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Lawyer Politicians in Virginia, I-K

  Hutchins Inge (1855-1936) — of St. Louis, Mo. Born in Danville, Va., August 10, 1855. Republican. Lawyer; real estate agent; Consul for Liberia in St. Louis, Mo., 1899-1903; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1916. Episcopalian. African ancestry. Died, from heart disease, at People's Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., September 1, 1936 (age 81 years, 22 days). Interment somewhere in Danville, Va.
  Relatives: Uncle of Hutchins Franklin Inge.
  William W. Irvin (1779-1842) — of Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio. Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., April 5, 1779. Democrat. Lawyer; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1803-04; impeached and removed from office as judge by the state legislature, 1804; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1806-07, 1825-27; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1825-26; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1810-15; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1822; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1829-33. Died March 27, 1842 (age 62 years, 356 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Lancaster, Ohio.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Harvey Samuel Irwin (1844-1916) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Highland County, Ohio, December 10, 1844. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1901-03. Died in Vienna, Fairfax County, Va., September 3, 1916 (age 71 years, 268 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Allan Denny Ivie (b. 1873) — also known as A. D. Ivie — of Leaksville (now part of Eden), Rockingham County, N.C. Born in Patrick County, Va., May 3, 1873. Democrat. Lawyer; farmer; member of North Carolina state senate, 1911, 1913-14 (20th District 1911, 19th District 1913-14). Methodist. Member, Junior Order; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Sterling Ivie and Sallie (Scales) Ivie; married, October 11, 1905, to Annie McKinney.
  George Jackson (1757-1831) — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, Va. (now W.Va.); Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. Born in Cecil County, Md., January 9, 1757. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1785-91, 1794; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1795-97, 1799-1803 (3rd District 1795-97, at-large 1799-1803); member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1809-12. Died in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, May 17, 1831 (age 74 years, 128 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Muskingum County, Ohio.
  Relatives: Father of John George Jackson and Edward Brake Jackson.
  Political family: Jackson-Lee family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Maynard Holbrook Jackson Jr. (1938-2003) — also known as Maynard H. Jackson; "Buzzy" — of Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga. Born in Dallas, Dallas County, Tex., March 23, 1938. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Senator from Georgia, 1968; mayor of Atlanta, Ga., 1974-82, 1990-94; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000; candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia; member of Democratic National Committee from Georgia, 1993. African ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Phi Beta Kappa. Collapsed (heart attack) after getting off a plane at Reagan National Airport, and died soon after, at Virginia Medical Center, Arlington, Arlington County, Va., June 23, 2003 (age 65 years, 92 days). Interment at Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.
  Relatives: Son of Maynard Jackson, Sr. and Irene Dobbs Jackson; married, December 30, 1965, to Burnella Hayes 'Bunnie' Burke; married 1977 to Valerie Richardson; grandson of John Wesley Dobbs.
  See also NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
  Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) — also known as Robert H. Jackson — of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, N.Y.; McLean, Fairfax County, Va. Born in Spring Creek, Warren County, Pa., February 13, 1892. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936; U.S. Solicitor General, 1938-40; U.S. Attorney General, 1940-41; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; died in office 1954. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., October 9, 1954 (age 62 years, 238 days). Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery, Frewsburg, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Eldred Jackson and Angelina (Houghwout) Jackson; married, April 24, 1916, to Irene Gerhardt.
  Cross-reference: Murray Gurfein
  Epitaph: "He kept the ancient landmarks and built the new."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Rorer Abraham James (1859-1921) — also known as Rorer A. James — of Danville, Va. Born near Brosville, Pittsylvania County, Va., March 1, 1859. Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; member of Virginia state house of delegates, 1889-92; member of Virginia state senate, 1893-1901; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904 (member, Credentials Committee), 1912 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1920; U.S. Representative from Virginia 5th District, 1920-21; died in office 1921. Died, from heart disease, in Danville, Va., August 6, 1921 (age 62 years, 158 days). Interment at Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Angeline (Rorer) James and John W. Craighead James; married 1892 to Ann Marshall 'Annie' Wilson.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) — also known as "Apostle of Liberty"; "Sage of Monticello"; "Friend of the People"; "Father of the University of Virginia" — of Albemarle County, Va. Born in Albemarle County, Va., April 13, 1743. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1775-76, 1783-84; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; Governor of Virginia, 1779-81; member of Virginia state legislature, 1782; U.S. Minister to France, 1785-89; U.S. Secretary of State, 1790-93; Vice President of the United States, 1797-1801; President of the United States, 1801-09; defeated (Democratic-Republican), 1796. Deist. English ancestry. Member, American Philosophical Society; American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., July 4, 1826 (age 83 years, 82 days). Interment at Monticello Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.; cenotaph at University of Missouri Quadrangle, Columbia, Mo.; memorial monument at West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Peter Jefferson and Jane (Randolph) Jefferson; married, January 1, 1772, to Martha Wayles Skelton; father of Martha Jefferson (who married Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.) and Maria Jefferson (who married John Wayles Eppes); uncle of Dabney Carr; grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Francis Wayles Eppes, Virginia Jefferson Randolph (who married Nicholas Philip Trist), Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; grandnephew of Richard Randolph; granduncle of Dabney Smith Carr; great-grandfather of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge and Frederick Madison Roberts; second great-grandfather of John Gardner Coolidge; second great-granduncle of Edith Wilson; first cousin once removed of Richard Bland and Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); first cousin twice removed of John Jordan Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Robert Crittenden and Carter Henry Harrison; first cousin thrice removed of Alexander Parker Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas Theodore Crittenden and Carter Henry Harrison II; first cousin four times removed of Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr.; second cousin of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph and John Randolph of Roanoke; second cousin once removed of John Marshall, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, James Markham Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall, Edmund Jennings Lee, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828), Henry St. George Tucker and William Segar Archer; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Marshall, James Keith Marshall, Nathaniel Beverly Tucker and Edmund Randolph; second cousin thrice removed of Fitzhugh Lee, Edmund Randolph Cocke and John Augustine Marshall; second cousin four times removed of William Marshall Bullitt, Alexander Scott Bullitt and Francis Beverley Biddle; second cousin five times removed of William Welby Beverley; third cousin thrice removed of William Henry Robertson.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Lee-Randolph family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Jefferson M. Levy — Joshua Fry
  Jefferson counties in Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., N.Y., Ohio, Okla., Ore., Pa., Tenn., Tex., Wash., W.Va. and Wis. are named for him.
  Mount Jefferson (third highest peak in the Northeast), in Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Thomas Jefferson KennardThomas Jefferson CampbellThomas J. GazleyThomas J. DrakeThomas Jefferson HeardThomas Jefferson GreenThomas J. RuskThomas Jefferson WithersThomas J. ParsonsThomas J. WordThomas J. HenleyThomas J. DryerThomas J. FosterThomas J. BarrThomas Jefferson JenningsThomas J. HendersonThomas J. Van AlstyneThomas Jefferson CasonT. J. CoghlanThomas Jefferson BufordT. Jefferson CoolidgeThomas J. MegibbenThomas J. BunnThomas J. HardinThomas J. McLain, Jr.Thomas J. BrownThomas Jefferson SpeerThomas J. BoyntonThomas J. HudsonThomas J. BradyThomas J. SelbyThomas Jefferson DeavittThomas Jefferson MajorsThomas Jefferson WoodT. J. JarrattThomas Jefferson NunnThomas J. StraitThomas J. HumesT. J. AppleyardThomas J. ClunieThomas J. SteeleThomas J. BoyntonThomas J. O'DonnellThomas J. HalseyThomas J. GrahamT. J. MartinThomas Jefferson LillyThomas J. RandolphTom J. TerralT. Jeff BusbyThomas Jefferson MurphyThomas J. HamiltonTom ManganThomas J. RyanTom J. MurrayTom SteedThomas Jefferson Edmonds, Jr.Thomas J. AndersonThomas Jefferson RobertsThomas J. Barlow III
  Coins and currency: His portrait has appeared on the U.S. nickel (five cent coin) since 1938, and on the $2 bill since the 1860s.
