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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of the much larger <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a> group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Howell Lewis (1731-1813) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-lived.html">Granville County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/GO-born.html">Goochland County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1731/09-13.html">September 13, 1731</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> from Granville County, 1785-86; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/comm.html">North Carolina house of commons</a> from Granville County, 1787. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-died.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1813/11-29.html">November 29, 1813</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 77 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 Charles Lewis and Mary (Howell) Lewis; married to Isabella Willis; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; fourth great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#927.14.05">Arthur Sidney Demarest</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beck.html#633.21.43">George Washington Thornton Beck</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#812.59.38">Claude Pollard</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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/214183980">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> John Walker (1744-1809) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-lived.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1744/02-13.html">February 13, 1744</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Planter</a>; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ccdel.html">Delegate to Continental Congress from Virginia</a>, 1780; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Virginia</a>, 1790. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/OR-died.html">Orange County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/12-02.html">December 2, 1809</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 292 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-buried.html#cms05083">a private or family graveyard</a>, Albemarle County, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/">1764</a> to Elizabeth Moore; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#991.28.86">William Wirt</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beck.html#633.21.43">George Washington Thornton Beck</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#720.84.87">Archer Woodford</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#091.92.58">Aylett Hawes</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#586.38.93">Richard Hawes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#022.65.25">Albert Gallatin Hawes</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#615.98.49">Robert Thomas Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#950.82.94">James Francis Buckner Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#653.94.15">Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stroock-stryker.html#515.86.97">Max Rogers Strother</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/10001-1022.html">Walker-Edwards family</a> of North Carolina and Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1647.html">Walker-Lowndes family</a> of Maryland (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=W000059">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411238">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10430434">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> David Meriwether (1755-1822) — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/03-27.html">March 27, 1755</a>. Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1797-1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spkr.html">Speaker of the Georgia State House of Representatives</a>, 1797-1800; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1801-02, 1803-07 (at-large 1801-02, 1803-05, 3rd District 1805-07); Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr1816-meeting.html">1816</a>; Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr1820-meeting.html">1820</a>. Died near Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1822/11-16.html">November 16, 1822</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 234 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 James Meriwether (1729-1801) and Judith Hardenia (Burnley) Meriwether; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/11-14.html">November 14, 1782</a>, to Frances Wingfield; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#917.68.66">James Meriwether (1788-1852)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#752.05.03">David Meriwether (1800-1893)</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#779.44.78">James Meriwether (1755-1817)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#185.16.94">James Archibald Meriwether</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#368.69.43">George Rockingham Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#677.00.36">Reuben Handy Meriwether</a> and Frances Meriwether (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rainey.html#750.56.76">Anson Rainey</a>); second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#927.14.05">Arthur Sidney Demarest</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1689.html">Meriwether family</a> of Georgia (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/GA/ME.html">Meriwether County, Ga.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000649">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407635">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> James Meriwether (1755-1817) — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/06-04.html">June 4, 1755</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/comp.html">Georgia state comptroller general</a>, 1799-1804. Died in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/10-25.html">October 25, 1817</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 143 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-buried.html#cms05430">somewhere</a> in Louisville, 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">Relatives: Son of David Meriwether (1726-1772) and Mary (Weaver) Meriwether; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/05-22.html">May 22, 1790</a>, to Susannah Hatcher; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#185.16.94">James Archibald Meriwether</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#512.39.40">David Meriwether (1755-1822)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#917.68.66">James Meriwether (1788-1852)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#752.05.03">David Meriwether (1800-1893)</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#368.69.43">George Rockingham Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#677.00.36">Reuben Handy Meriwether</a> and Frances Meriwether (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rainey.html#750.56.76">Anson Rainey</a>); second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#927.14.05">Arthur Sidney Demarest</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1689.html">Meriwether family</a> of Georgia (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> James Steele (1763-1845) — of Pennsylvania. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1763/index.html">1763</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1830. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1845/09-30.html">September 30, 1845</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">about 82 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-buried.html#cms00584">Harrisburg Cemetery</a>, Harrisburg, Pa. <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: Married to Mary Humes; father of Rachel Elizabeth Steele (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#344.57.85">Richard Woodhouse Johnson</a>) and Sarah Jane Steele (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/siaca-siewert.html#175.43.21">Henry Hastings Sibley</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1966.html">Trowbridge family</a> of Detroit, Michigan (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/6877250">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> Francis Walker (1764-1806) — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1764/06-22.html">June 22, 1764</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1788-91, 1797-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a> 14th District, 1793-95. Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-died.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., March, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/index.html">1806</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/41.html">41 years, 0 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-buried.html#cms05083">a private or family graveyard</a>, Albemarle County, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Thomas Walker and Mildred (Thornton) Walker; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a>; married to Jane Byrd Nelson; uncle of Mildred Gilmer (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/winterberg-wisdom.html#991.28.86">William Wirt</a>); granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beck.html#633.21.43">George Washington Thornton Beck</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#720.84.87">Archer Woodford</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#091.92.58">Aylett Hawes</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#586.38.93">Richard Hawes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#022.65.25">Albert Gallatin Hawes</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#615.98.49">Robert Thomas Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#950.82.94">James Francis Buckner Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#653.94.15">Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stroock-stryker.html#515.86.97">Max Rogers Strother</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/10001-1022.html">Walker-Edwards family</a> of North Carolina and Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1647.html">Walker-Lowndes family</a> of Maryland (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=W000051">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411230">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/54005334">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> Howell Cobb (1772-1818) — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GR-born.html">Granville County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/08-03.html">August 3, 1772</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1807-12 (at-large 1807-09, 2nd District 1809-11, at-large 1811-12). Slaveowner. Died near Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/05-27.html">May 27, 1818</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/45.html">45 years, 297 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-buried.html#cms07104">a private or family graveyard</a>, Jefferson County, 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">Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Mildred (Lewis) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1810/05-08.html">May 8, 1810</a>, to Martha A. Jacquelin (Rootes) Rootes; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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=C000547">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402680">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/33906508">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> Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) — of Missouri. Born near Ivy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/AB-born.html">Albemarle County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1774/08-18.html">August 18, 1774</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/trgv1.html">Governor of Louisiana (Missouri) Territory</a>, 1807-09; died in office 1809. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/welsh.html">Welsh</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Commanded expedition with <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clark9.html#714.09.48">William Clark</a> to Oregon, 1803-04. Died from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wounds</a> under <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/disappeared.html">mysterious circumstances</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">murder</a> or <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">suicide</a>?) at Grinder's Stand, an <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hotels.html">inn</a> on the Natchez Trace near Hohenwald, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LE-died.html">Lewis County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/10-11.html">October 11, 1809</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/35.html">35 years, 54 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LE-buried.html#cms04371">Meriwether Lewis Park</a>, Near Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tenn. <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 William Lewis and Lucy (Meriwether) Lewis; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#512.39.40">David Meriwether (1755-1822)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#779.44.78">James Meriwether (1755-1817)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#368.69.43">George Rockingham Gilmer</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/demaggio-demps.html#927.14.05">Arthur Sidney Demarest</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#917.68.66">James Meriwether (1788-1852)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#752.05.03">David Meriwether (1800-1893)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#185.16.94">James Archibald Meriwether</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#677.00.36">Reuben Handy Meriwether</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beck.html#633.21.43">George Washington Thornton Beck</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woodcock-woodley.html#720.84.87">Archer Woodford</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#615.98.49">Robert Thomas Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#082.77.22">Nathaniel Beverly Tucker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#950.82.94">James Francis Buckner Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pollack-pomerene.html#812.59.38">Claude Pollard</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1647.html">Walker-Lowndes family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1689.html">Meriwether family</a> of Georgia (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">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shannon.html#999.85.68">George F. Shannon</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">Lewis counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ID/LW.html">Idaho</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LW.html">Ky.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LE.html">Mo.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LE.html">Tenn.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/LE.html">Wash.</a> are named for him; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC.html">Lewis and Clark County, Mont.</a> is named partly 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">Other politicians named for him: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#946.12.53">Meriwether Lewis Randolph</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker6.html#172.42.57">Meriwether Lewis Walker</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">Coins and currency: His <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/coins-currency.html">portrait appeared</a> (along with Clark's) on the $10 U.S. Note from 1898 to 1927.</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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriwether Lewis">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/678/000036570">NNDB dossier</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">Books about Meriwether Lewis: Thomas C. Danisi, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616145056/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1616145056&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Uncovering the Truth About Meriwether Lewis</a> — Donald Barr Chidsey, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517501872/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0517501872&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Lewis and Clark: The Great Adventure</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> Wilson Lumpkin (1783-1870) — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ga.; Monroe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/WT-lived.html">Walton County</a>, Ga.; Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/PS-born.html">Pittsylvania County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1783/01-14.html">January 14, 1783</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1808; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/stsen.html">Georgia state senate</a>, 1812; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1815-17, 1827-31 (at-large 1815-17, 4th District 1827-29, at-large 1829-31); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1831-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Georgia</a>, 1837-41. Slaveowner. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-28.html">December 28, 1870</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 348 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#118.73.06">Joseph Henry Lumpkin</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#586.18.09">John Henry Lumpkin</a> and Marion McHenry Lumpkin (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barretto-barrows.html#326.13.18">Middleton Pope Barrow</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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/GA/LU.html">Lumpkin County, Ga.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000512">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406998">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/wilson-lumpkin/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson Lumpkin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9830">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> George Rockingham Gilmer (1790-1859) — also known as George R. Gilmer — of Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-lived.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga. Born near Lexington, Wilkes County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-born.html">Oglethorpe County</a>), Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/04-11.html">April 11, 1790</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1818-19, 1824; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> at-large, 1821-23, 1827-29, 1833-35; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1829-31, 1837-39; Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr1836-meeting.html">1836</a>; Whig Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr1840-meeting.html">1840</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-died.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/11-16.html">November 16, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 219 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-buried.html#cms03027">Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Lexington, 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">Relatives: Son of Thomas Meriwether Gilmer and Elizabeth (Lewis) Gilmer; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#512.39.40">David Meriwether (1755-1822)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#779.44.78">James Meriwether (1755-1817)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#917.68.66">James Meriwether (1788-1852)</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#752.05.03">David Meriwether (1800-1893)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#185.16.94">James Archibald Meriwether</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mereness-merola.html#677.00.36">Reuben Handy Meriwether</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bland.html#185.89.77">Theodorick Bland</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/randolph.html#591.59.99">John Randolph of Roanoke</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tucker.html#278.45.61">Henry St. George Tucker</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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/GA/GI.html">Gilmer County, Ga.</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://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000216">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404578">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/george-rockingham-gilmer/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7114642">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> Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867) — also known as Joseph H. Lumpkin — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-born.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1799/12-23.html">December 23, 1799</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1824-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Georgia Supreme Court</a>, 1845-67; died in office 1867. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1867/06-04.html">June 4, 1867</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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">Relatives: Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#856.82.84">Wilson Lumpkin</a>; married to Callender Cunningham Grieve; father of Marion McHenry Lumpkin (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Henry Lumpkin">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/67524008">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> John Henry Lumpkin (1812-1860) — also known as John H. Lumpkin — of Rome, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-lived.html">Floyd County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-born.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/06-13.html">June 13, 1812</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1836; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1843-49, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45, 5th District 1845-49, 1855-57); circuit judge in Georgia, 1849-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/GA.html">1860</a>. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/06-10.html">June 10, 1860</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">47 years, 363 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FL-buried.html#cms04018">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Rome, 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">Relatives: Nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#856.82.84">Wilson Lumpkin</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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=L000511">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406997">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> John Milton Johnson (1812-1886) — also known as John M. Johnson — of Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky.; Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/01-19.html">January 19, 1812</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1837; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/stsen.html">Kentucky state senate</a>, 1859-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Kentucky secession convention</a>, 1861; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1886/05-18.html">May 18, 1886</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 119 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-buried.html#cms00699">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Atlanta, 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">Relatives: Son of Jane (Leeper) Johnson and James Johnson; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#344.57.85">Richard Woodhouse Johnson</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#213.41.36">James Leeper Johnson</a>; married to Elizabeth Prince Earle; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1864/05-18.html">May 18, 1864</a>, to Mary Willis (Cobb) Erwin (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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/63051442">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> Howell Cobb (1815-1868) — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/09-07.html">September 7, 1815</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a>, 1843-51, 1855-57 (at-large 1843-45, 6th District 1845-51, 1855-57); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/congr.html">Speaker of the U.S. House</a>, 1849-51; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1851-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1857-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/10-09.html">October 9, 1868</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/53.html">53 years, 32 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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">Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson (Rootes) Cobb; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a> and Mary Willis Cobb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#320.22.65">John Milton Johnson</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/">1835</a> to Mary Ann Lamar; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#338.39.52">Andrew Cobb Erwin</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#337.45.37">Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#006.59.80">Horace George Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#159.25.40">Arthur Bounds Chilton</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1595.html">King-Cobb family</a> of Georgia (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">The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Howell Cobb (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/CC-names.html">Richmond, California</a>; scuttled as a breakwater in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WW/PA-names.html">Cook Inlet</a>, 1966) was <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=C000548">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402681">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/howell-cobb/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell Cobb">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/124/000206503">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8962">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">Books by Howell Cobb: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/083699163X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=083699163X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Scriptural Examination of the Institution of Slavery in the United States, With its Objects and Purposes</a> (1856)</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> James Leeper Johnson (1818-1877) — of Kentucky. Born near Smithland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LV-born.html">Livingston County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1818/10-30.html">October 30, 1818</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1844; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 2nd District, 1849-51; defeated, 1857; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1867. Slaveowner. Died in Owensboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA-died.html">Daviess County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/02-12.html">February 12, 1877</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 105 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/DA-buried.html#cms08339">Rosehill Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Owensboro, 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: Son of Jane (Leeper) Johnson and James Johnson; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson7.html#344.57.85">Richard Woodhouse Johnson</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#320.22.65">John Milton Johnson</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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=J000147">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406045">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7668479">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> Henry Rootes Jackson (1820-1898) — also known as Henry R. Jackson — of Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-lived.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/06-24.html">June 24, 1820</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for Georgia</a>, 1844; U.S. Charge d'Affaires to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-diplomats.html ">Austria</a>, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AS-diplomats.html ">Austria</a>, 1854-58; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/MX-diplomats.html ">Mexico</a>, 1885-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/GA.html">1860</a>; Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr1860-meeting.html">1860</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Georgia secession convention</a>, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Died in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-died.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-23.html">May 23, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 333 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-buried.html#cms01326">Bonaventure Cemetery</a>, Savannah, 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">Relatives: Son of Henry Jackson and Martha Jacquelina (Rootes) Jackson; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/01-31.html">January 31, 1844</a>, to Cornelia Augusta Davenport; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1866/12-29.html">December 29, 1866</a>, to Florence Barclay King (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king8.html#408.52.83">Thomas Butler King</a>; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king5.html#261.56.68">John Floyd King</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/king4.html#944.17.53">Henry King</a>); great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#337.45.37">Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#006.59.80">Horace George Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#159.25.40">Arthur Bounds Chilton</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1595.html">King-Cobb family</a> of Georgia (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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry R. Jackson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/jackson-henry-rootes">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10045">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> Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862) — also known as Thomas R. R. Cobb — of Georgia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/04-10.html">April 10, 1823</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cpdel.html">Delegate from Georgia to the Confederate Provisional Congress</a>, 1861-62; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">Shot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/civil-war.html">killed</a> in the battle of Fredericksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ST-died.html">Stafford County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1862/12-13.html">December 13, 1862</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/39.html">39 years, 247 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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">Relatives: Son of John Addison Cobb and Sarah Robinson (Rootes) Cobb; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and Mary Willis Cobb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#320.22.65">John