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family groupings listed on
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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,
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not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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William Byrd III (1728-1777) —
also known as William Evelyn Byrd —
Born in Charles
City County, Va., September
6, 1728.
Planter;
member of Virginia
House of Burgesses from Lunenburg County, 1752-54; member of Virginia
Governor's Council, 1755-75.
Slaveowner.
Died, by suicide,
Charles
City County, Va., January
1, 1777 (age 48 years, 117
days).
Interment at Westover Plantation Cemetery, Charles City County, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of William Byrd II and Maria (Taylor) Byrd; married 1748 to
Elizabeth Hill Carter; married to Mary Shippen Willing; father of Charles
Willing Byrd; second great-grandfather of Connally
Findlay Trigg and Richard
Evelyn Byrd; third great-grandfather of Harry
Flood Byrd; fourth great-grandfather of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; fourth great-granduncle of William
Welby Beverley; first cousin six times removed of William
Bradley Umstead and Angier
Biddle Duke; first cousin seven times removed of Julia
Grimmet Fortson; second cousin twice removed of Edmund
Pendleton; third cousin once removed of John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; fourth cousin of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Henry
Gaines Johnson, Coleby
Chew, John
Strother Pendleton, Albert
Gallatin Pendleton, Philip
Coleman Pendleton, George
Hunt Pendleton and Joseph
Henry Pendleton. |
| | | Political families: Shippen-Byrd
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Byrd-Flood
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Charles Willing Byrd (1770-1828) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Charles
City County, Va., July 26,
1770.
Lawyer;
secretary
of Northwest Territory, 1800-03; delegate
to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,
1802; Governor
of Northwest Territory, 1802-03; U.S.
District Judge for Ohio, 1803-28; died in office 1828.
Died in Sinking Spring, Highland
County, Ohio, August
25, 1828 (age 58 years, 30
days).
Interment at Byrd
Cemetery, Sinking Spring, Ohio.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Byrd III and Mary Shippen (Willing) Byrd; married, April 6,
1797, to Sarah Waters Meade; married, October
8, 1818, to Hannah Miles; nephew of Thomas
Willing; grandson of Charles
Willing; grandnephew of Edward
Shippen (1703-1781) and William
Shippen; great-granduncle of Connally
Findlay Trigg and Richard
Evelyn Byrd; second great-grandson of Edward
Shippen (1639-1712); second great-granduncle of Harry
Flood Byrd; third great-granduncle of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; first cousin once removed of Edward
Shippen (1729-1806) and John
Brown Francis; first cousin twice removed of Edward
Overton Jr.; first cousin thrice removed of James
Rieman Macfarlane and Francis
Fisher Kane; first cousin five times removed of William
Welby Beverley; second cousin once removed of Edward
Shippen (1823-1904); second cousin twice removed of Bertha
Shippen Irving; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund
Pendleton; second cousin five times removed of William
Bradley Umstead and Angier
Biddle Duke; third cousin twice removed of John
Penn, John
Pendleton Jr. and Nathaniel
Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of James
Madison, William
Taylor Madison, Philip
Clayton Pendleton, Zachary
Taylor, Edmund
Henry Pendleton and Nathanael
Greene Pendleton. |
| | | Political families: Shippen-Byrd
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Byrd-Flood
family of Virginia; Brown-Willing-Byrd
family of Providence, Rhode Island (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Joel Walker Flood (1839-1916) —
also known as Joel W. Flood —
of Appomattox
County, Va.
Born in Appomattox
County, Va., January
9, 1839.
Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Appomattox County, 1873-77.
Died in Appomattox
County, Va., October
29, 1916 (age 77 years, 294
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Appomattox County, Va.
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James Beauchamp Clark (1850-1921) —
also known as Champ Clark; "The Lion of
Democracy" —
of Bowling Green, Pike
County, Mo.
Born near Lawrenceburg, Anderson
County, Ky., March 7,
1850.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Democratic Presidential Elector for Missouri, 1880;
Pike
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1885-89; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Pike County, 1889-90; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 9th District, 1893-95, 1897-1921;
defeated, 1894, 1920; died in office 1921; Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Missouri, 1904
(Permanent
Chair; chair, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916;
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1912.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 2,
1921 (age 70 years, 360
days).
Interment at Bowling Green City Cemetery, Bowling Green, Mo.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) —
also known as Richard E. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Austin, Travis
County, Tex., August
13, 1860.
Democrat. Lawyer; Frederick
County Commonwealth Attorney, 1884-1904; member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Frederick County & Winchester city,
1906-13; Speaker of
the Virginia State House of Delegates, 1908-13; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1912,
1920;
U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, 1914-20.
Died in Richmond,
Va., October
25, 1925 (age 65 years, 73
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Col. William Byrd and Jennie (Rivers) Byrd; married, September
15, 1886, to Eleanor Bolling Flood (daughter of Joel
Walker Flood; half-sister of Joel
West Flood; sister of Henry
De La Warr Flood); father of Harry
Flood Byrd and Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer);
grandfather of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; great-grandnephew of Charles
Willing Byrd; second great-grandson of William
Byrd III; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin
Harrison (1726-1791), Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) and William
Fitzhugh; second cousin of Lucia Cary Harrison (who married Edmund
Randolph Cocke); second cousin thrice removed of George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas and William
Henry Harrison; third cousin of Connally
Findlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and John
Scott Harrison (1804-1878); third cousin thrice removed of Burwell
Bassett; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas
Marshall, James
Keith Marshall, Peter
Myndert Dox, Edmund
Randolph, Carter
Henry Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison (1833-1901), William
Henry Fitzhugh Lee, John
Breckinridge Castleman and John
Scott Harrison (1844-1926). |
| | | Political families: Shippen-Byrd
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Byrd-Flood
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Image source: Men of Mark in Virginia
(1906) |
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Henry De La Warr Flood (1865-1921) —
also known as Henry D. Flood —
of Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va.
Born in Appomattox
County, Va., September
2, 1865.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Appomattox County, 1887-91; member
of Virginia
state senate, 1891-1903; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Campbell &
Appomattox counties, 1901-02; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1901-21; died in
office 1921; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1912
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization; speaker),
1916,
1920.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
8, 1921 (age 56 years, 97
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Appomattox
Court House Green, Appomattox, Va.
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James McIlhany Thomson (1878-1959) —
also known as James M. Thomson —
of Norfolk,
Va.; New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Summit Point, Jefferson
County, W.Va., February
13, 1878.
Editor
of the Norfolk Dispatch, 1900-06; publisher,
New Orleans Item, 1906-41; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Louisiana, 1920,
1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1944;
Constitution candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1956.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died, in Gaylord, Clarke
County, Va., September
25, 1959 (age 81 years, 224
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Harry Flood Byrd (1887-1966) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd —
of Winchester,
Va.; Berryville, Clarke
County, Va.
Born in Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va., June 10,
1887.
Newspaper
publisher; fruit
farmer;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1915-25 (10th District 1915-23, 26th District
1924-25); Virginia
Democratic state chair, 1922-25; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Virginia, 1924,
1928,
1940,
1944,
1948,
1952,
1956;
Governor
of Virginia, 1926-30; member of Democratic
National Committee from Virginia, 1928-40; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1929; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1932,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1933-65; candidate for Democratic
nomination for Vice President, 1944;
Christian Nationalist candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1952; States Rights candidate for
President
of the United States, 1956; received 15 electoral votes for
President, 1960.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Moose; United
Commercial Travelers; Grange.
Died in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., October
20, 1966 (age 79 years, 132
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Va.
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Relatives: Son
of Richard
Evelyn Byrd (1860-1925) and Eleanor Bolling (Flood) Byrd; brother
of Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957; polar explorer); married, October
7, 1913, to Anne Douglas Beverley; father of Harry
Flood Byrd Jr.; half-nephew of Joel
West Flood; nephew of Henry
De La Warr Flood; grandson of Joel
Walker Flood; second great-grandnephew of Charles
Willing Byrd; third great-grandson of William
Byrd III; first cousin four times removed of Benjamin
William Sheridan Cabell; first cousin five times removed of Benjamin
Harrison, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1729-1780) and William
Fitzhugh; second cousin thrice removed of William
Lewis Cabell and George
Craighead Cabell; second cousin four times removed of George
Nicholas, Carter
Bassett Harrison, Wilson
Cary Nicholas, John
Nicholas, William
Henry Harrison and John
Robertson; second cousin five times removed of John
Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin once removed of Connally
Findlay Trigg; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin
Earl Cabell; third cousin thrice removed of Peyton
Randolph, Robert
Carter Nicholas (1787-1857) and John
Scott Harrison; fourth cousin once removed of Carter
Henry Harrison II and Earle
Cabell. |
| | | Political families: Shippen-Byrd
family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Byrd-Flood
family of Virginia (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Time Magazine, August 17,
1962 |
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Joel West Flood (1894-1964) —
of Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va.
Born near Appomattox, Appomattox
County, Va., August
2, 1894.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 10th District, 1932-33; state court
judge in Virginia, 1940-64.
Died in Richmond,
Va., April
27, 1964 (age 69 years, 269
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Appomattox
Court House Green, Appomattox, Va.
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Harry Flood Byrd Jr. (1914-2013) —
also known as Harry F. Byrd, Jr. —
of Winchester,
Va.
Born in Winchester,
Va., December
20, 1914.
Newspaper
editor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Virginia, 1940;
member of Virginia
state senate, 1948-65 (25th District 1948-55, 24th District
1956-63, 23rd District 1964-65); U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1965-83.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary;
Elks; Moose; Eagles.
Died in Winchester,
Va., July 30,
2013 (age 98 years, 222
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James McIhany Thomson (1924-2001) —
also known as James Thomson; "Landslide
Jim" —
of Alexandria,
Va.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., August
9, 1924.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1956-78; defeated, 1977.
Died, following a heart
attack, in Berryville, Clarke
County, Va., July 22,
2001 (age 76 years, 347
days).
Interment at Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charles Town, W.Va.
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