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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James Mercer Garnett (1770-1843) —
also known as James M. Garnett —
of Loretto, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., June 8,
1770.
Democrat. Planter;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1800-01, 1824-25; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1805-09 (at-large 1805-07, 11th
District 1807-09); delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Slaveowner.
Died near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April
23, 1843 (age 72 years, 319
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858) —
also known as Charles F. Mercer —
of Aldie, Loudoun
County, Va.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., June 16,
1778.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1810-17; colonel in the U.S. Army
during the War of 1812; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1817-39 (8th District 1817-21, 14th
District 1821-25, 19th District 1825-27, 14th District 1827-35, 15th
District 1835-37, 13th District 1837-39, 16th District 1839); delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1829.
Slaveowner.
Died in Howard (now part of Tysons Corner), Fairfax
County, Va., May 4,
1858 (age 79 years, 322
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Leesburg, Va.
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Robert Selden Garnett (1789-1840) —
of Lloyds, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April
26, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1816-17; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 12th District, 1817-27.
Slaveowner.
Died near Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., August
15, 1840 (age 51 years, 111
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887) —
also known as Robert M. T. Hunter —
of Lloyds, Essex
County, Va.
Born near Loretto, Essex
County, Va., April
21, 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Virginia
state house of delegates, 1834-35; member of Virginia
state senate, 1835-37; U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1837-43, 1845-47 (8th District
1837-39, 12th District 1839-41, 9th District 1841-43, 8th District
1845-47); Speaker of
the U.S. House, 1839-41; U.S.
Senator from Virginia, 1847-61; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1860;
Delegate
from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;
Confederate
Secretary of State, 1861-62; Senator
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1867-68; Virginia
state treasurer, 1874-80.
When the Civil War began, he left Washington but did not resign his
seat in the Senate; he was one of ten Southern
senators expelled
in absentia on July 11, 1861. Arrested
in 1865 and imprisoned
without trial by federal
forces in Fort Pulaski, Tennessee, until 1866.
Slaveowner.
Died in Lloyds, Essex
County, Va., July 18,
1887 (age 78 years, 88
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (1821-1864) —
also known as Muscoe R. H. Garnett —
of Essex
County, Va.
Born in Essex
County, Va., July 25,
1821.
Democrat. Delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850-51; member of
Virginia
state house of delegates, 1853-57; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1856-61; delegate
to Virginia secession convention from Essex & King-and-Queen
counties, 1861; Representative
from Virginia in the Confederate Congress, 1862-64; died in
office 1864.
Slaveowner.
Contracted typhoid
fever while attending the Confederate
Congress, in the Virginia State
Capitol, Richmond, Va., and died at his home in Essex
County, Va., February
14, 1864 (age 42 years, 204
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Essex County, Va.
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