 7, 1796. Interment at St. John's Catholic Cemetery, Forest Glen, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Archibald Bulloch (c.1730-1777) — of Georgia. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C. Father of William Bellinger Bulloch; great-great-grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt; great-great-great-grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. Delegate to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1775. Georgia's first provisional governor, 1776-77. Died February 22, 1777. Interment at Colonial Cemetery, Savannah, Ga. Bulloch County, Ga. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Williams of Montpelier (1731-1799) — of Granville County (part now in Vance County), N.C. Born in Hanover County, Va., March 14, 1731. Double first cousin of Richard Henderson and Thomas Henderson; first cousin of John Williams, Nathaniel Williams, Jr., Robert Williams and Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford; father-in-law of Robert Burton; double first cousin once removed of Archibald Henderson; double first cousin once removed and uncle by marriage of Leonard Henderson. Delegate to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1777-78; Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1778-79; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1779-99. Died in Montpelier, Vance County, N.C., October 10, 1799. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) — of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., January 20, 1732. Brother of Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; first cousin once removed of Henry Lee and Richard Bland Lee; first cousin once removed and father-in-law of Charles Lee; second cousin once removed of Zachary Taylor; great-grandfather of Francis Preston Blair Lee; great-great-grandfather of Edward Brooke Lee. Democrat. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia state legislature, 1777; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1789-92. Died in Westmoreland County, Va., June 19, 1794. Interment at Burnt House Field Cemetery, Near Hague, Westmoreland County, Va. Lee counties in Ga. and Ill. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Richard Henry Lee: Oliver P. Chitwood, Richard Henry Lee : Statesman of the Revolution
  
  
• George Washington (1732-1799) — also known as "Father of His Country" — of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., February 22, 1732. Son of Augustine Washington and Mary (Ball) Washington; married, January 6, 1759, to Martha (Dandridge) Custis; uncle of Bushrod Washington; uncle by marriage of Burwell Bassett; granduncle of George Corbin Washington; granduncle by marriage of Charles Magill Conrad. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774-75; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; President of the United States, 1789-97. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As the leader of the Revolution, he could have been King; instead, he served as the first President and stepped down after two terms. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. quarter (25 cent coin), and on the $1 dollar bill. His portrait also appeared on various other denominations of U.S. currency, and on the Confederate States $50 note during the Civil War. Died, probably from acute bacterial epiglottitis, at Mt. Vernon, Fairfax County, Va., December 14, 1799. Entombed at Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Va.; statue erected 1860 at Washington Circle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at National Mall, Washington, D.C. Washington counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Vt., Va. and Wis. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Henry Lee; Joshua Fry; Alexander Dimitry; Tobias Lear; David Matthews; Rufus Putnam
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about George Washington: Richard Brookhiser, Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington; James Thomas Flexner, Washington: The Indispensable Man; Willard Sterne Randall, George Washington : A Life; Richard Norton Smith, Patriarch : George Washington and the New American Nation; Henry Wiencek, An Imperfect God : George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America; James MacGregor Burns, George Washington; Joseph J. Ellis, His Excellency, George Washington; Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson; Wendie C. Old, George Washington (for young readers)
  
  
• Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) — of Anne Arundel County, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., November 4, 1732. Son of Thomas Johnson and Dorcas (Sedgewick) Johnson; married to Ann Jennings; brother of Joshua Johnson; uncle of Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852) (who married John Quincy Adams). Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-76, 1779-81; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Governor of Maryland, 1777-79; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1786-88; state court judge in Maryland, 1790-91; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1791-93. Episcopalian. Died near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., October 26, 1819. Original interment at All Saints' Episcopal Churchyard, Frederick, Md.; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip John Schuyler (1733-1804) — also known as Philip Schuyler — of New York. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., November 20, 1733. Son of Johannes Schuyler; married 1755 to Catherine Van Rensselaer (1734-1803); father of Elizabeth Schuyler (who married Alexander Hamilton), Margarita Schuyler (who married Stephen Van Rensselaer) and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; grandfather of William Stephen Hamilton. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1768; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775, 1777, 1779-80; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of New York state senate Western District, 1780-84, 1785-89, 1791-97; U.S. Senator from New York, 1789-91, 1797-98. Built the first flax mill in America. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., November 18, 1804. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue erected 1925 at Albany City Hall Grounds, Albany, N.Y. Schuyler County, Ill. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• James Duane (1733-1797) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 6, 1733. Son-in-law of Robert Livingston; nephew by marriage of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston (1716-1778) and William Livingston; brother-in-law of Peter R. Livingston and Walter Livingston; first cousin by marriage of Philip Livingston (1740-1810) and Henry Brockholst Livingston. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-83; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1782-85, 1787-90; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1784-89; U.S. District Judge for New York, 1790-94. Died February 1, 1797. Interment at Christ Episcopal Church, Duanesburg, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Robert Morris (1734-1806) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Liverpool, England, January 31, 1734. Son of Robert Morris and Elizabeth (Murphet) Morris; married, March 2, 1769, to Mary White; father-in-law of James Markham Marshall; father of Thomas Morris. Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1776; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1785; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-95. Episcopalian. Financier of the American Revolution, but went broke in the process. Imprisoned for debt from February 1798 to August 1801. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10 silver certificate in the 1870s and 1880s. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., May 8, 1806. Entombed at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.; statue at Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797) — of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., October 14, 1734. Brother of Richard Henry Lee and Arthur Lee. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Virginia state senate, 1778; member of Virginia state legislature, 1780. Died January 11, 1797. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Richmond County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Thomas Gantt, Jr. (d. 1808) — of Prince George's County, Md. Married to Susannah Mackall (sister of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall). Member, Convention of 1774. Died in 1808. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as "His Rotundity"; "The Duke of Braintree"; "American Cato"; "Old Sink and Swim"; "The Colossus of Independence"; "Father of the American Navy" — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., October 30, 1735. Son of John Adams and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; third cousin of Samuel Adams; married, October 25, 1764, to Abigail Smith (1744-1818) (aunt of William Cranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813) (who married William Stephens Smith) and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); grandfather of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; ancestor of William Rush Merriam, Vinson Martlow Whitley and Eugene H. Nickerson; great-great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); great-great-great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1781-88; Great Britain, 1785-88; Vice President of the United States, 1789-97; President of the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., July 4, 1826. Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass. Adams counties in Idaho, Iowa, Miss., Neb., Ohio, Pa., Wash. and Wis. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about John Adams: John Ferling, John Adams: A Life; Joseph J. Ellis, The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams; David McCullough, John Adams; Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson; John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800; James Grant, John Adams : Party of One
  
  
• Richard Henderson (1735-1785) — of North Carolina. Born in Hanover County, Va., April 20, 1735. Double first cousin of John Williams of Montpelier; first cousin of John Williams, Nathaniel Williams, Jr., Robert Williams and Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford; brother of Thomas Henderson; father of Archibald Henderson and Leonard Henderson. Lawyer; superior court judge in North Carolina, 1768-73; member of North Carolina state legislature. Anglican. Pioneer and colonizer in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky; organized what became known as the Transylvania Land Company, which made treaties with the Cherokees, hired Daniel Boone as advance agent to blaze a trail through the Cumberland Gap, and created Transylvania Colony in Kentucky and Tennessee. Died in Granville County, N.C., January 30, 1785. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
  
  
• Patrick Henry (1736-1799) — of Virginia. Born in Studley, Hanover County, Va., May 29, 1736. Cousin of Isaac Coles; uncle by marriage of Francis Preston; uncle of Priscilla Christian (who married Alexander Scott Bullitt); grandfather of William Henry Roane; granduncle of William Campbell Preston; great-great-great-grandfather of Robert Lee Henry; ancestor of Lloyd Lee Gravely. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of Virginia, 1776; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; member of Virginia state senate, 1799. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1920. Died near Brookneal, Campbell County, Va., June 6, 1799. Interment at Red Hill Cemetery, Brookneal, Va. Henry counties in Ala., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and Va. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Carter Braxton (1736-1797) — of Virginia. Born in King and Queen County, Va., September 16, 1736. Son of George Braxton and Mary (Carter) Braxton; married 1755 to Judith Robinson; married 1761 to Elizabeth Corbin; grandfather-in-law of William Brockenbrough; grandfather of Mary Page White (who married Andrew Stevenson); great-grandfather of John White Brockenbrough, John White Stevenson and Elliott Muse Braxton; ancestor of William Tyler Page. Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1761-75; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776. Died in Richmond, Va., October 10, 1797. Interment at a private or family graveyard, King William County, Va. Braxton County, W.Va. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737-1832) — of Maryland. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., September 19, 1737. Cousin of Charles Carroll, Barrister and Daniel Carroll; great-grandfather of John Lee Carroll; great-great-grandfather of John Howell Carroll; great-great-great-grandfather of Suzanne Howell Carroll (who married John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill). Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1776-81; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; member of Maryland state senate, 1777-1800; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1789-92. Catholic. Died in Baltimore, Md., November 14, 1832. Interment at Doughoregan Manor Chapel, Ellicott City, Md. Carroll counties in Ark., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Md., Miss., Mo., N.H., Ohio and Va., East Carroll Parish, La. and West Carroll Parish, La., are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Peter R. Livingston (1737-1794) — of Albany County, N.Y. Born in 1737. Great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); son of Robert Livingston (1708-1790); nephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston (1716-1778) and William Livingston; brother-in-law of James Duane; brother of Walter Livingston; first cousin of Philip Livingston (1740-1810) and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin by marriage of John Cleves Symmes, John Jay, William Duer and John Kean; second cousin of Robert R. Livingston and Edward Livingston; uncle of Henry Walter Livingston. Member of New York colonial assembly, 1761-69, 1774-76; member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1780-81. Died in 1794. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Bubenheim Bayard (1738-1807) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J. Born in Bohemia Manor, Cecil County, Md., August 11, 1738. Great-grandnephew of Peter Stuyvesant (Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam); son of James Bayard and Mary (Ashton) Bayard; married to Margaret Hodge and Mary Hodgden; married 1787 to Johannah White; double uncle and adoptive father of James Asheton Bayard, Sr.; father of Jane Bayard (who married Andrew Kirkpatrick); grandfather of Littleton Kirkpatrick; great-great-great-great-grandfather of Millicent Hammond Fenwick. Merchant; member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1785; mayor of New Brunswick, N.J., 1790. Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., January 7, 1807. Interment at First Presbyterian Churchyard, New Brunswick, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Arthur Lee (1740-1792) — of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., December 20, 1740. Brother of Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1781; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1782. Died December 12, 1792. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Walter Livingston (1740-1797) — of Albany County, N.Y. Born November 27, 1740. Great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); son of Robert Livingston (1708-1790); nephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston; brother-in-law of James Duane; brother of Peter R. Livingston; first cousin by marriage of John Cleves Symmes, John Jay, William Duer and John Kean; first cousin of Henry Brockholst Livingston; second cousin of Edward Livingston; father of Henry Walter Livingston; first cousin once removed of Edward Philip Livingston. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1777-79, 1784-85; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1777-79; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1784. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 14, 1797. Interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip Livingston (1740-1810) — of New York. Born in 1740. Great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); nephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790); son of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; first cousin by marriage of James Duane, John Cleves Symmes, John Jay and William Duer; first cousin of Peter R. Livingston; brother-in-law of John Kean; second cousin of Edward Livingston; father of Charles Ludlow Livingston. Member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1788-89; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1789-93, 1795-98. Died in 1810. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Williams (1740-1804) — of Orange County, N.C.; Caswell County, N.C. Born in Hanover County, Va., July 7, 1740. First cousin of John Williams of Montpelier, Richard Henderson and Thomas Henderson; brother of Nathaniel Williams, Jr., Robert Williams and Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford; grandfather of Christopher Harris Williams; great-great-grandfather of John Sharp Williams. Delegate to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-80; member of North Carolina state senate, 1782, 1793-94. Died in Caswell County, N.C., December, 1804. Interment somewhere in Locust Hill, N.C.
  
  
• Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) — Born in Prince William County, Va., 1740. Married, August 27, 1761, to Helen Scott; father of Alexander Scott Bullitt. Lawyer; planter; shot and killed John Baylis in a duel on September 24, 1765; later tried for the killing and acquitted; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776. Anglican; later Episcopalian. Died in Prince William County, Va., 1791. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Theodorick Bland (1742-1790) — of Virginia. Born in Cawsons, Prince George County, Va., March 21, 1742. Nephew of Richard Bland; son of Frances (Bolling) Bland and Theodorick Bland (1719-1790); first cousin once removed of Peyton Randolph; married to Martha Dangerfield; uncle of John Randolph of Roanoke. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1789-90; died in office 1790. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 1, 1790. Original interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1828 at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jacquelin Ambler (1742-1798) — of Virginia. Born August 9, 1742. Father of Mary Willis Ambler (1766-1831) (who married John Marshall); grandfather of Thomas Marshall. Virginia state treasurer. Died January 10, 1798. Interment at St. John's Church Cemetery, Church Hill, Richmond, Va.
  
  
• John Cleves Symmes (1742-1814) — Born in Riverhead, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., July 21, 1742. Nephew by marriage of Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston (1716-1778); son-in-law of William Livingston; first cousin by marriage of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston and Philip Livingston (1740-1810); married to the sister-in-law of John Jay; brother-in-law of Henry Brockholst Livingston; father of Anna Symmes (who married William Henry Harrison). Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1777-87; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1785-86; justice of Northwest Territory supreme court, 1788-1802. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 26, 1814. Interment at Congress Green Cemetery, North Bend, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Nathaniel Williams, Jr. (1742-1805) — of Guilford County, N.C. Born in Hanover County, Va., October 1, 1742. First cousin of John Williams of Montpelier, Richard Henderson and Thomas Henderson; brother of John Williams, Robert Williams and Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford. Lawyer; planter; delegate to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775. Accidentally drowned while trying to ford a swollen stream, in Rockingham County, N.C., January 25, 1805. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) — also known as "Apostle of Liberty"; "Sage of Monticello"; "Friend of the People"; "Father of the University of Virginia" — of Albemarle County, Va. Born in Albemarle County, Va., April 13, 1743. Son of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married, January 1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton (died 1782); third cousin once removed of John Marshall; father-in-law of Thomas Mann Randolph and John Wayles Eppes; uncle of Dabney Carr; second cousin once removed of William Segar Archer; granduncle of Dabney Smith Carr; grandfather of Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas Philip Trist), Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; great-grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick Madison Roberts; great-great-grandfather of John Gardner Coolidge; ancestor of Lloyd Lee Gravely. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of Virginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782; U.S. Minister to France, 1785-89; U.S. Secretary of State, 1790-93; Vice President of the United States, 1797-1801; President of the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican), 1796. English ancestry. Member, American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. nickel (five cent coin) since 1938, and on the $2 bill since the 1860s. Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., July 4, 1826. Interment at Monticello Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaph at University of Missouri Quadrangle, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument at West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. Jefferson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Wash., W.Va. and Wis. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Jefferson M. Levy; Joshua Fry
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J. Ellis, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson; Willard Sterne Randall, Thomas Jefferson : A Life; R. B. Bernstein, Thomas Jefferson; Joyce Appleby, Thomas Jefferson; Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson; John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800; Susan Dunn, Jefferson's Second Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800; Andrew Burstein, Jefferson's Secret: Death and Desire at Monticello; Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Jefferson : Author of America
  • Critical books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary
  
  
• Joshua Clayton (1744-1798) — of Delaware. Born in Cecil County, Md., July 20, 1744. Son of James Clayton and Eleanor (Edinfield) Clayton; married to Rachel (McCleary) Bassett (adoptive daughter of Richard Bassett); father of Thomas Clayton; uncle of John Middleton Clayton. Physician; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Delaware state treasurer, 1786; President of Delaware, 1789-92; Governor of Delaware, 1793-96; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1798; died in office 1798. Presbyterian. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 11, 1798. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, New Castle County, Del.; reinterment at Bethel Cemetery, Chesapeake City, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Robert Williams (1744-1790) — of North Carolina. Born in Hanover County, Va., August 4, 1744. First cousin of John Williams of Montpelier, Richard Henderson and Thomas Henderson; brother of John Williams, Nathaniel Williams, Jr. and Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford. Lawyer; Adjutant General of North Carolina. Died in North Carolina, 1790. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Richard Bassett (1745-1815) — of Delaware. Born in Cecil County, Md., April 2, 1745. Son of Michael Bassett and Judith (Thompson) Bassett; married to Ann Ennals and Miss Bruff; father of Ann Bassett (who married James Asheton Bayard, Sr.); adoptive father of Rachel McCleary Bassett (who married Joshua Clayton); grandfather of Richard Henry Bayard and James Asheton Bayard, Jr.; great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard, Sr.; great-great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.; ancestor of Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Delaware state senate, 1782; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1786; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1789-93; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1793-99; Governor of Delaware, 1799-1801; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, 1801-02. Methodist. Died in Cecil County, Md., September 15, 1815. Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Paterson (1745-1806) — of New Jersey. Born in County Antrim, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), December 24, 1745. Father of Cornelia Paterson (who married Stephen Van Rensselaer). Delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1776; New Jersey state attorney general, 1776-83; Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1780, 1787; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1789-90; Governor of New Jersey, 1790-93; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1793-1806; died in office 1806. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., September 9, 1806. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Albany County, N.Y.; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about William Paterson: John E. O'Connor, William Paterson, Lawyer and Statesman, 1745-1806 (out of print)
  
  
• Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass.; Luzerne County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., July 17, 1745. Son of Timothy Pickering and Mary (Wingate) Pickering; married, April 8, 1776, to Rebecca White (1754-1828); great-great-grandfather of Augustus Peabody Gardner; ancestor of Susan Walker FitzGerald; great-great-great-great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot. Farmer; Essex County Register of Deeds, 1774-77; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1775, 1802-03; member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1776; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1789; U.S. Postmaster General, 1791-95; U.S. Secretary of War, 1795; U.S. Secretary of State, 1795-1800; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-11; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15, 2nd District 1815-17); member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1817-18. Puritan; later Unitarian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Censured by the Senate in 1811 for violating an injunction of secrecy. Died in Salem, Essex County, Mass., January 29, 1829. Interment at Broad Street Cemetery, Salem, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Timothy Pickering: David McLean, Timothy Pickering and the Age of the American Revolution; Gerald H. Clarfield, Timothy Pickering and the American Republic (out of print)
  
  
• Thomas Tudor Tucker (1745-1828) — of South Carolina. Born in Port Royal, Bermuda, June 25, 1745. Uncle of Henry St. George Tucker. Physician; member of South Carolina state legislature, 1776, 1782-83, 1785, 1787-88; Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1787-88; U.S. Representative from South Carolina at-large, 1789-93; treasurer of the United States, 1801-28. Died in Washington, D.C., May 2, 1828. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Sim Lee (1745-1819) — of Maryland. Born near Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., October 29, 1745. Son of Thomas Lee and Christian (Sim) Lee; married to Mary Digges; first cousin of Richard Potts; father of John Lee; great-great-grandfather of John Lee Carroll. Governor of Maryland, 1779-82, 1792-94; Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1782-83; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1792; member of Maryland state senate, 1794. Anglican; later Catholic. Died in Middleton Valley, Frederick County, Md., October 9, 1819. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.; reinterment in 1888 at Mt. Carmel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Upper Marlboro, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Jay (1745-1829) — of New York. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., December 12, 1745. Nephew by marriage of Robert Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston (1716-1778); son-in-law of William Livingston; first cousin by marriage of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston and Philip Livingston (1740-1810); married to the sister-in-law of John Cleves Symmes; brother-in-law of Henry Brockholst Livingston; father of Peter Augustus Jay and William Jay; grandfather of John Jay II. Lawyer; law partner of Robert R. Livingston; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76, 1778-79; state court judge in New York, 1777; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1779-82; received 9 electoral votes, 1789; received 5 electoral votes, 1796; received one electoral vote, 1800; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1789-95; resigned 1795; U.S. Secretary of State, 1790; Governor of New York, 1795-1801; defeated, 1792. Episcopalian. French ancestry. Died in Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., May 17, 1829. Interment at Jay Family Cemetery, Rye Brook, N.Y. Jay County, Ind. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Judgepedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about John Jay: Walter Stahr, John Jay : Founding Father; Phil Webster, Can a Chief Justice Love God? The Life of John Jay
  
  
• Benjamin Mackall IV (1745-1807) — of Calvert County, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., August 14, 1745. Son of James John Mackall (1717-1772) and Mary (Hance) Mackall; married, November 20, 1769, to Rebecca Potts (sister of Richard Potts); brother of Susannah Mackall (who married Thomas Gantt, Jr.), Barbara Mackall (who married Joseph Wilkinson), Thomas Mackall and Priscilla Mackall (1758-1823) (who married Robert Bowie); uncle of Margaret Mackell Smith (1778-1852) (who married Zachary Taylor); granduncle of Mary Mackell Bowie (who married Reverdy Johnson) and Thomas Fielder Bowie. Lawyer; planter; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1768-71, 1774-76; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1778-1806. Anglican; later Presbyterian. Died in Calvert County, Md., 1807. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Calvert County, Md.
  
  
• Joseph Winston (1746-1815) — of North Carolina. Born in Louisa County, Va., June 17, 1746. Father-in-law of Robert Williams; father of Louis L. Winston and Fountain Winston. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1790; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1793-95, 1803-07 (at-large 1793-95, 12th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07). Died near Germanton, Stokes County, N.C., April 21, 1815. Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Guilford Battle Grounds, Greensboro, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) — of New York. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., November 27, 1746. Great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); grandson of Robert Livingston (1688-1775); first cousin once removed of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston and Henry Walter Livingston; son-in-law of John Stevens; son of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775) and Margaret (Beekman) Livingston; second cousin of Peter R. Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; brother of Alida Livingston (who married John Armstrong, Jr.), Gertrude Livingston (who married Morgan Lewis) and Edward Livingston; first cousin once removed and father-in-law of Edward Philip Livingston; ancestor of Robert Livingston Beeckman. Lawyer; law partner of John Jay; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1775; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1777; U.S. Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1781-83; candidate for Governor of New York, 1798; U.S. Minister to France, 1801-04; negotiated the Louisiana Purchase. Member, Freemasons. Died February 26, 1813. Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at St. Paul's Churchyard, Tivoli, N.Y. Livingston counties in Ky., La. and N.Y. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Isaac Coles (1747-1813) — of Virginia. Born in Richmond, Va., March 2, 1747. Cousin of Patrick Henry; father of Walter Coles. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1789-91, 1793-97 (at-large 1789-91, 6th District 1793-97). Died near Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Va., June 3, 1813. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Burton (1747-1825) — of North Carolina. Born near Chase City, Mecklenburg County, N.C., October 20, 1747. Son-in-law of John Williams of Montpelier; uncle of Hutchins Gordon Burton. Delegate to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1787. Died May 31, 1825. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Duer (1747-1799) — of New York County, N.Y. Born in England, March 18, 1747. Nephew by marriage of Robert Livingston, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston (1716-1778) and William Livingston; first cousin by marriage of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston, Philip Livingston (1740-1810) and Henry Brockholst Livingston; grandfather of William Duer (1805-1879). Member of New York state senate Eastern District, 1777; Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1785-86. Died April 18, 1799. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Tyler (1747-1813) — of Virginia. Born February 28, 1747. Father of John Tyler (1790-1862); grandfather of David Gardiner Tyler; relative of William Tyler Page. Planter; state court judge in Virginia, 1789; Governor of Virginia, 1808-11. Died January 6, 1813. Burial location unknown. Tyler County, W.Va. is named for him.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Joshua Johnson (born c.1747) — of Maryland. Born in Maryland. Brother of Thomas Johnson; married to Catherine Nuth; father of Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852) (who married John Quincy Adams). U.S. Consul in London, 1790-97. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Armstrong (1748-1828) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., August 29, 1748. Son of John Armstrong; brother of John Armstrong, Jr.. Physician; received one electoral vote, 1789; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1793-95; county judge in Pennsylvania, 1808-28. Died in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., May 6, 1828. Interment at Old Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Walter Bowie (1748-1810) — of Maryland. Born in Prince George's County, Md., 1748. Brother of Robert Bowie; granduncle of Mary Mackall Bowie (who married Reverdy Johnson) and Thomas Fielder Bowie. Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1777-97; state court judge in Maryland, 1791-92; member of Maryland state senate, 1801-02; U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1802-05. Episcopalian. Died in Prince George's County, Md., November 9, 1810. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford (1748-1827) — also known as "Duke of Surry" — of Surry County, N.C. Born in Hanover County, Va., March 27, 1748. First cousin of John Williams of Montpelier, Richard Henderson and Thomas Henderson; brother of John Williams, Nathaniel Williams, Jr. and Robert Williams. Delegate to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Died in Surry County, N.C., August 11, 1827. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Forsyth County, N.C.
  
  
• Joseph Allen (1749-1827) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 2, 1749. Nephew of Samuel Adams. Delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1810-11. Died in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., September 2, 1827. Interment at Mechanic Street Burying Ground, Worcester, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip Key (1750-1820) — of Maryland. Born near Leonardtown, St. Mary's County, Md., 1750. Cousin of Philip Barton Key; great-grandfather of Barnes Compton. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1773-74, 1779-85, 1787-88, 1790, 1795-96; Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1795-96; U.S. Representative from Maryland at-large, 1791-93. Episcopalian. Died in St. Mary's County, Md., January 4, 1820. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Bowie (1750-1818) — of Maryland. Born in Prince George's County, Md., 1750. Son of Capt. William Bowie and Margaret (Sprigg) Bowie; brother of Walter Bowie; married 1770 to Priscilla Mackall (1758-1823) (sister of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall; who married Reverdy Johnson); grandfather of Thomas Fielder Bowie. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1785-90, 1801-03; state court judge in Maryland, 1790-96; Governor of Maryland, 1803-06, 1811-12; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1808; member of Maryland state senate, 1809-10. Episcopalian. Died in Prince George's County, Md., January 8, 1818. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• James Madison (1751-1836) — also known as "Father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights" — of Virginia. Born in Port Conway, King George County, Va., March 16, 1751. Son of James Madison and Eleanor (Conway) Madison; married, September 15, 1794, to Dolly (Payne) Todd (brother-in-law of John George Jackson); second cousin of George Madison and Zachary Taylor; second cousin thrice removed of Elliot Woolfolk Major and Edgar Bailey Woolfolk. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state legislature, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780-83, 1787-88; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1789-97 (at-large 1789-91, 5th District 1791-93, 15th District 1793-97); U.S. Secretary of State, 1801-09; President of the United States, 1809-17. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died in Montpelier, Orange County, Va., June 28, 1836. He was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $5,000 bill from about 1915 until 1946. Interment at Montpelier Plantation, Montpelier Station, Va. Madison counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Tenn., Tex. and Va. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about James Madison: Ralph Louis Ketcham, James Madison : A Biography; Garry Wills, James Madison; Robert Allen Rutland, The Presidency of James Madison; Charles Cerami, Young Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and The Revolution That Created The Constitution; Samuel Kernell, ed., James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government
  
  
• Thomas Mackall (1751-1799) — of Calvert County, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., August 31, 1751. Son of James John Mackall (1717-1772) and Mary (Hance) Mackall; brother of Benjamin Mackall IV, Susannah Mackall (who married Thomas Gantt, Jr.), Barbara Mackall (who married Joseph Wilkinson) and Priscilla Mackall (1758-1823) (who married Robert Bowie); married to Anne Grahame; uncle of Margaret Mackell Smith (1778-1852) (who married Zachary Taylor); granduncle of Thomas Fielder Bowie and Mary Mackell Bowie (who married Reverdy Johnson). Planter; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1779. Anglican. Died in Calvert County, Md., 1799. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• George Cabot (1752-1823) — of Massachusetts. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., December 3, 1752. Married to Elizabeth Higginson (1756-1826); great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge; great-great-great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and John Davis Lodge; great-great-great-great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot and George Cabot Lodge. Delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1777; delegate to Massachusetts convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1791-96. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 18, 1823. Original interment at Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; reinterment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Wade Hampton (1752-1835) — Born in Virginia, 1752. Son of Anthony Hampton and Anne (Preston) Hampton; married 1783 to Mrs. Martha (Epps) Howell; married 1786 to Harriet Flud (1768-1794); married 1801 to Mary Cantey; father of Caroline Hampton (who married John Smith Preston); grandfather of Wade Hampton III. Democrat. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1782-92; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 4th District, 1795-97, 1803-05; Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1800; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Reputed to be the wealthiest planter in America; owned more than 3,000 slaves in 1830. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., February 4, 1835. Interment at Trinity Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Carter Bassett Harrison (c.1752-1808) — of Virginia. Born in Charles City County, Va. Son of Benjamin Harrison; brother of William Henry Harrison; first cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison; first cousin twice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1784; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1793-99 (13th District 1793-97, at-large 1797-99). Died April 18, 1808. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816) — of Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Morrisania, Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y., January 31, 1752. Half-brother of Lewis Morris; uncle of Lewis Richard Morris; relative of Wymberley DeRenne Coerr. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1777; signer, Articles of Confederation, 1777; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County, 1777-78; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Minister to France, 1792-94; U.S. Senator from New York, 1800-03. Episcopalian. Died November 6, 1816. Interment at St. Anne's Episcopal Churchyard, Bronx, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Gouverneur Morris: Richard Brookhiser, Gentleman Revolutionary : Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution; William Adams, Gouverneur Morris: An Independent Life
  
  
• Thomas Henderson (1752-1815) — of Guilford County, N.C. Born in Granville County, N.C., 1752. Double first cousin of John Williams of Montpelier; brother of Richard Henderson; first cousin of John Williams, Nathaniel Williams, Jr., Robert Williams and Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford; uncle of Archibald Henderson and Leonard Henderson. Delegate to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775. Died in Danbury, Stokes County, N.C., March 31, 1815. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Frederick Frelinghuysen (1753-1804) — of New Jersey. Born near Somerville, Somerset County, N.J., April 13, 1753. Father of Theodore Frelinghuysen; great-great-great-grandfather of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr.. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1778; member of New Jersey state legislature, 1784; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1793-96; U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, 1801. Died April 13, 1804. Interment at Weston Cemetery, Manville, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Richard Potts (1753-1808) — of Maryland. Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., July 19, 1753. First cousin of Thomas Sim Lee; brother of Rebecca Potts (who married Benjamin Mackall IV). Delegate to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member of Maryland state senate, 1787; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S. Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland, 1791-92, 1796-1801; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1792; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1801-06. Anglican. Died in 1808. Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edmund Jenings Randolph (1753-1813) — of Virginia. Born in Williamsburg, Va., August 10, 1753. Nephew of Peyton Randolph; second cousin once removed of Thomas Mann Randolph; second cousin of John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin twice removed of George Wythe Randolph; ancestor of Francis Beverley Biddle. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; Virginia state attorney general, 1776-82; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1779-82; Governor of Virginia, 1786-88; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1788; U.S. Attorney General, 1789-94; U.S. Secretary of State, 1794-95. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Millwood, Clarke County, Va., September 12, 1813. Interment at Old Chapel Cemetery, Millwood, Va. Randolph County, Ill. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Edmund Jenings Randolph: John J. Reardon, Edmund Randolph : A Biography
  
  
• Matthew Clay (1754-1815) — of Halifax, Halifax County, Va. Born in Halifax County, Va., March 25, 1754. Brother of Green Clay; second cousin by marriage of Robert Williams, Archibald Henderson, Leonard Henderson and Marmaduke Williams; first cousin once removed of Henry Clay (1777-1852) and Porter Clay; first cousin by marriage of John Williams and Lewis Williams; second cousin once removed of Clement Comer Clay; father of Matthew Clay (1795?-1827); first cousin twice removed of Thomas Hart Clay and James Brown Clay; uncle of Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; second cousin twice removed of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; granduncle of Thomas Clay McCreery and Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); first cousin thrice removed of Henry Clay (1849-1884). Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1790-94; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1797-1813, 1815 (at-large 1797-1807, 14th District 1807-13, 15th District 1815); died in office 1815. Died suddenly while making a speech at Halifax Court House, Halifax County, Va., May 27, 1815. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Pittsylvania County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Eggleston (1754-1811) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1754. Uncle of William Segar Archer; first cousin once removed of Joseph Cary Eggleston. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1798-1801. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in 1811. Interment at Old Grub Hill Church Cemetery, Amelia Court House, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Morgan Lewis (1754-1844) — of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 16, 1754. Son of Francis Lewis and Elizabeth (Annesley) Lewis; married, May 11, 1779, to Gertrude Livingston (granddaughter of Robert Livingston; daughter of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); sister of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) and Edward Livingston; sister-in-law of John Armstrong, Jr.). Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of New York state assembly, 1789-90, 1791-92 (New York County 1789-90, Dutchess County 1791-92); New York state attorney general, 1791-92; appointed 1791; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1792-1801; Governor of New York, 1804-07; member of New York state senate Middle District, 1810-14; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Member, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 7, 1844. Interment at St. James Cemetery, Hyde Park, N.Y. Lewis County, N.Y. is named for him.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Beverley Randolph (1754-1797) — of Virginia. Born in 1754. Nephew of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin of William Henry Harrison; first cousin once removed of John Scott Harrison; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901). Governor of Virginia, 1788-91. Died in 1797. Interment at Westview Cemetery, Farmville, Va.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Richard Howell (1754-1802) — of New Jersey. Born in Newark, New Castle County, Del., October 23, 1754. Son of Ebenezer Howell and Sarah (Bond) Howell; married 1799 to Keziah Burr; grandfather of Daniel Agnew and Varina Howell (who married Jefferson Finis Davis); great-great-grandfather of Howell Morgan; great-great-great-grandfather of Cecil Morgan. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Governor of New Jersey, 1793-1801. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Burlington, Burlington County, N.J., April 28, 1802. Interment at Friends Burying Ground, Trenton, N.J.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Robert Breckinridge (1754-1833) — of Kentucky. Born in Virginia, 1754. Half-brother of John Breckinridge and James Breckinridge. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1792-95. Died in 1833. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ky.
  
  
• John Marshall (1755-1835) — of Virginia. Born in Germantown, Fauquier County, Va., September 24, 1755. Third cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson; married, January 3, 1783, to Mary Willis Ambler (1766-1831) (daughter of Jacquelin Ambler); brother-in-law of William McClung, George Keith Taylor and Joseph Hamilton Daviess; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841); brother of James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); cousin of John Randolph of Roanoke; father of Thomas Marshall, Mary Marshall (who married Jacquelin Burwell Harvie) and James Keith Marshall; uncle of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Alexander Keith McClung, Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas Alexander Marshall; granduncle by marriage of Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872); granduncle of John Augustine Marshall; great-grandfather of Lewis Minor Coleman. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1782-96; U.S. Attorney for Virginia, 1789; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1800; U.S. Secretary of State, 1800-01; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1801-35; died in office 1835; received 4 electoral votes for Vice-President, 1816. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on the $20 U.S. Treasury Note in the 1880s, and the $500 bill in the early 20th century. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 6, 1835. Interment at Shockoe Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Marshall counties in Ala., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Miss., Tenn. and W.Va. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about John Marshall: Jean Edward Smith, John Marshall : Definer of a Nation; Charles F. Hobson, The Great Chief Justice : John Marshall and the Rule of Law; Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: The Building of the Nation 1815-1835; Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815; Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801; Albert J. Beveridge, The Life of John Marshall: Frontiersman, Soldier, Lawmaker; David Scott Robarge, A Chief Justice's Progress: John Marshall from Revolutionary Virginia to the Supreme Court; R. Kent Newmyer, John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
  
  
• William Stephens Smith (1755-1816) — of New York. Born in Long Island (unknown county), N.Y., November 8, 1755. Son of John Smith and Margaret (Stephens) Smith; married, June 12, 1786, to Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813) (daughter of John Adams; sister of John Quincy Adams; aunt of Charles Francis Adams). Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1813-15. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Smith Valley, Madison County, N.Y., June 10, 1816. Interment at Lines Hill Cemetery, Smyrna, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Lee (1756-1818) — also known as "Light Horse Harry" — of Virginia. Born in Prince William County, Va., January 29, 1756. Grandnephew of Richard Bland; first cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee; brother of Charles Lee and Richard Bland Lee; third cousin of Zachary Taylor and Elliot Woolfolk Major; grandfather of Fitzhugh Lee and William Henry Fitzhugh Lee. Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1786-88; Governor of Virginia, 1791-94; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1799-1801. Eulogized George Washington as "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.". Died March 25, 1818. Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1913 at Lee Memorial Chapel, Lexington, Va. Lee County, Va. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Jonathan Mason (1756-1831) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 12, 1756. Great-great-grandfather of Emily Sears (who married Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.) and Jean Struthers Sears (who married Archibald Stevens Alexander); great-great-great-grandfather of George Cabot Lodge. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1786-96, 1805-08; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1797-98; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1799-1800, 1803-04; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1800-03; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1817-20. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 1, 1831. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Kean (1756-1795) — of South Carolina. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., 1756. Nephew by marriage of Robert Livingston, Philip Livingston (1716-1778) and William Livingston; son-in-law of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; first cousin by marriage of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; brother-in-law of Philip Livingston (1740-1810); uncle by marriage of Charles Ludlow Livingston; great-grandfather of John Kean (1852-1914) and Hamilton Fish Kean; great-great-grandfather of Robert Winthrop Kean; great-great-great-grandfather of Thomas Howard Kean. Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1785. Died May 4, 1795. Interment at St. John's Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Richardson Davie (1756-1820) — also known as "Father of the University of North Carolina" — of Halifax, Halifax County, N.C. Born in Egremont, England, June 22, 1756. Ancestor of Preston Davie (who married May Preston Davie). Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; Governor of North Carolina, 1798-99. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Land's Ford, Chester County, S.C., November 5, 1820. Interment at Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church, The Waxhaws, S.C. Davie County, N.C. is named for him.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756-1831) — of Morristown, Morris County, N.J. Born in Mine Brook, Morris County, N.J., February 17, 1756. Son of David Kirkpatrick and Mary (McEowen) Kirkpatrick; married, November 1, 1792, to Jane Bayard (daughter of John Bubenheim Bayard); father of Littleton Kirkpatrick. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly, 1797-98; resigned 1798; associate justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1798-1804; chief justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1804-25. Presbyterian. Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., January 7, 1831. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Adair (1757-1840) — of Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky. Born in Chester District (now Chester County), S.C., January 9, 1757. Son of Baron William Adair; father-in-law of Thomas Bell Monroe. Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1793-95, 1798, 1800-03, 1817; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1802-03; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1805-06; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Kentucky, 1820-24; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1831-33. Died in Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Ky., May 19, 1840. Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1872 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky. Adair counties in Iowa, Ky. and Mo. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Richard Brent (1757-1814) — of Virginia. Born in Stafford County, Va., 1757. Nephew of Daniel Carroll; uncle of William Leigh Brent. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1788, 1793-94, 1800-01; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1795-99, 1801-03 (18th District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1801-03); member of Virginia state senate, 1808-10; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1809-14; died in office 1814. Died in Washington, D.C., December 30, 1814. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Stafford County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Brown (1757-1837) — Born in Staunton, Va., September 12, 1757. Cousin of John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge and Francis Preston; brother of James Brown; father of Mason Brown; grandfather of Benjamin Gratz Brown. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state senate, 1784-88; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1787-88; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1789-92 (at-large 1789-91, 2nd District 1791-92); U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1792-1805. Member, Freemasons. Died in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., August 29, 1837. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Jackson (1757-1831) — of Virginia. Born in Maryland, 1757. Father of John George Jackson and Edward Brake Jackson. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1795-97, 1799-1803 (3rd District 1795-97, at-large 1799-1803). Died in 1831. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip Barton Key (1757-1815) — of Rockville, Montgomery County, Md. Born near Charlestown, Cecil County, Md., April 12, 1757. Son of Francis Key and Anne Arnold (Ross) Key; cousin of Philip Key; married, July 4, 1790, to Ann Plater; uncle of Francis Scott Key and Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (who married Roger Brooke Taney); granduncle of Philip Barton Key (1818-1859). Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1794-99; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1807-13. Died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., July 28, 1815. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) — of New York County, N.Y. Born in Charles Town, Nevis, January 11, 1757. Son of James Hamilton and Rachel (Faucette) Hamilton; married 1780 to Elizabeth Schuyler (daughter of Philip John Schuyler; sister of Philip Jeremiah Schuyler); father of William Stephen Hamilton; ancestor of Robert Hamilton Woodruff. Delegate to Continental Congress from New York, 1782; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1786-87; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1789-95. Episcopalian. Scottish and French ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Society of the Cincinnati. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1915. His portrait appears on the U.S. $10 bill; from the 1860s to the 1920s, his portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $2 to $1,000. Shot and mortally wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804, and died the next day in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 12, 1804. Interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury Building Grounds, Washington, D.C. Hamilton counties in Fla., Ill., Ind., Kan., Neb., N.Y., Ohio and Tenn. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Nathaniel Pendleton; Robert Troup; John Tayler
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Alexander Hamilton: Richard Brookhiser, Alexander Hamilton, American; Forrest McDonald, Alexander Hamilton: A Biography; Gertrude Atherton, Conqueror : Dramatized Biography of Alexander Hamilton; Ron Chernow, Alexander Hamilton; Thomas Fleming, Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America; Arnold A. Rogow, A Fatal Friendship: Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr; Willard Sterne Randall, Alexander Hamilton: A Life; John Harper, American Machiavelli : Alexander Hamilton and the Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy; Stephen F. Knott, Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth; Charles Cerami, Young Patriots: The Remarkable Story of Two Men. Their Impossible Plan and The Revolution That Created The Constitution
  
  
• Green Clay (1757-1826) — Born August 14, 1757. Brother of Matthew Clay (1754-1815); first cousin once removed of Henry Clay (1777-1852) and Porter Clay; second cousin once removed of Clement Comer Clay; uncle of Matthew Clay (1795?-1827); first cousin twice removed of Thomas Hart Clay and James Brown Clay; father of Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; second cousin twice removed of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; granduncle of Thomas Clay McCreery; grandfather of Green Clay Smith and Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); first cousin thrice removed of Henry Clay (1849-1884). Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state legislature, 1788-89; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1793-94; member of Kentucky state senate, 1795-98, 1807; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Member, Freemasons. Died October 31, 1826. Interment at White Hall Family Cemetery, Richmond, Ky. Clay County, Ky. is named for him.
  
  
• Henry Brockholst Livingston (1757-1823) — also known as Brockholst Livingston — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 25, 1757. Great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); nephew of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston and Philip Livingston; son of William Livingston; first cousin by marriage of James Duane, William Duer and John Kean; first cousin of Peter R. Livingston and Walter Livingston; brother-in-law of John Cleves Symmes and John Jay; second cousin of Robert R. Livingston and Edward Livingston; first cousin once removed of Henry Walter Livingston and Edward Philip Livingston. Member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1788-89, 1800-02; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1806-23. Presbyterian. Died March 18, 1823. Original interment at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• John Armstrong, Jr. (1758-1843) — also known as "Old Soldier"; "Monsieur Tombo" — Born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., November 25, 1758. Son of John Armstrong and Rebecca (Lyon) Armstrong; brother of James Armstrong; married 1789 to Alida Livingston (granddaughter of Robert Livingston; daughter of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); sister of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) and Edward Livingston; sister-in-law of Morgan Lewis). Republican. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; secretary of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1783-87; Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1787-88; U.S. Senator from New York, 1800-02, 1803-04; U.S. Minister to France, 1804-10; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Secretary of War, 1813-14; blamed for the British capture of Washington, D.C. in August 1814, and forced to resign. Catholic. Died in Red Hook, Dutchess County, N.Y., April 1, 1843. Interment at Rhinebeck Cemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• James Monroe (1758-1831) — of Virginia. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., April 28, 1758. Nephew of Joseph Jones; son of Spence Monroe and Elizabeth (Jones) Monroe; married 1786 to Eliza Kortright; distant cousin of Thomas Bell Monroe; uncle of James Monroe (1799-1870); great-great-granduncle of Theodore Douglas Robinson and Corinne Robinson Alsop. Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1782, 1786, 1810-11; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1783-86; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1790-94; U.S. Minister to France, 1794-96; Great Britain, 1803-07; Governor of Virginia, 1799-1802, 1811; U.S. Secretary of State, 1811-14, 1815-17; U.S. Secretary of War, 1814-15; President of the United States, 1817-25; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1930. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $100 silver certificate in the 1880s and 1890s. Died, probably of tuberculosis, in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 4, 1831. Originally entombed at New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequently entombed at New York City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; reinterment in 1858 at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Monroe counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., W.Va. and Wis. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about James Monroe: Harry Ammon, James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity
  
