Note: This is just one of 1,130 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.

	Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850) — also known as "The Hero of Deme" — of Russellville, Logan County, Ky. Born in Fauquier County, Va., 1776. During the war against the Barbary pirates, as lieutenant, he led a detachment of U.S. Marines and assorted mercenaries to Deme, in North Africa, in 1805, to rescue an American crew held captive by the Pasha of Tripoli; the words "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Hymn commemorate these events; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1812, 1817, 1820-21; member of Kentucky state senate, 1824-26. Irish ancestry. Died in Henry County, Ky., September 12, 1850 (age about 74 years). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment in 1919 at Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky.   Relatives: Son of William O'Bannon and Anne (Neville) O'Bannon; ancestor *** of Lew O'Bannon, Robert Presley O'Bannon and Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003).   Political family: O'Bannon family of Corydon, Indiana.   Three U.S. Navy destroyers (launched in 1919, 1942, and 1978) were named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Lew O'Bannon — of Indiana. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1908; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1924; candidate for U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1932. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.   Relatives: Father of Robert Presley O'Bannon; grandfather of Frank Lewis O'Bannon; descendant *** of Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850).   Political family: O'Bannon family of Corydon, Indiana.
	Robert Presley O'Bannon — also known as Robert P. O'Bannon — of Corydon, Harrison County, Ind. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper publisher; member of Indiana state senate, 1951-71. Methodist. Member, Farm Bureau; Grange; American Legion; Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights of Pythias; Rotary. Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Lew O'Bannon; father of Frank Lewis O'Bannon; descendant *** of Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850).   Political family: O'Bannon family of Corydon, Indiana.
	Frank Lewis O'Bannon (1930-2003) — also known as Frank L. O'Bannon — of Indiana. Born in Corydon, Harrison County, Ind., January 30, 1930. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Indiana state senate, 1971-89; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, 1989-97; Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003; died in office 2003; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 2000. Methodist. Member, Freemasons; Rotary; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Gamma Delta; American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; American Legion. Suffered a major stroke, and subsequently died, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Cook County, Ill., September 13, 2003 (age 73 years, 226 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Corydon, Ind.; statue at Old Courthouse Square, Corydon, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Faith (Dropsey) O'Bannon and Robert Presley O'Bannon; married, August 18, 1957, to Judith Mae 'Judy' Asmus; grandson of Lew O'Bannon; descendant *** of Presley Neville O'Bannon (1776-1850).   Political family: O'Bannon family of Corydon, Indiana.   See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial