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This specific family group is a subset of the much larger Four Thousand Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

	John Walker (1744-1809) — of Albemarle County, Va. Born in Albemarle County, Va., February 13, 1744. Planter; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1780; U.S. Senator from Virginia, 1790. Died in Orange County, Va., December 2, 1809 (age 65 years, 292 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother of Francis Walker; married 1764 to Elizabeth Moore; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (who married William Wirt); granduncle of Thomas Walker Gilmer; first cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; first cousin four times removed of Hubbard T. Smith; first cousin five times removed of Archer Woodford; second cousin of Aylett Hawes; second cousin once removed of Robert Brooke, George Madison, Richard Aylett Buckner, Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes; second cousin twice removed of Zachary Taylor, Francis Taliaferro Helm, Aylette Buckner, David Shelby Walker and Aylett Hawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Charles John Helm, Hubbard Dozier Helm, James David Walker, David Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry Bartow Hawes; second cousin four times removed of James Francis Buckner Jr., Key Pittman and Vail Montgomery Pittman; second cousin five times removed of Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro and Max Rogers Strother.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Tyler family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Brown (1757-1837) — of Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. Born in Staunton, Va., September 12, 1757. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; 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. Scotch-Irish ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Slaveowner. Died in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., August 29, 1837 (age 79 years, 351 days). Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Rev. John Brown and Margaret (Preston) Brown; brother of James Brown; married, February 21, 1799, to Margaretta Mason; father of Mason Brown; grandfather of Benjamin Gratz Brown; granduncle of Emily Todd Helm; cousin *** of John Breckinridge, James Breckinridge and Francis Smith Preston.   Political families: Brown-Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Robert Brooke (c.1760-1800) — of Spotsylvania County, Va. Born in Spotsylvania County, Va., about 1760. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1791-94; Governor of Virginia, 1794-96; Virginia state attorney general, 1796-1800; died in office 1800. Member, Freemasons. Died in Virginia, February 27, 1800 (age about 40 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Anne Hay (Taliaferro) Brooke and Richard Brooke; married 1786 to Mary Ritchie Hopper; first cousin once removed of Francis Taliaferro Helm; first cousin twice removed of Charles John Helm and Hubbard Dozier Helm; second cousin once removed of John Walker and Francis Walker; third cousin of George Madison, Meriwether Lewis and Richard Aylett Buckner; third cousin once removed of Zachary Taylor, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner and David Shelby Walker; third cousin twice removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett Hawes Buckner, James David Walker and David Shelby Walker Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of James Francis Buckner Jr., Hubbard T. Smith, Key Pittman and Vail Montgomery Pittman.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Jackson-Lee family; Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Clay family of Kentucky; Lewis-Pollard family of Texas (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Brooke County, W.Va. is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
	George Madison (1763-1816) — of Kentucky. Born in Augusta County (part now in Rockingham County), Va., June, 1763. 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, in Paris, Bourbon County, Ky., October 14, 1816 (age 53 years, 0 days). Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Son of John Madison and Agatha (Strother) Madison; married, February 11, 1796, to Jane Smith; first cousin once removed of James Madison and William Taylor Madison; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Gaines Johnson and James Francis Buckner Jr.; second cousin once removed of John Walker, John Tyler (1747-1813), Francis Walker, Clement F. Dorsey and Zachary Taylor; second cousin twice removed of Andrew Dorsey, John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton and Aylett Hawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed of David Shelby Walker and Alexander Warfield Dorsey; second cousin four times removed of James David Walker, David Shelby Walker Jr., Eli Huston Brown Jr., Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro and Max Rogers Strother; second cousin five times removed of Albin Owings Jr. and Eli Huston Brown III; third cousin of Robert Brooke, Meriwether Lewis, Richard Aylett Buckner and John Tyler (1790-1862); third cousin once removed of Francis Taliaferro Helm, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner, David Gardiner Tyler and Lyon Gardiner Tyler; third cousin twice removed of Charles John Helm and Hubbard Dozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed of Hubbard T. Smith, Key Pittman, Vail Montgomery Pittman and Bronson Murray Cutting.