  
• Charles Lee (1758-1815) — Born in Westmoreland County, Va., 1758. Grandnephew of Richard Bland; son of Henry Lee (1729-1787) and Lucy (Grymes) Lee; first cousin once removed and son-in-law of Richard Henry Lee; brother of Henry Lee (1756-1818) and Richard Bland Lee; married 1789 to Anne Lee (second cousin; died 1804); married 1809 to Margaret Scott; third cousin of Zachary Taylor; granduncle of Fitzhugh Lee. U.S. Attorney General, 1795-1801; U.S. Secretary of State, 1800. Died in Fauquier County, Va., June 24, 1815. Interment at Warrenton Cemetery, Warrenton, Va.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William McClung (1758-1811) — of Kentucky. Born in Rockbridge County, Va., July 12, 1758. Brother-in-law of John Marshall; father of Alexander Keith McClung. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1793; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1794-96; member of Kentucky state senate, 1796-1800; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1801. Died in 1811. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  
  
• Edward Hutchinson Robbins (1758-1837) — also known as Edward H. Robbins — of Massachusetts. Born February 19, 1758. Great-great-grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1802-06. Died December 17, 1837. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Breckinridge (1760-1806) — of Kentucky. Born near Staunton, Augusta County, Va., December 2, 1760. Son of Letitia (Preston) Breckinridge (1728-1797) and Robert Breckinridge ; half-brother of Robert Breckinridge (1754-1833); cousin of John Brown, Francis Preston and James Brown; married, June 28, 1785, to Mary Hopkins Cabell (1769-1858); brother of James Breckinridge; father of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (1786-1831) (who married Peter Buell Porter and Alfred William Grayson), Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; grandfather of John Cabell Breckinridge, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; great-grandfather of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; great-great-grandfather of John Bayne Breckinridge. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1793-94; Kentucky state attorney general, 1793-97; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1798-1801; Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1799-1801; delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1801-05; U.S. Attorney General, 1805-06; died in office 1806. Presbyterian. Died near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., December 14, 1806. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Fayette County, Ky.; reinterment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky. Breckinridge County, Ky. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841) — of Kentucky. Born in Orlean, Fauquier County, Va., 1760. First cousin and brother-in-law of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin once removed and uncle by marriage of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall; father of Thomas Alexander Marshall; grandfather of Humphrey Marshall (1812-1872). Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1793-94, 1807-09; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1795-1801. In 1809, he opposed Henry Clay's proposal to require all Kentucky legislators to wear domestic homespun instead of British broadcloth; this clash resulted in a duel in which both men were wounded. Author of the first history of Kentucky, published in 1812. Died near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., July 3, 1841. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Lewis Richard Morris (1760-1825) — of Vermont. Born in Scarsdale, Westchester County, N.Y., November 2, 1760. Nephew of Lewis Morris and Gouverneur Morris. Member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1795-97, 1803-08; U.S. Representative from Vermont 2nd District, 1797-1803. Died in Springfield, Windsor County, Vt., December 29, 1825. Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Charlestown, N.H.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Abraham Albert Alphonse Gallatin (1761-1849) — also known as Albert Gallatin — of Fayette County, Pa. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 1761. Son of Jean Gallatin and Sophia Albertina Rolaz du Rosey Gallatin; married 1789 to Sophie Allègre (died 1789); married, November 11, 1793, to Hannah Nicholson; cousin by marriage of Joseph Hopper Nicholson; great-great-grandfather of May Preston Davie. Democrat. Delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1790; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1790-92; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1793-94; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 11th District, 1795-1801; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14; U.S. Minister to France, 1815-23; Great Britain, 1826-27. Swiss ancestry. His portrait appeared on the $500 U.S. Note in the 1860s. Died in Astoria, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., August 12, 1849. Entombed at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.; statue at Treasury Building Grounds, Washington, D.C. Gallatin counties in Ill., Ky. and Mont. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Albert Gallatin: John Austin Stevens, Albert Gallatin: An American Statesman; L. B. Kuppenheimer, Albert Gallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability
  
  
• Richard Bland Lee (1761-1827) — Born in Prince William County, Va., January 20, 1761. Grandnephew of Richard Bland; first cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee; brother of Henry Lee and Charles Lee; third cousin of Zachary Taylor; granduncle of Fitzhugh Lee. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1784; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1789-95 (at-large 1789-91, 4th District 1791-93, 17th District 1793-95); judge in District of Columbia, 1827. Died March 12, 1827. Original interment in private or family graveyard; subsequent interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in 1975 at Sully, Chantilly, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) — of Kentucky. Born near Dumfries, Prince William County, Va., 1761. Son of Cuthbert Bullitt; married 1786 to Priscilla Christian (niece of Patrick Henry). Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792, 1799; member of Kentucky state senate, 1792-99; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1800-04. Died in Jefferson County, Ky., April 13, 1816. Interment at Oxmoor Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. Bullitt County, Ky. is named for him.
  
  
• Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) — of Alexandria, Va.; Richmond, Va. Born in Westmoreland County, Va., June 5, 1762. Nephew of George Washington. Lawyer; member of Virginia state legislature, 1787; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1798-1829; died in office 1829. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 26, 1829. Entombed at Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Va.
  • See also: federal judicial profile; Wikipedia article; Judgepedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• James Breckinridge (1763-1833) — of Virginia. Born near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va., March 7, 1763. Half-brother of Robert Breckinridge; cousin of John Brown, Francis Preston and James Brown; brother of John Breckinridge; great-great-granduncle of John Bayne Breckinridge. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1789-1802, 1806-08, 1819-21, 1823-24; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1809-17 (4th District 1809-11, 5th District 1811-13, 4th District 1813-15, 5th District 1815-17); general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Died in Botetourt County, Va., May 13, 1833. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Madison (1763-1816) — of Kentucky. Born in 1763. Second cousin of James Madison. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Kentucky auditor of public accounts, 1796-1816; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Kentucky, 1816; died in office 1816. Died of tuberculosis, October 14, 1816. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Burwell Bassett (1764-1841) — of Williamsburg, Va. Born in New Kent County, Va., March 18, 1764. Nephew by marriage of George Washington; first cousin of William Henry Harrison; first cousin twice removed of Benjamin Harrison. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1787-89, 1819-21; member of Virginia state senate, 1794-1805; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1805-13, 1815-19, 1821-29 (at-large 1805-07, 12th District 1807-09, 22nd District 1809-11, 12th District 1811-13, 13th District 1815-19, 8th District 1821-29). Died, after a fall from his horse, in New Kent County, Va., February 26, 1841. Interment at Eltham Plantation, New Kent County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Livingston (1764-1836) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Clermont, Columbia County, N.Y., May 28, 1764. Great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1654-1728); grandson of Robert Livingston (1688-1775); first cousin once removed of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston (1716-1778) and Henry Walter Livingston; son of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); second cousin of Peter R. Livingston, Walter Livingston, Philip Livingston (1740-1810) and Henry Brockholst Livingston; brother of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), Alida Livingston (who married John Armstrong, Jr.) and Gertrude Livingston (who married Morgan Lewis); brother-in-law of Auguste Davezac; first cousin once removed and uncle by marriage of Edward Philip Livingston. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York, 1795-1801 (1st District 1795-99, 2nd District 1799-1801); mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1801-03; U.S. Attorney for New York, 1801-03; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1820; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1823-29; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1829-31; U.S. Secretary of State, 1831-33; U.S. Minister to France, 1833-35. Died May 23, 1836. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Columbia County, N.Y.; reinterment somewhere in Rhinebeck, N.Y. Livingston counties in Ill., Mich. and Mo. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. (1764-1825) — also known as Return J. Meigs, Jr. — of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. Born in Middletown, Middlesex County, Conn., November 17, 1764. Father of Mary Sophia Meigs (1793-1863) (who married John George Jackson). Democrat. Justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1803-04, 1808-09; resigned 1804; federal judge, 1807-08; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1808-10; Governor of Ohio, 1810-14; U.S. Postmaster General, 1814-23. Member, Freemasons. Died in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, March 29, 1825. Interment at Mound Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio. Meigs County, Ohio is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764-1839) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 1, 1764. Grandson of Philip Livingston; son of Catharina (Livingston) Van Rensselaer and Stephen Van Rensselaer (1742-1769); married 1783 to Margarita Schuyler (died 1801) (daughter of Philip John Schuyler); married 1802 to Cornelia Paterson (daughter of William Paterson); brother of Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer; half-brother of Rensselaer Westerlo and Catherine Westerlo (1778-1846) (who married John Woodworth); father of Henry Bell Van Rensselaer. Member of New York state assembly from Albany County, 1789-90, 1807-10, 1817-18; member of New York state senate Western District, 1790-95; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1795-1801; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; candidate for Governor of New York, 1813; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821; U.S. Representative from New York, 1822-29 (9th District 1822-23, 10th District 1823-29). Dutch ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Albany's last Dutch Patroon; took the first train ride in U.S.; founded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Died January 26, 1839. Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• James Markham Marshall (1764-1848) — of Kentucky. Born in Fauquier County, Va., March 12, 1764. Son-in-law of Robert Morris; brother of John Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey Marshall; uncle of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas Alexander Marshall; grandfather of John Augustine Marshall. Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1791; federal judge, 1801. Died April 26, 1848. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Warren County, Va.
  
  
• Joseph Wilkinson — of Maryland. Married to Barbara Mackall (sister of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall). Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1804. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Francis Preston (1765-1836) — of Virginia. Born in Greenfield, Botetourt County, Va., August 2, 1765. Son of William Preston and Susanna (Smith) Preston; nephew by marriage of Patrick Henry; cousin of John Brown, John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge and James Brown; married, January 10, 1793, to Sarah Buchanan Campbell (1778-1846); father of William Campbell Preston and Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (1818-1852) (who married Wade Hampton III); uncle of William Ballard Preston and William Preston (1816-1887). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1788-89, 1812-14; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1793-97; colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia state senate, 1816-20. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., May 26, 1836. Interment at Aspinvale Cemetery, Seven Mile Ford, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Brown (1766-1835) — Born near Staunton, Augusta County, Va., September 11, 1766. Son of Rev. John Brown and Margaret (Preston) Brown; brother of John Brown; cousin of John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge and Francis Preston. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1791; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1792-96; secretary of Orleans Territory, 1804; U.S. Attorney for Louisiana, 1805-08; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1813-17, 1819-23; U.S. Minister to France, 1823-29. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 7, 1835. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Robert Williams (1766-1836) — Born in Prince Edward County, Va., October 30, 1766. Son-in-law of Joseph Winston; second cousin by marriage of Matthew Clay; brother of Marmaduke Williams; cousin of John Williams and Lewis Williams; brother-in-law of Louis L. Winston and Fountain Winston. Member of North Carolina state senate, 1792-95; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1797-1803 (3rd District 1797-99, at-large 1799-1803); Governor of Mississippi Territory, 1805-09; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Mississippi Territory, 1811. Died near Monroe, Ouachita Parish, La., January 30, 1836. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Ouachita Parish, La.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts Madman" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., July 11, 1767. Son of John Adams and Abigail (Smith) Adams (1744-1818); brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813) (who married William Stephens Smith); married, July 26, 1797, to Louisa Catherine Johnson (1775-1852) (niece of Thomas Johnson; daughter of Joshua Johnson; sister-in-law of John Pope); first cousin of William Cranch; father of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); great-great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1802; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S. Secretary of State, 1817-25; President of the United States, 1825-29; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District 1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office 1848; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1834. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Suffered a stroke while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker's office, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., February 23, 1848. Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Adams counties in Ill. and Ind. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: John Smith; Thurlow Weed
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life; Lynn Hudson Parsons, John Quincy Adams; Robert V. Remini, John Quincy Adams
  
  
• James Asheton Bayard, Sr. (1767-1815) — also known as "The Chevalier"; "The Goliath of His Party"; "High Priest of the Constitution" — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., July 28, 1767. Son of James Asheton Bayard and Agnes (Hodge) Bayard; double nephew and adoptive son of John Bubenheim Bayard; married, February 11, 1795, to Ann Bassett (daughter of Richard Bassett); father of Richard Henry Bayard and James Asheton Bayard, Jr.; grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard, Sr.; great-grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.; great-great-great-grandfather of Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1797-1803; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1804-13. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., August 6, 1815. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Cecil County, Md.; reinterment in 1842 at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer (1767-1824) — also known as Philip S. Van Rensselaer — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in 1767. Brother of Stephen Van Rensselaer. Mayor of Albany, N.Y., 1799-1814, 1819-21. Died in 1824. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Archibald Henderson (1768-1822) — of Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C. Born near Williamsboro, Vance County, N.C., August 7, 1768. Double first cousin once removed of John Williams of Montpelier; son of Richard Henderson; nephew of Thomas Henderson; second cousin by marriage of Matthew Clay; brother of Leonard Henderson. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from North Carolina at-large, 1799-1803; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1807-09, 1814, 1819-20. Died in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., October 21, 1822. Interment at Lutheran Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Walter Livingston (1768-1810) — also known as Henry W. Livingston — of Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Linlithgo, Columbia County, N.Y., 1768. Great-great-grandson of Robert Livingston; grandnephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Philip Livingston and William Livingston; nephew of Peter R. Livingston; son of Walter Livingston; first cousin once removed of Robert R. Livingston, Henry Brockholst Livingston and Edward Livingston; second cousin of Edward Philip Livingston and Charles Ludlow Livingston. Member of New York state assembly from Columbia County, 1801-02, 1809-10; U.S. Representative from New York 8th District, 1803-07. Died near Linlithgo, Columbia County, N.Y., December 22, 1810. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Mann Randolph (1768-1828) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, October 1, 1768. Son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson; second cousin once removed of Edmund Jenings Randolph; father of Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas Philip Trist), Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1803-07; Governor of Virginia, 1819-22. Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., June 20, 1828. Interment at Monticello Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768-1835) — also known as Philip J. Schuyler — of Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., January 21, 1768. Son of Philip John Schuyler; brother of Elizabeth Schuyler (who married Alexander Hamilton). Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County, 1797-98; U.S. Representative from New York 5th District, 1817-19. Died, of consumption (tuberculosis), in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 21, 1835. Original interment at New York Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; subsequent interment at a private or family graveyard, Dutchess County, N.Y.; reinterment at Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Woodworth (1768-1858) — of Troy, Rensselaer County, N.Y.; Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Schodack, Rensselaer County, N.Y., November 12, 1768. Married to Catherine Westerlo (1778-1846) (half-sister of Stephen Van Rensselaer; sister of Rensselaer Westerlo). Lawyer; Rensselaer County Surrogate, 1793-1804; member of New York state assembly from Rensselaer County, 1802-03; member of New York state senate Eastern District, 1803-07; New York state attorney general, 1804-08; appointed 1804; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1819-28. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., June 1, 1858. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William Cranch (1769-1855) — of District of Columbia. Born in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Mass., July 17, 1769. Nephew of Abigail Smith (1744-1818) (who married John Adams); first cousin of John Quincy Adams. Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1801, 1806. Died September 1, 1855. Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• George Keith Taylor (1769-1815) — of Virginia. Born in Petersburg, Va., March 16, 1769. Brother-in-law of John Marshall. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1795-96, 1798-99; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1801. Died November 9, 1815. Interment somewhere in Petersburg, Va.
  
