Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

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.

	Benjamin Edwards (1753-1829) — of Maryland. Born in Stafford County, Va., August 12, 1753. Member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1782-84; state court judge in Maryland, 1793; U.S. Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1795. Slaveowner. Died in Elkton, Todd County, Ky., November 13, 1829 (age 76 years, 93 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Todd County, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Hayden Edwards and Penelope (Sanford) Edwards; married to Margaret Beall; father of Ninian Edwards and Cyrus Edwards; grandfather of Ninian Wirt Edwards, Benjamin Edwards Grey and Lucy Amanda Gray (who married Finis Ewing McLean); great-grandfather of John Pope Cook and Richard Lee Metcalfe; second great-grandfather of Theodore W. Metcalfe.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Ninian Edwards (1775-1833) — of Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Ill.; Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill. Born in Montgomery County, Md., March 17, 1775. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1796-97; state court judge in Kentucky, 1803; justice of Kentucky state supreme court, 1808; Governor of Illinois Territory, 1809-18; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1818-24; Governor of Illinois, 1826-30; candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1832. Baptist. Slaveowner. Died of cholera, in Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill., July 20, 1833 (age 58 years, 125 days). Original interment somewhere in Belleville, Ill.; reinterment in 1855 at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; statue at Ninian Edwards Plaza, Edwardsville, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Margaret (Beall) Edwards and Benjamin Edwards; brother of Cyrus Edwards; married, February 20, 1803, to Elvira Lane; father of Julia Catherine Edwards (who married Daniel Pope Cook) and Ninian Wirt Edwards; uncle of Lucy Amanda Gray (who married Finis Ewing McLean); grandfather of John Pope Cook; granduncle of Richard Lee Metcalfe; great-granduncle of Theodore W. Metcalfe.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Edwards County, Ill. is named for him.   The city of Edwardsville, Illinois, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
	Nathaniel Cook (1775-1852) — of Madison County, Mo. Born in Orange County, Va., 1775. Delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Madison County, 1820. Died in St. Francois County, Mo., 1852 (age about 77 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Mary Jane (Mothershead) Cook and John Dillard Cook (1753-1828); brother of John Dillard Cook (1789-1852) and Daniel Pope Cook; uncle of John Pope Cook.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	John Dillard Cook (1789-1852) — also known as John D. Cook — of Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. Born in Orange County, Va., June 15, 1789. Delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention from Ste. Genevieve County, 1820; justice of Missouri state supreme court, 1820-23; appointed 1820; U.S. Attorney for Missouri, 1850-52; died in office 1852. English ancestry. Died in Cape Girardeau County, Mo., October 28, 1852 (age 63 years, 135 days). Interment at Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Mo.   Relatives: Son of Mary Jane (Mothershead) Cook and John Dillard Cook (1753-1828); brother of Nathaniel Cook and Daniel Pope Cook; married 1814 to Sarah Middleton Taylor; uncle of John Pope Cook.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	John McLean (1791-1830) — of Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Ill. Born in Guilford County, N.C., February 4, 1791. Democrat. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1818-19; member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1821-23, 1827-29; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1824-25, 1829-30; died in office 1830. Died in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Ill., October 14, 1830 (age 39 years, 252 days). Interment at Westwood Cemetery, Shawneetown, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Ephraim McLean and Elizabeth Walton (Byers) McLean; brother of Finis Ewing McLean; uncle of James David Walker.   Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Walker-Helm-Lincoln-Brown family of Kentucky; Washington-Walker family of Virginia; Dorsey-Poffenbarger family of Maryland; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Jackson-Lee family; Edwards-Cook family; Call family of Tallahassee, Florida (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   McLean County, Ill. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