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Tyler family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Francis Walker (1764-1806) — of Virginia. Born in Albemarle County, Va., June 22, 1764. Member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1788-91, 1797-1801; U.S. Representative from Virginia 14th District, 1793-95. Slaveowner. Died in Albemarle County, Va., March, 1806 (age 41 years, 0 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother of John Walker; married to Jane Byrd Nelson; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (who married William Wirt); granduncle of Thomas Walker Gilmer; first cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; first cousin four times removed of Hubbard T. Smith; first cousin five times removed of Archer Woodford; second cousin of Aylett Hawes; second cousin once removed of Robert Brooke, George Madison, Richard Aylett Buckner, Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes; second cousin twice removed of Zachary Taylor, Francis Taliaferro Helm, Aylette Buckner, David Shelby Walker and Aylett Hawes Buckner; second cousin thrice removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Charles John Helm, Hubbard Dozier Helm, James David Walker, David Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry Bartow Hawes; second cousin four times removed of James Francis Buckner Jr., Key Pittman and Vail Montgomery Pittman; second cousin five times removed of Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro and Max Rogers Strother.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Tyler family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	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. English and Welsh ancestry. Member, Freemasons. Commanded expedition with William Clark to Oregon, 1803-04. Died from 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 (age 35 years, 54 days). Interment at Meriwether Lewis Park, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn.   Relatives: Son of William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin once removed of Howell Lewis, John Walker, David Meriwether (1755-1822), James Meriwether (1755-1817), Francis Walker and George Rockingham Gilmer; first cousin five times removed of Arthur Sidney Demarest; second cousin of James Meriwether (1788-1852), David Meriwether (1800-1893) and James Archibald Meriwether; second cousin once removed of George Washington, Howell Cobb (1772-1818), Thomas Walker Gilmer, David Shelby Walker and Reuben Handy Meriwether; second cousin twice removed of Howell Cobb (1815-1868), Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, James David Walker and David Shelby Walker Jr.; second cousin thrice removed of Hubbard T. Smith; second cousin four times removed of Archer Woodford; third cousin of Theodorick Bland, Robert Brooke, Bushrod Washington, George Madison and Richard Aylett Buckner; third cousin once removed of John Randolph of Roanoke, Henry St. George Tucker, John Thornton Augustine Washington, Zachary Taylor, Francis Taliaferro Helm and Aylette Buckner; third cousin twice removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett Hawes Buckner, Charles John Helm, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker and Hubbard Dozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed of James Francis Buckner Jr., Key Pittman, Claude Pollard and Vail Montgomery Pittman; fourth cousin once removed of Henry Rootes Jackson.   Political families: Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: George F. Shannon   Lewis counties in Idaho, Ky., Mo., Tenn. and Wash. are named for him; Lewis and Clark County, Mont. is named partly for him.   Other politicians named for him: Meriwether Lewis Randolph — Meriwether Lewis Walker   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C. Danisi, Uncovering the Truth About Meriwether Lewis — Donald Barr Chidsey, Lewis and Clark: The Great Adventure
	Richard Aylett Buckner (1784-1847) — also known as Richard A. Buckner — of Greensburg, Green County, Ky. Born in Fauquier County, Va., February 5, 1784. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1813-15, 1837-39; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1823-29; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1831; candidate for Governor of Kentucky, 1832; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1845. Slaveowner. Died in Greensburg, Green County, Ky., December 8, 1847 (age 63 years, 306 days). Interment in private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of Aylette Buckner (1745-1807) and Judith Presley (Thornton) Buckner; married, October 7, 1805, to Elizabeth Lewis Buckner; father of Aylette Buckner (1806-1869); great-granduncle of Key Pittman and Vail Montgomery Pittman; first cousin twice removed of James Francis Buckner Jr.; second cousin once removed of John Walker and Francis Walker; second cousin twice removed of Aylett Hawes Buckner; third cousin of Robert Brooke, George Madison and Meriwether Lewis; third cousin once removed of Zachary Taylor, Robert Pryor Henry, Francis Taliaferro Helm, John Flournoy Henry, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Gustavus Adolphus Henry and Thomas Stanhope Flournoy; third cousin twice removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, James Speed, Charles John Helm and Hubbard Dozier Helm; third cousin thrice removed of Hubbard T. Smith.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Tyler family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) — also known as "Old Rough and Ready" — Born in Orange County, Va., November 24, 1784. 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. Slaveowner. Died, probably of gastroenteritis, in the White House, Washington, D.C., July 9, 1850 (age 65 years, 227 days). 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.   Relatives: Son of Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney (Strother) Taylor; married, June 21, 1810, to Margaret Mackall Smith (niece of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall); father of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson Finis Davis); granduncle of Edmund Haynes Taylor Jr.; ancestor *** of Victor D. Crist; first cousin twice removed of Edmund Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of Elliot Woolfolk Major and Edgar Bailey Woolfolk; second cousin of James Madison and William Taylor Madison; second cousin once removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, Arthur Lee, John Penn, John Pendleton Jr., Nathaniel Pendleton, George Madison, Coleby Chew, John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett Hawes Buckner and Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed of John Walker, John Tyler (1747-1813) and Francis Walker; second cousin thrice removed of George Cassety Pendleton, Hubbard T. Smith, Charles M. Pendleton, Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro, Daniel Micajah Pendleton and Max Rogers Strother; second cousin four times removed of Charles Sumner Pendleton; third cousin of Thomas Sim Lee, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee, Philip Clayton Pendleton, Edmund Henry Pendleton and Nathanael Greene Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Robert Brooke, Meriwether Lewis, Richard Aylett Buckner, Henry Gaines Johnson, John Lee, John Tyler (1790-1862), Philip Coleman Pendleton, George Hunt Pendleton and Joseph Henry Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Hancock Lee Jackson, Fitzhugh Lee, William Barret Pendleton, James Francis Buckner Jr., Francis Key Pendleton, Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton, John Overton Pendleton and Francis Preston Blair Lee; third cousin thrice removed of Abraham Lincoln, John Lee Carroll, Charles Kellogg, James Sansome Lakin and Edward Brooke Lee; fourth cousin of Francis Taliaferro Helm, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner, David Gardiner Tyler and Lyon Gardiner Tyler; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Willing Byrd, Charles John Helm and Hubbard Dozier Helm.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: David R. Atchison — Thomas Ewing   Taylor counties in Fla., Ga., Iowa and Ky. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Zachary T. Coy — Zachary T. Bielby — Zachary T. Harris   Campaign slogan (1848): "General Taylor never surrenders."   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   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   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	Francis Taliaferro Helm (1790-1871) — also known as Francis T. Helm — of Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Born in Virginia, 1790. Mayor of Newport, Ky., 1834-38, 1839-45; postmaster at Newport, Ky., 1839-49. Died in Newport, Campbell County, Ky., December 6, 1871 (age about 81 years). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.   Relatives: Son of William Helm and Matilda (Taliaferro) Helm; married to Sarah Bankhead McKinney; father of Charles John Helm and Hubbard Dozier Helm; first cousin once removed of Robert Brooke; first cousin twice removed of Samuel Bullitt Churchill; second cousin twice removed of John Walker and Francis Walker; third cousin once removed of George Madison, Meriwether Lewis and Richard Aylett Buckner; fourth cousin of Zachary Taylor, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner and David Shelby Walker; fourth cousin once removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Aylett Hawes Buckner, James David Walker and David Shelby Walker Jr..   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia; Jackson-Lee family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Samuel LaRue Hodgen (1791-1864) — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., April 30, 1791. Republican. Merchant; postmaster at Elizabethtown, Ky., 1861-64. Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., August 15, 1864 (age 73 years, 107 days). Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Robert Hodgen and Sarah (LaRue) Hodgen; brother of Elizabeth Hodgen (who married Horatio Gates Wintersmith); married 1834 to Ann Elizabeth Montague; uncle of Charles G. Wintersmith and Robert Lawrence Wintersmith; granduncle of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith; first cousin once removed of John Larue Helm.   Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Mason Brown (1799-1867) — of Maysville, Mason County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 10, 1799. Democrat. Lawyer; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1839-49; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1855-59; Kentucky state treasurer, 1865-67. Died in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., January 27, 1867 (age 67 years, 78 days). Interment at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Son of John Brown and Margaretta (Mason) Brown; married, March 10, 1825, to Judith Ann Bledsoe (daughter of Jesse Bledsoe); married, December 8, 1835, to Mary Yoder; father of Benjamin Gratz Brown; nephew of John Mitchell Mason; first cousin once removed of Emily Todd Helm.   Political families: Brown-Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802-1844) — of Virginia. Born in Gilmerton, Albemarle County, Va., April 6, 1802. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1829-36, 1838-39; Speaker of the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1838-39; Governor of Virginia, 1840-41; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1841-44 (12th District 1841-43, 5th District 1843-44); U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1844; died in office 1844. Slaveowner. Among those killed in the explosion when a cannon accidentally burst on board the U.S.S. Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Md., February 28, 1844 (age 41 years, 328 days). Originally entombed at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; reinterment at a private or family graveyard, Albemarle County, Va.   Relatives: Son of George Gilmer and Elizabeth Anderson (Hudson) Gilmer; married to Anne Elizabeth Baker; nephew of Mildred Gilmer (who married William Wirt); grandnephew of John Walker and Francis Walker; second cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Aylett Hawes; third cousin once removed of Robert Brooke, George Madison, Richard Aylett Buckner, Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes; third cousin twice removed of Hubbard T. Smith; third cousin thrice removed of Archer Woodford; fourth cousin of Zachary Taylor, Francis Taliaferro Helm, Aylette Buckner, David Shelby Walker and Aylett Hawes Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, Charles John Helm, Hubbard Dozier Helm, James David Walker, David Shelby Walker Jr. and Harry Bartow Hawes.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Jackson-Lee family; Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Clay family of Kentucky; Lewis-Pollard family of Texas (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Gilmer County, W.Va. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Strother Pendleton (1802-1868) — also known as John S. Pendleton; "The Lone Star" — of Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va. Born near Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va., March 1, 1802. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1830-33, 1836-39; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Chile, 1842-44; Argentina, 1851-54; U.S. Representative from Virginia 9th District, 1845-49. Slaveowner. Died near Culpeper, Culpeper County, Va., November 19, 1868 (age 66 years, 263 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Culpeper County, Va.   Relatives: Son of William Pendleton and Nancy (Strother) Pendleton; brother of Albert Gallatin Pendleton; married, December 2, 1824, to Lucy Ann Williams; granduncle of Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro; great-grandnephew of Edmund Pendleton; first cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner; first cousin twice removed of John Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of William Grayson; second cousin of Philip Coleman Pendleton; second cousin once removed of Philip Clayton Pendleton, Zachary Taylor, Edmund Henry Pendleton, Nathanael Greene Pendleton and Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of John Penn, James Madison, William Taylor Madison, George Madison, Alfred William Grayson and Beverly Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of John Walker, John Tyler (1747-1813) and Francis Walker; third cousin of Henry Gaines Johnson, George Hunt Pendleton and Joseph Henry Pendleton; third cousin once removed of William Barret Pendleton, Francis Key Pendleton and John Overton Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Robert Brooke, Meriwether Lewis, Richard Aylett Buckner, John Tyler (1790-1862) and Max Rogers Strother; fourth cousin of Coleby Chew; fourth cousin once removed of Gabriel Slaughter, Francis Taliaferro Helm, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner, George Cassety Pendleton, James Benjamin Garnett, David Gardiner Tyler, James Francis Buckner Jr., Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Hubbard T. Smith, Carter Henry Harrison II, Charles M. Pendleton, John Brady Grayson and Daniel Micajah Pendleton.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary
	John Larue Helm (1802-1867) — of Kentucky. Born near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., July 4, 1802. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1826; member of Kentucky state senate, 1844-48; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1848-50; Governor of Kentucky, 1850-51, 1867; died in office 1867. Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., September 8, 1867 (age 65 years, 66 days). Interment at Helm Cemetery, Near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky.   Relatives: Son of George Helm and Rebecca (LaRue) Helm; married to Lucinda Barbour Hardin; father of Benjamin Hardin Helm (who married Emily Todd Helm); first cousin once removed of Samuel LaRue Hodgen; second cousin of Charles G. Wintersmith and Robert Lawrence Wintersmith; second cousin once removed of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith.   Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Aylette Buckner (1806-1869) — of Kentucky. Born in Greensburg, Green County, Ky., July 21, 1806. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1842; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 1847-49. Died in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., July 3, 1869 (age 62 years, 347 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Elizabeth Lewis (Buckner) Buckner and Richard Aylett Buckner; first cousin twice removed of Key Pittman and Vail Montgomery Pittman; second cousin once removed of James Francis Buckner Jr.; second cousin twice removed of John Walker and Francis Walker; third cousin once removed of Robert Brooke, George Madison, Meriwether Lewis and Aylett Hawes Buckner; fourth cousin of Zachary Taylor, Robert Pryor Henry, Francis Taliaferro Helm, John Flournoy Henry, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Gustavus Adolphus Henry and Thomas Stanhope Flournoy; fourth cousin once removed of John Strother Pendleton, Albert Gallatin Pendleton, James Speed, Charles John Helm and Hubbard Dozier Helm.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Tyler family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Albert Gallatin Pendleton (1807-1875) — also known as Albert G. Pendleton — of Giles County, Va. Born in Culpeper County, Va., June 28, 1807. Member of Virginia state house of delegates from Giles County, 1855-56. Died in Giles County, Va., June 19, 1875 (age 67 years, 356 days). Interment at Chapman Cemetery, Ripplemead, Va.   Relatives: Son of William Pendleton and Nancy (Strother) Pendleton; brother of John Strother Pendleton; married to Elvina Chapman; grandfather of Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro; great-grandnephew of Edmund Pendleton; first cousin of Aylett Hawes Buckner; first cousin twice removed of John Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel Pendleton; first cousin thrice removed of William Grayson; second cousin of Philip Coleman Pendleton; second cousin once removed of Philip Clayton Pendleton, Zachary Taylor, Edmund Henry Pendleton, Nathanael Greene Pendleton and Charles Rittenhouse Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of John Penn, James Madison, William Taylor Madison, George Madison, Alfred William Grayson and Beverly Robinson Grayson; second cousin thrice removed of John Walker, John Tyler (1747-1813) and Francis Walker; third cousin of Henry Gaines Johnson, George Hunt Pendleton and Joseph Henry Pendleton; third cousin once removed of William Barret Pendleton, Francis Key Pendleton and John Overton Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Robert Brooke, Meriwether Lewis, Richard Aylett Buckner, John Tyler (1790-1862) and Max Rogers Strother; fourth cousin of Coleby Chew; fourth cousin once removed of Gabriel Slaughter, Francis Taliaferro Helm, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner, George Cassety Pendleton, James Benjamin Garnett, David Gardiner Tyler, James Francis Buckner Jr., Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Hubbard T. Smith, Carter Henry Harrison II, Charles M. Pendleton, John Brady Grayson and Daniel Micajah Pendleton.   Political family: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) — also known as "Honest Abe"; "Old Abe"; "The Rail-Splitter"; "The Illinois Baboon" — of New Salem, Menard County, Ill.; Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in a log cabin, Hardin County (part now in Larue County), Ky., February 12, 1809. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; postmaster; 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; 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. He was. English ancestry. Elected in 1900 to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Shot by the assassin John Wilkes Booth, during a play 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 (age 56 years, 62 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; memorial monument at National Mall, Washington, D.C.; statue erected 1868 at Judiciary Park, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln; married, November 4, 1842, to Mary Ann Todd (sister-in-law of Ninian Wirt Edwards; half-sister-in-law of Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson and Benjamin Hardin Helm; half-sister of Emilie Pariet Todd; aunt of Martha Dee Todd; grandniece of David Rittenhouse Porter); father of Robert Todd Lincoln; second cousin four times removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; third cousin twice removed of Levi Lincoln; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Sim Lee, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee and Zachary Taylor; fourth cousin once removed of Levi Lincoln Jr. and Enoch Lincoln.   Political families: Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Edwards-Cook family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   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 — Henry Reed Rathbone — James A. Ekin — Frederick W. Seward — John H. Surratt — John H. Surratt, Jr. — James Shields — Emily T. Helm — John A. Campbell — John Merryman — Barnes Compton   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.   The city of Lincoln, Nebraska, is named for him.  — Lincoln Memorial University, in Harrogate, Tennessee, is named for him.  — Lincoln University, in Jefferson City, Missouri, is named for him.  — Lincoln University, near Oxford, Pennsylvania, is named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Abraham L. Keister — Abraham L. Tucker — Abraham L. Brick — Abraham L. Kellogg — Abraham Lincoln Bernstein — A. Lincoln Reiley — A. L. Helmick — Abraham L. Sutton — A. Lincoln Acker — Abraham L. Osgood — Abraham L. Witmer — Abraham L. Phillips — Abraham L. Payton — A. L. Auth — A. Lincoln Moore — A. Lincoln Niditch — Abraham L. Rubenstein — Abraham L. Davis, Jr. — Abraham L. Freedman — A. L. Marovitz — Lincoln Gordon — Abraham L. Banner — Abraham Lincoln Tosti   Coins and currency: His portrait has appeared 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.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   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 — 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 — John Stauffer, Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln — Karen Judson, Abraham Lincoln (for young readers) — Maira Kalman, Looking at 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   Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
	Ninian Wirt Edwards (1809-1889) — also known as Ninian W. Edwards — of Sangamon County, Ill. Born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., April 15, 1809. Democrat. Illinois state attorney general, 1834-35; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1837-41, 1849-53; member of Illinois state senate, 1845-49; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Sangamon County, 1847; Illinois superintendent of public instruction, 1854-57. Died in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., September 2, 1889 (age 80 years, 140 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Ninian Edwards and Elvira (Lane) Edwards; married, February 18, 1832, to Elizabeth Parker Todd (sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln; half-sister-in-law Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson; half-sister-in-law of Benjamin Hardin Helm; half-sister of Emilie Pariet Todd); nephew of Cyrus Edwards; uncle of John Pope Cook; grandson of Benjamin Edwards; first cousin once removed of Richard Lee Metcalfe; first cousin twice removed of Theodore W. Metcalfe.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Charles G. Wintersmith (1812-1881) — of Kentucky. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., July 15, 1812. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1855. Member, Freemasons. Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., October 14, 1881 (age 69 years, 91 days). Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Horatio Gates Wintersmith and Elizabeth (Hodgen) Wintersmith; half-brother of Richard Curd Wintersmith; brother of Robert Lawrence Wintersmith; married to Emily Cotton and Malvina Underwood Gorin; nephew of Samuel LaRue Hodgen; uncle of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith; second cousin of John Larue Helm.   Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Samuel Bullitt Churchill (1812-1890) — also known as Samuel B. Churchill — of St. Louis, Mo.; Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born near Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., December 6, 1812. Lawyer; newspaper editor; postmaster at St. Louis, Mo., 1842-45; member of Missouri state senate, 1858; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1860; secretary of state of Kentucky, 1867-71, 1879-80. Episcopalian. Died, from "brain congestion", in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., May 14, 1890 (age 77 years, 159 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Churchill and Abigail Pope (Oldham) Churchill; married, June 25, 1836, to Amelia Chouteau Walker; first cousin twice removed of Francis Taliaferro Helm; first cousin four times removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; second cousin once removed of Charles John Helm and Hubbard Dozier Helm; second cousin twice removed of James Madison and William Taylor Madison; third cousin thrice removed of George Washington; fourth cousin once removed of Francis Preston Blair Lee.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Jackson-Lee family; Lincoln-Lee family; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Image source: Kentucky Secretary of State
