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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John Archer Elmore (1762-1834) —
of Laurens District (now Laurens
County), S.C.; Autauga
County, Ala.
Born in Prince
Edward County, Va., August
21, 1762.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of South Carolina state legislature, 1800; member of Alabama state
legislature, 1820.
Slaveowner.
Died in Autauga
County, Ala., April
24, 1834 (age 71 years, 246
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala.
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Bolling Hall (1767-1836) —
of Georgia.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., December
25, 1767.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1800-02, 1804-06; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1811-17.
Slaveowner.
Died in Autauga County (part now in Elmore
County), Ala., February
25, 1836 (age 68 years, 62
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Elmore County, Ala.
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Franklin Harper Elmore (1799-1850) —
also known as Franklin H. Elmore —
of South Carolina.
Born in Laurensville, Laurens District (now Laurens, Laurens
County), S.C., October
15, 1799.
Lawyer;
banker;
U.S.
Representative from South Carolina, 1836-39 (4th District
1836-37, 3rd District 1837-39); U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1850; died in office 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 29,
1850 (age 50 years, 226
days).
Interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard, Columbia, S.C.
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Benjamin F. Elmore —
of South Carolina.
South
Carolina state treasurer, 1840.
Burial location unknown.
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Benjamin Fitzpatrick (1802-1869) —
of Wetumpka, Elmore
County, Ala.
Born in Greene
County, Ga., June 30,
1802.
Democrat. Governor of
Alabama, 1841-45; U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1848-49, 1853-55, 1855-61; nominee for Vice
President of the United States 1860; delegate
to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1865.
Slaveowner.
Died near Wetumpka, Autauga
County, Ala., November
21, 1869 (age 67 years, 144
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
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Dixon Hall Lewis (1802-1848) —
also known as Dixon H. Lewis —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Lowndesboro, Lowndes
County, Ala.
Born in Dinwiddie
County, Va., August
10, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Alabama, 1829-44 (3rd District 1829-33, 4th
District 1833-41, at-large 1841-43, 3rd District 1843-44); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1844-48; died in office 1848.
He weighed as much as 500 pounds, and was probably the heaviest-ever
member of Congress.
Slaveowner.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
25, 1848 (age 46 years, 76
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Rush Elmore (1819-1864) —
of Kansas.
Born in Autauga
County, Ala., February
27, 1819.
Lawyer;
justice
of Kansas territorial supreme court, 1854-55, 1858-61.
Died August
14, 1864 (age 45 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Albert S. Elmore —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.; Mobile, Mobile
County, Ala.
Secretary
of state of Alabama, 1865-66; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1869.
Burial location unknown.
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