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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William Barnett (1761-1832) —
of Georgia.
Born in Amherst
County, Va., March 4,
1761.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Georgia
state senate, 1800; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1812-15.
Slaveowner.
Died in Montgomery
County, Ala., April, 1832
(age 71
years, 0 days).
Interment at Gilmer-Christian-Barnett
Cemetery, Near Mathews Station, Montgomery County, Ala.
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William Wyatt Bibb (1781-1820) —
also known as William W. Bibb —
of Petersburg, Elbert
County, Ga.
Born in Amelia
County, Va., October
2, 1781.
Democrat. Physician;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1803-05; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1807-13 (4th District 1807, at-large
1807-09, 1st District 1809-11, at-large 1811-13); U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1813-16; Governor
of Alabama Territory, 1817-19; Governor of
Alabama, 1819-20; died in office 1820.
Fell
from his horse
during a thunderstorm,
sustained internal injuries, and died in Autauga County (part now in
Elmore
County), Ala., July 10,
1820 (age 38 years, 282
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala.
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Thomas Bibb (1782-1839) —
of Alabama.
Born in Amelia
County, Va., May 8,
1782.
Delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1819; member of Alabama
state senate, 1819-20; Governor of
Alabama, 1820-21; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1830.
Died in Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala., September
20, 1839 (age 57 years, 135
days).
Interment at Maple
Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Ala.
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Albert Taylor Goodwyn (1842-1931) —
also known as Albert T. Goodwyn —
of Robinson Springs, Elmore
County, Ala.
Born in Robinson Springs, Elmore
County, Ala., December
17, 1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; farmer;
state inspector of convicts, 1874-80; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1886-87; member of Alabama
state senate, 1892-96; U.S.
Representative from Alabama 5th District, 1896-97;
commander-in-chief, United Confederate Veterans, 1928-29.
Member, United
Confederate Veterans.
Died in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., July 1,
1931 (age 88 years, 196
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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David Bibb Graves (1873-1942) —
also known as Bibb Graves —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Hope Hull, Montgomery
County, Ala., April 1,
1873.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; Alabama
Democratic state chair, 1914-18; colonel in the U.S. Army during
World War I; Governor of
Alabama, 1927-31, 1935-39; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alabama, 1936.
Christian.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in Sarasota, Sarasota
County, Fla., March
14, 1942 (age 68 years, 347
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Dixie Bibb Graves (1882-1965) —
also known as Dixie Bilele —
of Alabama.
Born near Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., July 26,
1882.
Democrat. U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1937-38; resigned 1938.
Female.
Member, United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
Active in the women's suffrage movement.
Died in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., January
21, 1965 (age 82 years, 179
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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James Creswell Gardner (1924-2010) —
also known as James C. Gardner; Jim Gardner;
"Mr. Shreveport" —
of Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La.
Born in Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., July 17,
1924.
Democrat. Power
company executive; member of Louisiana
state house of representatives, 1952-54; mayor
of Shreveport, La., 1954-58; defeated, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, from cancer in
Willis-Knighton Pierremont Medical
Center, Shreveport, Caddo
Parish, La., August
27, 2010 (age 86 years, 41
days).
Interment at Forest
Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, La.
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