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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Murphy James Foster (1849-1921) —
also known as Murphy J. Foster —
of Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born in Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., January
12, 1849.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state senate, 1879; Governor of
Louisiana, 1892-1900; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1901-13; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1908;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1917.
Died June 12,
1921 (age 72 years, 151
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, La.
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Jared Young Sanders (1869-1944) —
also known as Jared Y. Sanders —
of Hammond, Tangipahoa
Parish, La.
Born near Morgan City, St. Mary
Parish, La., January
29, 1869.
Democrat. Member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1892-1904; Speaker of
the Louisiana State House of Representatives, 1900; delegate
to Louisiana state constitutional convention, 1898, 1921; Lieutenant
Governor of Louisiana, 1904-08; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Louisiana, 1908,
1924;
Governor
of Louisiana, 1908-12; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1917-21; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1920, 1926.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., March
23, 1944 (age 75 years, 54
days).
Interment at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin, La.
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Jared Young Sanders Jr. (1892-1960) —
also known as Jared Y. Sanders, Jr. —
of Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La.
Born in Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La., April
20, 1892.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1928-32; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1933-34; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 6th District, 1934-37, 1941-43;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, 1940,
1944
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); candidate for Presidential
Elector for Louisiana.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Baton Rouge, East Baton
Rouge Parish, La., November
29, 1960 (age 68 years, 223
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Baton Rouge, La.
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M. J. Foster (b. 1930) —
also known as Mike Foster —
of Franklin, St. Mary
Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., July 11,
1930.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict;
member of Louisiana
state senate; elected 1986; Governor of
Louisiana, 1996-; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Louisiana.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion.
Still living as of 2014.
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