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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.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1777-1827) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., September
15, 1777.
Lawyer;
Jessamine
County Court Clerk, 1803-19; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 2nd District, 1821-23; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1825-26.
Member, Freemasons.
Slaveowner.
Died near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., July 28,
1827 (age 49 years, 316
days).
Interment at Woodson
and Crockett Cemetery, Nicholasville, Ky.
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John Jordan Crittenden (1787-1863) —
also known as John J. Crittenden —
of Illinois; Russellville, Logan
County, Ky.; Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.
Born near Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., September
10, 1787.
Whig. Lawyer; Illinois
territory attorney general, 1809-10; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1811-17, 1825-29; served in the
U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1817-19, 1835-41, 1842-48, 1855-61;
Presidential Elector for Kentucky, 1824;
U.S.
Attorney for Kentucky, 1827-29; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1834-35; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841, 1850-53; Governor of
Kentucky, 1848-50; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 8th District, 1861-63.
Two of his sons were generals on opposite sides in the Civil War; a
grandson of his was killed in Gen. Custer's expedition against the
Sioux in 1876.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky., July 26,
1863 (age 75 years, 319
days).
Interment at Frankfort
Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.
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Thomas Turpin Crittenden (1788-1832) —
also known as Thomas T. Crittenden —
of Kentucky.
Born in Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., April
10, 1788.
Secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1828-32.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
25, 1832 (age 44 years, 259
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Crittenden (1797-1834) —
of Arkansas.
Born near Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., January
1, 1797.
Secretary
of Arkansas Territory, 1819-29.
Mortally wounded Henry
Wharton Conway in a duel
on October 29, 1827.
Died in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., December
18, 1834 (age 37 years, 351
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Tucker Woodson (1804-1874) —
of Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., November
4, 1804.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1830; member of Kentucky
state senate, 1840; Jessamine
County Judge.
Died in Jessamine
County, Ky., July 8,
1874 (age 69 years, 246
days).
Interment at Lexington
Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
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David Meade Woodson (1806-1877) —
also known as David M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., May 18,
1806.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1833; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1847; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1848; circuit judge in Illinois,
1850; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1868.
Died in Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill., August
26, 1877 (age 71 years, 100
days).
Interment at Carrollton
Cemetery, Carrollton, Ill.
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Samuel Hughes Woodson (1815-1881) —
also known as Samuel H. Woodson —
of Independence, Jackson
County, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., October
24, 1815.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention 25th District,
1845-46; member of Missouri
state house of representatives, 1853-54; U.S.
Representative from Missouri 5th District, 1857-61; circuit judge
in Missouri 24th Circuit, 1875-81; died in office 1881.
Slaveowner.
Died in Independence, Jackson
County, Mo., June 23,
1881 (age 65 years, 242
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Independence, Mo.
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Silas Woodson (1819-1896) —
of Knox
County, Ky.; St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born near Barbourville, Knox
County, Ky., May 18,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1842, 1853-55; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; Governor of
Missouri, 1873-75; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Missouri, 1876,
1880;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1881-96.
Protestant;
later Catholic.
Died in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., October
9, 1896 (age 77 years, 144
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Wade Netherland Woodson and Almyor Alice (Cheek) Woodson; married,
September
13, 1842, to Mary Jane McRoberts; married, July 27,
1846, to Olivia Adams; married, December
27, 1866, to Virginia Juliet Lard; uncle of Archelaus
Marius Woodson; first cousin of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1777-1827); first cousin once removed of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson and Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881); first cousin twice removed of John
McDowell Woodson; third cousin once removed of Frederick
Bates, James
Woodson Bates and Edward
Bates; third cousin twice removed of Daniel
Woodson and John
Archibald Woodson; third cousin thrice removed of James
Alexander Woodson and Urey
Woodson. |
| | | Political family: Woodson
family of Kentucky (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also National Governors
Association biography — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Daniel Woodson (1824-1894) —
of Lynchburg,
Va.; Leavenworth, Leavenworth
County, Kan.; Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan.
Born May 13,
1824.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1854-57; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1855, 1855, 1856, 1856, 1857.
Died in Claremore, Cherokee Nation County, Indian Territory (now Rogers
County, Okla.), October
5, 1894 (age 70 years, 145
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John McDowell Woodson (b. 1834) —
also known as John M. Woodson —
of Carrollton, Greene
County, Ill.; Carlinville, Macoupin
County, Ill.; St.
Louis, Mo.
Born near Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., June 5,
1834.
Democrat. Engineer;
lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Greene County,
1862; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Illinois, 1864;
member of Illinois
state senate, 1867-69; attorney for several railroads.
Burial location unknown.
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John Archibald Woodson (b. 1843) —
of Meagher
County, Mont.; Washington
County, Miss.; Miles City, Custer
County, Mont.
Born in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., May 28,
1843.
Democrat. Meagher
County Sheriff; member of Montana state legislature, 1890.
Baptist.
Burial location unknown.
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James Alexander Woodson (1848-1908) —
also known as J. A. Woodson —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Rockingham
County, N.C., July 14,
1848.
Grocer; paving
contractor; railroad
builder; mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1895-1900.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
19, 1908 (age 60 years, 97
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Archelaus Marius Woodson (1854-1925) —
also known as Archelaus M. Woodson; A. M.
Woodson —
of St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo.
Born in Knox
County, Ky., January
30, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Missouri, 1890-1904; appointed 1890; justice of
Missouri state supreme court, 1907-17.
Christian.
Died in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., November
10, 1925 (age 71 years, 284
days).
Interment at Mt.
Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Mo.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Jourdan Woodson and Margaret Jane (Fulkerson) Woodson;
married, April
13, 1886, to Bettie Oliver; nephew of Silas
Woodson; first cousin once removed of Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1777-1827), John
Jordan Crittenden, Thomas
Turpin Crittenden and Robert
Crittenden; first cousin thrice removed of Thomas
Jefferson; second cousin of Tucker
Woodson, David
Meade Woodson, Samuel
Hughes Woodson (1815-1881), Alexander
Parker Crittenden, Thomas
Leonidas Crittenden and Thomas
Theodore Crittenden; second cousin once removed of Thomas
Theodore Crittenden Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Martha
Jefferson Randolph and Dabney
Carr; third cousin once removed of Francis
Wayles Eppes, Dabney
Smith Carr, Frederick
Mortimer Cabell, Benjamin
Franklin Randolph, Meriwether
Lewis Randolph and George
Wythe Randolph; fourth cousin of Thomas
Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick
Madison Roberts; fourth cousin once removed of John
Gardner Coolidge and Edith
Wilson. |
| | | Political families: Woodson
family of Kentucky; Crittenden
family of Kentucky (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Missouri Official Manual
1917 |
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Urey Woodson (1859-1939) —
of Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky.
Born in Madisonville, Hopkins
County, Ky., August
16, 1859.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor and publisher; Kentucky
railroad commissioner, 1891-95; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1896-1912, 1916-18, 1924-28; Secretary
of Democratic National Committee, 1904-12; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Kentucky, 1932;
Convention Secretary, 1908,
1912.
Presbyterian.
Died in Owensboro, Daviess
County, Ky., August
6, 1939 (age 79 years, 355
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Elmwood Cemetery, Owensboro, Ky.
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