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Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/aplin-applegate.html#298.21.23">Brent Appel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey1.html#533.28.00">Brent S. Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barnes.html#747.63.76">Brent Barnes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barton.html#103.43.63">Brent Barton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/benjamin.html#386.99.41">Brent D. Benjamin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bigger-bikar.html#715.61.49">Brent Biggs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#925.25.08">Lawrence Brent Boggs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyles-bradburn.html#479.78.32">Leo Brent Bozell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#756.15.02">Robert S. Chilton Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/christensen.html#928.28.29">Brent Christensen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#652.04.03">H. Brent Coles</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/decker.html#443.58.03">Brent Decker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ermentrout-erving.html#355.47.90">Richard Pretlow Ernst</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franko-franzke.html#806.29.15">Edward Brent Frankovic</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frazier-frechette.html#281.05.37">Brent E. Frazier</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graham4.html#957.38.12">George Graham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harding.html#125.03.01">Brent Harding</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hart.html#685.82.59">Brent Hart</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haskill-hastie.html#474.25.61">Brent Hassert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hayford-haynsworth.html#516.26.37">J. Brent Haymond</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/huntly-hurlbut.html#302.05.86">Eppa Hunton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hutchins.html#034.31.58">Brent Hutchins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson6.html#018.44.23">K. Brent Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kimbark-kinery.html#897.51.57">Brent Kincaid</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/larue-latchaw.html#122.33.65">Brent Lasater</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#785.11.05">Brent Lovett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mckinnon-mclaud.html#255.65.67">Harold Brent McKnight</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mosgrove-mosley.html#142.67.34">Robert Brent Mosher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olden-oliven.html#451.93.22">Brent O'Leary</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pearson.html#806.10.90">Joseph Pearson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perry.html#538.52.17">Brent Perry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/russen-ruther.html#128.70.60">Brent A. Russenberger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#490.44.16">J. Brent Shroyer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shorten-shuja.html#822.38.57">Brent Shubin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/spence.html#299.20.14">Brent Spence</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sullivan1.html#420.32.33">Brent Sullivan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson1.html#173.92.41">Brent Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wagoner-wainwright.html#535.04.45">Brent Waibel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walworth-warburton.html#411.30.62">Brent A. Wangen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ward1.html#198.48.72">Brent D. Ward</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#954.22.53">Brent Warr</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weaver.html#413.82.28">Brent A. Weaver</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/west-westbrook.html#199.05.33">Brent West</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#508.58.15">Brent Winters</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#919.16.07">Brent Yonts</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="263.64.08">Brent, Edward F.</a></b> — of Lewistown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MI-lived.html">Mifflin County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/lewistown.html#3">Lewistown, Pa.</a>, 1925-33 (acting, 1925). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="051.31.47">Brent, George William</a> (1821-1872)</b> — also known as <b>George W. Brent</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-lived.html">Alexandria</a>, Va. Born in Alexandria, D.C. (now Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1821/index.html">1821</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Alexandria city, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-died.html">Alexandria</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/01-02.html">January 2, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/50.html">about 50 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ax-buried.html#cms07948">St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery</a>, Alexandria, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of George Brent and Elizabeth (Parsons) Brent.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11261404">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="841.46.93">Brent, H. M.</a></b> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PU-consuls.html ">Callao</a>, as of 1884. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="964.41.63">Brent, Innes B.</a></b> — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/lexington.html#2">Lexington, Ky.</a>, 1794-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="401.00.68">Brent, J. H.</a></b> — of McComb, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/PK-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MS.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="126.64.53">Brent, J. J.</a></b> — of McComb, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/PK-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MS.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="060.99.73">Brent, Joseph L.</a></b> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ON-consuls.html ">Sault Ste. Marie</a>, as of 1927; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EG-consuls.html ">Cairo</a>, as of 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/FR-consuls.html ">Paris</a>, as of 1932; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/TK-consuls.html ">Istanbul</a>, as of 1938. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="257.69.79">Brent, Joseph Lancaster</a> (d. 1905)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif.; New River, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/AS-lived.html">Ascension Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 1st District, 1856-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/LA.html">1876</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/LA.html">1880</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/index.html">1905</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00372">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="038.73.72">Brent, Richard</a> (1757-1814)</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ST-born.html">Stafford County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1757/index.html">1757</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1788, 1793-94, 1800-01; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1795-99, 1801-03 (18th District 1795-97, at-large 1797-99, 1801-03); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1808-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1809-14; died in office 1814. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1814/12-30.html">December 30, 1814</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">about 57 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ST-buried.html#cms05099">a private or family graveyard</a>, Stafford County, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Eleanor (Carroll) Brent and William Brent; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/01-03.html">January 3, 1782</a>, to Anne Fenton Lee; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carroll.html#569.76.27">Daniel Carroll</a>; uncle of <a href="#098.73.82">William Leigh Brent</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0016.html">Lee-Randolph family</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0460.html">Carroll family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0488.html">Brent-Carroll family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000802">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401759">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Brent (politician)">Wikipedia article</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="076.61.40">Brent, Robert</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/ofc/washington.html">Mayor of Washington, D.C.</a>, 1802-12. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="691.60.47">Brent, Robert James</a> (1811-1872)</b> — also known as <b>Robert J. Brent</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in Opelousas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SL-born.html">St. Landry Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1811/05-12.html">May 12, 1811</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/attygn.html">Maryland state attorney general</a>, 1851; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/MD.html">1860</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1872/02-04.html">February 4, 1872</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/60.html">60 years, 268 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#098.73.82">William Leigh Brent</a> and Maria (Fenwick) Brent; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/06-16.html">June 16, 1835</a>, to Matilda Lawrence.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0488.html">Brent-Carroll family</a> of Virginia (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="460.75.06">Brent, Theodore</a></b> — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Member, U.S. Shipping Board, 1917; resigned 1917. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="443.96.34">Brent, Thomas Ludwell Lee</a> (1784-1845)</b> — also known as <b>Thomas L. L. Brent</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/index.html">1784</a>. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/PT-diplomats.html ">Portugal</a>, 1825-34. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/08-18.html">August 18, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">about 61 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-buried.html#cms00371">Glenwood Cemetery</a>, Flint, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/brent-thomas-ludwell-lee ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="935.63.28">Brent, William, Jr.</a> (1783-1848)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/index.html">1783</a>. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-diplomats.html ">Argentina</a>, 1844-46. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/index.html">1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">about 65 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/brent-william ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="098.73.82">Brent, William Leigh</a> (1784-1848)</b> — also known as <b>William L. Brent</b> — of St. Martinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SM-lived.html">St. Martin Parish</a>, La. Born in Port Tobacco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/CH-born.html">Charles County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/02-20.html">February 20, 1784</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 3rd District, 1823-29. Slaveowner. Died in St. Martinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/SM-died.html">St. Martin Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/07-07.html">July 7, 1848</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 138 days</a>). 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