Note: This is just one of
1,130
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.
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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David Walker (d. 1820) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Brunswick
County, Va.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1793-96; served in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 6th District, 1817-20; died in
office 1820.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 1,
1820.
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1818) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Granville County (part now in Warren
County), N.C., August
15, 1754.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1778-79, 1784; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1781-83, 1787; delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1789; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1789-95.
Died in Crawford
County, Ga., June 6,
1818 (age 63 years, 295
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Crawford County, Ga.
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Nathaniel Macon (1757-1837) —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born near Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., December
17, 1757.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1780-82, 1784-85; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1791-1815 (at-large 1791-97,
5th District 1797-99, at-large 1799-1803, 6th District 1803-05,
at-large 1805-07, 6th District 1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 6th
District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15, 6th District 1815); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1801-05; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1815-28; resigned 1828; received 24
electoral votes for Vice-President, 1824;
delegate
to North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1835;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1836.
Died in Warren
County, N.C., June 29,
1837 (age 79 years, 194
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Warren County, N.C.
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George Walker (1763-1819) —
of Jessamine
County, Ky.
Born in Culpeper
County, Va., 1763.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state senate, 1810-14; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1813-14.
Died in Nicholasville, Jessamine
County, Ky., 1819
(age about
56 years).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Jessamine County, Ky.
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Henry Seawell —
of Wake
County, N.C.
North
Carolina state attorney general, 1803-08.
Burial
location unknown.
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Willis Alston (1769-1837) —
of Greenville, Pitt
County, N.C.; Hyde Park (unknown
county), N.C.
Born near Littleton, Halifax
County, N.C., 1769.
Member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1790-92, 1820-24; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1794-96; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1799-1815, 1825-31 (at-large
1799-1803, 2nd District 1803-05, at-large 1805-07, 2nd District
1807-09, at-large 1809-11, 2nd District 1811-13, at-large 1813-15,
2nd District 1825-31).
Died in Halifax, Halifax
County, N.C., April
10, 1837 (age about 67
years).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Halifax County, N.C.
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Jesse Wharton (1782-1833) —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Virginia, 1782.
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1807-09; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1814-17.
Died in 1833
(age about
51 years).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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Micajah Thomas Hawkins (1790-1858) —
also known as Micajah T. Hawkins —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.
Born near Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C., May 20,
1790.
Democrat. Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1819; member of
North
Carolina state senate, 1823; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1831-41.
Died December
22, 1858 (age 68 years, 216
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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John McLean (1791-1830) —
of Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill.
Born in Guilford
County, N.C., February
4, 1791.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois at-large, 1818-19; member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1821-23, 1827-29; U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1824-25, 1829-30; died in office 1830.
Died in Shawneetown, Gallatin
County, Ill., October
14, 1830 (age 39 years, 252
days).
Interment at Westwood
Cemetery, Shawneetown, Ill.
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Richard Keith Call (1792-1862) —
also known as Richard K. Call —
of Pensacola, Escambia
County, Fla.
Born near Petersburg, Dinwiddie
County, Va., October
24, 1792.
Whig. Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Florida Territory, 1823; U.S. Special
Diplomatic Agent to Cuba, 1829-30; Governor
of Florida Territory, 1836-39, 1841-44; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 1845.
Episcopalian.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., September
14, 1862 (age 69 years, 325
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla.
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Thomas Jefferson Green (1802-1863) —
of North Carolina; Texas; California.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., 1802.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1823; general in the
Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; member of Texas
Republic House of Representatives, 1836; member of Texas
Republic Senate from District of Bexar, 1837; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state senate, 1850.
Sponsored the bill in the California Senate to create
the University of California.
Died in North Carolina, December
12, 1863 (age about 61
years).
Original interment in private or family graveyard; reinterment in
1905 at Fairview
Cemetery, Warrenton, N.C.
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Owen Rand Kenan (1804-1887) —
of North Carolina.
Born in Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C., March 4,
1804.
Member of North Carolina state legislature, 1834-38; Representative
from North Carolina in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died in Kenansville, Duplin
County, N.C., March 3,
1887 (age 82 years, 364
days).
Interment at Graham
Cemetery, Near Kenansville, Duplin County, N.C.
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Augustus Holmes Kenan (1805-1870) —
of Georgia.
Born in Montpelier, Baldwin
County, Ga., April
21, 1805.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1830; member of Georgia
state senate, 1840; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; Delegate
from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64.
Died in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., June 2,
1870 (age 65 years, 42
days).
Interment at Memory
Hill Cemetery, Milledgeville, Ga.
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Augustus A. Alston (1805-1839) —
of Georgia.
Born in Hancock
County, Ga., 1805.
Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1828-29.
Killed
in a duel with
Gen. Leigh Read, in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., 1839
(age about
34 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Eaton, Jr. (1810-1881) —
of Warren
County, N.C.
Born in 1810.
Lawyer;
member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1840; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1840; North
Carolina state attorney general, 1851-52.
Died in 1881
(age about
71 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Shelby Walker (1815-1891) —
also known as David S. Walker —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Logan
County, Ky., May 2,
1815.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 1852; justice of
Florida state supreme court, 1860-65; Governor of
Florida, 1865-68; defeated (American), 1856; circuit judge in
Florida, 1878-91.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., July 20,
1891 (age 76 years, 79
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Thomas Coke Howard (1817-1893) —
also known as Thomas C. Howard —
of Crawford
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in South Carolina, 1817.
