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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.

	Patrick Henry (1736-1799) — of Prince Edward County, Va. Born in Studley, Hanover County, Va., May 29, 1736. Lawyer; planter; member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1765; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1774; general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Governor of Virginia, 1776-79, 1784-86; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Prince Edward County, 1788; member of Virginia state senate, 1799. Scottish and English ancestry. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1920. Died near Brookneal, Campbell County, Va., June 6, 1799 (age 63 years, 8 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Charlotte County, Va.   Relatives: Son of John Henry and Sarah (Syme) Henry; brother of Anne Henry (1738-1790; who married William Christian) and Elizabeth Henry (who married William Russell and William Campbell); married 1754 to Sarah Shelton; married, October 25, 1777, to Dorothea Dandridge; father of Anne Henry (who married Spencer Roane); uncle of Priscilla Christian (who married Alexander Scott Bullitt) and Sarah Buchanan Campbell (who married Francis Smith Preston); grandfather of William Henry Roane; granduncle of Valentine Wood Southall, William Campbell Preston, Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880) and John Smith Preston; great-granduncle of Stephen Valentine Southall, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second great-granduncle of Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945), Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge; third great-grandfather of Robert Lee Henry; cousin *** of Isaac Coles.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Garland family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Henry counties in Ala., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Mo., Ohio, Tenn. and Va. are named for him.   Other politicians named for him: Patrick H. Davis — Patrick Henry Bradley — Patrick Henry — Patrick H. Roche — Patrick H. McCarren — Patrick H. Cashin — Patrick H. McGarry — Patrick Henry McCarthy — Patrick Henry Callahan — Patrick H. Kelley — Patrick H. O'Brien — P. H. Moynihan — Patrick H. Quinn — Patrick H. Drewry — Patrick Henry Kennedy — J. H. Culkin — Dat Barthel   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Patrick Henry: Harlow Giles Unger, Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation — Thomas S. Kidd, Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots   Image source: The South in the Building of the Nation (1909)
	David Shepherd Garland (1769-1841) — of Virginia. Born near New Glasgow (now Clifford), Amherst County, Va., September 27, 1769. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1799-1802, 1805-09, 1814-15, 1819-26, 1832-36; member of Virginia state senate, 1809-11; U.S. Representative from Virginia 20th District, 1810-11. Slaveowner. Died in Clifford, Amherst County, Va., October 7, 1841 (age 72 years, 10 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Amherst County, Va.   Relatives: Father of Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880); great-grandfather of Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945); great-granduncle of Daniel Micajah Pendleton.   Political family: Garland family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880) — also known as Samuel M. Garland — of Amherst County, Va. Born in New Glasgow (now Clifford), Amherst County, Va., November 15, 1802. Delegate to Virginia secession convention from Amherst County, 1861. Died in Amherst County, Va., January 29, 1880 (age 77 years, 75 days). Interment at Garland Cemetery, Amherst, Va.   Relatives: Son of David Shepherd Garland and Mary Jane Henry (Meredith) Garland; married, July 2, 1830, to Mildred Jordan Powell; grandfather of Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945); grandnephew of Patrick Henry; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Micajah Pendleton; second cousin of Valentine Wood Southall, William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; second cousin once removed of Stephen Valentine Southall, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; second cousin twice removed of Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge.   Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Garland family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945) — also known as Samuel M. Garland — of Lebanon, Linn County, Ore. Born in Amherst, Amherst County, Va., January 31, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; superintendent, Umatilla reservation Indian schools; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, 1904 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business; Honorary Vice-President); member of Oregon state senate, 1917-25. Suffered an accidental fall in his home, sustained a chest injury, and died a week later from hypostatic pneumonia, in Lebanon General Hospital, Lebanon, Linn County, Ore., November 3, 1945 (age 84 years, 276 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Lebanon, Ore.   Relatives: Son of Rev. James Powell Garland and Lucy Virginia (Braxton) Garland; married, October 12, 1892, to Isabella LeRoy Kirkpatrick; grandson of Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880); great-grandson of David Shepherd Garland; second great-grandnephew of Patrick Henry; second cousin twice removed of Valentine Wood Southall, William Campbell Preston and John Smith Preston; third cousin of Daniel Micajah Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Stephen Valentine Southall, Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr. and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge; fourth cousin of Levin Irving Handy, Desha Breckinridge and Henry Skillman Breckinridge.   Political family: Garland family of Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The Garland Bridge, which takes Santiam Highway (US-20) over the South Santiam River, in Linn County, Oregon, is named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial