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.
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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Robert Witherspoon (1767-1837) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Kingstree, Williamsburg District (now Williamsburg
County), S.C., January
29, 1767.
Democrat. Planter;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1792-94, 1802-04,
1806-08, 1816-17; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1801; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1809-11.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Mayesville, Sumter District (now Sumter
County), S.C., October
11, 1837 (age 70 years, 255
days).
Interment at Salem
Brick Church Cemetery, Mayesville, S.C.
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John Hemphill (1803-1862) —
of Texas.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., December
18, 1803.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; judge of Texas Republic, 1840; chief
justice of Texas state supreme court, 1846-58; U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1859-61; when the Civil War began, he left
Washington but did not resign his seat in the Senate; one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861; Delegate
from Texas to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; died
in office 1862; candidate for Senator
from Texas in the Confederate Congress, 1861.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., January
7, 1862 (age 58 years, 20
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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James Hemphill (1813-1902) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., July 3,
1813.
Lawyer;
banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester, 1857,
1862-64; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention, 1865; member
of South
Carolina state senate from Chester, 1865-66.
Presbyterian.
Died in Chester
County, S.C., January
12, 1902 (age 88 years, 193
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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Robert Reid Hemphill (1840-1908) —
of Abbeville
County, S.C.
Born in Abbeville District (now Abbeville
County), S.C., May 3,
1840.
Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Abbeville County,
1876-80, 1884-86; member of South
Carolina state senate from Abbeville County, 1886-94; Clerk of
the South Carolina Senate, 1894-1908; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Abbeville
County, 1895.
Presbyterian.
Advocate of woman suffrage.
Died in Abbeville, Abbeville
County, S.C., December
28, 1908 (age 68 years, 239
days).
Interment at Melrose
Cemetery, Abbeville, S.C.
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William Hiram Brawley (1841-1916) —
also known as William H. Brawley; William Huggins
Brawley —
of Chester, Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C.; Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester District (now Chester
County), S.C., May 13,
1841.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;
wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, Va., 1862, and lost an
arm; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1882-90; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1891-94;
resigned 1894; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1894-1911; retired 1911.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., November
15, 1916 (age 75 years, 186
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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John James Hemphill (1849-1912) —
also known as John J. Hemphill —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., August
25, 1849.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Chester County,
1877-78; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1883-93.
Died May 11,
1912 (age 62 years, 260
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Witherspoon Hemphill (1915-1983) —
of Chester, Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., May 10,
1915.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; member
of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1947-48; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1957-64; Judge
of U.S. District Court, 1964.
Died in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., December
25, 1983 (age 68 years, 229
days).
Interment at Hopewell
Reformed Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, S.C.
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Paul Hemphill Jr. (b. 1930) —
of Chester
County, S.C.
Born in Chester, Chester
County, S.C., November
27, 1930.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Chester County, 1965-66.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Still living as of 1966.
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