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Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen7.html#782.02.41">Preston K. Allen</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson3.html#636.79.79">Elizabeth Preston Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson7.html#575.23.79">Preston L. Anderson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/armstrong.html#822.71.61">Walter Preston Armstrong</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bailey5.html#333.46.95">John Preston Bailey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ballam-bancroft.html#026.47.90">Preston Ballard</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/basset-bastin.html#982.11.06">Edward Murray Bassett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beechem-beesley.html#334.68.19">John Preston Beecher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#027.83.15">Richard Preston Bell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/berryhill-betz.html#811.96.10">Preston Lang Bethea</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#061.23.89">Francis Preston Blair</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blair.html#827.40.18">Francis Preston Blair Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blight-block.html#674.95.42">William Preston Blocker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boude-bowe.html#595.78.72">William R. Bourdon</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boyd.html#352.73.62">Preston Boyd Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#809.50.86">John Breckinridge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#913.15.69">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brentano-brewington.html#551.44.54">Albert Preston Brewer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#380.36.10">Preston Smith Brooks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#592.52.86">Preston Brooks</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#213.96.07">John Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#539.98.75">James Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown7.html#160.72.76">Preston T. Brown</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brownlee-brubeck.html#260.90.98">Walter Preston Brownlow</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buchanan.html#893.91.32">John Preston Buchanan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burnquist-burns.html#451.74.83">Preston Burns</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html#592.31.59">Charles Albert Busiel</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler7.html#395.34.10">Preston Butler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/byrnes.html#248.73.83">John William Byrnes</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/callan-came.html#422.83.22">George Preston Callison</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell7.html#845.53.10">Preston White Campbell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/canon-caplis.html#023.21.06">Preston Capell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cartier-cascione.html#774.04.12">Preston Brooks Carwile</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark1.html#116.04.68">Benjamin Cutler Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark1.html#276.35.42">Benjamin Cutler Clark Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark1.html#982.28.77">Benjamin Preston Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark1.html#997.58.22">A. Preston Clark</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cleveland.html#436.13.43">Frances Cleveland</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#532.18.36">Edmund Randolph Cocke</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins6.html#860.98.52">L. Preston Collins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/conduit-conkling.html#846.02.25">Frederick Preston Cone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cook5.html#061.06.17">J. Eugene Cook</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davie-davila.html#408.61.93">May Preston Davie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#334.80.27">Preston S. Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davis7.html#574.17.61">Preston B. Davis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/deane-deboice.html#676.82.68">Thomas Jefferson Deavitt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/delano.html#823.32.98">Preston Delano</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/doughrity-doughty.html#373.44.78">John Preston Doughten</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/draper.html#903.33.61">William Franklin Draper</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#639.42.67">Preston Drummer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html#983.99.58">Preston B. Dunn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html#094.52.76">Preston Dunn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#326.11.45">Isaac Alger Fancher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#648.57.85">Herman Preston Faris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fields.html#480.04.43">Preston James Fields</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#530.19.72">John Buchanan Floyd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#944.84.18">George Rogers Clark Floyd</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foster.html#526.10.98">Preston S. Foster</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/frost.html#908.05.39">Preston A. Frost</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gehant-geoghan.html#086.08.70">Brady Preston Gentry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerard-gerrity.html#961.31.71">Preston M. Geren</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibbs-giboyeaux.html#145.97.15">Joshua Preston Gibbs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gibson.html#660.21.19">Preston F. Gibson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/goodrich.html#282.44.74">Preston E. Goodrich</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graebner-gragg.html#566.02.34">Preston Gragg</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/grant.html#642.53.31">Asa Preston Grant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/graves.html#585.20.32">William Preston Graves</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hackley-hagenbarth.html#913.72.72">Preston Haddan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#909.95.66">Wade Hampton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamre-hanchett.html#719.19.52">Preston Hanawalt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hapgood-hardie.html#616.27.67">Preston L. Harden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#988.40.79">Carter Henry Harrison II</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hensel-heraz.html#853.71.56">Harry Preston Henshaw</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hotchkiss-hougen.html#159.62.21">Joseph Preston Hotchkis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#583.08.23">Rossiter Preston Johnson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones7.html#590.73.35">Preston L. Jones</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jordan.html#391.84.58">Preston E. Jordan</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keathley-keena.html#073.49.13">Theron Preston Keator</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kelm-kemmer.html#405.69.27">James Preston Kem</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kimball.html#305.86.22">William Preston Kimball</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#474.02.16">Preston King</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king7.html#862.58.75">Preston King</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kolter-kopriver.html#021.15.63">Preston J. Kool</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/koraleski-kouzoff.html#983.46.47">Preston Koser</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#900.72.58">William Preston Lane Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/laxalt-leadbetter.html#913.22.69">Preston Lea</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leakin-leaver.html#026.31.43">Herman Elisha Learned</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lee3.html#363.09.77">Francis Preston Blair Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/leonardo-lessler.html#582.64.83">Preston Hopkins Leslie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/liggett-linblad.html#649.29.04">Jewel Preston Lightfoot</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mahool-majka.html#120.84.47">Lee Beattie Mailler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mara-margolis.html#708.11.17">Preston S. Marchant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marianetti-markowitz.html#218.14.96">Preston H. Markley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#856.25.44">Preston W. Marshall Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#412.15.33">Preston W. Marshall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/martin5.html#679.27.05">John Preston Martin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcalpin-mcbrayer.html#670.25.46">Preston T. McAvoy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#709.27.32">James McDowell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgeehan-mcgoodwin.html#973.27.28">Preston Buford McGoodwin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mitchell7.html#664.80.08">Preston Mitchell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore7.html#274.78.96">Preston J. Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moss.html#697.84.47">Preston B. Moss</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/murphy3.html#593.06.09">Edward Preston Murphy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/norris.html#925.38.41">C. Preston Norris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oliver-ollius.html#204.20.68">Preston Ollerton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/osborn.html#287.03.37">Sidney Preston Osborn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/otjen-overstolz.html#836.46.69">Arthur Warren Overmyer</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/painken-palma.html#875.44.41">Preston A. Pairo Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/peckham-peisner.html#436.07.70">Preston Elmer Peden</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perky-perrizzo.html#950.88.78">A. Preston Perrie</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pettitt-pezzulo.html#500.88.95">Preston Pew</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/plauche-plumley.html#910.08.78">Preston Bierce Plumb</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#778.01.10">Preston B. Porter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/potterton-powe.html#833.99.84">Preston Poulter</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pratt.html#046.14.63">Preston V. Pratt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ramacitti-rampton.html#900.57.37">William Preston Rambo</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#466.06.93">Preston Rawlins</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richards.html#803.70.17">Preston Doremus Richards</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rogerson-roll.html#843.71.94">Preston E. Rolfe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/salmon.html#155.37.68">Wade Preston Salmon Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schlacter-schmies.html#931.88.78">Preston E. Schmidt</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#280.58.22">George Griswold Sill</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sloane-slusarev.html#154.82.42">Preston W. Slosson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith7.html#868.14.44">Preston Earnest Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith7.html#211.15.40">Preston W. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#889.28.22">Preston T. Spaulding</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stafseth-standifer.html#296.37.99">Preston Stallinger</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stone.html#206.76.87">George P. Stone</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strickler-strom.html#655.51.01">J. Preston Strom Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tatem-tayloe.html#836.42.48">William Preston Taulbee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor7.html#379.17.80">Preston Taylor Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terry.html#910.77.66">Preston Ellsworth Terry</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#925.05.33">Preston A. Thatcher</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson2.html#751.91.66">David Preston Thompson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trippe-trumbo.html#803.25.17">Preston M. Troy</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/w-waddy.html#023.50.85">Preston Waddell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wallach-walser.html#688.81.40">Walter Newbold Walmsley Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walton.html#831.59.87">Robert S. Walton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wells.html#910.38.74">Mitchell Preston Wells</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whisman-whitcome.html#397.67.28">Preston B. Whitbeck</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white7.html#271.84.00">Preston White</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/whitten-wickware.html#154.33.15">Charles Preston Wickham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright7.html#674.00.66">Preston Wright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wright7.html#772.38.25">Preston Wright</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yatron-yontes.html#057.01.15">William Preston Yonce</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/young7.html#750.30.50">Robert Preston Young Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/youngblood-yulee.html#037.36.25">Cicero Preston Yow</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="232.63.08">Preston, (need first name)</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 28th District, 1910. 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> <a name="649.01.70">Preston, A. Lee</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Alaska</a>, 1969. Still living as of 1969. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="862.82.60">Preston, A. W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WA-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, W.Va. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Wayne County, 1921-22. 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> <a name="417.41.52">Preston, Alfred D.</a> (b. 1873) — of Beckley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Born near Lewisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-born.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1873/05-01.html">May 1, 1873</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-officials.html">Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge</a>, 1922-26; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Raleigh County, 1935-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WV.html">1952</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. 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> <a name="622.16.48">Preston, Andrews</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CY-lived.html">Cayuga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Cayuga County, 1827, 1835, 1840. 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> <a name="989.81.46">Preston, Arlette</a> — of North Dakota. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Dakota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/ND.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="336.62.55">Preston, Arthur G., Jr.</a> — of St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Berrien County 1st District, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="652.99.17">Preston, Austin R., Jr.</a> — of St. Albans, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-lived.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y.; Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ER-lived.html">Erie County</a>, N.Y. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-consuls.html ">Tokyo</a>, as of 1924-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-consuls.html ">Nagoya</a>, 1929-31; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AU-consuls.html ">Brisbane</a>, 1931-32; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NO-consuls.html ">Oslo</a>, as of 1938; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MZ-consuls.html ">Lourenco Marques</a>, 1941; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html ">Antwerp</a>, as of 1947. 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> Preston, Bob See <a href="#122.65.38">Robert Preston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="198.26.12">Preston, Byron W.</a> — of Iowa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1913-24. 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> <a name="339.22.99">Preston, C. S.</a> — Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 7th District, 1914. 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> <a name="096.68.45">Preston, Charles</a> — of Brookings, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/BO-lived.html">Brookings County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/sthse.html">South Dakota state house of representatives</a> 21st District, 1893-94. 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> <a name="272.86.35">Preston, Charles M.</a> — of New Haven, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Member of Connecticut Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1922. 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> <a name="748.13.23">Preston, Charles T.</a> — of Killingly, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/WI-lived.html">Windham County</a>, Conn. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Killingly, 1908. 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> <a name="471.98.81">Preston, D. A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Jasper County, 1881-82. 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> <a name="806.18.99">Preston, David</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County, 1845. 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> <a name="674.65.52">Preston, David</a> — of Michigan. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Michigan</a>, 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> <a name="225.90.46">Preston, Debra</a> — of Conklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="189.05.41">Preston, Douglas</a> — of Fairbanks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/FN-lived.html">Fairbanks North Star Borough</a>, Alaska. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/fairbanks.html">Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska</a>, 1954-57. 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> <a name="697.02.39">Preston, Edward W.</a> — of Roxbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Roxbury; elected 1906; defeated, 1910. 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> Preston, Elizabeth See <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson3.html#636.79.79">Elizabeth Preston Anderson</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="553.59.17">Preston, Ella</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/BO-lived.html">Broome County</a>, N.Y. Socialist. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Broome County 1st District, 1919. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. 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> <a name="375.71.28">Preston, F. D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/GA-lived.html">Gallatin County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/IL.html">Illinois Democratic State Committee</a>, 1848-56. 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> <a name="806.39.58">Preston, Felix W.</a> — U.S. Vice Commercial Agent (Vice Consul) in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/PO-consuls.html ">Ponce</a>, as of 1884; U.S. Consular Agent in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/PO-consuls.html ">Ponce</a>, as of 1898. 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> <a name="490.40.73">Preston, Francis</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ON-lived.html">Onondaga County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Onondaga County 1st District, 1915. 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> <a name="498.78.48">Preston, Francis M.</a> — of Massachusetts. Born in Maine. U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/GM-consuls.html ">Guayama</a>, 1849-52. 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> <a name="983.64.79">Preston, Francis Smith</a> (1765-1836) — also known as Francis Preston — of Virginia. Born in Greenfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BO-born.html">Botetourt County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/08-02.html">August 2, 1765</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1788-89, 1816-20; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 5th District, 1793-97; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1812-14; general in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812. Slaveowner. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/05-26.html">May 26, 1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 298 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SM-buried.html#cms02113">Aspenvale Cemetery</a>, Seven Mile Ford, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#916.93.84">William Preston (1729-1783)</a> and Susanna (Smith) Preston; brother of <a href="#086.13.03">James Patton Preston</a> and Letitia Preston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#252.16.11">John Floyd</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1793/01-10.html">January 10, 1793</a>, to Sarah Buchanan Campbell (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell9.html#257.81.17">William Campbell</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#071.73.66">Patrick Henry</a>); father of <a href="#453.47.09">William Campbell Preston</a>, <a href="#081.09.35">John Smith Preston</a> and Margaret Buchanan Frances Preston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#805.12.61">Wade Hampton III</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#709.27.32">James McDowell</a>, <a href="#916.24.04">William Ballard Preston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#530.19.72">John Buchanan Floyd</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#944.84.18">George Rogers Clark Floyd</a> and <a href="#242.74.27">William Preston (1816-1887)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#535.23.07">Levin Irving Handy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#447.87.63">Henry Skillman Breckinridge</a>; cousin *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#213.96.07">John Brown</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#223.53.09">James Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brown5.html#539.98.75">James Brown</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#809.50.86">John Breckinridge</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#446.25.19">Joseph Cabell Breckinridge</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.82.77">John Cabell Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#179.74.78">Clifton Rodes Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#019.25.10">James Douglas Breckinridge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000514">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408899">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7785829">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="114.59.31">Preston, Frank</a> — of Pima, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/GR-lived.html">Graham County</a>, Ariz. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/AZ.html">1928</a>. 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> <a name="373.85.25">Preston, Frank M.</a> — of Oswego Falls (now part of Fulton), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/fulton.html#5">Oswego Falls, N.Y.</a>, 1901. 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> <a name="789.18.78">Preston, George C.</a> — of Henniker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ME-lived.html">Merrimack County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 9th District, 1893-94. 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> <a name="841.36.15">Preston, Greg</a> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/dallas.html">mayor of Dallas, Tex.</a>, 1983. Still living as of 1983. <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">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=296173">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></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> <a name="355.88.60">Preston, Gustavo</a> (1856-1918) — of Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass.; Swampscott, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, Mass. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PR/AY-born.html">Arroyo Municipio</a>, Puerto Rico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/08-01.html">August 1, 1856</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/sugar.html">Sugar and molasses</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/import-export.html">importer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EC-consuls.html">Consul for Ecuador</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-consuls.html">Boston, Mass.</a>, 1889-1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AR-consuls.html">Consul for Argentina</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-consuls.html">Boston, Mass.</a>, 1898. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stomach-cancer.html">stomach cancer</a>, in Massachusetts Homeopathic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Boston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/SU-died.html">Suffolk County</a>, Mass., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/08-15.html">August 15, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 14 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/ES-buried.html# ">Swampscott Cemetery</a>, Swampscott, Mass. <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">Relatives: Son of Francis W. 'Frank' Preston and Emma (Lepelleux) Preston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/06-08.html">June 8, 1887</a>, to Emma (DeLaski) Blake; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/12-29.html">December 29, 1915</a>, to Florence E. Shaw.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/175884740">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="065.32.38">Preston, H. C.</a> — of Mitchell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DA-lived.html">Davison County</a>, S.Dak. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/ofc/stsen.html">South Dakota state senate</a> 12th District, 1891-92. 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> <a name="062.50.02">Preston, H. D.</a> — of Mitchell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/DA-lived.html">Davison County</a>, S.Dak. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for South Dakota. 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> <a name="763.81.77">Preston, Homer</a> — of Jamestown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NY.html">1924</a>. 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> <a name="569.97.11">Preston, Homer M.</a> — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/CA.html">1960</a>. Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Preston, Horace See <a href="#037.03.26">Samuel Horace Preston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="690.58.06">Preston, Hugh L., Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, California Court of Appeal</a> 3rd District, 1931. 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> <a name="176.87.85">Preston, Isaac M.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Iowa</a>, 1847-50. 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> <a name="864.78.41">Preston, J. Thomas</a> — of Whitford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1900/PA.html">1900</a>. 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> <a name="522.05.83">Preston, J. W.</a> — of Monticello, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JS-lived.html">Jasper County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1876/GA.html">1876</a>. 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> <a name="902.91.64">Preston, Jacob Alexander</a> (1796-1868) — also known as Jacob A. Preston — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-lived.html">Harford County</a>, Md. Born near Bel Air, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-born.html">Harford County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/03-12.html">March 12, 1796</a>. Whig. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 5th District, 1843-45. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Perryman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-died.html">Harford County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/08-02.html">August 2, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-buried.html#cms02112">St. George's Churchyard</a>, Spesutia Island, Md. <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">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000515">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408900">Govtrack.us page</a></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> <a name="977.33.72">Preston, James</a> — also known as Jim Preston — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 33rd District, 1973. Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/5642869391/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/464/49.65.jpg" width=70 height=102 border=0 alt="James H. Preston"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="464.49.65">Preston, James Harry</a> (1860-1938) — also known as James H. Preston — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-born.html">Harford County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/index.html">1860</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1890-94; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Maryland State House of Delegates</a>, 1894; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/baltimore.html">mayor of Baltimore, Md.</a>, 1911-19; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/MD.html">1912</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/speakers.html">speaker</a>); candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/index.html">1912</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/07-14.html">July 14, 1938</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">about 78 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-buried.html#cms00372">Green Mount Cemetery</a>, Baltimore, Md. <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">Relatives: Father of Alice W. Preston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carrington.html#071.15.67">Edward Codrington Carrington Jr.</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15890.html">Carrington-Preston family</a> of Baltimore, Maryland.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Library of Congress</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> <a name="086.13.03">Preston, James Patton</a> (1774-1853) — also known as James P. Preston — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/06-21.html">June 21, 1774</a>. Colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/disabled.html">crippled</a> by injuries received in the war; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1816; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Virginia</a>, 1816-19; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/richmond.html#2">Richmond, Va.</a>, 1824-37. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/05-04.html">May 4, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 317 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MO-buried.html# ">Preston Cemetery at Smithfield Plantation</a>, Blacksburg, 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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#916.93.84">William Preston</a> and Susanna (Smith) Preston; brother of <a href="#983.64.79">Francis Smith Preston</a> and Letitia Preston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#252.16.11">John Floyd</a>); married to Ann Barraud Taylor; father of <a href="#916.24.04">William Ballard Preston</a>; uncle of <a href="#453.47.09">William Campbell Preston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#709.27.32">James McDowell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#530.19.72">John Buchanan Floyd</a>, <a href="#081.09.35">John Smith Preston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#944.84.18">George Rogers Clark Floyd</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#535.23.07">Levin Irving Handy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#447.87.63">Henry Skillman Breckinridge</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#809.50.86">John Breckinridge</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#446.25.19">Joseph Cabell Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#913.15.69">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.82.77">John Cabell Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#179.74.78">Clifton Rodes Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#019.25.10">James Douglas Breckinridge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0078.html">Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family</a> of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PR.html">Preston County, W.Va.</a> is named for him.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-patton-preston/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James Patton Preston">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7727707">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="695.86.79">Preston, Jean</a> (born c.1935) — of Emerald Isle, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CT-lived.html">Carteret County</a>, N.C. Born about 1935. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2004/NC.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="573.00.68">Preston, Jerome</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/CH-lived.html">Chautauqua County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Chautauqua County 2nd District, 1872. 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> Preston, Jim See <a href="#977.33.72">James Preston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="745.57.63">Preston, John</a> — of New Ipswich, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, N.H. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/stsen.html">New Hampshire state senate</a> 9th District, 1848-50. 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> <a name="235.94.77">Preston, John</a> — Whig. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Arkansas</a> at-large, 1851. 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> <a name="142.78.59">Preston, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/OS-lived.html">Oswego County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Oswego County 3rd District, 1876. 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> <a name="038.29.04">Preston, John</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 3rd District, 1980. Still living as of 1980. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="601.10.53">Preston, John</a> — Natural Law candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sthse.html">Texas state house of representatives</a> 21st District, 1996. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="686.93.83">Preston, John A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-lived.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Greenbrier County, 1905-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 9th District, 1911-14. 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> <a name="297.01.90">Preston, John A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-lived.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Eaton County, 1922. 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> <a name="236.43.80">Preston, John D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-lived.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Buchanan County 2nd District, 1922. 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> <a name="422.95.86">Preston, John S.</a> — of Harwinton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Harwinton, 1822, 1825. 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> <a name="081.09.35">Preston, John Smith</a> (1809-1881) — also known as John S. Preston — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/04-20.html">April 20, 1809</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">planter</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/stsen.html">South Carolina state senate</a>, 1848-56; delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/SC.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to South Carolina secession convention</a> from Richland, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/05-01.html">May 1, 1881</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/72.html">72 years, 11 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-buried.html#cms05861">Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery</a>, Columbia, S.C. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#983.64.79">Francis Smith Preston</a> and Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston; brother of <a href="#453.47.09">William Campbell Preston</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1830/04-28.html">April 28, 1830</a>, to Caroline Martha Hampton (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#909.95.66">Wade Hampton (1752-1835)</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#062.03.69">Wade Hampton (1791-1858)</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#805.12.61">Wade Hampton III</a>); nephew of <a href="#086.13.03">James Patton Preston</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; grandson of <a href="#916.93.84">William Preston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell9.html#257.81.17">William Campbell</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#071.73.66">Patrick Henry</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#535.23.07">Levin Irving Handy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#447.87.63">Henry Skillman Breckinridge</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#709.27.32">James McDowell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#530.19.72">John Buchanan Floyd</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#944.84.18">George Rogers Clark Floyd</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#809.50.86">John Breckinridge</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#446.25.19">Joseph Cabell Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#229.37.23">Valentine Wood Southall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#913.15.69">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garland.html#243.84.03">Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.82.77">John Cabell Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#906.59.34">Stephen Valentine Southall</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#179.74.78">Clifton Rodes Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garland.html#630.56.44">Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945)</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#019.25.10">James Douglas Breckinridge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9085">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="409.02.05">Preston, John Troy</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WT-lived.html">Walton County</a>, Ga. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Walton County, 1931-40. 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> <a name="892.06.26">Preston, John W.</a> — of Ukiah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/MC-lived.html">Mendocino County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/CA.html">1908</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/CA.html">1916</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California</a>, 1913-18. 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> <a name="932.29.56">Preston, John White, Sr.</a> (c.1878-1958) — also known as John W. Preston, Sr. — of California. Born in Tennessee, about 1878. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/spju.html">Justice of California state supreme court</a>, 1926-35; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from California</a>, 1938. Died in Pasadena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-died.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/02-18.html">February 18, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-buried.html#cms00954">Forest Lawn Memorial Park</a>, Glendale, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="710.03.06">Preston, Joseph</a> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/PA.html">2004</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="758.97.87">Preston, Ken</a> — of Rochester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MO-lived.html">Monroe County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/NY.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="774.93.36">Preston, Kenneth</a> — of Ada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/HR-lived.html">Hardin County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ada.html">Mayor of Ada, Ohio</a>; elected 1949. 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> <a name="749.49.20">Preston, Kevin D.</a> — of Plainville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MA/NO-lived.html">Norfolk County</a>, Mass. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/MA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="289.58.19">Preston, Lauren</a> — of Prospect, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NH-lived.html">New Haven County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Prospect, 1830, 1834. 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> <a name="036.17.95">Preston, LaWanna</a> — of Pinole, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-lived.html">Contra Costa County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/CA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/CA.html">2000</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Preston, Lee See <a href="#649.01.70">A. Lee Preston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/289/17.49.jpg" width=70 height=108 border=0 alt="Lee Preston"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="289.17.49">Preston, Lee Egan</a> (1898-1972) — also known as Lee Preston — of Denton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DT-lived.html">Denton County</a>, Tex. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/02-14.html">February 14, 1898</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/denton.html">Mayor of Denton, Tex.</a>, 1938-46; defeated, 1946. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/06-01.html">June 1, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 108 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DT-buried.html#cms08108">Odd Fellows Cemetery</a>, Denton, Tex. <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">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/15073065">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Denton (Tex.) Record-Chronicle, April 6, 1938</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> <a name="895.96.92">Preston, Leonard</a> — of Glasgow, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/BN-lived.html">Barren County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/KY.html">1956</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> <a name="907.82.45">Preston, LeRoy Webster</a> (1915-1987) — also known as Roy Preston — of Maryland. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/BL-born.html">Baltimore County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1915/07-15.html">July 15, 1915</a>. Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1948-52; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/stsen.html">Maryland state senate</a>, 1952-56. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Died, at Union Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-died.html">Baltimore</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/04-19.html">April 19, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 278 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <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">Relatives: Relative *** of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lane.html#900.72.58">William Preston Lane Jr.</a>.</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> <a name="761.28.52">Preston, Loomis King</a> (1879-1954) — also known as Loomis K. Preston — of St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-lived.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich. Born in St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-born.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/07-22.html">July 22, 1879</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Berrien County 1st District, 1923-26, 1939-50; defeated, 1912, 1930, 1932, 1950; Republican candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 7th District, 1926 (primary), 1936; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 4th District, 1928. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/elks.html">Elks</a>. Died, in Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-died.html">Berrien County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1954/09-12.html">September 12, 1954</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 52 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/BE-buried.html#cms07641">Crystal Springs Cemetery</a>, Benton Township, Berrien County, 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">Relatives: Son of Wallace A. Preston and Mary (King) Preston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/09-08.html">September 8, 1931</a>, to Victoria Summerville.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/132473334">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="934.29.60">Preston, Margaret</a> — of White Sulphur Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-lived.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WV.html">West Virginia Republican State Executive Committee</a>, 1937. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</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> <a name="803.71.85">Preston, Miles B.</a> (b. 1850) — of Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Simsbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/05-09.html">May 9, 1850</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/hartford.html">Mayor of Hartford, Conn.</a>, 1896-1900; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Hartford, 1908. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-pythias.html">Knights of Pythias</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">Relatives: Son of Truman W. Preston.</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> <a name="551.55.28">Preston, Naomi</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Idaho</a> 1st District, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="345.02.70">Preston, Nathaniel</a> — of Woodbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Woodbury, 1838. 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> <a name="739.69.18">Preston, Odelfa</a> — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/PA.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/PA.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="040.35.14">Preston, Prince Hulon, Jr.</a> (1908-1961) — also known as Prince H. Preston, Jr. — of Statesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BL-lived.html">Bulloch County</a>, Ga. Born in Monroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WT-born.html">Walton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/07-05.html">July 5, 1908</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a> from Bulloch County, 1935-38; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 1st District, 1947-61; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/GA.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/eagles.html">Eagles</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/index.html">1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">about 52 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BL-buried.html#cms02111">Eastside Cemetery</a>, Statesboro, Ga. <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">The Prince H. Preston <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Federal Building</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/BL-names.html">Statesboro, Georgia</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000516">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408901">Govtrack.us page</a></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> <a name="917.98.88">Preston, Richard M.</a> — of California. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 3rd District, 1875-77. 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> <a name="635.85.89">Preston, Robert</a> — of Scio Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="122.65.38">Preston, Robert</a> — also known as Bob Preston — of Hampton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/RO-lived.html">Rockingham County</a>, N.H. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1980/NH.html">1980</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NH/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New Hampshire</a> 1st District, 1992. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="418.68.32">Preston, Robert M.</a> — of Bel Air, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/HA-lived.html">Harford County</a>, Md. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">office supply business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/belair.html">town commission chairman of Bel Air, Maryland</a>, 2007-09. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/rotary.html">Rotary</a>. Still living as of 2014. <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">See also <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=168647">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></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> <a name="244.67.27">Preston, Robert R.</a> — of Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Va. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/abingdon.html#2">Abingdon, Va.</a>, 1836-37. 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> <a name="402.04.45">Preston, Rodney</a> — of Cape Girardeau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-lived.html">Cape Girardeau County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Cape Girardeau County, 1950. 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> Preston, Roy See <a href="#907.82.45">LeRoy Webster Preston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Preston, S. Horace See <a href="#037.03.26">Samuel Horace Preston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="475.08.01">Preston, Samuel</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/philadelphia.html">Mayor of Philadelphia, Pa.</a>, 1711-12. 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> <a name="037.03.26">Preston, Samuel Horace</a> (1837-1916) — also known as S. Horace Preston — of Lansing Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Born in Oneida Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EA-born.html">Eaton County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1837/10-01.html">October 1, 1837</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/lansing-twp.html">supervisor of Lansing Township, Michigan</a>, 1875-77, 1879-81, 1883-86. Died, from "La Grippe" (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">influenza</a>) and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/kidney.html">Bright's disease</a>, in Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-died.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/01-08.html">January 8, 1916</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/78.html">78 years, 99 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-buried.html#cms00206">Mt. Hope Cemetery</a>, Lansing, 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">Relatives: Son of Samuel Preston and Rebecca Noble (Sprague) Preston; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/">1863</a> to Eveline Sills.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70905777">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> Preston, Steve See <a href="#776.30.42">Steven C. Preston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="776.30.42">Preston, Steven C.</a> (b. 1960) — also known as Steve Preston — Born in Janesville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/RO-born.html">Rock County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/08-04.html">August 4, 1960</a>. Republican. Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, 2006-08; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</a>, 2008-09. Still living as of 2019. <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">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve Preston">Wikipedia article</a></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> <a name="909.02.38">Preston, Sylvester T.</a> — of Willington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/TO-lived.html">Tolland County</a>, Conn. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/stsen.html">Connecticut state senate</a> 20th District, 1861. 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> <a name="382.21.09">Preston, T. William</a> — of Frostburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/AL-lived.html">Allegany County</a>, Md. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/frostburg.html">Mayor of Frostburg, Md.</a>, 1964-66. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="466.46.51">Preston, Thad B.</a> (d. 1938) — of Ionia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-lived.html">Ionia County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Manager, Michigan <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/clothing.html">Overall</a> Company; vice-president, State Savings <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1917-19; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic state chair</a>, 1919; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/MI.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MI.html">1924</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/04-09.html">April 9, 1938</a>. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IO-buried.html#cms00153">Highland Park Cemetery</a>, Ionia, 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">Relatives: Son of Clark A. Preston and Sarah Ann (Cunningham) Preston; married to Lida Canwell.</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> Preston, Thomas See <a href="#864.78.41">J. Thomas Preston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="493.06.51">Preston, Thomas F.</a> — of Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/NJ.html">1916</a>. 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> <a name="075.94.50">Preston, Thomas R.</a> — of Chattanooga, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/HA-lived.html">Hamilton County</a>, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/TN.html">1916</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1916/committees.html">Platform and Resolutions Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/TN.html">1928</a>. 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> <a name="553.13.90">Preston, Thomas W.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/br-lived.html">Bristol</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/bristol.html">Mayor of Bristol, Va.</a>, 1938. 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> <a name="855.84.19">Preston, Vivian</a> — of Lansing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/IN-lived.html">Ingham County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1973. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1973. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="988.58.65">Preston, Walter</a> (1819-1867) — of Virginia. Born in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/index.html">1819</a>. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/attygn.html">Virginia state attorney general</a>, 1857; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccrep.html">Representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862-64. Died in Abingdon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/WA-died.html">Washington County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/index.html">1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/48.html">about 48 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">Relatives: Distant cousin *** of <a href="#916.24.04">William Ballard Preston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0406.html">Staples family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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> <a name="916.93.84">Preston, William</a> (1729-1783) — Born in County Donegal, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-born.html">Ireland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1729/12-25.html">December 25, 1729</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/hsbrg.html">Virginia House of Burgesses</a>, 1765-68, 1769-71. Died while attending a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/meetings.html">muster of the militia</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BO-died.html">Botetourt County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/06-28.html">June 28, 1783</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 185 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">Relatives: Son of John Preston and Elizabeth (Patton) Preston; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1761/01-17.html">January 17, 1761</a>, to Susanna Smith; father of <a href="#983.64.79">Francis Smith Preston</a>, <a href="#086.13.03">James Patton Preston</a> and Letitia Preston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#252.16.11">John Floyd</a>); uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#809.50.86">John Breckinridge</a>; grandfather of <a href="#453.47.09">William Campbell Preston</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#709.27.32">James McDowell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#530.19.72">John Buchanan Floyd</a>, <a href="#081.09.35">John Smith Preston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#944.84.18">George Rogers Clark Floyd</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#446.25.19">Joseph Cabell Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#913.15.69">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.82.77">John Cabell Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#535.23.07">Levin Irving Handy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#447.87.63">Henry Skillman Breckinridge</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#179.74.78">Clifton Rodes Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#019.25.10">James Douglas Breckinridge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0078.html">Monroe-Grayson-Roosevelt-Breckinridge family</a> of Virginia and Kentucky (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</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> <a name="242.74.27">Preston, William</a> (1816-1887) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born near Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/10-16.html">October 16, 1816</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Whig National Convention from Kentucky, 1839 (speaker); colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention</a>, 1849; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1850, 1868-69; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1851-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 7th District, 1852-55; defeated, 1854; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1856/KY.html">1856</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/KY.html">1880</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1880/speakers.html">speaker</a>); U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SP-diplomats.html ">Spain</a>, 1859-61; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/09-21.html">September 21, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 340 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <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">Relatives: Brother of Henrietta Preston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson-johnston.html#632.79.08">Albert Sidney Johnston</a>); nephew of <a href="#983.64.79">Francis Smith Preston</a>; grandfather of Preston Davie (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/davie-davila.html#408.61.93">May Preston Davie</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0021.html">Brown-Breckinridge family</a> of Lexington, Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000517">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408902">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Preston (Kentucky)">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/preston-william ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></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> Preston, William See <a href="#382.21.09">T. William Preston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="118.90.89">Preston, William A.</a> — of Rutherford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/BE-lived.html">Bergen County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/rutherford.html">Mayor of Rutherford, N.J.</a>, 1889-91. 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> <a name="902.10.70">Preston, William A.</a> — of Cornwall, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/LI-lived.html">Litchfield County</a>, Conn. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a> from Cornwall; defeated, 1906; elected 1916. 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> <a name="244.48.49">Preston, William B.</a> — of Logan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/CA-lived.html">Cache County</a>, Utah. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/logan.html">Mayor of Logan, Utah</a>, 1870-82. 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> <a name="916.24.04">Preston, William Ballard</a> (1805-1862) — also known as William B. Preston — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/11-25.html">November 25, 1805</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1830-32, 1844-45; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1840-44; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 12th District, 1847-49; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Navy</a>, 1849-50; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Virginia secession convention</a> from Montgomery County, 1861; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccsen.html">Senator from Virginia in the Confederate Congress</a>, 1862; died in office 1862. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/11-16.html">November 16, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 356 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#086.13.03">James Patton Preston</a>; nephew of <a href="#983.64.79">Francis Smith Preston</a>; cousin by marriage of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stanwood-starin.html#783.29.94">Waller Redd Staples</a>; distant cousin *** of <a href="#988.58.65">Walter Preston</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0406.html">Staples family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000518">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408903">Govtrack.us page</a></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> <a name="453.47.09">Preston, William Campbell</a> (1794-1860) — also known as William C. Preston — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-lived.html">Richland County</a>, S.C. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1794/12-27.html">December 27, 1794</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/sthse.html">South Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1828-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from South Carolina</a>, 1833-42; resigned 1842. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">President</a> of South Carolina College 1845-51. Slaveowner. Died in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-died.html">Richland County</a>, S.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/05-22.html">May 22, 1860</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 147 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SC/RI-buried.html#cms05861">Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Cemetery</a>, Columbia, S.C. <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">Relatives: Son of <a href="#983.64.79">Francis Smith Preston</a> and Sarah Buchanan (Campbell) Preston; brother of <a href="#081.09.35">John Smith Preston</a> and Margaret Buchanan Preston Preston (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hampton.html#805.12.61">Wade Hampton III</a>); married to Missouri Maria Coalter; nephew of <a href="#086.13.03">James Patton Preston</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#891.83.83">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#685.82.03">William Campbell Preston Breckinridge</a>; grandson of <a href="#916.93.84">William Preston</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell9.html#257.81.17">William Campbell</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#071.73.66">Patrick Henry</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/handerson-hanlan.html#535.23.07">Levin Irving Handy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.46.15">Desha Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#447.87.63">Henry Skillman Breckinridge</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#709.27.32">James McDowell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#530.19.72">John Buchanan Floyd</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#944.84.18">George Rogers Clark Floyd</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#809.50.86">John Breckinridge</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#446.25.19">Joseph Cabell Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#229.37.23">Valentine Wood Southall</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#913.15.69">Robert Jefferson Breckinridge</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garland.html#243.84.03">Samuel Meredith Garland (1802-1880)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#923.82.77">John Cabell Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#715.43.49">Peter Augustus Porter (1827-1864)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/southall-spain.html#906.59.34">Stephen Valentine Southall</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#179.74.78">Clifton Rodes Breckinridge</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/porter7.html#905.50.52">Peter Augustus Porter (1853-1925)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/garland.html#630.56.44">Samuel Meredith Garland (1861-1945)</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/breckinridge.html#019.25.10">James Douglas Breckinridge</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political families: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000519">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408904">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William C. Preston">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8066793">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></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> <a name="684.56.39">Preston, William P.</a> — of Mackinac Island, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MC-lived.html">Mackinac County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/MI.html">1900</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1907, 1915. 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> <a name="039.44.68">Preston, William S.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SF-lived.html">Suffolk County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Suffolk County 2nd District, 1854. 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> <a name="689.03.45">Preston, William S.</a> — U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html ">Verviers</a>, as of 1889; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BG-consuls.html ">Liège</a>, as of 1889. 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