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	Richard Howell (1754-1802) — of Gloucester County, N.J. Born in Newark, New Castle County, Del., October 23, 1754. Major in Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer; delegate to New Jersey convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Gloucester County, 1787; Governor of New Jersey, 1793-1801; chancellor of New Jersey court of chancery, 1793-1801. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Burlington, Burlington County, N.J., April 28, 1802 (age 47 years, 187 days). Interment at Friends Burying Ground, Trenton, N.J.   Relatives: Son of Ebenezer Howell and Sarah (Bond) Howell; married 1799 to Keziah Burr; grandfather of Daniel Agnew and Varina Howell (who married Jefferson Finis Davis); second great-grandfather of Howell Morgan; third great-grandfather of Cecil Morgan.   Political family: Davis-Howell-Morgan-Agnew family of New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography
	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)
	Margaret Taylor (1788-1852) — also known as Peggy Taylor; Margaret Mackall Smith — Born in Calvert County, Md., September 21, 1788. First Lady of the United States, 1849-50. Female. Episcopalian. Died in Pascagoula, Jackson County, Miss., August 14, 1852 (age 63 years, 328 days). Interment at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.   Relatives: Daughter of Walter Smith and Ann (Mackall) Smith; married, June 21, 1810, to Zachary Taylor; mother of Sarah Knox Taylor (who married Jefferson Finis Davis); niece of Benjamin Mackall IV and Thomas Mackall; first cousin of Robert William Bowie; first cousin once removed of Thomas Fielder Bowie; first cousin four times removed of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; first cousin five times removed of James Jermiah Wadsworth; first cousin six times removed of James Wadsworth Symington.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family of Massachusetts; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Morton family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Jefferson Finis Davis (1808-1889) — also known as Jefferson Davis — of Warrenton, Warren County, Miss.; Warren County, Miss. Born in a log cabin, Fairview, Christian County (now Todd County), Ky., June 3, 1808. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; candidate for Mississippi state house of representatives, 1843; candidate for Presidential Elector for Mississippi; 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. Captured by Union forces in May 1865 and imprisoned without trial for about two years. Slaveowner. Died of bronchitis and malaria in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., December 6, 1889 (age 81 years, 186 days). Original interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.; reinterment in 1893 at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.; memorial monument at Memorial Avenue, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Emory Davis and Jane (Cook) Davis; married, June 17, 1835, to Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter of Zachary Taylor and Margaret Taylor); married, February 25, 1845, to Varina Howell (granddaughter of Richard Howell); uncle of Mary Bradford (who married Richard Brodhead); granduncle of Jefferson Davis Brodhead and Frances Eileen Hutt (who married Thomas Edmund Dewey).   Political families: Taylor-Brodhead family of Easton, Pennsylvania; Davis-Howell-Morgan-Agnew family of New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   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   Jeff Davis County, Ga., Jefferson Davis Parish, La., Jefferson Davis County, Miss. and Jeff Davis County, Tex. are named for him.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Jefferson Davis (built 1942 at Mobile, Alabama; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   Other politicians named for him: J. Davis Brodhead — Jefferson D. Hostetter — Jefferson D. Blount — Jefferson Davis Carwile — Jeff Davis — Jefferson D. Helms — Jefferson Davis Wiggins — Jefferson Davis Parris   Coins and currency: His portrait appeared on Confederate States 50 cent notes in 1861-64.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   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 — Clint Johnson, Pursuit: The Chase, Capture, Persecution, and Surprising Release of Confederate President Jefferson Davis   Image source: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 9, 1861
	Richard Brodhead (1811-1863) — of Easton, Northampton County, Pa. Born in Lehman Township, Pike County, Pa., January 5, 1811. Democrat. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1840; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 10th District, 1843-49; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1851-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1860. Died in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., September 16, 1863 (age 52 years, 254 days). Interment at Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Richard Brodhead and Jane (Drake) Brodhead; married to Mary Bradford (niece of Jefferson Finis Davis); father of Jefferson Davis Brodhead; uncle of Albert Gallatin Brodhead Jr..   Political family: Taylor-Brodhead family of Easton, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Albert Gallatin Brodhead Jr. (1815-1891) — also known as Albert G. Brodhead, Jr. — of Mauch Chunk (now part of Jim Thorpe), Carbon County, Pa. Born August 13, 1815. Democrat. Railroad superintendent; banker; member of Pennsylvania state senate, 1870-72 (10th District 1870-71, 13th District 1872); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1876 (member, Credentials Committee). Died January 18, 1891 (age 75 years, 158 days). Interment at Mauch Chunk Cemetery, Jim Thorpe, Pa.   Presumably named for: Albert Gallatin   Relatives: Son of Garret Brodhead and Cornelia (Dingman) Brodhead; married, July 3, 1838, to Sally Ann Tolan; nephew of Richard Brodhead.   Political family: Taylor-Brodhead family of Easton, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Jefferson Davis Brodhead (1859-1920) — also known as J. Davis Brodhead; Joseph Davis Brodhead — of South Bethlehem (now part of Bethlehem), Northampton County, Pa. Born in Easton, Northampton County, Pa., January 12, 1859. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1892, 1904 (alternate); U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1907-09; state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1914. Catholic. Died in Washington, D.C., April 23, 1920 (age 61 years, 102 days). Interment at Easton Cemetery, Easton, Pa.   Presumably named for: Jefferson Davis   Relatives: Son of Richard Brodhead and Mary (Bradford) Brodhead; married 1883 to Cecilia Harvier; grandnephew of Jefferson Finis Davis.   Political families: Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Davis-Howell-Morgan-Agnew family of New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana; Taylor-Brodhead family of Easton, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Thomas Edmund Dewey (1902-1971) — also known as Thomas E. Dewey — of Pawling, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Mich., March 24, 1902. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1933; New York County District Attorney, 1937-41; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940; Governor of New York, 1943-55; defeated, 1938; candidate for President of the United States, 1944, 1948; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1952 (speaker), 1956. Episcopalian. English and French ancestry. Member, Freemasons; American Bar Association; Council on Foreign Relations; Farm Bureau; Grange; Phi Mu Alpha; Phi Delta Phi. Died, from a heart attack, in his room at the Seaview Hotel, Bal Harbor, Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Fla., March 16, 1971 (age 68 years, 357 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Pawling Cemetery, Pawling, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of George Martin Dewey and Anne Louise 'Annie' (Thomas) Dewey; married, June 16, 1928, to Frances Eileen Hutt (grandniece of Jefferson Finis Davis); nephew of Edmond Otis Dewey; first cousin four times removed of David Waterman; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Glasby Waterman; second cousin five times removed of Luther Waterman and Joshua Coit; third cousin thrice removed of John Hall Brockway; fourth cousin once removed of James Gillespie Blaine III.   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Upham family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Eastman family; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Chandler-Hale family of Portland, Maine; Abbott family of Salinas, California; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dewey-Blaine-Coit-Huntington family of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Herbert Brownell, Jr. — Charles C. Wing — Martin T. Manton — Herman Methfessel   The Thomas E. Dewey Thruway, which runs through Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Greene, Albany, Schenectady, Montgomery, Herkimer, Oneida, Madison, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Ontario, Monroe, Genesee, Erie, and Chautauqua counties in New York, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Books about Thomas E. Dewey: Mary M. Stolberg, Fighting Organized Crime : Politics, Justice, and the Legacy of Thomas E. Dewey — Barry K. Beyer, Thomas E. Dewey, 1937-1947 : A Study in Political Leadership — Richard Norton Smith, Thomas E. Dewey and His Times — Scott Farris, Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation — David Pietrusza, 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America   Image source: Library of Congress