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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Joseph Rogers Underwood (1791-1876) —
also known as Joseph R. Underwood —
of Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky.; Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky.
Born in Goochland
County, Va., October
24, 1791.
Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Kentucky
state house of representatives, 1816-19, 1825-26, 1861-63;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1828; Judge,
Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1828-35; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1835-43; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Kentucky; U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1847-53.
Slaveowner.
Died near Bowling Green, Warren
County, Ky., August
23, 1876 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Warner Lewis Underwood (1808-1872) —
also known as Warner L. Underwood —
of Kentucky.
Born in Virginia, 1808.
Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1840; U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1855-59; U.S. Consul
in Glasgow, 1862-64.
Died in 1872
(age about
64 years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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John Cox Underwood (1840-1913) —
also known as John C. Underwood —
of Kentucky.
Born in Georgetown, Washington,
D.C., 1840.
Lieutenant
Governor of Kentucky, 1875-79.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died October
25, 1913 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Fairview
Cemetery, Bowling Green, Ky.
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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) —
also known as Oscar W. Underwood —
of Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., May 6,
1862.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1895-1915 (9th District 1895-1909,
7th District 1909-11, 9th District 1911-15); candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1912,
1924;
U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1915-27.
Episcopalian.
Died in Fairfax
County, Va., January
25, 1929 (age 66 years, 264
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
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