Democrat. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1840; postmaster at Atlanta,
Ga., 1856-58, 1861-65.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., 1893
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Macon, Ga.
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Matt Whitaker Ransom (1826-1904) —
also known as Matt W. Ransom —
of Warrenton, Warren
County, N.C.; Weldon, Halifax
County, N.C.
Born in Warren
County, N.C., October
8, 1826.
Lawyer;
Presidential Elector for North Carolina, 1852;
North
Carolina state attorney general, 1853-55; member of North
Carolina house of commons, 1858-60; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 1872-95; member of Democratic
National Committee from North Carolina, 1876-88; U.S. Minister to
Mexico, 1895-97.
Died near Garysburg, Northampton
County, N.C., October
8, 1904 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Halifax County, N.C.
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James David Walker (1830-1906) —
also known as James D. Walker —
of Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., December
13, 1830.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1879-85.
Died in Fayetteville, Washington
County, Ark., November
17, 1906 (age 75 years, 339
days).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Wharton Jackson Green (1831-1910) —
of Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C.
Born in St. Marks, Wakulla
County, Fla., February
28, 1831.
Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1872,
1876,
1904
(alternate); U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 3rd District, 1883-87.
Died near Fayetteville, Cumberland
County, N.C., August
6, 1910 (age 79 years, 159
days).
Interment at Cross
Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, N.C.
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Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879) —
also known as Robert A. Alston —
of DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., 1832.
Lawyer;
farmer;
newspaper
publisher; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1878-79; died in office 1879.
Methodist.
A farmer named Ed Cox, angry over the sale of a prison labor lease
which Alston had negotiated, armed himself, announced he would kill
Alston, sought him in the Georgia state
capitol building, and found him in the State Treasurer's office.
Both men drew their pistols. Alston was mortally wounded by a shot to
the head, and died later that day, in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., March
11, 1879 (age about 46
years). Cox was also shot and injured, but recovered, was
convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Lewis Holmes Kenan (1833-1871) —
of Georgia.
Born in Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., 1833.
Member of Georgia
state senate 20th District, 1867-68.
Shot
and killed in
Milledgeville, Baldwin
County, Ga., 1871
(age about
38 years).
Interment somewhere
in Milledgeville, Ga.
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Wilkinson Call (1834-1910) —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Russellville, Logan
County, Ky., January
9, 1834.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1868;
U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1879-97; member of Democratic
National Committee from Florida, 1879-80.
Died August
24, 1910 (age 76 years, 227
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Edward Rawles —
also known as Ned Rawles —
of North Carolina.
Born in Garysburg, Northampton
County, N.C.
Member of North
Carolina state house of representatives, 1884, 1897.
African
ancestry.
One of the first
Black members of the North Carolina legislature.
Burial
location unknown.
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David Shelby Walker, Jr. (1846-1889) —
also known as David S. Walker, Jr. —
of Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla.
Born in Leon
County, Fla., October
10, 1846.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; mayor
of Tallahassee, Fla., 1875, 1878-79.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., December
6, 1889 (age 43 years, 57
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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Charles Henry Martin (1848-1931) —
also known as Charles H. Martin —
of Louisburg, Franklin
County, N.C.; Raleigh, Wake
County, N.C.; Polkton, Anson
County, N.C.
Born near Youngsville, Franklin
County, N.C., August
28, 1848.
School
principal; lawyer; ordained
minister; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina 6th District, 1895-99.
Baptist.
Died in Polkton, Anson
County, N.C., April
19, 1931 (age 82 years, 234
days).
Interment at Williams
Cemetery, Polkton, N.C.
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Robert Spratt Cockrell (1866-1957) —
also known as Robert S. Cockrell —
of Jacksonville, Duval
County, Fla.
Born in Livingston, Sumter
County, Ala., January
22, 1866.
Lawyer;
justice
of Florida state supreme court, 1902-17.
Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., June 23,
1957 (age 91 years, 152
days).
Interment at St.
John's Episcopal Cemetery, Tallahassee, Fla.
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William Schley Howard (1875-1953) —
also known as William S. Howard —
of Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta), DeKalb
County, Ga.
Born in Kirkwood (now part of Atlanta), DeKalb
County, Ga., June 29,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
private secretary to U.S. Sen. Patrick
Walsh, 1894-95; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1900; solicitor general, Stone
Mountain judicial circuit, 1905-11; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1911-19.
English
ancestry.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., August
1, 1953 (age 78 years, 33
days).
Interment at Decatur
Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
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Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909-1991) —
also known as LeRoy Collins —
of Florida.
Born in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., March
10, 1909.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1934-40; member of Florida
state senate 8th District, 1940-54; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; Governor of
Florida, 1955-61; alternate delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Florida, 1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1968.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Died of cancer,
in Tallahassee, Leon
County, Fla., March
12, 1991 (age 82 years, 2
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Leon County, Fla.
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Lila Cockrell (1922-2019) —
also known as Lila May Banks —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County, Tex., January
19, 1922.
Mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1975-81, 1989-91.
Female.
Member, Delta
Delta Delta; League of Women
Voters.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., August
29, 2019 (age 97 years, 222
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Pierre D. Howard, Jr. (b. 1943) —
of Georgia.
Born in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., February
3, 1943.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1973-90; Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia, 1991-; Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1992.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Still living as of 2014.
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