	Cyrus Edwards (1793-1877) — of Alton, Madison County, Ill. Born in Howard County, Md., June 17, 1793. Whig. Candidate for Governor of Illinois, 1838; postmaster at Alton, Ill., 1841-43; delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention from Madison County, 1847. Baptist. Died in Alton, Madison County, Ill., August 31, 1877 (age 84 years, 75 days). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Alton, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Edwards and Margaret (Beall) Edwards; brother of Ninian Edwards; married 1818 to Nancy Harriet Reed; married 1837 to Sophia Loomis; uncle of Julia Catherine Edwards (who married Daniel Pope Cook), Ninian Wirt Edwards and Lucy Amanda Gray (who married Finis Ewing McLean); grandfather of Richard Lee Metcalfe; granduncle of John Pope Cook; great-grandfather of Theodore W. Metcalfe.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Daniel Pope Cook (1794-1827) — of Edwardsville, Madison County, Ill. Born in Scott County, Ky., October 16, 1794. Lawyer; Illinois state attorney general, 1819; U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1819-27; U.S. Commercial Agent (Consul) in Havana, 1827. Died in Scott County, Ky., October 16, 1827 (age 33 years, 0 days). Original interment at Hutchinson Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.; reinterment in 1866 at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Mary Jane (Mothershead) Cook and John Dillard Cook (1753-1828); brother of Nathaniel Cook and John Dillard Cook (1789-1852); married, May 6, 1821, to Julia Catherine Edwards (daughter of Ninian Edwards; niece of Cyrus Edwards); father of John Pope Cook.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cook County, Ill. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Finis Ewing McLean (1806-1881) — also known as Finis E. McLean — of Elkton, Todd County, Ky.; Andrew County, Mo.; Greencastle, Putnam County, Ind. Born near Russellville, Logan County, Ky., February 19, 1806. Whig. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1837; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1849-51. Slaveowner. Died in Greencastle, Putnam County, Ind., April 12, 1881 (age 75 years, 52 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Greencastle, Ind.   Presumably named for: Finis Ewing   Relatives: Son of Ephraim McLean and Elizabeth Walton (Byers) McLean; brother of John McLean; married, September 16, 1829, to Lucy Amanda Gray (niece of Ninian Edwards and Cyrus Edwards; granddaughter of Benjamin Edwards); married, June 18, 1862, to Isabella Beckwith Cassel; uncle of James David Walker.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Benjamin Edwards Grey (1809-1875) — also known as Benjamin E. Grey — of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky. Born near Bardstown, Nelson County, Ky., July 31, 1809. Whig. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1838-39; member of Kentucky state senate, 1847-51; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1851-55. Died in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., March 7, 1875 (age 65 years, 219 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Ky.   Relatives: Grandson of Benjamin Edwards.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	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).
	John Pope Cook (1825-1910) — also known as John P. Cook — of Springfield, Sangamon County, Ill.; Ransom, Hillsdale County, Mich. Born in Belleville, St. Clair County, Ill., June 12, 1825. Mayor of Springfield, Ill., 1855; Sangamon County Sheriff, 1856; general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Died in Ransom, Hillsdale County, Mich., October 12, 1910 (age 85 years, 122 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Pope Cook and Julia Catherine (Edwards) Cook; married, October 20, 1847, to Susan A. Lamb; married, September 16, 1889, to Mary Eliza Baker; nephew of Nathaniel Cook, John Dillard Cook and Ninian Wirt Edwards; grandson of Ninian Edwards; grandnephew of Cyrus Edwards; great-grandson of Benjamin Edwards; second cousin of Richard Lee Metcalfe; second cousin once removed of Theodore W. Metcalfe.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also 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
	Richard Lee Metcalfe (1861-1954) — also known as Richard L. Metcalfe — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Alton, Madison County, Ill., October 11, 1861. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1928; mayor of Omaha, Neb., 1930-33; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, 1932. Died in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., March 31, 1954 (age 92 years, 171 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Richard Lee Metcalfe (1827-1898) and Ellen Tazewell (Edwards) Metcalfe; married 1885 to Elizabeth Buehler; father of Theodore W. Metcalfe; grandson of Cyrus Edwards; grandnephew of Ninian Edwards; great-grandson of Benjamin Edwards; first cousin once removed of Ninian Wirt Edwards; second cousin of John Pope Cook.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Theodore W. Metcalfe (1894-1973) — also known as Ted W. Metcalfe — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., August 16, 1894. Republican. Newspaper editor; lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; real estate developer; Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, 1931-33; candidate for U.S. Representative from Nebraska 2nd District, 1940; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1952, 1956, 1960. Member, American Legion. Died in Omaha, Douglas County, Neb., February 17, 1973 (age 78 years, 185 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Richard Lee Metcalfe and Elizabeth 'Bessie' (Buehler) Metcalfe; married to Helen Houston; great-grandson of Cyrus Edwards; great-grandnephew of Ninian Edwards; second great-grandson of Benjamin Edwards; first cousin twice removed of Ninian Wirt Edwards; second cousin once removed of John Pope Cook.   Political family: Edwards-Cook family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial