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• Judah Philip Benjamin (1811-1884) — also known as Judah P. Benjamin; Philippe Benjamin; "Poo Bah of the Confederacy" — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; London, England; Paris, France. Born in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, August 6, 1811. Son of Philip Benjamin and Rebecca (de Mendes) Benjamin; cousin of Henry Michael Hyams; married 1833 to Natalie St. Martin. Lawyer; member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1842-44; delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1845; Presidential Elector for Louisiana, 1848; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate Attorney General, 1861; Confederate Secretary of War, 1861-62; Confederate Secretary of State, 1862-65. Jewish. His portrait appeared on the Confederate States two-dollar note in 1861-64. He fled to Europe in 1865 to avoid arrest by Union forces; he was suspected of involvement in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Died in France, May 6, 1884. Interment at Père la Chaise Cemetery, Paris, France.
  • See also: congressional biography.
  • Books about Judah P. Benjamin: Robert Douthat Meade, Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman; Eli N. Evans, Judah P. Benjamin : The Jewish Confederate
  
  
• Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858) — also known as "Old Bullion" — of St. Louis, Mo. Born near Hillsborough, Orange County, N.C., March 14, 1782. Son of Jesse Benton and Ann (Gooch) Benton; married 1821 to Elizabeth McDowell; father of Jessie Benton (who married John Charles Frémont). Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper editor; member of Tennessee state senate, 1809; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1821-51; U.S. Representative from Missouri 1st District, 1853-55; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1856. Fought a duel with Andrew Jackson, who later became a political ally. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $100 gold certificate from the 1880s until the 1920s. Died in Washington, D.C., April 10, 1858. Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Benton counties in Ark., Ind., Iowa, Minn., Ore. and Wash. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Henry Stuart Foote
  • See also: congressional biography.
  
  
• John Caldwell Calhoun (1782-1850) — also known as John C. Calhoun — of South Carolina. Born near Mt. Carmel, McCormick County, S.C., March 18, 1782. Cousin of John Ewing Colhoun and Joseph Calhoun; father-in-law of Thomas Green Clemson; granduncle of John Temple Graves. Member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1808; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1811-17; U.S. Secretary of War, 1817-25; Vice President of the United States, 1825-32; U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1832-43, 1845-50; died in office 1850; U.S. Secretary of State, 1844-45. His portrait appeared on Confederate States $1000 notes in 1861 and $100 notes in 1862. Died in Washington, D.C., March 31, 1850. Interment at St. Philip's Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. Calhoun counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Iowa, Mich., Miss., S.C., Tex. and W.Va. are named for him.
  • See also Calhoun family of South Carolina
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about John C. Calhoun: Margaret L. Coit, John C. Calhoun : American Portrait; Clyde N. Wilson, John C. Calhoun; Merrill D. Peterson, The Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun; Warren Brown, John C. Calhoun (for young readers)
  
  
• Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873) — also known as Salmon P. Chase; "Old Mr. Greenbacks" — of Ohio. Born in Cornish, Sullivan County, N.H., January 13, 1808. Nephew of Dudley Chase; cousin of Dudley Chase Denison; father-in-law of William Sprague. Republican. U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1849-55, 1861; Governor of Ohio, 1856-60; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1856, 1860; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1864-73; died in office 1873. Episcopalian. His portrait appeared on various U.S. currency, including one-dollar and ten-dollar notes in the 1860s, and the $10,000 bill from 1918 to 1946. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 7, 1873. Original interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Chase County, Kan. is named for him.
  • See also Chase-Sprague family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Salmon P. Chase: Frederick J. Blue, Salmon P. Chase : A Life in Politics; John Niven, Salmon P. Chase : A Biography (out of print); Albert B. Hart, Salmon P. Chase; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
  
  
• William Clark (1770-1838) — of Missouri. Born in Caroline County, Va., August 1, 1770. Grandfather-in-law of Edgar Parks Rucker. Governor of Missouri Territory, 1813-20; candidate for Governor of Missouri, 1820. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Commanded expedition with Meriwether Lewis to Oregon, 1803-04. His portrait (along with Lewis) appeared on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927. Died in St. Louis, Mo., September 1, 1838. Interment at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo. Clark counties in Ark., Mo. and Wash. are named for him; Lewis and Clark County, Mont. is named partly for him.
  • Cross-reference: George F. Shannon
  