  Personal motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph J. Ellis, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson — Willard Sterne Randall, Thomas Jefferson : A Life — R. B. Bernstein, Thomas Jefferson — Joyce Appleby, Thomas Jefferson — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — Susan Dunn, Jefferson's Second Revolution : The Election Crisis of 1800 — Andrew Burstein, Jefferson's Secret: Death and Desire at Monticello — Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Jefferson : Author of America — David Barton, The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the myths you've always believed about Thomas Jefferson — David Barton, The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed About Thomas Jefferson — Donald Barr Chidsey, Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Jefferson
  Critical books about Thomas Jefferson: Joseph Wheelan, Jefferson's Vendetta : The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  Bradley Tyler Johnson (1829-1903) — also known as Bradley T. Johnson — of Frederick, Frederick County, Md. Born in Frederick, Frederick County, Md., September 29, 1829. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1860; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Virginia state senate, 1875-79. Died in Amelia, Amelia County, Va., October 5, 1903 (age 74 years, 6 days). Interment at Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Eleanor Murdock (Tyler) Johnson and Charles Worthington Johnson; married to Jane Claudia Saunders; grandnephew of Thomas Johnson and Joshua Johnson; first cousin once removed of Louisa Adams; second cousin of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); second cousin once removed of John Quincy Adams and Brooks Adams; second cousin twice removed of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Boylston Adams.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine; Crowninshield-Adams family of Savannah, Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  David Johnson (1782-1855) — of South Carolina. Born in Louisa County, Va., October 3, 1782. Lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1810-11; Judge, South Carolina Court of Appeals, 1824-35; Governor of South Carolina, 1846-48. Died in South Carolina, January 7, 1855 (age 72 years, 96 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Union, S.C.
  Relatives: Married to Barbara Ashbury Herndon.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
Louis A. Johnson Louis Arthur Johnson (1891-1966) — also known as Louis A. Johnson — of Clarksburg, Harrison County, W.Va. Born in Roanoke, Va., January 10, 1891. Democrat. Lawyer; member of West Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1917-18; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1924; National Commander, American Legion, 1932-33; Assistant Secretary of War, 1937-40; U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1949-50. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; American Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Sons of the American Revolution; Delta Chi; Delta Sigma Rho; Tau Kappa Alpha; Freemasons; Elks; Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., April 24, 1966 (age 75 years, 104 days). Interment at Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Marcellus A. Johnson and Katherine Leftwich (Arthur) Johnson; married, February 7, 1920, to Ruth F. Maxwell.
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: U.S. Army Center of Military History
  Joseph Jones (1727-1805) — of Fredericksburg, Va.; Dinwiddie County, Va. Born in King George County, Va., 1727. Lawyer; member of Virginia House of Burgesses from King George County, 1772-74; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776; Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia, 1777-78, 1780-83; member of Virginia state house of delegates from Dinwiddie County, 1787-88; delegate to Virginia convention to ratify U.S. constitution from Dinwiddie County, 1788. Died in Fredericksburg, Va., October 28, 1805 (age about 78 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Jones and Hester Jones; married to Mary Taliaferro; uncle of James Monroe.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Roosevelt family of New York; Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  Maryus Jones (1844-1923) — of Newport News, Va. Born in Gloucester County, Va., July 8, 1844. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Gloucester County Commonwealth Attorney; mayor of Newport News, Va., 1908-12. Baptist. Member, United Confederate Veterans. Died in Newport News, Va., January 26, 1923 (age 78 years, 202 days). Interment at Abingdon Episcopal Church Cemetery, White Marsh, Va.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Armistead Catlett.
  Epitaph: "For me, to live is Christ, to die is gain." (Philippians 1:21)
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Richard Channing Jones (b. 1841) — of Camden, Wilcox County, Ala. Born in Brunswick County, Va., April 12, 1841. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Alabama state senate, 1882-85; president, University of Alabama, 1890-97; delegate to Alabama state constitutional convention, 1901. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. John Jones and Mary (Walker) Jones; married, October 19, 1864, to Stella H. Boykin.
William A. Jones William Atkinson Jones (1849-1918) — also known as William A. Jones — of Warsaw, Richmond County, Va. Born in Warsaw, Richmond County, Va., March 21, 1849. Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1880, 1896, 1900; U.S. Representative from Virginia 1st District, 1891-1918; died in office 1918. Died in Warsaw, Richmond County, Va., April 17, 1918 (age 69 years, 27 days). Interment at St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Warsaw, Va.
