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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Felix Ives Batson (1819-1871) —
also known as Felix I. Batson —
of Arkansas.
Born in Dickson
County, Tenn., September
6, 1819.
State court judge in Arkansas, 1853; justice of
Arkansas state supreme court, 1858; delegate
to Arkansas secession convention, 1861; Representative
from Arkansas in the Confederate Congress 1st District, 1862-65.
Died in Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark., March
11, 1871 (age 51 years, 186
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Clarksville, Ark.
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Jordan Edgar Cravens (1830-1914) —
also known as Jordan E. Cravens —
of Clarksville, Johnson
County, Ark.
Born in Fredericktown, Madison
County, Mo., November
7, 1830.
Democrat. Member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1860; colonel in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War; member of Arkansas
state senate, 1866; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 3rd District, 1877-83; state court
judge in Arkansas, 1890.
Slaveowner.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., April 8,
1914 (age 83 years, 152
days).
Interment at Oakland
Cemetery, Clarksville, Ark.
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William Ben Cravens (1872-1939) —
also known as William B. Cravens; Ben
Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., January
17, 1872.
Democrat. Lawyer; cotton grower; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1907-13, 1933-39; died
in office 1939.
Christian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
13, 1939 (age 66 years, 361
days).
Interment at Oak
Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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William Fadjo Cravens (1899-1974) —
also known as Fadjo Cravens —
of Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., February
15, 1899.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1939-49; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1940.
Member, Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in Fort Smith, Sebastian
County, Ark., April
16, 1974 (age 75 years, 60
days).
Interment at Forest
Park Cemetery, Fort Smith, Ark.
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