Note: This is just one of 1,325 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.

	Howell Lewis (1731-1813) — of Granville County, N.C. Born in Goochland County, Va., September 13, 1731. Member of North Carolina state senate from Granville County, 1785-86; member of North Carolina house of commons from Granville County, 1787. Died in Granville County, N.C., November 29, 1813 (age 82 years, 77 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Charles Lewis and Mary (Howell) Lewis; married to Isabella Willis; grandfather of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); great-grandfather of Howell Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; second great-grandfather of Andrew Jackson Cobb; fourth great-grandfather of Howell Cobb Jr.; first cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; first cousin twice removed of David Shelby Walker; first cousin thrice removed of James David Walker and David Shelby Walker Jr.; first cousin six times removed of Arthur Sidney Demarest; second cousin of George Washington; second cousin once removed of Bushrod Washington; second cousin twice removed of John Thornton Augustine Washington; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; second cousin four times removed of George Washington Thornton Beck and Claude Pollard; third cousin twice removed of Henry Rootes Jackson.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	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 thrice removed of George Washington Thornton Beck; 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, Robert Thomas Brooke, 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-Edwards family of North Carolina and Georgia; Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; Walker-Lowndes family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	David Meriwether (1755-1822) — of Georgia. Born in Albemarle County, Va., March 27, 1755. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1797-1800; Speaker of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1797-1800; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1801-02, 1803-07 (at-large 1801-02, 1803-05, 3rd District 1805-07); Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1816; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1820. Died near Athens, Clarke County, Ga., November 16, 1822 (age 67 years, 234 days). Interment in private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of James Meriwether (1729-1801) and Judith Hardenia (Burnley) Meriwether; married, November 14, 1782, to Frances Wingfield; father of James Meriwether (1788-1852); uncle of David Meriwether (1800-1893); first cousin of James Meriwether (1755-1817); first cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis and James Archibald Meriwether; first cousin twice removed of George Rockingham Gilmer, Reuben Handy Meriwether and Frances Meriwether (who married Anson Rainey); second cousin five times removed of Arthur Sidney Demarest; third cousin of Theodorick Bland; third cousin once removed of John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker; third cousin twice removed of Nathaniel Beverly Tucker.   Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; Meriwether family of Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Meriwether County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	James Meriwether (1755-1817) — of Georgia. Born in Albemarle County, Va., June 4, 1755. Georgia state comptroller general, 1799-1804. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., October 25, 1817 (age 62 years, 143 days). Interment somewhere in Louisville, Ga.   Relatives: Son of David Meriwether (1726-1772) and Mary (Weaver) Meriwether; married, May 22, 1790, to Susannah Hatcher; father of James Archibald Meriwether; first cousin of David Meriwether (1755-1822); first cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis, James Meriwether (1788-1852) and David Meriwether (1800-1893); first cousin twice removed of George Rockingham Gilmer, Reuben Handy Meriwether and Frances Meriwether (who married Anson Rainey); second cousin five times removed of Arthur Sidney Demarest; third cousin of Theodorick Bland; third cousin once removed of John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker; third cousin twice removed of Nathaniel Beverly Tucker.   Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; Meriwether family of Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	James Steele (1763-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born in 1763. Member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1830. Died September 30, 1845 (age about 82 years). Interment at Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.   Relatives: Married to Mary Humes; father of Rachel Elizabeth Steele (who married Richard Woodhouse Johnson) and Sarah Jane Steele (who married Henry Hastings Sibley).   Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; Trowbridge family of Detroit, Michigan (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also 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 thrice removed of George Washington Thornton Beck; 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, Robert Thomas Brooke, 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-Edwards family of North Carolina and Georgia; Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; Walker-Lowndes family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Howell Cobb (1772-1818) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga. Born in Granville County, N.C., August 3, 1772. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1807-12 (at-large 1807-09, 2nd District 1809-11, at-large 1811-12). Slaveowner. Died near Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., May 27, 1818 (age 45 years, 297 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Jefferson County, Ga.   Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Mildred (Lewis) Cobb; married, May 8, 1810, to Martha A. Jacquelin (Rootes) Rootes; uncle of Howell Cobb (1815-1868) and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; grandson of Howell Lewis; granduncle of Andrew Jackson Cobb; second great-granduncle of Howell Cobb Jr.; second cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis and Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; second cousin twice removed of George Washington; third cousin of David Shelby Walker; third cousin once removed of Bushrod Washington, James David Walker and David Shelby Walker Jr.; fourth cousin of John Thornton Augustine Washington.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset 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, David Shelby Walker Jr. and George Washington Thornton Beck; second cousin thrice removed of Hubbard T. Smith and Andrew Jackson Cobb; second cousin four times removed of Archer Woodford; second cousin five times removed of Howell Cobb Jr.; 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, Robert Thomas Brooke, 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: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; Walker-Lowndes family of Maryland; Meriwether family of Georgia (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
	Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) — of Madison, Morgan County, Ga.; Monroe, Walton County, Ga.; Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Pittsylvania County, Va., January 14, 1783. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1808; member of Georgia state senate, 1812; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1815-17, 1827-31 (at-large 1815-17, 4th District 1827-29, at-large 1829-31); Governor of Georgia, 1831-35; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1837-41. Slaveowner. Died in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., December 28, 1870 (age 87 years, 348 days). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.   Relatives: Brother of Joseph Henry Lumpkin; uncle of John Henry Lumpkin and Marion McHenry Lumpkin (who married Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb); grandfather of Middleton Pope Barrow.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Lumpkin County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	George Rockingham Gilmer (1790-1859) — also known as George R. Gilmer — of Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga. Born near Lexington, Wilkes County (now Oglethorpe County), Ga., April 11, 1790. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1818-19, 1824; U.S. Representative from Georgia at-large, 1821-23, 1827-29, 1833-35; Governor of Georgia, 1829-31, 1837-39; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1836; Whig Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1840. Slaveowner. Died in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., November 16, 1859 (age 69 years, 219 days). Interment at Presbyterian Cemetery, Lexington, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Meriwether Gilmer and Elizabeth (Lewis) Gilmer; first cousin once removed of Meriwether Lewis; first cousin twice removed of David Meriwether (1755-1822) and James Meriwether (1755-1817); second cousin once removed of James Meriwether (1788-1852), David Meriwether (1800-1893) and James Archibald Meriwether; third cousin of Reuben Handy Meriwether; third cousin twice removed of Theodorick Bland; fourth cousin once removed of John Randolph of Roanoke and Henry St. George Tucker.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Gilmer County, Ga. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867) — also known as Joseph H. Lumpkin — Born in Oglethorpe County, Ga., December 23, 1799. Lawyer; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1824-25; chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court, 1845-67; died in office 1867. Died in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., June 4, 1867 (age 67 years, 163 days). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.   Relatives: Brother of Wilson Lumpkin; married to Callender Cunningham Grieve; father of Marion McHenry Lumpkin (who married Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb).   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Henry Lumpkin (1812-1860) — also known as John H. Lumpkin — of Rome, Floyd County, Ga. Born in Oglethorpe County, Ga., June 13, 1812. Democrat. Member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1836; U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1843-49, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45, 5th District 1845-49, 1855-57); circuit judge in Georgia, 1849-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1860. Slaveowner. Died June 10, 1860 (age 47 years, 363 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Rome, Ga.   Relatives: Nephew of Wilson Lumpkin.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	John Milton Johnson (1812-1886) — also known as John M. Johnson — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky.; Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Kentucky, January 19, 1812. Physician; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1837; member of Kentucky state senate, 1859-60; delegate to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., May 18, 1886 (age 74 years, 119 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Jane (Leeper) Johnson and James Johnson; half-brother of Richard Woodhouse Johnson; brother of James Leeper Johnson; married to Elizabeth Prince Earle; married, May 18, 1864, to Mary Willis (Cobb) Erwin (sister of Howell Cobb and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb).   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Howell Cobb (1815-1868) — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Jefferson County, Ga., September 7, 1815. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1843-51, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45, 6th District 1845-51, 1855-57); Speaker of the U.S. House, 1849-51; Governor of Georgia, 1851-53; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1857-60; Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 9, 1868 (age 53 years, 32 days). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.   Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson (Rootes) Cobb; brother of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb and Mary Willis Cobb (who married John Milton Johnson); married 1835 to Mary Ann Lamar; father of Andrew Jackson Cobb; nephew of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); grandfather of Andrew Cobb Erwin; great-grandson of Howell Lewis; great-grandfather of Howell Cobb Jr.; great-grandnephew of John Smith; first cousin of Henry Rootes Jackson; second cousin twice removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin thrice removed of George Washington; third cousin of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; third cousin once removed of Thomas Chilton, William Parish Chilton, David Shelby Walker and Joshua Chilton; third cousin twice removed of Bushrod Washington; third cousin thrice removed of Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.; fourth cousin of James David Walker, Commodore Perry Chilton, David Shelby Walker Jr. and Shadrach Chilton; fourth cousin once removed of John Thornton Augustine Washington, Horace George Chilton and Arthur Bounds Chilton.   Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; King-Cobb family of Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS Howell Cobb (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scuttled as a breakwater in Cook Inlet, 1966) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books by Howell Cobb: A Scriptural Examination of the Institution of Slavery in the United States, With its Objects and Purposes (1856)
	James Leeper Johnson (1818-1877) — of Kentucky. Born near Smithland, Livingston County, Ky., October 30, 1818. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1844; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1849-51; defeated, 1857; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1867. Slaveowner. Died in Owensboro, Daviess County, Ky., February 12, 1877 (age 58 years, 105 days). Interment at Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Jane (Leeper) Johnson and James Johnson; half-brother of Richard Woodhouse Johnson; brother of John Milton Johnson.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Henry Rootes Jackson (1820-1898) — also known as Henry R. Jackson — of Savannah, Chatham County, Ga. Born in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., June 24, 1820. Democrat. U.S. Attorney for Georgia, 1844; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Austria, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Austria, 1854-58; Mexico, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1860; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1860; delegate to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., May 23, 1898 (age 77 years, 333 days). Interment at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Henry Jackson and Martha Jacquelina (Rootes) Jackson; married, January 31, 1844, to Cornelia Augusta Davenport; married, December 29, 1866, to Florence Barclay King (daughter of Thomas Butler King; sister of John Floyd King; niece of Henry King); great-grandnephew of John Smith; first cousin of Howell Cobb and Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; first cousin once removed of Andrew Jackson Cobb; first cousin thrice removed of Howell Cobb Jr.; third cousin once removed of Thomas Chilton, William Parish Chilton and Joshua Chilton; third cousin twice removed of Howell Lewis and George Washington; third cousin thrice removed of Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.; fourth cousin of Commodore Perry Chilton and Shadrach Chilton; fourth cousin once removed of Bushrod Washington, Meriwether Lewis, Horace George Chilton and Arthur Bounds Chilton.   Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; King-Cobb family of Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) — also known as Thomas R. R. Cobb — of Georgia. Born in Jefferson County, Ga., April 10, 1823. Lawyer; Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Shot and killed in the battle of Fredericksburg, Stafford County, Va., December 13, 1862 (age 39 years, 247 days). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.   Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson (Rootes) Cobb; brother of Howell Cobb (1815-1868) and Mary Willis Cobb (who married John Milton Johnson); married 1844 to Marion McHenry Lumpkin (daughter of Joseph Henry Lumpkin; niece of Wilson Lumpkin); father of Marion Birdie Cobb (who married Michael Hoke Smith); nephew of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); uncle of Andrew Jackson Cobb; great-grandson of Howell Lewis; great-grandnephew of John Smith; great-granduncle of Howell Cobb Jr.; first cousin of Henry Rootes Jackson; second cousin twice removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin thrice removed of George Washington; third cousin of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; third cousin once removed of Thomas Chilton, William Parish Chilton, David Shelby Walker and Joshua Chilton; third cousin twice removed of Bushrod Washington; third cousin thrice removed of Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.; fourth cousin of James David Walker, Commodore Perry Chilton, David Shelby Walker Jr. and Shadrach Chilton; fourth cousin once removed of John Thornton Augustine Washington, Horace George Chilton and Arthur Bounds Chilton.   Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; King-Cobb family of Georgia; Hoke family of Lincolnton, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Richard Woodhouse Johnson (1827-1897) — also known as Richard W. Johnson; R. W. Johnson — of St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn. Born near Smithland, Livingston County, Ky., February 7, 1827. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1881. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., April 21, 1897 (age 70 years, 73 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, St. Paul, Minn.   Relatives: Son of James Johnson; half-brother of John Milton Johnson and James Leeper Johnson; married 1850 to Rachel Elizabeth Steele (daughter of James Steele); married 1894 to Julia Ann MacFarlane Carson.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Middleton Pope Barrow (1839-1903) — also known as M. Pope Barrow — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born near Stephens, Oglethorpe County, Ga., August 1, 1839. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877; member of Georgia state house of representatives, 1880-81; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1882-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1888; circuit judge in Georgia, 1902-03; died in office 1903. Died in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., December 23, 1903 (age 64 years, 144 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Oglethorpe County, Ga.   Relatives: Grandson of Wilson Lumpkin.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
	Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) — also known as M. Hoke Smith — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Newton, Catawba County, N.C., September 2, 1855. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1893-96; Governor of Georgia, 1907-09, 1911; U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1911-21. Presbyterian. Died in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., November 27, 1931 (age 76 years, 86 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Hildreth Hosea Smith and Mary Brent (Hoke) Smith; married to Marion Birdie Cobb (daughter of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb); grandson of Michael Hoke; grandnephew of John Franklin Hoke; first cousin once removed of William Alexander Hoke.   Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; Hoke family of Lincolnton, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Hoke Smith High School (opened 1923 as junior high, became high school 1947, closed 1985), in Atlanta, Georgia, was named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Hoke Smith (built 1943 at Savannah, Georgia; scrapped 1967) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: New York World, March 5, 1893
	Andrew Jackson Cobb (1857-1925) — also known as Andrew J. Cobb — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., April 12, 1857. Democrat. Lawyer; law professor; justice of Georgia state supreme court, 1897-1907; Democratic Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1913. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., March 27, 1925 (age 67 years, 349 days). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.   Presumably named for: Andrew Jackson   Relatives: Son of Howell Cobb (1815-1868) and Mary Ann (Lamar) Cobb; married, March 3, 1880, to Stark 'Starkie' Campbell; nephew of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; grandfather of Howell Cobb Jr.; grandnephew of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); second great-grandson of Howell Lewis; second great-grandnephew of John Smith; first cousin once removed of Henry Rootes Jackson; second cousin thrice removed of Meriwether Lewis; second cousin four times removed of George Washington; third cousin once removed of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden; third cousin twice removed of Thomas Chilton, William Parish Chilton, David Shelby Walker and Joshua Chilton; third cousin thrice removed of Bushrod Washington; fourth cousin once removed of James David Walker, Commodore Perry Chilton, David Shelby Walker Jr. and Shadrach Chilton.   Political families: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia; King-Cobb family of Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Andrew Cobb Erwin (1884-1941) — also known as Andrew C. Erwin — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., December 22, 1884. Democrat. Insurance and real estate business; banker; mayor of Athens, Ga., 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932. Hit by a car on the street in front of his house, and died as a result, in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., February 16, 1941 (age 56 years, 56 days). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Alexander Smith Erwin and Mary Ann Lamar (Cobb) Erwin; married, April 24, 1912, to Camilla Oliver McWhorter (sister of Robert Ligon McWhorter); grandson of Howell Cobb.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Robert Ligon McWhorter (1891-1960) — also known as Bob McWhorter — of Athens, Clarke County, Ga. Born in Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., June 4, 1891. Law professor; mayor of Athens, Ga., 1940-47; named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Chi Phi. Died in Athens, Clarke County, Ga., June 29, 1960 (age 69 years, 25 days). Interment at Oconee Hill Cemetery, Athens, Ga.   Relatives: Son of Hamilton McWhorter and Sallie (Pharr) McWhorter; brother of Camilla Oliver McWhorter (who married Andrew Cobb Erwin); married, October 12, 1921, to Louise Walker.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   McWhorter Hall (dormitory, built 1966, rebuilt in new location 2004), University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Howell Cobb Jr. (1922-2005) — Born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., December 7, 1922. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, 1985-2001; took senior status 2001. Member, Kappa Alpha Order. Died in Castine, Hancock County, Maine, September 16, 2005 (age 82 years, 283 days). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Tex.   Relatives: Son of Howell Cobb (1894-1945) and Dorothy (Hart) Cobb; married to Laetitia Torrance Chalmers; grandson of Andrew Jackson Cobb; great-grandson of Howell Cobb (1815-1868); great-grandnephew of Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb; second great-grandnephew of Howell Cobb (1772-1818); fourth great-grandson of Howell Lewis; fourth great-grandnephew of John Smith; first cousin thrice removed of Henry Rootes Jackson; second cousin five times removed of Meriwether Lewis; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Leonidas Crittenden.   Political family: Cobb-Lumpkin family of Athens, Georgia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also federal judicial profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges