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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John Rowan (1773-1843) —
of Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born near York, York
County, Pa., July 12,
1773.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1799; secretary
of state of Kentucky, 1804-08; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1807-09; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1813-17, 1822-24; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1819-21; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1825-31.
Built the mansion "Federal Hill", later made famous by his cousin,
the songwriter Stephen Foster, in the song "My Old Kentucky Home."
Fought a duel
about 1801 with an acquaintance, James Chambers, in which the latter
was killed; arrested
and tried on
murder
charges,
but acquitted.
Slaveowner.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 13,
1843 (age 70 years, 1
days).
Interment at Bardstown
Cemetery, Bardstown, Ky.
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Robert Todd Lytle (1804-1839) —
of Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio.
Born in Williamsburg, Clermont
County, Ohio, May 19,
1804.
Lawyer;
member of Ohio
state house of representatives, 1828-29; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1833-34, 1834-35.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
22, 1839 (age 35 years, 217
days).
Interment at Spring
Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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John Rowan Jr. (1807-1855) —
of Kentucky.
Born in Kentucky, February
9, 1807.
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Two Sicilies, 1848-49.
Died, due to an accident,
August
14, 1855 (age 48 years, 186
days).
Burial location unknown.
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