  
• Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr. (1816-1882) — of Huntsville, Madison County, Ala. Born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., December 13, 1816. Second cousin twice removed of Matthew Clay (1754-1815) and Green Clay; third cousin once removed of Henry Clay (1777-1852), Porter Clay, Matthew Clay (1795?-1827), Brutus Junius Clay (1808-1878) and Cassius Marcellus Clay; son of Clement Comer Clay; fourth cousin of Thomas Hart Clay, James Brown Clay and Brutus Junius Clay (1847-1932); married, February 1, 1843, to Virginia Caroline Tunstall (1825-1915) (who later married David Clopton); fourth cousin once removed of Henry Clay (1849-1884). Democrat. Member of Alabama state house of representatives, 1842; state court judge in Alabama, 1846; U.S. Senator from Alabama, 1853-61; Senator from Alabama in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64. His portrait appeared on Confederate States one-dollar notes in 1862-64. Suspected of conspiring with other Confederates to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, he was imprisoned for nearly a year after the war. Died near Gurley, Madison County, Ala., January 3, 1882. Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • 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 Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • 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
  
  
• Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) — also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland; "Uncle Jumbo"; "The Veto Mayor"; "Grover The Good"; "The Sage of Princeton"; "Dumb Prophet"; "Buffalo Hangman"; "The Veto President"; "Beast of Buffalo"; "Big Steve" — of Buffalo, Erie County, N.Y.; Princeton, Mercer County, N.J.; Tamworth, Carroll County, N.H. Born in Caldwell, Essex County, N.J., March 18, 1837. Son of Rev. Richard F. Cleveland and Ann (Neel) Cleveland; married, June 2, 1886, to Frances Folsom; father of Richard F. Cleveland. Democrat. Lawyer; Erie County Sheriff, 1870-73; mayor of Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-85; President of the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888. Presbyterian. Member, Sigma Chi. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1935. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 bill from 1914 to 1928, and on the $1,000 bill from 1928 to 1946. Died in Princeton, Mercer County, N.J., June 24, 1908. Interment at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J. Cleveland counties in Ark. and Okla. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Henry T. Ellett; Wilson S. Bissell; David King Udall; Edward S. Bragg; Thomas F. Grady
  • See also: National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Grover Cleveland: Alyn Brodsky, Grover Cleveland : A Study in Character; H. Paul Jeffers, An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland; Mark Wahlgren Summers, Rum, Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President, 1884; Henry F. Graff, Grover Cleveland; Jeff C. Young, Grover Cleveland (for young readers)
  
  
• De Witt Clinton (1769-1828) — also known as "Father of the Erie Canal" — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Napanoch, Ulster County, N.Y., March 2, 1769. Son of James Clinton and Mary (De Witt) Clinton (1737-1795); nephew of George Clinton; married, February 13, 1796, to Maria Franklin (died 1818); married, May 8, 1819, to Catherine Jones; sister of Mary Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)) and Katharine Clinton Norton (who married Ambrose Spencer (1765-1848)); cousin of George Clinton, Jr.; half-brother of James Graham Clinton. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County, 1797-98; member of New York state senate Southern District, 1798-1802, 1805-11; delegate to New York state constitutional convention, 1801; U.S. Senator from New York, 1802-03; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1803-07, 1808-10, 1811-15; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1811-13; candidate for President of the United States, 1812; Governor of New York, 1817-23, 1825-28; died in office 1828. Member, Freemasons. Chief advocate for the Erie Canal, completed 1825. His portrait appeared on the $1,000 U.S. Note from about 1898 to about 1905. Died, from heart failure, in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., February 11, 1828. Original interment at Clinton Cemetery, Little Britain, N.Y.; reinterment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Clinton counties in Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Mich., Mo. and Pa., and DeWitt County, Ill., are named for him.
  • See also Clinton family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about De Witt Clinton: Evan Cornog, The Birth of Empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-1828
  
  
• 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 Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; 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
  
  
• Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) — also known as Dwight D. Eisenhower; "Ike" — Born in Denison, Grayson County, Tex., October 14, 1890. Married, July 1, 1916, to Mary Geneva "Mamie" Doud (1896-1979); father of John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower. Republican. General in the U.S. Army during World War II; president of Columbia University, 1948-53; President of the United States, 1953-61. Presbyterian. German ancestry. Member, Council on Foreign Relations; American Legion; Loyal Legion. His portrait appeared on the U.S. dollar coin, 1971-78. Died, after a series of heart attacks, at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 28, 1969. Interment at Eisenhower Center, Abilene, Kan.
  • Cross-reference: Sherman Adams; Carter L. Burgess; Woodrow Wilson Mann; Jacqueline C. Odlum
  • See also: Wikipedia article; NNDB dossier; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Dwight D. Eisenhower: Stephen E. Ambrose, Eisenhower : Soldier and President; Fred I. Greenstein, The Hidden-Hand Presidency : Eisenhower as Leader; Carlo d'Este, Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life; Robert F. Burk, Dwight D. Eisenhower: Hero and Politician; Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr., Red Carpet at the White House : Four years as Chief of Protocol in the Eisenhower Administration
  
  
• 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 Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 17, 1706. Uncle of Franklin Davenport; great-grandfather of Mary Bache (who married Robert John Walker) and Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867; physicist). Delegate to Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1775; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1776; U.S. Minister to France, 1778-85; President of Pennsylvania, 1785; member, U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society; Freemasons. Famed for his experiments with electricity; invented bifocal glasses and the harmonica. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. $100 bill; from 1948 to 1963, his portrait also appeared on the U.S. half dollar (50 cent coin). Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., April 17, 1790. Interment at Christ Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. Franklin counties in Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Miss., Mo., Neb., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., Tenn., Vt., Va. and Wash. are named for him.
  • See also Claiborne family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books by Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; An Account of the Newly Invented Pennsylvanian Fire-Place (1744, out of print)
  • Books about Benjamin Franklin: H. W. Brands, The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin; Edmund S. Morgan, Benjamin Franklin; Stacy Schiff, A Great Improvisation : Franklin, France, and the Birth of America; Gordon S. Wood, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin; Walter Isaacson, Benjamin Franklin : An American Life; Carl Van Doren, Benjamin Franklin; Philip Dray, Stealing God's Thunder : Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod and the Invention of America
  
  
• 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 Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Albert Gallatin: John Austin Stevens, Albert Gallatin: An American Statesman; L. B. Kuppenheimer, Albert Gallatin's Vision of Democratic Stability
  
  
• James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) — also known as James A. Garfield — of Hiram, Portage County, Ohio. Born in a log cabin near Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, November 19, 1831. Married, November 11, 1858, to Lucretia "Crete" Rudolph (1832-1918); father of James Rudolph Garfield. Republican. Lawyer; college professor; president, Eclectic University (now Hiram College); member of Ohio state senate, 1859-61; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1863-81; President of the United States, 1881; died in office 1881. Disciples of Christ. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Delta Upsilon. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 gold certificate in about 1898-1905. Shot by Charles J. Guiteau, at the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881; died from the effects of the wound and treatment, in Elberon, Monmouth County, N.J., September 19, 1881. Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio; statue erected 1887 at Garfield Circle, Washington, D.C. Garfield counties in Colo., Mont., Neb., Okla., Utah and Wash. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: William S. Maynard
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about James A. Garfield: Allan Peskin, Garfield: A Biography; Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur
  
  
• Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) — also known as Ulysses S. Grant; "Savior of the Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner"; "The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent General" — of Galena, Jo Daviess County, Ill. Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, April 27, 1822. Married, August 22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of Frederick Dent Grant and Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1880. Methodist. Scottish ancestry. Member, Loyal Legion. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. $50 bill, and also appeared on $1 and $5 silver certificates in 1887-1927. Died of throat cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 23, 1885. Interment at General Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y. Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Horace Porter; Ayres Phillips Merrill
  • See also Grant family of New York and Ohio
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean Edward Smith, Grant; Frank J. Scaturro, President Grant Reconsidered; William S. McFeely, Grant : A Biography; William S. McFeely, Ulysses S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, Emancipator, Writer; Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865; Brooks D. Simpson, Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868; James S. Brisbin, The campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (out of print); Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses S. Grant; Michael Korda, Ulysses S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero; Edward H. Bonekemper, A Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius; Harry J. Maihafer, The General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and Charles Dana
  • Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents
  • Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant Comes East; Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory
  
  
• 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. 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, Society of the Cincinnati; Freemasons. 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 Schuyler family of New York
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; 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
  
  
• Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886) — also known as Winfield S. Hancock — Born in Montgomery County, Pa., February 14, 1824. Uncle by marriage of William Rush Merriam. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868, 1876; candidate for President of the United States, 1880. Member, Loyal Legion; Freemasons. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $2 silver certificate in the 1880s and early 1890s. Died February 9, 1886. Interment at Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown, Pa.; statue erected 1896 at Hancock Circle, Washington, D.C.
  • See also Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  • Books about Winfield Scott Hancock: David M. Jordan, Winfield Scott Hancock : A Soldier's Life
  
  
• Thomas Andrews Hendricks (1819-1885) — also known as Thomas A. Hendricks — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born near Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 7, 1819. Nephew of Thomas Hendricks and William Hendricks; son of John Hendricks; cousin of Abram Hendricks, William Hendricks, Jr. and Abram W. Hendricks; first cousin of William Chalmers Hendricks. Democrat. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1848-49; delegate to Indiana state constitutional convention, 1850-51; U.S. Representative from Indiana, 1851-55 (5th District 1851-53, 6th District 1853-55); defeated, 1854; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1863-69; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1868, 1876, 1884; Governor of Indiana, 1873-77; defeated, 1860, 1868; Vice President of the United States, 1885; defeated, 1876; died in office 1885. Presbyterian; later Episcopalian. Member, Odd Fellows. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $10 silver certificate in about 1887-1914. Died, apparently from a heart attack, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., November 25, 1885. Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • See also Hendricks family of Indiana and Pennsylvania
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) — also known as Robert M. T. Hunter — of Virginia. Born near Loretto, Essex County, Va., April 21, 1809. Uncle of Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1834-35; member of Virginia state senate, 1835-37; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District 1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District 1845-47); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1839-41; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1860; Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Confederate Secretary of State, 1861-62; Senator from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Virginia state treasurer, 1874-80. When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; he was one of ten Southern senators expelled in absentia on July 11, 1861. His portrait appeared on Confederate States $10 notes in 1861-64. Arrested in 1865 and imprisoned without trial by federal forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866. Died in Essex County, Va., July 18, 1887. Interment at a private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
  • See also Garnett family of Virginia
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  
  
• Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) — also known as "Old Hickory"; "The Farmer of Tennessee"; "King Andrew the First" — of Tennessee. Born, in a log cabin, in The Waxhaws, Lancaster County, S.C., March 15, 1767. Son of Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson; married to Rachel (Donelson) Robards; uncle of Andrew Jackson Donelson. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for Tennessee, 1790-97; U.S. Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1796-97; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1797-98, 1823-25; justice of Tennessee state supreme court, 1798; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; Governor of Florida Territory, 1821; President of the United States, 1829-37. Presbyterian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Killed Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel, May 30, 1806; also duelled with Thomas Hart Benton. Censured by the U.S. Senate in 1834 over his removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States. On January 30, 1835, while attending funeral services at the Capitol Building for Rep. Warren R. Davis of South Carolina, he was shot at with two guns -- which both misfired -- by Richard Lawrence, a house painter (later found not guilty by reason of insanity). Died, of dropsy (congestive heart failure), in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., June 8, 1845. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1910. His portrait appears on the U.S. $20 bill; from the 1860s until 1927, his portrait appeared on on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $5 to $10,000. In 1861, his portrait appeared on Confederate States $1,000 notes. Interment at The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; statue erected 1853 at Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1856 at Jackson Square, New Orleans, La. Jackson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Tenn., Tex., W.Va. and Wis., and Hickory County, Mo., are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Francis P. Blair
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Find-A-Grave page.
  • Books about Andrew Jackson: Robert Vincent Remini, The Life of Andrew Jackson; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845; Robert Vincent Remini, Andrew Jackson : The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821; Andrew Burstein, The Passions of Andrew Jackson; David S. Heidler & Jeanne T. Heidler, Old Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire; Donald B. Cole, The Presidency of Andrew Jackson; H. W. Brands, Andrew Jackson : His Life and Times
  
  
• 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 Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society. 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 Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article; 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
  
  
• John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) — also known as John F. Kennedy; "J.F.K."; "Lancer" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., May 29, 1917. Grandson of Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1858-1929) and John Francis Fitzgerald; son of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose (Fitzgerald) Kennedy; brother of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr., Eunice Mary Kennedy (who married Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr.), Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Robert Francis Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward Moore Kennedy (who married Virginia Joan Bennett); married, September 12, 1953, to Jacqueline Lee 'Jackie' Bouvier (step-daughter of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss; step-sister of Eugene Luther Gore Vidal, Jr. and Hugh Dudley Auchincloss III); step-brother-in-law of Nina Gore Auchincloss (who married Newton Ivan Steers, Jr.); uncle of Maria Owings Shriver (who married Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger), Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Mark Kennedy Shriver and Patrick Joseph Kennedy (1967-). Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 11th District, 1947-53; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1953-60; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1956; candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1956; received a 1957 Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in Courage; President of the United States, 1961-63; died in office 1963. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Member, American Legion; Elks; Knights of Columbus. Shot by a sniper, Lee Harvey Oswald, while riding in a motorcade, and died in Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., November 22, 1963. Oswald was shot and killed two days later by Jack Ruby. Kennedy was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963. His portrait appears on the U.S. half dollar (50 cent coin). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  • Cross-reference: John B. Connally; Henry B. Gonzalez; Henry M. Wade; Walter Rogers; Gerry E. Studds; James B. McCahey, Jr.; Mark Dalton; Waggoner Carr; Theodore C. Sorensen; Pierre Salinger; Earl Warren
  • See also Kennedy family of Massachusetts
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books by John F. Kennedy: Profiles in Courage
  • Books about John F. Kennedy: Christopher Loviny & Vincent Touze, JFK : Remembering Jack; Robert Dallek, An Unfinished Life : John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963; Michael O'Brien, John F. Kennedy : A Biography; Sean J. Savage, JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party; Thurston Clarke, Ask Not : The Inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the Speech That Changed America; Thomas Reeves, A Question of Character : A Life of John F. Kennedy; Shelley Sommer, John F. Kennedy : His Life and Legacy (for young readers)
  • Critical books about John F. Kennedy: Seymour Hersh, The Dark Side of Camelot; Lance Morrow, The Best Year of Their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon in 1948: Learning the Secrets of Power; Victor Lasky, JFK: the Man and the Myth
  
  
• Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy, Albemarle County, Va., August 18, 1774. Governor of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory, 1807-09; died in office 1809. Member, Freemasons. Commanded expedition with William Clark to Oregon, 1803-04. His portrait (along with Clark's) appeared on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927. Died of gunshot wounds under mysterious circumstances (murder or suicide?) at Grinder's Stand, an inn on the Natchez Trace near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn., October 11, 1809. Interment at Meriwether Lewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn. Lewis counties in Idaho, Ky., Mo., Tenn. and Wash. are named for him; Lewis and Clark County, Mont. is named partly for him.
  • Cross-reference: George F. Shannon
  
  
• Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The Illinois Baboon" — of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in a log cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue County), Ky., February 12, 1809. Married, November 4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (1818-1882) (grandniece of David Rittenhouse Porter; sister-in-law of Ninian Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of N. H. R. Dawson); father of Robert Todd Lincoln; fourth cousin twice removed of John Joseph Lincoln, Sr.. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; lawyer; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1834-41; U.S. Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1847-49; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1856; candidate for U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1858; President of the United States, 1861-65; died in office 1865. English ancestry. His election as president in 1860 precipitated the Civil War; determined to preserve the Union, he led the North to victory on the battlefield, freed the slaves in the conquered states, and in doing this, redefined American nationhood. Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865; died at Peterson's Boarding House, across the street, the following day, April 15, 1865. He was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the U.S. penny (one cent coin) since 1909, and on the $5 bill since 1913. From the 1860s until 1927, his portrait also appeared on U.S. notes and certificates of various denominations from $1 to $500. Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary Park, Washington, D.C. Lincoln counties in Ark., Colo., Idaho, Kan., La., Minn., Miss., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., Okla., Ore., Wash., W.Va., Wis. and Wyo. are named for him.
  • Cross-reference: Clement Claiborne Clay, Jr.; Isham N. Haynie; William M. Stone; John Pitcher; Stephen Miller; John T. Stuart; William H. Seward; Henry L. Burnett; Judah P. Benjamin; Robert Toombs; Richard Taylor Jacob; George W. Jones; James Adams; John G. Nicolay; Edward Everett; Stephen T. Logan; Francis P. Blair; John Hay
  • See also Porter-Edwards-Lincoln-Todd family of Illinois
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article; Internet Movie Database profile.
  • Books about Abraham Lincoln: David Herbert Donald, Lincoln; George Anastaplo, Abraham Lincoln : A Constitutional Biography; G. S. Boritt, ed., The Lincoln Enigma : The Changing Faces of an American Icon; Albert J. Beveridge, Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858 (out of print); Geoffrey Perret, Lincoln's War : The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief; David Herbert Donald, We Are Lincoln Men : Abraham Lincoln and His Friends; Edward Steers, Jr., Blood on the Moon: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Mario Cuomo, Why Lincoln Matters : Today More Than Ever; Michael W. Kauffman, American Brutus : John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's Melancholy : How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness; John Channing Briggs, Lincoln's Speeches Reconsidered; Ronald C. White, Jr., The Eloquent President : A Portrait of Lincoln Through His Words; Harold Holzer, Lincoln at Cooper Union : The Speech That Made Abraham Linco ln President; Michael Lind, What Lincoln Believed : The Values and Convictions of America's Greatest President; Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln; Michael Burlingame, ed., Abraham Lincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and John Hay; Thomas J. Craughwell, Stealing Lincoln's Body; Roy Morris, Jr., The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America; Karen Judson, Abraham Lincoln (for young readers)
  • Critical books about Abraham Lincoln: Thomas J. DiLorenzo, The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
  • Fiction about Abraham Lincoln: Gore Vidal, Lincoln: A Novel
  
  
• 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 Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • 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
  
  
• Daniel Manning (1831-1887) — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born August 16, 1831. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876; New York Democratic state chair, 1882-84; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87. His portrait appeared on the U.S. $20 silver certificate from the 1890s until about 1919. Died December 24, 1887. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  • See also: Wikipedia article.
  
  
• William Learned Marcy (1786-1857) — also known as William L. Marcy — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Southbridge, Worcester County, Mass., December 12, 1786. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; New York state comptroller, 1823-29; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1829; U.S. Senator from New York, 1831-33; Governor of New York, 1833-39; defeated, 1838; U.S. Secretary of War, 1845-49; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1852; U.S. Secretary of State, 1853-57. Died in Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 4, 1857. His portrait appeared on some U.S. currency issued in the 19th or early 20th century. Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  • See also: congressional biography; National Governors Association biography; Wikipedia article.
  • Books about William Learned Marcy: Robert L Scribner, The diplomacy of William L. Marcy, Secretary of State, 1853-1857 (out of print); Ivor Debenham Spencer, The victor and the spoils: a life of William L. Marcy (out of print)
  
  
• 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. 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 Livingston-Lee-Clay-Williams family
  • See also: congressional biography; Wikipedia article.
  • 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,