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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Ephraim King Wilson (1771-1834) —
also known as Ephraim K. Wilson —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born near Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., September
15, 1771.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1794, 1796-98, 1800, 1802-03, 1808-15,
1817-18, 1820; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1827-31.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., January
2, 1834 (age 62 years, 109
days).
Interment at Makemie
Presbyterian Churchyard, Snow Hill, Md.
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William Sydney Wilson (1816-1862) —
of Port Gibson, Claiborne
County, Miss.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., November
7, 1816.
Democrat. Member of Mississippi state legislature, 1858-59, 1860-61;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1860;
Delegate
from Mississippi to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861;
major in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Mortally
wounded at the battle of Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862, and
died November
3, 1862 (age 45 years, 361
days).
Interment at Makemie
Memorial Presbyterian Churchyard, Snow Hill, Md.
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Ephraim King Wilson (1821-1891) —
also known as Ephraim K. Wilson —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., December
22, 1821.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1847; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Maryland; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1873-75; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1876;
circuit judge in Maryland, 1878-85; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1885-91; died in office 1891.
Presbyterian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
24, 1891 (age 69 years, 64
days).
Interment at Makemie
Presbyterian Churchyard, Snow Hill, Md.
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John Walter Smith (1845-1925) —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., February
5, 1845.
Democrat. Lumber
business; banker;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1890-98; Maryland
Democratic state chair, 1895; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1899-1900; Governor of
Maryland, 1900-04; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1900,
1904,
1912
(speaker),
1916;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1908-21; defeated, 1920; member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1920-21.
Presbyterian.
Died April
19, 1925 (age 80 years, 73
days).
Interment at Makemie
Presbyterian Cemetery, Snow Hill, Md.
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