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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Whitemarsh Benjamin Seabrook (1792-1855) —
of South Carolina.
Born in Edisto Island, Charleston
County, S.C., June 30,
1792.
Democrat. Planter; lawyer; author;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1814-25; member of South
Carolina state senate, 1826-34; Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1834-36; Governor of
South Carolina, 1848-50.
Episcopalian.
Died in Beaufort, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C., April
16, 1855 (age 62 years, 290
days).
Interment at Gunbluff
Plantation Cemetery, Edisto Island, S.C.
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Hugh Swinton Legaré (1797-1843) —
also known as Hugh S. Legaré —
of South Carolina.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
2, 1797.
Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1820-21, 1824-30; South
Carolina state attorney general, 1830-32; U.S. Charge d'Affaires
to Belgium, 1832-36; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 5th District, 1837-39; U.S.
Attorney General, 1841-43; died in office 1843.
Scottish
and French
Huguenot ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., June 20,
1843 (age 46 years, 169
days).
Original interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.; reinterment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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George Washington Seabrook (1808-1866) —
of Colleton District (now Colleton
County), S.C.
Born in Edisto Island, Colleton District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
14, 1808.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. John's, Colleton,
1860-62.
Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg
County), S.C., June 22,
1866 (age 57 years, 220
days).
Interment at Johns Island Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Johns Island, S.C.
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Ephraim Mikell Seabrook (1820-1895) —
of Bluffton, Beaufort District (now Beaufort
County), S.C.
Born in Edisto Island, Colleton District (now Charleston
County), S.C., November
10, 1820.
Delegate
to South Carolina secession convention from St. Luke's, 1860-62.
Died in Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga., November
24, 1895 (age 75 years, 14
days).
Interment at Westview
Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
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James Ferdinand Izlar (1832-1912) —
also known as James F. Izlar —
of Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C.
Born near Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., November
25, 1832.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1872,
1884;
member of South
Carolina state senate from Orangeburg County, 1880-89; resigned
1889; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1894-95.
Slaveowner.
Died in Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., May 26,
1912 (age 79 years, 183
days).
Interment at Episcopal
Cemetery, Orangeburg, S.C.
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George Swinton Legaré (1869-1913) —
also known as George S. Legaré —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Rockville, Charleston
County, S.C., November
11, 1869.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 1st District, 1903-13; died in
office 1913.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
31, 1913 (age 43 years, 81
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Marion Wainwright Seabrook (1890-1947) —
also known as Marion W. Seabrook —
of Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 13,
1890.
Republican. Lawyer; farmer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1936; delegate to Republican
National Convention from South Carolina, 1940
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Died in Sumter, Sumter
County, S.C., November
3, 1947 (age 57 years, 143
days).
Interment at Sumter
Cemetery, Sumter, S.C.
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William Storen Legaré (1900-1930) —
also known as William S. Legaré —
of Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., January
6, 1900.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1924-26; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1926-30; died in
office 1930.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Fatally injured in an automobile
accident near Wolfton, S.C., and died two hours later in a hospital
at Orangeburg, Orangeburg
County, S.C., February
7, 1930 (age 30 years, 32
days). Also killed was Sen. W.
Claude Martin; Rep. J.
Rutledge Smith, Jr. was injured but survived.
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.
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Thomas Allen Legaré Jr. (1915-2010) —
also known as T. Allen Legaré, Jr. —
of Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C.; Wadmalaw Island, Charleston
County, S.C.
Born in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., July 22,
1915.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of South
Carolina state house of representatives from Charleston County,
1947-48, 1951-53; member of South
Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1953-66.
Presbyterian.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; Freemasons;
Lions.
Died in Charleston, Charleston
County, S.C., June 11,
2010 (age 94 years, 324
days).
Interment at Second Presbyterian Churchyard, Charleston, S.C.
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