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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John Levi Sheppard (1852-1902) —
also known as John L. Sheppard —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Bluffton, Cherokee
County, Ala., April
13, 1852.
Democrat. Lawyer;
district judge in Texas, 1888-96; U.S.
Representative from Texas 4th District, 1899-1902; died in office
1902.
Died in Eureka Springs, Carroll
County, Ark., October
11, 1902 (age 50 years, 181
days).
Interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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John Morris Sheppard (1875-1941) —
also known as Morris Sheppard —
of Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex.
Born in Wheatville, Morris
County, Tex., May 28,
1875.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1902-13 (4th District 1902-03, 1st
District 1903-13); U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1913-41; died in office 1941.
Methodist.
Member, Woodmen of
the World; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Redmen;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Kappa
Alpha Order; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from a brain
hemorrhage, in Walter
Reed Hospital, Washington,
D.C., April 9,
1941 (age 65 years, 316
days).
Interment at Hillcrest
Cemetery, Texarkana, Tex.
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Thomas Terry Connally (1877-1963) —
also known as Tom T. Connally —
of Marlin, Falls
County, Tex.
Born near Hewitt, McLennan
County, Tex., August
19, 1877.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1901-04; Falls
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-10; U.S.
Representative from Texas 11th District, 1917-29; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1920,
1932,
1936,
1940,
1944
(chair, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1929-53.
Methodist.
Member, Knights
of Pythias; Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Woodmen of
the World; Modern
Woodmen.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
28, 1963 (age 86 years, 70
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Marlin, Tex.
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Sonny Bono (1935-1998) —
also known as Salvatore Philip Bono; Sonny Christie;
Ronny Sommers; Prince Carter —
of Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., February
16, 1935.
Republican. Songwriter,
actor,
member of the Sonny & Cher singing and
comedy
duo;; restaurant
owner; mayor
of Palm Springs, Calif., 1988-92; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1992; U.S.
Representative from California 44th District, 1995-98; died in
office 1998.
Catholic
or Scientologist.
Italian
ancestry.
Killed in a skiing
accident, South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado
County, Calif., January
5, 1998 (age 62 years, 323
days).
Interment at Desert
Memorial Park, Cathedral City, Calif.
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Richard Sheppard Arnold (1936-2004) —
also known as Richard S. Arnold —
of Texarkana, Miller
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., March
26, 1936.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 4th District, 1966, 1972; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1968;
delegate
to Arkansas state constitutional convention, 1969-70; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1978-80; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1978-80; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1980-2001; took
senior status 2001.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, from complications of lymphoma,
in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
23, 2004 (age 68 years, 181
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at St.
Margaret's Episcopal Church Columbarium, Little Rock, Ark.
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Connie Mack III (b. 1940) —
also known as Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy
III —
of Cape Coral, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
29, 1940.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Florida 13th District, 1983-89; U.S.
Senator from Florida, 1989-2001; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Florida, 1992.
Catholic.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Still living as of 2014.
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Morris Sheppard Arnold (b. 1941) —
also known as Morris S. Arnold —
of Arkansas.
Born in Texarkana, Bowie
County, Tex., October
8, 1941.
Lawyer;
law
professor; U.S.
District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, 1985-92; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1992-.
Still living as of 2013.
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Mary Bono (b. 1961) —
also known as Mary Whitaker; Mary Bono
Mack —
of Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, October
24, 1961.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from California, 1998-2013 (44th District
1998-2003, 45th District 2003-13).
Female.
Still living as of 2024.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Clay Westerfield Whitaker and Karen Lee (Taylor)
Whitaker; married, March 1,
1986, to Sonny
Bono; married, November
24, 2001, to Glenn Baxley; married, September
27, 2015, to Stephen S. Oswald; married, December
15, 2007, to Connie
Mack IV (son of Connie
Mack III). |
|  | Political family: Sheppard-Arnold
family of Texarkana, Texas. |
|  | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile |
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Connie Mack IV (b. 1967) —
also known as Cornelius Harvey McGillicuddy IV —
of Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla., August
12, 1967.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 2000-03; U.S.
Representative from Florida 14th District, 2005-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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