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Bee family of Charleston, South Carolina

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.

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  Thomas Bee (1739-1812) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., October 20, 1739. Lawyer; planter; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-79, 1787-88; Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina, 1779-80; Delegate to Continental Congress from South Carolina, 1780-81; member of South Carolina state senate from St. Philip & St. Michael, 1789-90; U.S. District Judge for South Carolina, 1790-1812; died in office 1812. Died in Pendleton, Pendleton District (now Anderson County), S.C., February 18, 1812 (age 72 years, 121 days). Interment at Woodstock Cemetery, Goose Creek, S.C.
  Relatives: Father of Barnard Elliott Bee; grandfather of Hamilton Prioleau Bee; great-grandfather of Carlos Bee.
  Political family: Bee family of Charleston, South Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  James Hamilton Jr. (1786-1857) — of Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C. Born in Charleston, Charleston County, S.C., May 8, 1786. Major in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer; intendant of Charleston, South Carolina, 1821-22; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1820; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1822-29; Governor of South Carolina, 1830-32. Slaveowner. While en route from New Orleans to Galveston, through some mishap, was drowned in the Gulf of Mexico, November 15, 1857 (age 71 years, 191 days). His remains were probably never found.
  Relatives: Brother-in-law of Barnard Elliott Bee.
  Political family: Bee family of Charleston, South Carolina.
  Hamilton County, Tex. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
  Barnard Elliott Bee (1787-1853) — also known as Barnard E. Bee — of Texas. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., 1787. Served in the Texas Army during the Texas War of Independence; Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury, 1836; Texas Republic Secretary of War, 1837-38; Texas Republic Secretary of State, 1838-39; Texas Republic Minister to the United States, 1838-41. Died in 1853 (age about 66 years). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard, Pendleton, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Bee; brother-in-law of James Hamilton Jr.; father of Bernard Elliott Bee and Hamilton Prioleau Bee; grandfather of Carlos Bee.
  Political family: Bee family of Charleston, South Carolina.
  Bee County, Tex. is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Hamilton Prioleau Bee (1822-1897) — of Texas. Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston County), S.C., July 22, 1822. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member of Texas state house of representatives, 1849-59; Speaker of the Texas State House of Representatives, 1855-57; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., October 3, 1897 (age 75 years, 73 days). Interment at Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Barnard Elliott Bee; married, May 21, 1854, to Mildred Tarver; father of Carlos Bee; grandson of Thomas Bee.
  Political family: Bee family of Charleston, South Carolina.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Carlos Bee (1867-1932) — of San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. Born in Saltillo, Coahuila of American parents, July 8, 1867. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1908; member of Texas state senate, 1915-19; U.S. Representative from Texas 14th District, 1919-21; defeated, 1920. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., April 20, 1932 (age 64 years, 287 days). Interment at Confederate Cemetery, San Antonio, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Hamilton Prioleau Bee; grandson of Barnard Elliott Bee; great-grandson of Thomas Bee.
  Political family: Bee family of Charleston, South Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
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