	David Shelby Walker (1815-1891) — also known as David S. Walker — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Logan County, Ky., May 2, 1815. Lawyer; mayor of Tallahassee, Fla., 1852; justice of Florida state supreme court, 1860-65; Governor of Florida, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge in Florida, 1878-91. Died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., July 20, 1891 (age 76 years, 79 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.   Relatives: Son of David Walker; married to Philoclea Alston (sister of Augustus A. Alston; niece of Willis Alston); father of Courtney Walker (who married Robert Spratt Cockrell) and David Shelby Walker Jr.; nephew of George Walker; uncle of James David Walker; first cousin twice removed of Howell Lewis; second cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin twice removed of George Washington, John Walker and Francis Walker; second cousin thrice removed of George Madison; third cousin of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); third cousin once removed of Robert Brooke, Bushrod Washington, Howell Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; third cousin twice removed of James Madison, William Taylor Madison and Clement F. Dorsey; fourth cousin of John Thornton Augustine Washington, Francis Taliaferro Helm and Thomas Walker Gilmer; fourth cousin once removed of Andrew Dorsey, Charles John Helm, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden and Hubbard Dozier Helm.   Political family: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The David S. Walker Library, in Tallahassee, Florida, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Aylett Hawes Buckner (1816-1894) — also known as Aylett H. Buckner — of Mexico, Audrain County, Mo. Born in Fredericksburg, Va., December 14, 1816. Democrat. Circuit judge in Missouri, 1857; U.S. Representative from Missouri, 1873-85 (13th District 1873-83, 7th District 1883-85). Slaveowner. Died in Mexico, Audrain County, Mo., February 5, 1894 (age 77 years, 53 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Mexico, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Bailey Buckner and Mildred (Strother) Buckner; married, September 16, 1841, to Eliza L. Clark; grandnephew of Aylett Hawes; first cousin of John Strother Pendleton and Albert Gallatin Pendleton; first cousin once removed of Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes; first cousin twice removed of Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro; second cousin once removed of Zachary Taylor and Harry Bartow Hawes; second cousin twice removed of John Walker, George Madison, Francis Walker and Richard Aylett Buckner; second cousin thrice removed of John Tyler (1747-1813); third cousin once removed of Aylette Buckner; third cousin twice removed of Robert Brooke, Meriwether Lewis, John Tyler (1790-1862) and Max Rogers Strother; fourth cousin of Thomas Walker Gilmer and James Francis Buckner Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Robert Pryor Henry, Francis Taliaferro Helm, John Flournoy Henry, Gustavus Adolphus Henry, Thomas Stanhope Flournoy, David Gardiner Tyler, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Key Pittman and Vail Montgomery Pittman.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Tyler family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Robert Lawrence Wintersmith (1816-1890) — also known as R. L. Wintersmith — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., August 13, 1816. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1868, 1880 (alternate). Died in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky., February 26, 1890 (age 73 years, 197 days). Interment at Elizabethtown City Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Horatio Gates Wintersmith and Elizabeth (Hodgen) Wintersmith; half-brother of Richard Curd Wintersmith; brother of Charles G. Wintersmith; married, August 14, 1838, to Euphemia Swan; father of David Cooper Swan Wintersmith; nephew of Samuel LaRue Hodgen; second cousin of John Larue Helm.   Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Charles John Helm (1817-1868) — also known as Charles J. Helm — of Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Born in Hornellsville (now Hornell), Steuben County, N.Y., June 21, 1817. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Consul General in Havana, 1858-61. Died in Havana (La Habana), Cuba, February 26, 1868 (age 50 years, 250 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Sallie Bankhead (McKinney) Helm and Francis Taliaferro Helm; brother of Hubbard Dozier Helm; first cousin twice removed of Robert Brooke; second cousin once removed of Samuel Bullitt Churchill; second cousin thrice removed of John Walker and Francis Walker; third cousin twice removed of George Madison, Meriwether Lewis and Richard Aylett Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of Zachary Taylor, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner and David Shelby Walker.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia; Jackson-Lee family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Mary Todd Lincoln (1818-1882) — also known as Mary Ann Todd — of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., December 13, 1818. First Lady of the United States, 1861-65. Female. Died in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., July 16, 1882 (age 63 years, 215 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.   Relatives: Daughter of Robert Smith Todd and Eliza Ann (Parker) Todd; half-sister of Emily Todd Helm; married, November 4, 1842, to Abraham Lincoln; mother of Robert Todd Lincoln; aunt of Martha Dee Todd; grandniece of David Rittenhouse Porter, George Bryan Porter and James Madison Porter; first cousin twice removed of Arthur Rumney Ringwalt.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Hubbard Dozier Helm (1821-1885) — also known as H. D. Helm — of Newport, Campbell County, Ky. Born in Kentucky, February 21, 1821. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1860. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 15, 1885 (age 64 years, 206 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Sallie Bankhead (McKinney) Helm and Francis Taliaferro Helm; brother of Charles John Helm; married 1842 to Elizabeth Stanton Tarvin; first cousin twice removed of Robert Brooke; second cousin once removed of Samuel Bullitt Churchill; second cousin thrice removed of John Walker and Francis Walker; third cousin twice removed of George Madison, Meriwether Lewis and Richard Aylett Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of Zachary Taylor, Thomas Walker Gilmer, Aylette Buckner and David Shelby Walker.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Alston-Kenan family of Milledgeville, Georgia; Jackson-Lee family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Benjamin Gratz Brown (1826-1885) — also known as B. Gratz Brown; "Boozy Gratz" — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., May 28, 1826. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1852-58; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1860; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1863-67; Governor of Missouri, 1871-73; Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1872. Died in Kirkwood, St. Louis County, Mo., December 13, 1885 (age 59 years, 199 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Kirkwood, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Mason Brown and Judith Ann (Bledsoe) Brown; married 1858 to Mary Hanson Gunn; grandson of John Brown and Jesse Bledsoe; second cousin of Emily Todd Helm.   Political families: Brown-Breckinridge family of Lexington, Kentucky; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson (1829-1895) — also known as N. H. R. Dawson — of Selma, Dallas County, Ala. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., February 14, 1829. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alabama, 1860; Speaker of the Alabama State House of Representatives, 1880. Episcopalian. Died in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., February 1, 1895 (age 65 years, 352 days). Interment at Live Oak Cemetery, Selma, Ala.   Relatives: Son of Lawrence E. Dawson and Mary Wilkinson (Rhodes) Dawson; married to Elodie Breck Todd (half-sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln and Ninian Wirt Edwards; sister-in-law of Benjamin Hardin Helm; sister of Emilie Pariet Todd).   Political families: Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Edwards-Cook family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	James David Walker (1830-1906) — also known as James D. Walker — of Fayetteville, Washington County, Ark. Born near Russellville, Logan County, Ky., December 13, 1830. Democrat. Lawyer; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate for Presidential Elector for Arkansas; U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1879-85. Died in Fayetteville, Washington County, Ark., November 17, 1906 (age 75 years, 339 days). Interment in private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of James Volney Walker and Susan Howard (McLean) Walker; married to Mary W. Walker; nephew of John McLean, Finis Ewing McLean and David Shelby Walker; grandson of David Walker; grandnephew of George Walker; cousin *** of Wilkinson Call; first cousin of David Shelby Walker Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of Howell Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin thrice removed of George Washington, John Walker and Francis Walker; second cousin four times removed of George Madison; third cousin once removed of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); third cousin twice removed of Robert Brooke and Bushrod Washington; third cousin thrice removed of James Madison, William Taylor Madison and Clement F. Dorsey; fourth cousin of Howell Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; fourth cousin once removed of John Thornton Augustine Washington, Francis Taliaferro Helm and Thomas Walker Gilmer.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Jackson-Lee family; Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Clay family of Kentucky; Lewis-Pollard family of Texas (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Benjamin Hardin Helm (1831-1863) — also known as Ben Hardin Helm — Born in Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., June 2, 1831. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1855-56; declined appointment as paymaster of the Union Army; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Shot during the Battle of Chickamauga, and died soon after, Chickamauga, Walker County, Ga., September 21, 1863 (age 32 years, 111 days). Interment at Helm Cemetery, Near Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky.   Relatives: Son of John Larue Helm and Lucinda Barbour (Hardin) Helm; married 1856 to Emilie Pariet Todd (half-sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln and Ninian Wirt Edwards; sister-in-law of Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson).   Political families: Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Edwards-Cook family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Emily Todd Helm (1836-1930) — also known as Emily T. Helm; Emilie Pariet Todd — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., November 11, 1836. Her husband was offered a position as paymaster of the Union Army, but chose to become a Confederate general, and was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga in 1863; she was granted safe passage to come to the White House and stay with President Abraham Lincoln and his family, despite harsh criticism in the Northern press for harboring a Confederate; postmaster at Elizabethtown, Ky., 1883-96. Female. Member, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Died in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., February 20, 1930 (age 93 years, 101 days). Interment at Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.   Relatives: Daughter of Robert Smith Todd and Elizabeth (Humphreys) Todd; half-sister of Elizabeth Parker Todd (who married Ninian Wirt Edwards) and Mary Ann Todd (who married Abraham Lincoln); sister of Elodie Breck Todd (who married Nathaniel Henry Rhodes Dawson); married 1856 to Benjamin Hardin Helm (son of John Larue Helm); aunt of Robert Todd Lincoln and Martha Dee Todd; grandniece of John Brown; first cousin once removed of Mason Brown; first cousin twice removed of Arthur Rumney Ringwalt; second cousin of Benjamin Gratz Brown.   Political families: Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Edwards-Cook family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The Lehrman Institute
	David Cooper Swan Wintersmith (1839-1912) — also known as David C. Swan Wintersmith — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., May 4, 1839. Republican. Postmaster at Elizabethtown, Ky., 1864-66, 1870-71, 1871-83. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., November 10, 1912 (age 73 years, 190 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Robert Lawrence Wintersmith and Euphemia (Swan) Wintersmith; married, August 27, 1868, to Willie Shirley; nephew of Charles G. Wintersmith and Richard Curd Wintersmith; grandson of Horatio Gates Wintersmith; grandnephew of Samuel LaRue Hodgen; second cousin once removed of John Larue Helm.   Political families: Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Morehead-Wintersmith family of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Robert Todd Lincoln (1843-1926) — Born in Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill., August 1, 1843. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Illinois; U.S. Secretary of War, 1881-85; U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1889-93; president (1897-1911) and chairman (1911-26) of the Pullman Palace Car Company, makers of railroad cars; part owner of Chicago Edison Company electric utility. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Manchester, Bennington County, Vt., July 25, 1926 (age 82 years, 358 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln; married, September 24, 1868, to Mary Eunice Harlan (daughter of James Harlan); nephew of Emily Todd Helm; great-grandnephew of David Rittenhouse Porter, George Bryan Porter and James Madison Porter; first cousin of Martha Dee Todd; second cousin once removed of Arthur Rumney Ringwalt; second cousin five times removed of Richard Henry Lee, Francis Lightfoot Lee and Arthur Lee; third cousin thrice removed of Levi Lincoln.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Jackson-Lee family; Lincoln-Lee family; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Robert T. Lincoln: Jason Emerson, Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln
	David Shelby Walker Jr. (1846-1889) — also known as David S. Walker, Jr. — of Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla. Born in Leon County, Fla., October 10, 1846. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; mayor of Tallahassee, Fla., 1875, 1878-79; member of Florida state house of representatives, 1883; delegate to Florida state constitutional convention, 1885; member of Florida state senate, 1887. Died in Tallahassee, Leon County, Fla., December 6, 1889 (age 43 years, 57 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.   Relatives: Son of David Shelby Walker and Philoclea Edgeworth 'Florida' (Alston) Walker; grandson of David Walker; grandnephew of George Walker; first cousin of James David Walker; first cousin thrice removed of Howell Lewis; second cousin twice removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin thrice removed of George Washington, John Walker and Francis Walker; second cousin four times removed of George Madison; third cousin once removed of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); third cousin twice removed of Robert Brooke and Bushrod Washington; third cousin thrice removed of James Madison, William Taylor Madison and Clement F. Dorsey; fourth cousin of Howell Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; fourth cousin once removed of John Thornton Augustine Washington, Francis Taliaferro Helm and Thomas Walker Gilmer.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Jackson-Lee family; Demarest-Meriwether-Lewis family of New Jersey; Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Clay family of Kentucky; Lewis-Pollard family of Texas (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Martha Dee Todd (1858-1909) — also known as M. D. Todd — of Cynthiana, Harrison County, Ky. Born in Kentucky, September 19, 1858. Postmaster at Cynthiana, Ky., 1887-93. Female. Died in Harrison County, Ky., January 12, 1909 (age 50 years, 115 days). Interment at Battle Grove Cemetery, Cynthiana, Ky.   Relatives: Daughter of George Rogers Clark Todd and Anna H. (Curry) Todd; niece of Mary Ann Todd (who married Abraham Lincoln) and Emily Todd Helm; great-grandniece of David Rittenhouse Porter, George Bryan Porter and James Madison Porter; first cousin of Robert Todd Lincoln; second cousin once removed of Arthur Rumney Ringwalt.   Political families: Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Arthur Rumney Ringwalt (1899-1981) — also known as Arthur R. Ringwalt — of Washington, D.C. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., February 24, 1899. U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1928-32; Yunnanfu, 1934, 1938; U.S. Consul in Kweilin, 1943-44; chief, U.S. State Department Division on Chinese Affairs, 1946. Died in Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C., February 14, 1981 (age 81 years, 356 days). Cremated.   Relatives: Son of John Rumney Ringwalt and Mary McFarland (Carr) Ringwalt; married, May 15, 1938, to Mildred Minor Teusler; first cousin twice removed of Mary Todd Lincoln and Emily Todd Helm; second cousin once removed of Robert Todd Lincoln and Martha Dee Todd.   Political families: Lee-Randolph family; Lincoln-Lee family; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).