  Relatives: Married to Claude Douglas Motley.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  James Henry Jordan (1842-1912) — also known as James H. Jordan — of Martinsville, Morgan County, Ind. Born in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va., December 21, 1842. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of Indiana Republican State Central Committee, 1880-86; justice of Indiana state supreme court, 1895-1903. Member, Grand Army of the Republic. Died in 1912 (age about 69 years). Interment at New South Park Cemetery, Martinsville, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Charles B. Jordan and Elizabeth R. Jordan; married 1886 to Emma R. Johnson.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Charles Lemuel Kagey (1876-1941) — also known as Charles L. Kagey — of Hays, Ellis County, Kan.; Beloit, Mitchell County, Kan. Born in New Market, Shenandoah County, Va., December 22, 1876. Republican. Lawyer; Logan County Attorney, 1899-1900; U.S. Minister to Finland, 1921-25; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1928. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died October 16, 1941 (age 64 years, 298 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Beloit, Kan.
  Relatives: Son of John H. Kagey and Emma F. (Fultz) Kagey; married, March 4, 1901, to Phebe M. Wanzer.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gabriel L. Kaplan (c.1901-1968) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Callicoon Center, Sullivan County, N.Y., about 1901. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1940; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II. Died in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., September 17, 1968 (age about 67 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Adele Paley; married 1943 to Julia Paley.
  Paul Winfred Kear (1887-1965) — also known as Paul W. Kear — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio, November 2, 1887. Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; member of Virginia Republican State Committee, 1920-36; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1921-31, 1932-33. Methodist. Member, American Bar Association; Phi Gamma Delta; Veterans of Foreign Wars; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks. Died in Norfolk, Va., November 2, 1965 (age 78 years, 0 days). Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Wiley McDonald Kear and Malinda (Romig) Kear.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Laurence Massillon Keitt (1824-1864) — also known as L. M. Keitt — of Orangeburg, Orangeburg District (now Orangeburg County), S.C. Born in Orangeburg District (part now in Calhoun County), S.C., October 4, 1824. Democrat. Planter; lawyer; member of South Carolina state house of representatives, 1848; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 3rd District, 1853-55, 1855-56, 1856-60; censured by the House in 1856 for aiding Rep. Preston S. Brooks in his caning attack on Sen. Charles Sumner; resigned; re-elected to his seat within a month; in 1858, he attacked and attempted to choke Rep. Galusha Grow during an argument on the House floor, starting a brawl; delegate to South Carolina secession convention from Orange, 1860-62; Delegate from South Carolina to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62; colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Mortally wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor, and died the next day, near Richmond (unknown county), Va., June 4, 1864 (age 39 years, 244 days). Interment at West End Cemetery, St. Matthews, S.C.
  Relatives: Son of George Keitt and Mary Magdaleine (Wannamaker) Keitt; nephew of John Jacob Wannamaker; first cousin once removed of William Whetstone Wannamaker Jr.; first cousin twice removed of William Whetstone Wannamaker III.
  Political family: Wannamaker family of Orangeburg, South Carolina.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Sidney Harrison Kelsey (b. 1910) — also known as Sidney H. Kelsey — of Norfolk, Va. Born in Norfolk, Va., November 29, 1910. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; candidate for U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1946. Episcopalian. Member, Disabled American Veterans; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars. Burial location unknown.
  James Preston Kem (1890-1965) — also known as James P. Kem — of Kansas City, Jackson County, Mo. Born in Macon, Macon County, Mo., April 2, 1890. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1944, 1948; speaker, 1952; U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1947-53; defeated, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Farm Bureau; American Legion; Freemasons. Died February 24, 1965 (age 74 years, 328 days). Interment at Middleburg Memorial Cemetery, Middleburg, Va.
  Relatives: Son of James P. Kem and Evelyn (Lee) Kem; married 1920 to Mary Elizabeth Carroll.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Harvey Kemp (1871-1962) — also known as J. H. Kemp — of Fullerton, Nance County, Neb.; Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Page County, Va., October 6, 1871. Republican. Lawyer; member of Nebraska state senate, 1913; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, 1916; candidate for U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1934. Presbyterian. Member, Lions; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Order of the Eastern Star. Died in Nebraska, February 19, 1962 (age 90 years, 136 days). Interment at Fullerton Cemetery, Fullerton, Neb.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas M. Kemp and Elizabeth J. (Kibler) Kemp; married, June 15, 1909, to Elinor Orton.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Robert Craig Kent (1828-1905) — also known as Robert C. Kent — of Wythe County, Va. Born in Virginia, November 28, 1828. Lawyer; banker; delegate to Virginia secession convention from Wythe County, 1861; Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1894-98. Died in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., April 30, 1905 (age 76 years, 153 days). Interment at East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
  Relatives: Married to Elizabeth Patton; father of William Patton Kent.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
William P. Kent William Patton Kent (1857-1936) — also known as William P. Kent — of Wytheville, Wythe County, Va.; Staunton, Va.; Washington, D.C. Born in Wytheville, Wythe County, Va., March 8, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; livestock raiser; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1896; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Consul General in Guatemala City, 1906-09; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, 1906; candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1909; U.S. Consul in Newchwang, 1910-14; Leipzig, as of 1916-17; Berne, as of 1919; Belfast, 1920-23; Hamilton, 1923-24. Protestant. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Knights of Pythias. Died, from pneumonia, in the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital, Washington, D.C., March 3, 1936 (age 78 years, 361 days). Interment at East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Craig Kent and Elizabeth Ann Woods (Patton) Kent; married 1906 to Annie Hendron Patrick.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1918)
John W. Kern John Worth Kern (1849-1917) — also known as John W. Kern — of Kokomo, Howard County, Ind.; Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Alto, Howard County, Ind., December 20, 1849. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Indiana state house of representatives, 1870; Indiana reporter of state courts, 1885-89; member of Indiana state senate, 1893-97; candidate for Governor of Indiana, 1900, 1904; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Indiana, 1904, 1908, 1912 (chair, Platform and Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1916; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1908; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1911-17; defeated, 1916. Member, American Bar Association; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons. Died of tuberculosis and uremic poisoning, in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., August 17, 1917 (age 67 years, 240 days). Original interment at a private or family graveyard, Botetourt County, Va.; reinterment in 1929 at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. Jacob Kern and Nancy (Ligget) Kern; married, November 10, 1869, to Annie Hazzard; married, December 23, 1885, to Araminta Cooper; father of John Worth Kern Jr..
  Political family: Kern family of Indianapolis, Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1908
  Jerry Walter Kilgore (b. 1961) — also known as Jerry W. Kilgore — of Glen Allen, Henrico County, Va. Born in Kingsport, Sullivan County, Tenn., August 23, 1961. Republican. Lawyer; Virginia state attorney general, 2002-05; delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2004, 2008; candidate for Governor of Virginia, 2005. Still living as of 2008.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Robert Michael Kimmitt (b. 1947) — also known as Robert M. Kimmitt — of Arlington, Arlington County, Va. Born in Logan, Cache County, Utah, December 19, 1947. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; lawyer; U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1991-93; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 2006. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2020.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Stanley Kimmitt and Eunice (Wegener) Kimmitt; married to Holly Sutherland.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Angus Stanley King Jr. (b. 1944) — also known as Angus S. King — of Maine. Born in Alexandria, Va., March 31, 1944. Lawyer; Governor of Maine, 1995-2003; U.S. Senator from Maine, 2013-. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2019.
  Relatives: Son of Angus Stanley King and Ellen Ticer (Archer) King.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
Floyd W. King Floyd Wilson King (1876-1936) — also known as Floyd W. King — of Clifton Forge, Alleghany County, Va. Born in Richmond, Va., August 10, 1876. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Virginia state senate 7th District, 1908-11; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1916. Baptist. Member, Kiwanis. Died January 23, 1936 (age 59 years, 166 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Clifton Forge, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Edwin Harvey King and Mary E. (Wilson) King; married to Sadie Johnson.
  Epitaph: "In Loving Memory of One Who Gave His All."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Library of Virginia
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