  
• Jacob Crowninshield (1770-1808) — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., March 31, 1770. Brother of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield; grandfather of William Crowninshield Endicott; great-granduncle of Charles Francis Adams. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1803-08 (at-large 1803-05, 2nd District 1805-08); died in office 1808. Died in Washington, D.C., April 15, 1808. Interment at Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Hopper Nicholson (1770-1817) — of Queen Anne's County, Md. Born in Chestertown, Kent County, Md., May 15, 1770. Son of Joseph Nicholson and Elizabeth (Hopper) Nicholson; cousin by marriage of Abraham Albert Alphonse Gallatin; married, October 10, 1793, to Rebecca Lloyd (sister-in-law of Francis Scott Key). Democrat. Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1796-98; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1799-1806 (6th District 1799-1801, at-large 1801-06); Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1806-17; died in office 1817; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Episcopalian. Died in Baltimore County, Md., March 4, 1817. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Talbot County, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Pope (1770-1845) — also known as "One-Arm Pope" — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky.; Springfield, Washington County, Ky. Born in Prince William County, Va., 1770. Married to Eliza Johnson (sister-in-law of John Quincy Adams); brother of Nathaniel Pope. Democrat. Lawyer; Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1800, 1820; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1802, 1806-07; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1807-13; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1816-19; member of Kentucky state senate, 1825-29; Governor of Arkansas Territory, 1829-35; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1837-43. Lost his right arm as a youth. Died in Springfield, Washington County, Ky., July 12, 1845. Interment at Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Ky. Pope County, Ark. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Cumming — of Georgia. Father of Alfred Cumming. Mayor of Augusta, Ga.. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Johnson (1770-1824) — of Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md. Born September 12, 1770. Son of Robert Johnson and Anne Johnson; married to Deborah Ghiselin; father of Reverdy Johnson. Lawyer; member of Maryland state executive council, 1796-97; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1800; member of Maryland state senate, 1801-05; mayor of Annapolis, Md., 1804-05, 1810-11; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1804, 1808; Maryland state attorney general, 1806-11; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1811-21. Died in Hancock, Washington County, Md., 1824. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825) — of Kentucky. Born in Fauquier County, Va., 1770. Brother of John Marshall and James Markham Marshall; first cousin and brother-in-law of Humphrey Marshall; uncle of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall; uncle and first cousin once removed of Thomas Alexander Marshall. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1797-1801. Died in Mason County, Ky., February 7, 1825. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Thomas Morris (1771-1849) — of Ontario County, N.Y. Born in Pennsylvania, 1771. Son of Robert Morris. Member of New York state assembly from Ontario County, 1793-96; member of New York state senate Western District, 1796-1801; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1801-03. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., 1849. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Leonard Henderson (1772-1833) — of North Carolina. Born in Granville County, N.C., October 6, 1772. Double first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of John Williams of Montpelier; son of Richard Henderson; nephew of Thomas Henderson; second cousin by marriage of Matthew Clay; brother of Archibald Henderson. State court judge in North Carolina, 1808; associate justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1818; chief justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1829-33. Died in Williamsboro, Vance County, N.C., August 13, 1833. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Vance County, N.C. Henderson County, N.C. is named for him.
  
  
• Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (1773-1851) — also known as Benjamin W. Crowninshield — of Salem, Essex County, Mass. Born in Salem, Essex County, Mass., December 29, 1773. Brother of Jacob Crowninshield; grandfather of Fanny Cadwalader Crowninshield (1840-1911) (who married John Quincy Adams); great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams. Democrat. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1811; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1812; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1815-18; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1823-31. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 3, 1851. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Wayles Eppes (1773-1823) — of Charles City, Charles City County, Va. Born in Chesterfield County, Va., April 19, 1773. Son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1801-03; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1803-11, 1813-15 (at-large 1803-07, 16th District 1807-09, 22nd District 1809-11, 16th District 1813-15); U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1817-21. Died in Buckingham County, Va., September 13, 1823. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Buckingham County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) — also known as "Tippecanoe"; "Old Tip"; "Farmer of North Bend"; "General Mum" — of Vincennes, Knox County, Ind.; Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Berkeley, Charles City County, Va., February 9, 1773. Son of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) and Elizabeth (Bassett) Harrison; brother of Carter Bassett Harrison; first cousin of Beverley Randolph and Burwell Bassett; married 1795 to Anna Symmes (daughter of John Cleves Symmes); father of John Scott Harrison; first cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison; grandfather of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); great-grandfather of Russell Benjamin Harrison; first cousin twice removed of Carter Henry Harrison II; great-great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990). Whig. Secretary of Northwest Territory, 1798-99; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Northwest Territory, 1799-1800; Governor of Indiana Territory, 1801-12; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1816-19; member of Ohio state senate, 1819-21; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1820; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1825-28; U.S. Minister to Gran Colombia, 1828-29; President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; died in office 1841. Episcopalian. English ancestry. Died of pneumonia, at the White House, Washington, D.C., April 4, 1841. Interment at Harrison Tomb, North Bend, Ohio. Harrison counties in Ind., Iowa, Miss. and Ohio are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about William Henry Harrison: Freeman Cleaves, Old Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison and His Time; Norma Lois Peterson, Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler; David Lillard, William Henry Harrison (for young readers)
  
  
• Peter Buell Porter (1773-1844) — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., August 4, 1773. Son of Joshua Porter and Abigail Buell; married, October 16, 1818, to Letitia Preston Breckinridge (1786-1831) (daughter of John Breckinridge; widow of Alfred William Grayson; sister of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge); uncle of Augustus Seymour Porter; grandfather of Peter Augustus Porter. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly, 1801-02, 1828; U.S. Representative from New York, 1809-13, 1815-16 (15th District 1809-13, 21st District 1815-16); general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; fought a duel with Gen. Alexander Smyth; secretary of state of New York, 1815-16; candidate for Governor of New York, 1817; U.S. Secretary of War, 1828-29. Died in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y., March 20, 1844. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833) — of Charlotte County, Va. Born in Cawsons, Prince George County, Va., June 2, 1773. Nephew of Theodorick Bland; second cousin of Edmund Jenings Randolph; cousin of John Marshall; half-brother of Henry St. George Tucker; uncle of Beverly Tucker. U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1799-1813, 1815-17, 1819-25, 1827-29, 1833 (at-large 1799-1807, 15th District 1807-13, 16th District 1815-17, 1819-21, 5th District 1821-25, 1827-29, 1833); died in office 1833; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1825-27; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1830. Died May 24, 1833. Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.; reinterment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Dabney Carr (1773-1837) — Born in Richmond, Va., April 27, 1773. Nephew of Thomas Jefferson; son of Dabney Carr (1744-1773) and Martha (Jefferson) Carr; married 1800 to Elizabeth Carr; uncle of Dabney Smith Carr. Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals, 1824-37. Died in Richmond, Va., January 8, 1837. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Marmaduke Williams (1774-1850) — Born in North Carolina, 1774. Second cousin by marriage of Matthew Clay; brother of Robert Williams; cousin of John Williams and Lewis Williams. Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S. Representative from North Carolina, 1803-09 (9th District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 9th District 1807-09); candidate for Governor of Alabama, 1819. Methodist. Died in 1850. Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Patton Preston (1774-1853) — of Virginia. Born June 21, 1774. Brother-in-law of John Floyd; uncle of James McDowell and John Buchanan Floyd; father of William Ballard Preston. Governor of Virginia, 1816-19. Died May 4, 1853. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Joseph Hamilton Daviess (1774-1811) — also known as Joe Daviess — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky.; Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Bedford County, Va., March 4, 1774. Brother-in-law of John Marshall. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1800-06; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Around 1801, he served as a second to John Rowan in his duel with James Chambers; after Chambers was killed, he fled to avoid prosecution as accomplice to murder, and became a fugitive, but when Rowan was arrested, he returned to act as Rowan's legal counsel. Shot and killed in the Battle of Tippecanoe, in what is now Tippecanoe County, Ind., November 7, 1811. Interment at Tippecanoe Battlefield Park, Battle Ground, Ind. Daviess counties in Ind., Ky. and Mo., and Jo Daviess County, Ill., are named for him.
  
  
• George Tucker (1775-1861) — of Virginia. Born in St. Georges, Bermuda, August 20, 1775. Cousin of Henry St. George Tucker. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1815; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1819-25 (15th District 1819-21, 6th District 1821-25); university professor. Died in Sherwood, Albemarle County, Va., April 10, 1861. Interment at University of Virginia Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Elijah Hunt Mills (1776-1829) — of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, 1776. Grandfather of Anna Cabot Mills Davis (who married Henry Cabot Lodge); great-great-grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and John Davis Lodge; great-great-great-grandfather of William Amory Gardner Minot and George Cabot Lodge. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state legislature; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1815-19; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1820-27. Died in 1829. Interment at Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Rensselaer Westerlo (1776-1851) — of New York. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 29, 1776. Grandson of Philip Livingston; son of Eilardus Westerlo (1737-1790) and Catharina (Livingston) Westerlo (1745-1810); half-brother of Stephen Van Rensselaer; brother of Catherine Westerlo (1778-1846) (who married John Woodworth). U.S. Representative from New York 9th District, 1817-19. Died in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., April 18, 1851. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Peter Augustus Jay (1776-1843) — also known as Peter A. Jay — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Elizabethtown, Essex County, N.Y., January 24, 1776. Son of John Jay. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1815-16; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1821. Died February 20, 1843. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Bellinger Bulloch (1777-1852) — also known as William B. Bulloch — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., 1777. Son of Archibald Bulloch. Democrat. U.S. Attorney for Georgia, 1804-13; mayor of Savannah, Ga., 1809-11, 1811-12; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1813-15; member of Georgia state house of representatives; member of Georgia state senate. Died in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., May 6, 1852. Interment at Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Henry Clay (1777-1852) — also known as "The Sage of Ashland"; "The Great Compromiser" — of Lexington, Fayette County, Ky. Born in Hanover County, Va., April 12, 1777. Son of John Clay and Elizabeth (Hudson) Clay; first cousin once removed of Matthew Clay (1754-1815) and Green Clay; brother of Porter Clay; third cousin of Clement Comer Clay; second cousin of Matthew Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; father of Thomas Hart Clay and James Brown Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; granduncle of Ellen Hart Ross (who married James Reily); second cousin once removed of Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); grandfather of Henry Clay (1849-1884). Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1803; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; died in office 1852; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1811-14, 1815-21, 1823-25 (5th District 1811-13, at-large 1813-14, 2nd District 1815-21, 3rd District 1823-25); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1811-14, 1815-20, 1823-25; candidate for President of the United States, 1824, 1832 (National Republican), 1844 (Whig); U.S. Secretary of State, 1825-29. Member, Freemasons. In 1809, he fought a duel with Humphrey Marshall, in which both men were wounded. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th or early 20th century. Died in Washington, D.C., June 29, 1852. Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Clay counties in Ala., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kan., Minn., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Henry Clay: Robert Vincent Remini, Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union; Maurice G. Baxter, Henry Clay the Lawyer; Richard B. Cheney & Lynne V. Cheney, Kings Of The Hill : How Nine Powerful Men Changed The Course of American History; Merrill D. Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun
  
  
• Thomas Clayton (1777-1854) — of New Castle, New Castle County, Del. Born in Maryland, 1777. Son of Joshua Clayton; cousin of John Middleton Clayton. Member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1802-06, 1810, 1812-13; member of Delaware state senate, 1808, 1821; secretary of state of Delaware, 1808-10; Delaware state attorney general, 1810-15; U.S. Representative from Delaware at-large, 1815-17; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1824-27, 1837-47; common pleas court judge in Delaware, 1828; superior court judge in Delaware, 1832. Died in New Castle, New Castle County, Del., August 21, 1854. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John George Jackson (1777-1825) — also known as John G. Jackson — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now W.Va.). Born in Buckhannon, Upshur County, Va. (now W.Va.), September 22, 1777. Son of George Jackson; married 1800 to Mary Payne (1781-1808) (sister-in-law of James Madison); married, July 19, 1810, to Mary Sophia Meigs (1793-1863) (daughter of Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr.); brother of Edward Brake Jackson; father of John Jay Jackson and Mary Jackson (who married John James Allen); grandfather of John Jay Jackson, Jr., James Monroe Jackson, Jacob Beeson Jackson and William Thomas Bland. Democrat. Member of Virginia state 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 was attacked and suffered a skull fracture. While in Congress, fought a duel with Joseph Pearson of North Carolina, and on the second fire was wounded in the hip. Died in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now W.Va.), March 28, 1825. Interment at Old Jackson Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; federal judicial profile.
  
  
• Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) — also known as Roger B. Taney — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Calvert County, Md., March 17, 1777. Son of Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married, January 7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (niece of Philip Barton Key (1757-1815); sister of Francis Scott Key; aunt of Philip Barton Key (1818-1859)). Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1799-1800; member of Maryland state senate, 1816-21; Maryland state attorney general, 1827-31; U.S. Attorney General, 1831-33; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864. Catholic. Died in Washington, D.C., October 12, 1864. Interment at St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; statue at State House Grounds, Annapolis, Md. Taney County, Mo. is named for him.
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books by Roger Taney: Memoir of Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U. S.
  • Books about Roger Taney: Bernard Christian Steiner, Life of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (out of print); Charles Smith, Roger B. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist; Suzanne Freedman, Roger Taney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers)
  
  
• John Williams (1778-1837) — of Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn. Born in Surry County, N.C., January 29, 1778. First cousin by marriage of Matthew Clay; cousin of Robert Williams and Marmaduke Williams; brother of Lewis Williams; father of Joseph Lanier Williams. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1815-23; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Central America, 1825-26; member of Tennessee state senate, 1827-28. Died near Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., August 10, 1837. Interment at First Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Brockenbrough (1778-1838) — of Virginia. Born in Essex County, Va., July 10, 1778. Grandson-in-law of Carter Braxton; father-in-law of Edward Colston; father of John White Brockenbrough; uncle of William Henry Brockenbrough. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1802-03, 1807-09. Died in Richmond, Va., December 10, 1838. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Nathan Appleton (1779-1861) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in New Ipswich, Hillsborough County, N.H., October 6, 1779. Son of Isaac Appleton (1731-1806) and Mary (Adams) Appleton (1742-1827); married, April 13, 1806, to Maria Theresa Gold (1786-1833); married, January 8, 1839, to Harriet Coffin Sumner (1804-1867); cousin of William Appleton; father-in-law of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poet). Merchant; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1815-16, 1821, 1823-24, 1827; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 1st District, 1831-33, 1842. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., July 14, 1861. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Porter Clay (1779-1850) — of Kentucky. Born in 1779. First cousin once removed of Matthew Clay (1754-1815) and Green Clay; brother of Henry Clay (1777-1852); third cousin of Clement Comer Clay; second cousin of Matthew Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; uncle of Thomas Hart Clay and James Brown Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; second cousin once removed of Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); granduncle of Henry Clay (1849-1884). Kentucky auditor of public accounts. Died in Camden, Ouachita County, Ark., 1850. Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Camden, Ark.
  
