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 Gay Brown (1800-1884) —
also known as William G. Brown —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.).
Born in Kingwood, Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.), September
25, 1800.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1832, 1840-43; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1845-49, 1861-63 (15th District
1845-49, 10th District 1861-63); delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1860;
delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Preston County, 1861; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1863-65; member
of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Preston County, 1872-73.
Slaveowner.
Died in Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va., April
19, 1884 (age 83 years, 207
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va.
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William Gay Brown Jr. (1856-1916) —
also known as William G. Brown, Jr. —
of Kingwood, Preston
County, W.Va.
Born in Kingwood, Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.), April 7,
1856.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 1911-16;
defeated, 1896; died in office 1916.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 9,
1916 (age 59 years, 337
days).
Interment at Maplewood
Cemetery, Kingwood, W.Va.
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Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (1858-1910) —
also known as Jonathan P. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa.
Born near Kingwood, Preston
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
6, 1858.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1888,
1904;
U.S.
Representative from Iowa 10th District, 1889-1900; U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1900-10; died in office 1910.
Died in Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa, October
15, 1910 (age 52 years, 251
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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James Isaac Dolliver (1894-1978) —
also known as James I. Dolliver —
of Fort Dodge, Webster
County, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Dickinson
County, Iowa.
Born in Park Ridge, Cook
County, Ill., August
31, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Webster
County Attorney, 1924-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Iowa, 1942; U.S.
Representative from Iowa 6th District, 1945-57; defeated, 1956;
member, Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Lions;
Elks; Moose; American
Legion; Farm
Bureau; Delta
Chi.
Died in Rolla, Phelps
County, Mo., December
10, 1978 (age 84 years, 101
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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