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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William Blount (1749-1800) —
Born in Windsor, Bertie
County, N.C., April 6,
1749.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of North
Carolina house of commons, 1781, 1783; Delegate
to Continental Congress from North Carolina, 1782-83, 1786-87; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; member of North
Carolina state senate, 1788; Governor
of Southwest Territory, 1790-96; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1796-97; member of Tennessee
state senate, 1798-1800; died in office 1800; Speaker
of the Tennessee State Senate, 1798-99.
Presbyterian.
Became involved in a conspiracy
to turn Florida over to British control; when this plot was uncovered
in 1797, was expelled
from the U.S. Senate; afterwards, on July 7, 1797, he was impeached,
but the Senate dropped the matter for lack of jurisdiction.
Slaveowner.
Died in Knoxville, Knox
County, Tenn., March
21, 1800 (age 50 years, 349
days).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.
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Thomas Blount (1759-1812) —
of Tarboro, Edgecombe
County, N.C.
Born in Craven County (part now in Pitt
County), N.C., May 10,
1759.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of North
Carolina house of commons from Edgecombe County, 1789, 1792; U.S.
Representative from North Carolina, 1793-99, 1805-09, 1811-12
(at-large 1793-97, 9th District 1797-99, at-large 1805-07, 3rd
District 1807-09, 1811-12); died in office 1812; member of North
Carolina state senate from Edgecombe County, 1799.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
7, 1812 (age 52 years, 273
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Blount (1768-1835) —
also known as Willie Blount —
of Tennessee.
Born in Bertie
County, N.C., April
18, 1768.
Superior court judge in Tennessee, 1796; member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1807-09; Governor of
Tennessee, 1809-15; defeated, 1827; delegate
to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1834.
Died near Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., September
10, 1835 (age 67 years, 145
days).
Original interment at a
private or family graveyard, Montgomery County, Tenn.;
reinterment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Clarksville, Tenn.
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William Grainger Blount (1784-1827) —
of Tennessee.
Born near New Bern, Craven
County, N.C., 1784.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1811; secretary
of state of Tennessee, 1811-15; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1815-19.
Slaveowner.
Died May 21,
1827 (age about 42
years).
Interment at City
Cemetery, Paris, Tenn.
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Harry Hill McAlister (1875-1959) —
also known as Hill McAlister —
of Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn.
Born in Nashville, Davidson
County, Tenn., July 15,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state senate, 1911-13; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Tennessee; Tennessee
Democratic state chair, 1918-20; Tennessee
state treasurer, 1919-27, 1931-33; Governor of
Tennessee, 1933-37.
Christian.
Died October
30, 1959 (age 84 years, 107
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
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