  
• Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) — of District of Columbia. Born in Carroll County, Md., August 1, 1779. Son of John Ross Key (1754-1821) and Ann (Charlton) Key; nephew of Philip Barton Key (1757-1815); married, January 19, 1802, to Mary Lloyd (sister-in-law of Joseph Hopper Nicholson); brother of Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (who married Roger Brooke Taney); father of Alice Key (who married George Hunt Pendleton) and Philip Barton Key (1818-1859). Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41. During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner". The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem. Died, from pleurisy, in Baltimore, Md., January 11, 1843. Originally entombed at Old St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Md.; memorial monument at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
  • Cross-reference: John Smith
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1780. Nephew of Thomas Tudor Tucker; half-brother of John Randolph of Roanoke; cousin of George Tucker; father of John Randolph Tucker; grandfather of Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932). U.S. Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1815-19. Died in 1848. Interment at Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va. Tucker County, W.Va. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Auguste Davezac (1780-1851) — also known as Auguste Geneviève Valentin D'Avezac — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic), 1780. Brother-in-law of Edward Livingston. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1831-39, 1845-50; member of New York state assembly, 1842, 1844. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 15, 1851. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Edward Philip Livingston (1780-1843) — also known as Edward P. Livingston — of Columbia County, N.Y. Born in Jamaica, 1780. Great-great-grandson of Robert Livingston; grandnephew of Peter Van Brugh Livingston and William Livingston; grandson of Philip Livingston; grandson-in-law and first cousin twice removed of Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin once removed of Walter Livingston and Henry Brockholst Livingston; first cousin once removed and son-in-law of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813); first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of Edward Livingston; second cousin of Henry Walter Livingston and Charles Ludlow Livingston. Member of New York state senate, 1808-12, 1823-24, 1838-39 (Middle District 1808-12, 3rd District 1823-24, 1838-39); resigned 1839; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1831-32. Died in 1843. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Alfred William Grayson (1780-1810) — of Fayette County, Ky. Born in Prince William County, Va., April 16, 1780. Son of William Grayson and Eleanor (Smallwood) Grayson; married, October 28, 1804, to Letitia Preston Breckinridge (1786-1831) (daughter of John Breckinridge; later married to Peter Buell Porter; sister of Joseph Cabell Breckinridge and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge). Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1809. Died October 10, 1810. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Benjamin Watkins Leigh (1781-1849) — of Richmond, Va. Born in Chesterfield County, Va., June 18, 1781. Brother-in-law of Edward Colston. Member of Virginia state legislature, 1811; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1834-36. Died February 2, 1849. Interment at Shockoe Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Hutchins Gordon Burton (c.1782-1836) — of Warren County, N.C.; Halifax County, N.C. Born in Virginia. Nephew of Robert Burton; son of John Burton and Mary (Gordon) Burton; married to Sarah Jones. Lawyer; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1809, 1817; North Carolina state attorney general, 1810-16; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 2nd District, 1819-24; Governor of North Carolina, 1824-27. Died in Iredell County, N.C., April 21, 1836. Interment at Unity Churchyard, Beattys Ford, N.C.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Lewis Williams (1782-1842) — of Panther Creek, Surry County, N.C. Born in North Carolina, 1782. First cousin by marriage of Matthew Clay; cousin of Robert Williams and Marmaduke Williams; brother of John Williams; uncle of Joseph Lanier Williams. Member of North Carolina state legislature; U.S. Representative from North Carolina 13th District, 1815-42; died in office 1842. Died in 1842. Interment at Panther Creek Cemetery, Surry County, N.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Floyd (1783-1837) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, April 24, 1783. Brother-in-law of James Patton Preston; uncle of James McDowell; father of John Buchanan Floyd. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1817-29 (5th District 1817-21, 20th District 1821-29); Governor of Virginia, 1830-34; received 11 electoral votes for President, 1832. Died August 17, 1837. Interment at Lewis Family Cemetery, Sweetsprings, W.Va. Floyd County, Ind. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• William Leigh Brent (1784-1848) — also known as William L. Brent — of St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, La. Born in Port Tobacco, Charles County, Md., February 20, 1784. Nephew of Richard Brent; son of Robert Brent (1759-1810) and Dorothy (Leigh) Brent; married, April 4, 1809, to Maria Fenwick (1792-1836); father of Robert James Brent. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 3rd District, 1823-29. Died in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, La., July 7, 1848. Interment at St. Martin's Catholic Cemetery, St. Martinville, La.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Andrew Stevenson (1784-1857) — of Virginia. Born in Culpeper County, Va., January 21, 1784. Son of James Stevenson and Frances (Littlepage) Stevenson; married to Mary Page White (granddaughter of Carter Braxton) and Mary Schaff; married 1816 to Sarah Coles; father of John White Stevenson. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1809-16, 1818-21; Speaker of the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1812-15; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1821-34 (23rd District 1821-23, 16th District 1823-25, 9th District 1825-33, 11th District 1833-34); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1827-34; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1836-41. Died in Albemarle County, Va., January 21, 1857. Interment at Enniscothy Cemetery, Albemarle County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) — also known as "Old Rough and Ready" — Born in Orange County, Va., November 24, 1784. Second cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee; second cousin of James Madison; third cousin of Henry Lee, Charles Lee and Richard Bland Lee; married, June 21, 1810, to Margaret Mackall 'Peggy' Smith (1778-1852) (niece of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Fitzhugh Lee; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot Woolfolk Major; second cousin thrice removed of Edgar Bailey Woolfolk; ancestor of Victor D. Crist. Whig. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; President of the United States, 1849-50; died in office 1850. Episcopalian. Died, probably of gastroenteritis, in the White House, Washington, D.C., July 9, 1850. Based on the theory that he was poisoned, his remains were tested for arsenic in 1991; the results tended to disconfirm the theory. Original interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in 1926 at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: David R. Atchison; Thomas Ewing
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about Zachary Taylor: K. Jack Bauer, Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest; Elbert B. Smith, The Presidencies of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore
  
  
• Louis L. Winston (1784-1824) — of Mississippi. Born in Germanton, Stokes County, N.C., November 24, 1784. Son of Joseph Winston; brother-in-law of Robert Williams; brother of Fountain Winston. Delegate to Mississippi state constitutional convention, 1817; justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1821-24; died in office 1824. Died in Natchez, Adams County, Miss., August 20, 1824. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Adams County, Miss. Winston County, Miss. is named for him.
  
  
• David Gardiner (1784-1844) — of New York. Born in 1784. Father-in-law of John Tyler. Member of New York state senate 1st District, 1824-27. Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Md., February 28, 1844. Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; later interred at South End Cemetery, East Hampton, Long Island, N.Y.
  
  
• Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850) — of Illinois. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., January 5, 1784. Brother of John Pope. Secretary of Illinois Territory, 1809-16; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Illinois Territory, 1816-18; U.S. District Judge for Illinois, 1819-50; died in office 1850. Died in St. Louis, Mo., January 22, 1850. Interment somewhere in St. Louis, Mo. Pope County, Ill. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Thomas Marshall (1784-1835) — Born in Richmond, Va., July 21, 1784. Grandson of Jacquelin Ambler; son of John Marshall and Mary Willis (Ambler) Marshall (1766-1831); married, October 19, 1809, to Margaret W. Lewis (1792-1829); brother of James Keith Marshall; second cousin of William Marshall Ambler. Delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829. During a storm, he took shelter in the burned ruins of the Baltimore County Courthouse, and was struck in the head by a brick dislodged by lightning; he suffered a fractured skull, and died a week later, in Baltimore, Md., June 29, 1835. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Appleton (1786-1862) — of Massachusetts. Born in Brookfield, Worcester County, Mass., November 16, 1786. Son of Rev. Joseph Appleton; cousin of Nathan Appleton; married to Mary Ann Cutler (1794-1860); first cousin once removed of John Appleton; father of Hetty Sullivan Appleton (who married Thomas Jefferson Coolidge). U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1851-55, 1861 (1st District 1851-53, 5th District 1853-55, 1861); defeated, 1854, 1856. Died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., February 15, 1862. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Edward Colston (1786-1852) — of Virginia. Born near Winchester, Frederick County, Va., December 25, 1786. Nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of Humphrey Marshall; son-in-law of William Brockenbrough; brother-in-law of Benjamin Watkins Leigh and John White Brockenbrough; first cousin and second cousin of Thomas Alexander Marshall; first cousin of Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1812-14, 1816-17, 1823-28, 1833-35; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1817-19. Died in Berkeley County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 23, 1852. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Berkeley County, W.Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862) — also known as "Christian Statesman" — of Newark, Essex County, N.J. Born in Franklin Township, Somerset County, N.J., March 28, 1787. Son of Frederick Frelinghuysen; married 1809 to Charlotte Mercer (c.1790-1854); married 1857 to Harriet Pumpelly; uncle of Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen; great-great-granduncle of Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr. and Rodney P. Frelinghuysen. Whig. Lawyer; New Jersey state attorney general, 1817-29; U.S. Senator from New Jersey, 1829-35; mayor of Newark, N.J., 1837-38; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1844. Died in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., April 12, 1862. Interment at First Reformed Church Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William Henry Roane (1787-1845) — of Virginia. Born in Virginia, 1787. Grandson of Patrick Henry. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia 22nd District, 1815-17; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1837-41. Died in 1845. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Lee (1788-1871) — of Maryland. Born near Frederick, Frederick County, Md., January 30, 1788. Son of Thomas Sim Lee. Democrat. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1823-25; member of Maryland state senate, 1837; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1852-53. Catholic. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 17, 1871. Interment at New Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Robert Sherman (c.1788-1829) — of Ohio. Father of William Tecumseh Sherman and John Sherman. Justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1823-29; died in office 1829. Died in Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, June 24, 1829. Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio.
  
  
• Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (1788-1823) — of Kentucky. Born in Albemarle County, Va., July 14, 1788. Son of John Breckinridge; brother of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (1786-1831) (who married Peter Buell Porter and Alfred William Grayson) and Robert Jefferson Breckinridge; father of John Cabell Breckinridge; uncle of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; grandfather of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; granduncle of Henry Skillman Breckinridge. Speaker of the Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1817-18; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1820-23; died in office 1823. Presbyterian. Died in an epidemic, September 1, 1823. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Jacquelin Burwell Harvie (1788-1856) — of Virginia. Born in Richmond, Va., October 9, 1788. Married to Mary Marshall (daughter of John Marshall). Member of Virginia state senate. Died in Richmond, Va., February 9, 1856. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Segar Archer (1789-1855) — of Virginia. Born near Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Va., March 5, 1789. Second cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson; nephew of Joseph Eggleston; son of Maj. John Archer and Elizabeth (Eggleston) Archer; first cousin once removed of Branch Tanner Archer; second cousin of Joseph Cary Eggleston. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1812-19; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1820-35 (17th District 1820-21, 3rd District 1821-35); defeated, 1834; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1841-47. Died near Amelia Court House, Amelia County, Va., March 28, 1855. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Amelia County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Clement Comer Clay (1789-1866) — also known as Clement C. Clay — of Huntsville, Madison County, Ala. Born in Halifax County, Va., December 17, 1789. Second cousin once removed of Matthew Clay (1754-1815) and Green Clay; third cousin of Henry Clay (1777-1852), Porter Clay, Matthew Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; third cousin once removed of Thomas Hart Clay, James Brown Clay and Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); father of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Henry Clay (1849-1884). Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member Alabama territorial council, 1817-18; state court judge in Alabama, 1819-23; member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1827-28; U.S. Representative from Alabama 1st District, 1829-35; Governor of Alabama, 1835-37; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1837-41; associate justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1843. Fought a duel in 1823 with Dr. Waddy Tate. Died in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., September 7, 1866. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Thomas Ewing (1789-1871) — of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. Born near West Liberty, Ohio County, Va. (now W.Va.), December 28, 1789. Adoptive father of William Tecumseh Sherman; father of Thomas Ewing (1829-1896). U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1831-37, 1850-51; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1841; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1849-50. Died in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio, October 26, 1871. Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• George Corbin Washington (1789-1854) — also known as George C. Washington — of Rockville, Montgomery County, Md. Born near Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Va., August 20, 1789. Grandnephew of George Washington. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1816-19; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1827-33, 1835-37 (3rd District 1827-33, 5th District 1835-37); member of Maryland state executive council, 1834-35. Died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., July 17, 1854. Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Jay (1789-1858) — of Westchester County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 16, 1789. Son of John Jay; father of John Jay II. Lawyer; Westchester County Judge, 1820-42. Anti-slavery activist. Died in Bedford, Westchester County, N.Y., October 14, 1858. Interment at Jay Family Cemetery, Rye Brook, N.Y.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Walter Coles (1790-1857) — of Virginia. Born in Coles Ferry, Halifax County, Va., December 8, 1790. Son of Isaac Coles. Democrat. Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1835-45 (4th District 1835-37, 3rd District 1837-39, 4th District 1839-41, 6th District 1841-43, 3rd District 1843-45). Died near Chatham, Pittsylvania County, Va., November 9, 1857. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Pittsylvania County, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George McDuffie (1790-1851) — of South Carolina. Born in Columbia County, Ga., August 10, 1790. Father of Mary Singleton McDuffie (1830-1874) (who married Wade Hampton III). Democrat. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1818-20; U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1821-34 (6th District 1821-23, 5th District 1823-34); Governor of South Carolina, 1834-36; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1842-46. Died in Sumter District (now Sumter County), S.C., March 11, 1851. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Sumter County, S.C. McDuffie County, Ga. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• John Tyler (1790-1862) — also known as "The Accidental President" — of Virginia. Born in Charles City County, Va., March 29, 1790. Son of John Tyler (1747-1813) and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; son-in-law of David Gardiner; married, March 20, 1813, to Letitia Christian; married, June 26, 1844, to Julia Gardiner; father of David Gardiner Tyler. Whig. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1811-16, 1823-25, 1839-40; served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Representative from Virginia 23rd District, 1817-21; Governor of Virginia, 1825-27; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1827-36; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829-30; Vice President of the United States, 1841; defeated, 1836; President of the United States, 1841-45; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died in office 1862. Episcopalian. English ancestry. A bill to impeach him was defeated in the House of Representatives in January 1843. Died, probably from a stroke, in a hotel room at Richmond, Va., January 18, 1862. Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Tyler County, Tex. is named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Benjamin Tappan
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  • Books about John Tyler: Oliver P. Chitwood, John Tyler : Champion of the Old South; Norma Lois Peterson, Presidencies of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler; Jane C. Walker, John Tyler : A President of Many Firsts; Edward P. Crapol, John Tyler, the Accidental President
  
  
• Branch Tanner Archer (1790-1856) — Born in Fauquier County, Va., December 13, 1790. First cousin once removed of William Segar Archer. Physician; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1819-20; delegate to Texas Convention of 1833 from District of Columbia, 1833; delegate to Texas Consultation of 1835 from District of Columbia, 1835; served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas Republic House of Representatives, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of War, 1840-41. Member, Freemasons. Died in Brazoria, Brazoria County, Tex., September 22, 1856. Interment at Restwood Memorial Park, Clute, Tex. Archer County, Tex. is named for him.
  
  
• Alexander Hill Everett (1790-1847) — also known as Alexander H. Everett — of Massachusetts. Born in 1790. Brother of Edward Everett. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1818-24; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1825-29; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Cuba, 1840; U.S. Diplomatic Commissioner to China, 1845-47, died in office 1847. Died in Canton (Guangzhou), China, June 28, 1847. Interment at Foreigners' Cemetery, Changzhou Island, Guangzhou, China.
  
  
• Thomas Bell Monroe (1791-1865) — also known as Thomas B. Monroe — of Kentucky. Born in Albemarle County, Va., October 7, 1791. Son-in-law of John Adair; distant cousin of James Monroe; father of Victor Monroe. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1816; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1823-24; U.S. Attorney for Kentucky, 1833-34; U.S. District Judge for Kentucky, 1834-61; Delegate from Kentucky to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62. Died in Pass Christian, Harrison County, Miss., December 24, 1865. Interment somewhere in Pass Christian, Miss.
  
  
• Charles Ludlow Livingston (d. 1873) — also known as Charles L. Livingston — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Great-great-grandson of Robert Livingston; grandson of Peter Van Brugh Livingston; son of Philip Livingston; nephew by marriage of John Kean; second cousin of Henry Walter Livingston and Edward Philip Livingston. Member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1831-33; member of New York state senate 1st District, 1834-37. Died in 1873. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Speed Smith (1792-1854) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, 1792. Father of Green Clay Smith. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1821-23. Died in 1854. Interment at Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Gillespie Birney (1792-1857) — also known as James G. Birney — of Huntsville, Madison County, Ala.; New York, New York County, N.Y.; Lower Saginaw, Saginaw County (now Bay City, Bay County), Mich. Born in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., February 4, 1792. Son of James Gillespie Birney and Mary Reed Birney; married 1816 to Agatha McDowell; uncle of Humphrey Marshall; father of James M. Birney; grandfather of Arthur Alexis Birney. Lawyer; studied law in the office of Alexander J. Dallas in Philadelphia; member of Kentucky state legislature, 1816-17; member of Alabama state legislature, 1819-20; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alabama, 1828; Liberty candidate for President of the United States, 1840, 1844; candidate for Governor of Michigan, 1843, 1845. Presbyterian. While traveling, the horse he was riding bucked; he fell, suffered severe injuries, and subsequently died, in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, N.J., November 25, 1857. Interment at Williamsburgh Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Edward Brake Jackson (1793-1826) — of Virginia. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now W.Va.), January 25, 1793. Son of George Jackson; brother of John George Jackson. Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1815-18; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1820-23 (1st District 1820-21, 18th District 1821-23). Died in Bedford Springs, Bedford County, Pa., September 8, 1826. Burial location unknown.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Nathanael Greene Pendleton (1793-1861) — of Ohio. Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., August 25, 1793. Father of George Hunt Pendleton. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of Ohio state senate, 1825-29; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1841-43. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 16, 1861. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Fountain Winston (1793-1834) — of Mississippi. Born in Germanton, Stokes County, N.C., November 3, 1793. Son of Joseph Winston; brother-in-law of Robert Williams; brother of Louis L. Winston. Member of Mississippi state senate, 1827-28; Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, 1832-34. Died in Natchez, Adams County, Miss., December 1, 1834. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Allen (1794-1859) — of Virginia. Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va., July 30, 1794. Brother of John James Allen. Democrat. Member of Virginia state senate, 1821-26; U.S. Representative from Virginia 17th District, 1827-33. Died in Mt. Prospect (unknown county), Va., December 30, 1859. Interment at Longwood Cemetery, Bedford, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Holker Carroll (1794-1865) — also known as Charles H. Carroll — of Groveland Center, Livingston County, N.Y. Born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Md., May 4, 1794. Great-grandson of Daniel Carroll. County judge in New York, 1823-29; member of New York state senate 8th District, 1827-28; resigned 1828; member of New York state assembly, 1836; U.S. Representative from New York 29th District, 1843-47; American candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1856. Died in Groveland, Livingston County, N.Y., June 8, 1865. Interment at Williamsburgh Cemetery, Groveland, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Edward Everett (1794-1865) — of Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass.; Charlestown (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Dorchester (now part of Boston), Suffolk County, Mass., April 11, 1794. Son of Rev. Oliver Everett and Lucy (Hill) Everett; brother of Alexander Hill Everett; married 1822 to Charlotte Gray Brooks (sister-in-law of Charles Francis Adams); father of William Everett. Unitarian minister; college professor; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1825-35; Governor of Massachusetts, 1836-40; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1841-45; president, Harvard College, 1846-49; U.S. Secretary of State, 1852-53; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1853-54; Constitutional Union candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1860; Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1864. Unitarian. Delivered a lengthy speech immediately preceding Abraham Lincoln's brief Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $50 silver certificate in the 1880s. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 15, 1865. Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Thomas Alexander Marshall (1794-1871) — also known as Thomas A. Marshall — of Paris, Bourbon County, Ky. Born near Versailles, Woodford County, Ky., January 15, 1794. Nephew and first cousin once removed of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); son of Humphrey Marshall; first cousin and second cousin of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884), Charles Alexander Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1827; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1831-35 (2nd District 1831-33, 12th District 1833-35); state court judge in Kentucky, 1835. Died April 17, 1871. Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Campbell Preston (1794-1860) — of Columbia, Richland County, S.C. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 27, 1794. Grandnephew of Patrick Henry; son of Francis Preston and Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston (1778-1846); married to Missouri Maria Coalter; brother of Margaret Buchanan Preston Preston (1818-1852) (who married Wade Hampton III). Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1828-34; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1833-42; resigned 1842. President of South Carolina College 1845-51. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., May 22, 1860. Interment at Trinity Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James McDowell (1795-1851) — of Virginia. Born in Rockbridge County, Va., October 13, 1795. Nephew of James Patton Preston and John Floyd; cousin of John Buchanan Floyd; father of Sally McDowell (who married Francis Thomas). Democrat. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1831-35, 1838; Governor of Virginia, 1843-46; U.S. Representative from Virginia 11th District, 1846-51. Died in Rockbridge County, Va., August 24, 1851. Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va. McDowell County, W.Va. is named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• James I. Roosevelt (1795-1875) — of New York. Born in New York, 1795. Uncle of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. Democrat. Member of New York state legislature; U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1841-43; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1859-61. Died in 1875. Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Matthew Clay (c.1795-1827) — of Alabama. Son of Matthew Clay (1754-1815); nephew of Green Clay; second cousin of Henry Clay (1777-1852) and Porter Clay; third cousin of Clement Comer Clay; second cousin once removed of Thomas Hart Clay and James Brown Clay; first cousin of Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; first cousin once removed of Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin twice removed of Henry Clay (1849-1884). Member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1820-22; member of Alabama state senate, 1825-27; died in office 1827. Died, of pneumonia, in February 1827. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• William Cameron (1795-1877) — of Lewisburg, Union County, Pa. Born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., October 18, 1795. Brother of Simon Cameron; uncle of James Donald Cameron. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860; Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania, 1876. Died in Lewisburg, Union County, Pa., September 10, 1877. Interment at Lewisburg Cemetery, Lewisburg, Pa.
  
  
• Richard Henry Bayard (1796-1868) — also known as Richard H. Bayard — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., September 26, 1796. Grandson of Richard Bassett; son of James Asheton Bayard, Sr. and Ann (Bassett) Bayard; brother of James Asheton Bayard, Jr.; uncle of Thomas Francis Bayard, Sr.; granduncle of Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.; great-granduncle of Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard. Mayor of Wilmington, Del., 1832; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1836-39, 1841-45; justice of Delaware state supreme court, 1839-41; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belgium, 1851-53. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 4, 1868. Interment at Wilmington and Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Middleton Clayton (1796-1856) — also known as John M. Clayton — of Dover, Kent County, Del.; New Castle, New Castle County, Del. Born in Dagsboro, Sussex County, Del., July 24, 1796. Nephew of Joshua Clayton; cousin of Thomas Clayton; great-granduncle of Clayton Douglass Buck. Lawyer; member of Delaware state house of representatives, 1824; secretary of state of Delaware, 1826-28; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1829-36, 1845-49, 1853-56; resigned 1836, 1849; died in office 1856; justice of Delaware state supreme court, 1837-39; U.S. Secretary of State, 1849-50. Died in Dover, Kent County, Del., November 9, 1856. Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Dover, Del. Clayton County, Iowa and Clay County, Ark. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) — of Baltimore, Md. Born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., May 21, 1796. Son of John Johnson and Deborah (Ghieselen) Johnson; married, November 16, 1819, to Mary Mackall Bowie (grandniece of Benjamin Mackall IV, Walter Bowie and Thomas Mackall; granddaughter of Robert Bowie; sister of Thomas Fielder Bowie). Lawyer; member of Maryland state senate, 1821-27; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1845-49, 1863-68; U.S. Attorney General, 1849-50; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1861-62; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1868-69. Episcopalian. Died in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., February 10, 1876. Interment at Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Bellamy Storer (1796-1875) — of Ohio. Born in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, March 26, 1796. Father of Bellamy Storer (1847-1922). U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1835-37; state court judge in Ohio, 1854. Died June 1, 1875. Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Charles Allen (1797-1869) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., August 9, 1797. Grandnephew of Samuel Adams. Republican. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1830, 1833-35, 1840; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1836-37; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1842-45; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1849-53; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1853; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856; superior court judge in Massachusetts, 1859-67. Died in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., August 6, 1869. Interment at Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John James Allen (1797-1871) — of Virginia. Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va., September 25, 1797. Brother of Robert Allen; married to Mary Jackson (daughter of John George Jackson). Member of Virginia state senate, 1828; U.S. Representative from Virginia 20th District, 1833-35; state court judge in Virginia, 1836; justice of Virginia state supreme court, 1840. Died near Fincastle, Botetourt County, Va., September 18, 1871. Interment at Lauderdale Cemetery, Fincastle, Va.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Littleton Kirkpatrick (1797-1859) — of New Jersey. Born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., October 19, 1797. Grandson of John Bubenheim Bayard; son of Andrew Kirkpatrick. Democrat. Mayor of New Brunswick, N.J., 1841; U.S. Representative from New Jersey 4th District, 1843-45. Died August 15, 1859. Original interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, New Brunswick, N.J.; reinterment in 1921 at Van Liew Cemetery, North Brunswick, N.J.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Augustus Seymour Porter (1798-1872) — also known as Augustus S. Porter — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Canandaigua, Ontario County, N.Y., January 18, 1798. Nephew of Peter Buell Porter. Mayor of Detroit, Mich., 1838; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1839-45. Died in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y., September 18, 1872. Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Christopher Harris Williams (1798-1857) — of Tennessee. Born in North Carolina, 1798. Grandson of John Williams; grandfather of John Sharp Williams. U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1837-43, 1849-53 (13th District 1837-43, 11th District 1849-53). Died in 1857. Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Tenn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Asheton Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880) — also known as James A. Bayard — of Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., November 15, 1799. Grandson of Richard Bassett; son of James Asheton Bayard, Sr. and Ann (Bassett) Bayard; brother of Richard Henry Bayard; married, July 8, 1823, to Ann Francis; father of Thomas Francis Bayard, Sr.; grandfather of Thomas Francis Bayard, Jr.; great-grandfather of Alexis Irenee du Pont Bayard. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Delaware, 1836-43; U.S. Senator from Delaware, 1851-64, 1867-69; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Delaware, 1860, 1864. Died in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., June 13, 1880. Interment at Old Swedes Church Cemetery, Wilmington, Del.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Simon Cameron (1799-1889) — also known as "The Czar of Pennsylvania" — of Pennsylvania. Born in Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., March 8, 1799. Brother of William Cameron; father of James Donald Cameron; grandfather of Joseph Gardner Bradley. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1845-49, 1857-61, 1867-77; resigned 1861, 1877; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1860; U.S. Secretary of War, 1861-62; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1862. Member, Freemasons. Died near Maytown, Lancaster County, Pa., June 26, 1889. Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa. Cameron counties in La. and Pa. are named for him.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• James Monroe (1799-1870) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Virginia, 1799. Nephew of James Monroe (1758-1831); great-grandfather of Theodore Douglas Robinson and Corinne Robinson Alsop. U.S. Representative from New York 3rd District, 1839-41; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1850, 1852. Died in 1870. Interment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Francis Thomas (1799-1876) — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md.; Frankville, Garrett County, Md. Born in Frederick County, Md., February 3, 1799. Son of John Thomas and Eleanor (McGill) Thomas; married to Sally McDowell (daughter of James McDowell). Democrat. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1822, 1827-29; Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1829; U.S. Representative from Maryland, 1831-41, 1861-69 (4th District 1831-33, 7th District 1833-35, 6th District 1835-41, 5th District 1861-63, 4th District 1863-69); Governor of Maryland, 1842-45; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1872-75. Episcopalian. Killed by a locomotive while walking on railroad tracks near Frankville, Garrett County, Md., January 22, 1876. Interment at St. Mark's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Petersville, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography.
  
  
• Mason Brown (1799-1867) — of Kentucky. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 10, 1799. Son of John Brown; married to Judith Ann Bledsoe (1803-1885); father of Benjamin Gratz Brown. Secretary of state of Kentucky, 1855-59. Died January 27, 1867. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Robert Jefferson Breckinridge (1800-1871) — of Kentucky. Born near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., March 8, 1800. Son of John Breckinridge and Mary Hopkins (Cabell) Breckinridge (1769-1868); brother of Letitia Preston Breckinridge (1786-1831) (who married Peter Buell Porter and Alfred William Grayson) and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge; uncle of John Cabell Breckinridge; father of Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; granduncle of Clifton Rodes Breckinridge; grandfather of Henry Skillman Breckinridge. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1825-28; Kentucky superintendent of public instruction, 1849-53; candidate for delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Danville, Boyle County, Ky., December 22, 1871. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Jay Jackson (1800-1877) — of Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now W.Va.), February 13, 1800. Son of John George Jackson; married 1823 to Emma G. Beeson; married 1843 to Jane Gardner; father of John Jay Jackson, Jr., James Monroe Jackson and Jacob Beeson Jackson. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1838-44; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Parkersburg, Wood County, W.Va., January 1, 1877. Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Parkersburg, W.Va.
  
  
• William Stephen Hamilton (d. 1850) — of Wisconsin. Grandson of Philip John Schuyler; son of Alexander Hamilton. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member of Wisconsin territorial legislature; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush. Died in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., October 7, 1850. Interment at City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.
  
  
• Nicholas Philip Trist (1800-1874) — of Virginia. Born in Albemarle County, Va., 1800. Married 1824 to Virginia Jefferson Randolph (granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson; daughter of Thomas Mann Randolph; sister of George Wythe Randolph). U.S. Consul in Havana, 1833-41; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Cuba, 1834. Died in 1874. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• James Keith Marshall (1800-1862) — Born in Richmond, Va., February 13, 1800. Son of John Marshall and Mary Willis (Ambler) Marshall (1766-1831); brother of Thomas Marshall; married, December 22, 1821, to Claudia Hamilton Burwell (1804-1884). Member of Virginia state senate. Died in Fauquier County, Va., December 2, 1862. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.
  
  
• Thomas Francis Marshall (1801-1864) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, 1801. Nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of Humphrey Marshall; first cousin of Edward Colston and Charles Alexander Marshall; first cousin and second cousin of Thomas Alexander Marshall; brother of Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884) and Edward Colston Marshall. Member of Kentucky state legislature; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 10th District, 1841-43. Died in 1864. Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• George Washington Adams (1801-1828) — of Massachusetts. Born in Berlin, Germany, 1801. Grandson of John Adams; son of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); brother of Charles Francis Adams; uncle of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1826. Committed suicide in April 1828. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Dabney Smith Carr (1802-1854) — Born in Albemarle County, Va., March 5, 1802. Grandnephew of Thomas Jefferson; son of Peter Carr and Hester (Smith) Carr; nephew of Dabney Carr; married to Sidney Nichols. Newspaper publisher; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1843-49. Died in Charlottesville, Va., March 24, 1854. Interment at Monticello Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
  
  
• Alfred Cumming (1802-1873) — of Augusta, Richmond County, Ga. Born in Sand Hills, Richmond County, Ga., September 4, 1802. Son of Thomas Cumming and Ann (Clay) Cumming; married to Elizabeth Wells Randall (great-granddaughter of Samuel Adams); uncle of Alfred Cumming (1829-1910; Confederate general). Mayor of Augusta, Ga., 1836; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; Governor of Utah Territory, 1858-61. Died in Augusta, Richmond County, Ga., October 9, 1873. Interment at Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Ga.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Thomas Hart Clay (1803-1871) — also known as Thomas H. Clay — of Kentucky. Born September 22, 1803. First cousin twice removed of Matthew Clay (1754-1815) and Green Clay; son of Henry Clay (1777-1852); nephew of Porter Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement Comer Clay; second cousin once removed of Matthew Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; fourth cousin of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; brother of James Brown Clay; father-in-law of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; third cousin of Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); uncle of Henry Clay (1849-1884). U.S. Minister to Nicaragua, 1863; Honduras, 1863. Died near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., March 18, 1871. Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  
  
• Charles Magill Conrad (1804-1878) — of Louisiana. Born in Winchester, Va., December 24, 1804. Grandnephew by marriage of George Washington. Lawyer; fought a duel and killed his opponent; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1840-42; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1842-43; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1849-50; U.S. Secretary of War, 1850-53; Delegate from Louisiana to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative from Louisiana in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65. Suffered a stroke while testifying in court, and died a few days later, in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., February 11, 1878. Originally entombed at Girod Street Cemetery (which no longer exists), New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1957 at Hope Mausoleum, New Orleans, La.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• John Scott Harrison (1804-1878) — of Ohio. Born in Vincennes, Knox County, Ind., October 4, 1804. Grandson of Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791); first cousin once removed of Beverley Randolph; son of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841); second cousin of Carter Henry Harrison; father of Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); grandfather of Russell Benjamin Harrison; second cousin once removed of Carter Henry Harrison II; great-grandfather of William Henry Harrison (1896-1990). U.S. Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 1853-57. Died May 25, 1878. Interment at Harrison Tomb, North Bend, Ohio.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Duer (1805-1879) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; Oswego, Oswego County, N.Y.; San Francisco, Calif. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 25, 1805. Grandson of William Duer (1747-1799). Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Oswego County, 1840-41; defeated, 1832; U.S. Representative from New York 23rd District, 1847-51; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1851-53. Died in New Brighton, Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., August 25, 1879. Interment at Silver Mount Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• William Ballard Preston (1805-1862) — of Virginia. Born in Montgomery County, Va., November 25, 1805. Nephew of Francis Preston; son of James Patton Preston; distant cousin of Walter Preston; cousin by marriage of Waller Redd Staples. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1830-32, 1844-45; member of Virginia state senate, 1840-44; U.S. Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1847-49; U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1849-50; delegate to Virginia secession convention, 1861; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Senator from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862; died in office 1862. Died in Montgomery County, Va., November 16, 1862. Interment in private or family graveyard.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John White Brockenbrough (1806-1877) — of Virginia. Born in Hanover County, Va., December 23, 1806. Great-grandson of Carter Braxton; son of William Brockenbrough; brother-in-law of Edward Colston; first cousin of William Henry Brockenbrough. Lawyer; newspaper editor; law professor; U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, 1846-61; resigned 1861; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate District Judge, 1861. Died in Lexington, Va., February 20, 1877. Interment at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Va.
  • See also: federal judicial profile.
  
  
• John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863) — of Virginia. Born in Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Va., June 1, 1806. Nephew of James Patton Preston; son of John Floyd; cousin of James McDowell. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1847-48; Governor of Virginia, 1849-52; U.S. Secretary of War, 1857-60; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died near Abingdon, Washington County, Va., August 26, 1863. Interment at Sinking Spring Cemetery, Abingdon, Va.
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) — also known as "C.F.A."; "A Whig of the Old School" — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., August 18, 1807. Grandson of John Adams; nephew of Abigail Amelia Adams (1765-1813) (who married William Stephens Smith); son of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) and Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams; brother of George Washington Adams; married, September 5, 1829, to Abigail Brown Brooks (sister-in-law of Edward Everett); father of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1831; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1835-40; Free Soil candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1848; delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1856 (Honorary Vice-President; Speaker); U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1859-61; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1861-68; Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1876. French Huguenot ancestry. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 21, 1886. Interment at Mt. Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• James S. Wadsworth (1807-1864) — of New York. Born in Geneseo, Livingston County, N.Y., October 30, 1807. Father of James Wolcott Wadsworth; grandfather of James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr.; great-grandfather of James Jermiah Wadsworth; great-great-grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington. Candidate for Governor of New York, 1862; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died of wounds received in the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, May 8, 1864. Interment at Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.
  
  
• Thomas Fielder Bowie (1808-1869) — of Maryland. Born in Prince George's County, Md., April 7, 1808. Grandnephew of Benjamin Mackall IV, Walter Bowie and Thomas Mackall; grandson of Robert Bowie; brother of Mary Mackall Bowie (who married Reverdy Johnson). Lawyer; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1837-38, 1845; candidate for Governor of Maryland, 1843; delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; Presidential Elector for Maryland, 1852; U.S. Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1855-59. Died in Upper Marlboro, Prince George's County, Md., October 31, 1869. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) — of Kentucky. Born in Richmond, Madison County, Ky., July 1, 1808. Nephew of Matthew Clay (1754-1815); son of Green Clay; second cousin of Henry Clay (1777-1852) and Porter Clay; third cousin of Clement Comer Clay; first cousin of Matthew Clay (1795?-1827); second cousin once removed of Thomas Hart Clay and James Brown Clay; brother of Cassius Marcellus Clay; third cousin once removed of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; uncle of Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); second cousin twice removed of Henry Clay (1849-1884). Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1840; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 7th District, 1863-65. Died near Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., October 11, 1878. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Bourbon County, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known as Jefferson Davis — of Warrenton (unknown county), Miss.; Hurricane (unknown county), Miss. Born in a log cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd County), Ky., June 3, 1808. Son of Samuel Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married 1835 to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter of Zachary Taylor); married, February 26, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter of Richard Howell); granduncle of Jefferson Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas Edmund Dewey). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; candidate for Mississippi state house of representatives, 1843; Presidential Elector for Mississippi, 1844; U.S. Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1845-46; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1847-51, 1857-61; candidate for Governor of Mississippi, 1851; U.S. Secretary of War, 1853-57; President of the Confederacy, 1861-65. His portrait appeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64. Captured by Union forces in May 1865 and imprisoned without trial for about two years. Died of bronchitis and malaria in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., December 6, 1889. Original interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. Jeff Davis County, Ga., Jefferson Davis Parish, La., Jefferson Davis County, Miss. and Jeff Davis County, Tex. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Jesse D. Bright; John H. Reagan; Horace Greeley; Solomon Cohen; George W. Jones; Samuel A. Roberts; William T. Sutherlin; Victor Vifquain; Charles O'Conor
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books by Jefferson Davis: The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881)
  • Books about Jefferson Davis: William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American : A Biography; Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis : Ex-President of the Confederate States of America : A Memoir by His Wife; William C. Davis, An Honorable Defeat: The Last Days of the Confederate Government; James Ronald Kennedy & Walter Donald Kennedy, Was Jefferson Davis Right?; Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back; Herman Hattaway & Richard E. Beringer, Jefferson Davis, Confederate President; Felicity Allen, Jefferson Davis: Unconquerable Heart
  
  
• Hamilton Fish (1808-1893) — of New York. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., August 3, 1808. Son of Nicholas Fish (1758-1833); married to Julia Kean; uncle of Helen Neilson (who married David Maitland Armstrong); father of Nicholas Fish (1848-1902) and Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1849-1936); granduncle of Hamilton Fish Kean; grandfather of Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1888-1991); great-grandfather of Hamilton Fish, Jr. (1926-1996); great-great-grandfather of Hamilton Fish (1954?-). Lawyer; candidate for New York state assembly, 1834; U.S. Representative from New York 6th District, 1843-45; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1848; defeated, 1846; Governor of New York, 1849-51; U.S. Senator from New York, 1851-57; U.S. Secretary of State, 1869-77. Episcopalian. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Garrison, Putnam County, N.Y., September 7, 1893. Interment at St. Philip's Cemetery, Garrison, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Henry Donnel Foster (1808-1880) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., December 19, 1808. Cousin of John Cabell Breckinridge. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1843-47, 1871-73 (19th District 1843-47, 21st District 1871-73); member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1857; candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, 1860. Died October 16, 1880. Interment at Old St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884) — of Kentucky. Born in Kentucky, 1808. Nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of Humphrey Marshall; first cousin of Edward Colston and Charles Alexander Marshall; first cousin and second cousin of Thomas Alexander Marshall; brother of Thomas Francis Marshall and Edward Colston Marshall. U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1855-57; defeated, 1847. Died in 1884. Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Wallis Ewing (1808-1855) — also known as John W. Ewing — of Bloomington, McLean County, Ill. Born in Iredell County, N.C., February 14, 1808. Father of James Stevenson Ewing and William Gillespie Ewing. Mayor of Bloomington, Ill., 1854. Died in Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., November 14, 1855. Interment at Old City Cemetery, Bloomington, Ill.
  
  
• Alexander Keith McClung (1809-1855) — also known as Alexander K. McClung; "The Black Knight of the South" — of Mississippi. Born in Virginia, 1809. Nephew of John Marshall; son of William McClung. Lawyer; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Bolivia, 1849-51. Killed his opponents in a number of duels. Shot himself with a dueling pistol, in a hotel room at Jackson, Hinds County, Miss., March 23, 1855. Interment at Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Miss.
  • See also: Find-A-Grave page.
  
  
• Daniel Agnew (1809-1902) — of Beaver, Beaver County, Pa. Born in Trenton, Mercer County, N.J., January 5, 1809. Grandson of Richard Howell; son of James Agnew (M.D.). Lawyer; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1851-63; justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1863-79; chief justice of Pennsylvania state supreme court, 1873-79. Irish and Welsh ancestry. Died in Beaver, Beaver County, Pa., March 9, 1902. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• John Smith Preston (1809-1881) — also known as John S. Preston — of Columbia, Richland County, S.C. Born in Abingdon, Washington County, Va., April 20, 1809. Son of Francis Smith Preston and Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston; married, April 28, 1830, to Caroline Hampton (daughter of Wade Hampton). Democrat. Planter; member of South Carolina state senate, 1848-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Columbia, Richland County, S.C., May 1, 1881. Interment at Trinity Cathedral Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
  
  
• Charles Alexander Marshall (b. 1809) — of Kentucky. Born May 2, 1809. Nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall (1770-1825); first cousin once removed and nephew by marriage of Humphrey Marshall; first cousin of Edward Colston, Thomas Francis Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall (1808-1884) and Edward Colston Marshall; first cousin and second cousin of Thomas Alexander Marshall. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1840, 1855, 1859; served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Burial location unknown.
  
  
• Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810-1864) — of New York. Born in New York, 1810. Son of Stephen Van Rensselaer. U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1841-43. Died in 1864. Interment at Grace Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Joseph Lanier Williams (1810-1865) — of Tennessee. Born near Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., October 23, 1810. Son of John Williams; nephew of Lewis Williams. U.S. Representative from Tennessee 3rd District, 1837-43; justice of Dakota territorial supreme court, 1861-65. Died in Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., December 14, 1865. Interment at Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• Nathaniel Wolfe (1810-1865) — of Kentucky. Born in Richmond, Va., October 20, 1810. Great-grandfather of Millicent Hammond Fenwick. Member of Kentucky state senate, 1853; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1859. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., July 3, 1865. Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. Wolfe County, Ky. is named for him.
  
  
• Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903) — also known as Cassius M. Clay; "The Lion of White Hall" — of Madison County, Ky. Born in Madison County, Ky., October 19, 1810. Nephew of Matthew Clay (1754-1815); son of Green Clay; second cousin of Henry Clay (1777-1852) and Porter Clay; third cousin of Clement Comer Clay; first cousin of Matthew Clay (1795?-1827); second cousin once removed of Thomas Hart Clay and James Brown Clay; brother of Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878); married to Mary Jane Warfield; third cousin once removed of Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; uncle of William Cassius Goodloe; father of Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932) and Laura Clay; second cousin twice removed of Henry Clay (1849-1884). Republican. Probably the best-known Southern emancipationist; freed his own slaves in 1844 and edited the only Southern antislavery newspaper in 1845-47.; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1835-37, 1840; shot point-blank during a speech in 1843, he used a Bowie knife to cut off the attacker's ear and nose and cut out one eye; tried for mayhem and found not guilty; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1860; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1861-62, 1863-69; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died, of kidney failure, in Madison County, Ky., July 22, 1903. Interment at Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Ky.
  • See also: NNDB dossier.
  
  
• Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810-1837) — of Whelan Springs, Clark County, Ark. Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., 1810. Grandson of Thomas Jefferson; son of Thomas Mann Randolph. Secretary of Arkansas Territory, 1835-36. Died, of malaria, in Whelan Springs, Clark County, Ark., September 24, 1837. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Clark County, Ark.
  
  
• Richard Brodhead (1811-1863) — of Easton, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Lehman Township, Pike County, Pa., January 5, 1811. Father of Jefferson Davis Brodhead. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1843-49; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1851-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860. Died in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., September 16, 1863. Interment at Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pa.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• James Thomas Harrison (1811-1879) — of Mississippi. Born near Pendleton, Anderson County, S.C., November 30, 1811. Descendant of Benjamin Harrison. Delegate from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62. Died in Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss., May 22, 1879. Interment a