Note: This is just one of
1,164
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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John Archer (1741-1810) —
of Maryland.
Born in Cecil
County, Md., May 5,
1741.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1777, 1779-80; served in the
Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Maryland; U.S.
Representative from Maryland at-large, 1801-07.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., September
28, 1810 (age 69 years, 146
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
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Robert Harris Archer (1775-1857) —
of Baltimore,
Md.; Harford
County, Md.
Born in Harford
County, Md., August
28, 1775.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1800; orphan's court judge in Maryland,
1825-29.
Presbyterian.
Died, of apoplexy,
May
19, 1857 (age 81 years, 264
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Stevenson Archer (1786-1848) —
of Maryland.
Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., October
11, 1786.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1809-10; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1811-17, 1819-21; judge of
Mississippi territorial supreme court, 1817-18; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1823-48; died in office 1848.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., June 26,
1848 (age 61 years, 259
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
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Stevenson Archer (1827-1898) —
of Bel Air, Harford
County, Md.
Born near Churchville, Harford
County, Md., February
28, 1827.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1854; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1867-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1868,
1876;
Maryland
state treasurer, 1886-90; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1887-89.
In April, 1890, following an investigation
which revealed a shortage
of $132,000, he was arrested,
removed
from office as State Treasurer, and charged
with embezzlement.
He pleaded
guilty and wrote to the court: "No part of the State's money or
securities was ever used by me in gambling, stock speculation, or for
political purposes; nor have I at this time one dollar of it left."
Sentenced
to five years in prison.
Due to his failing health, was pardoned
by Gov. Frank
Brown in May 1894.
Slaveowner.
Died, in Baltimore City Hospital,
Baltimore,
Md., August
2, 1898 (age 71 years, 155
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Cemetery, Churchville, Md.
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George Earle Chamberlain (1854-1928) —
also known as George E. Chamberlain —
of Albany, Linn
County, Ore.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., January
1, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1880-84; Oregon
state attorney general, 1891-95; appointed 1891; Governor of
Oregon, 1903-09; resigned 1909; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1904
(speaker),
1924
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1909-21; defeated, 1920; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1912;
member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1921-23.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 9,
1928 (age 74 years, 190
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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