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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Washington Hodges Timmerman (1832-1908) —
also known as W. H. Timmerman —
of Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Edgefield District (now Edgefield
County), S.C., May 29,
1832.
Democrat. Physician;
farmer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; banker;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Edgefield County,
1882-83, 1890-91; resigned 1891; member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1891-93; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1892;
chair
of Edgefield County Democratic Party, 1892; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1893-96; delegate
to South Carolina state constitutional convention from Edgefield
County, 1895; South
Carolina state treasurer, 1897-1901; candidate for Governor of
South Carolina, 1902.
Baptist.
Member, Sons of
Temperance.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C., July 14,
1908 (age 76 years, 46
days).
Interment at Timmerman Cemetery, Aiken County, S.C.
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George Bell Timmerman, Sr. (1881-1966) —
Born in Edgefield
County, S.C., March
28, 1881.
Lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1923-24; U.S.
District Judge for South Carolina, 1942-62.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April
22, 1966 (age 85 years, 25
days).
Interment at Batesburg
Cemetery, Batesburg-Leesville, S.C.
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Frank Elbert Timmerman (1899-1966) —
also known as Frank E. Timmerman —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born in Aiken
County, S.C., October
19, 1899.
Automobile
dealer; wholesale oil
distributor; real estate
business; farmer;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Edgefield County, 1957-64.
Baptist.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died March
16, 1966 (age 66 years, 148
days).
Interment at Sunset Gardens Memorial Park, Johnston, S.C.
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George Bell Timmerman Jr. (1912-1994) —
of Batesburg (now part of Batesburg-Leesville), Lexington
County, S.C.; Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Anderson, Anderson
County, S.C., August
11, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1947-55; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1948,
1956;
Governor
of South Carolina, 1955-59; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina; circuit judge
in South Carolina, 1967-84.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Delta Phi; Pi
Kappa Phi; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Lions; Woodmen of
the World.
Died in Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington
County, S.C., November
29, 1994 (age 82 years, 110
days).
Interment at Batesburg
Cemetery, Batesburg-Leesville, S.C.
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Helen Timmerman (1914-1980) —
also known as Helen DuPre; Mrs. George Bell Timmerman,
Jr. —
of Columbia, Richland
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., June 14,
1914.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
South Carolina, 1956.
Female.
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., February
1, 1980 (age 65 years, 232
days).
Interment at Batesburg
Cemetery, Batesburg-Leesville, S.C.
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