Milton Johnson</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1844/">1844</a> to Marion McHenry Lumpkin (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#118.73.06">Joseph Henry Lumpkin</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#856.82.84">Wilson Lumpkin</a>); father of Marion Birdie Cobb (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith6.html#997.75.90">Michael Hoke Smith</a>); nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dilweg-dionysius.html#337.45.37">Dracos Alexander Dimitry Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#778.51.30">John Thornton Augustine Washington</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#006.59.80">Horace George Chilton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#159.25.40">Arthur Bounds Chilton</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1595.html">King-Cobb family</a> of Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1898.html">Hoke family</a> of Lincolnton, North Carolina (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/8963">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> Richard Woodhouse Johnson (1827-1897) — also known as Richard W. Johnson; R. W. Johnson — of St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-lived.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn. Born near Smithland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/LV-born.html">Livingston County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/02-07.html">February 7, 1827</a>. Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1881. Died in St. Paul, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-died.html">Ramsey County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1897/04-21.html">April 21, 1897</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 73 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/RA-buried.html#cms00693">Oakland Cemetery</a>, St. Paul, Minn. <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 James Johnson; half-brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#320.22.65">John Milton Johnson</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/johnson5.html#213.41.36">James Leeper Johnson</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/">1850</a> to Rachel Elizabeth Steele (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steele.html#226.70.11">James Steele</a>); married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/">1894</a> to Julia Ann MacFarlane Carson.</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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/5892342">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> Middleton Pope Barrow (1839-1903) — also known as M. Pope Barrow — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born near Stephens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-born.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/08-01.html">August 1, 1839</a>. Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Georgia state constitutional convention</a>, 1877; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sthse.html">Georgia state house of representatives</a>, 1880-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Georgia</a>, 1882-83; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/GA.html">1888</a>; circuit judge in Georgia, 1902-03; died in office 1903. Died in Savannah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-died.html">Chatham County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1903/12-23.html">December 23, 1903</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/64.html">64 years, 144 days</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-buried.html#cms04841">a private or family graveyard</a>, Oglethorpe County, 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">Relatives: Grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ludoricus-lunardi.html#856.82.84">Wilson Lumpkin</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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=B000184">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401183">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleton P. Barrow">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/997/75.90.jpg" width=70 height=107 border=0 alt="Hoke Smith"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Michael Hoke Smith (1855-1931) — also known as M. Hoke Smith — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Newton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/CA-born.html">Catawba County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/09-02.html">September 2, 1855</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">newspaper publisher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of the Interior</a>, 1893-96; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Georgia</a>, 1907-09, 1911; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Georgia</a>, 1911-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-died.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/11-27.html">November 27, 1931</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 86 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-buried.html#cms00699">Oakland Cemetery</a>, Atlanta, 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">Relatives: Son of Hildreth Hosea Smith and Mary Brent (Hoke) Smith; married to Marion Birdie Cobb (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoggard-holbrock.html#963.59.62">Michael Hoke</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoggard-holbrock.html#348.86.74">John Franklin Hoke</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoggard-holbrock.html#444.67.11">William Alexander Hoke</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1898.html">Hoke family</a> of Lincolnton, North Carolina (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">Hoke Smith <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">High School</a> (opened 1923 as junior high, became high school 1947, closed 1985), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-names.html">Atlanta, Georgia</a>, was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — The World War II <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-ships.html">Liberty ship</a> SS Hoke Smith (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CT-names.html">Savannah, Georgia</a>; scrapped 1967) was <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=S000551">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410033">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/hoke-smith/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M. Hoke Smith">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/9663">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: New York World, March 5, 1893</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> Andrew Jackson Cobb (1857-1925) — also known as Andrew J. Cobb — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/04-12.html">April 12, 1857</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Georgia state supreme court</a>, 1897-1907; Democratic Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr1912-meeting.html">1913</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/03-27.html">March 27, 1925</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 349 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson1.html#174.79.95">Andrew Jackson</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">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a> and Mary Ann (Lamar) Cobb; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/03-03.html">March 3, 1880</a>, to Stark 'Starkie' Campbell; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#135.48.15">Howell Cobb Jr.</a>; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; second great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#936.30.30">Thomas Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#627.20.50">William Parish Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#929.22.50">David Shelby Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#637.70.47">Joshua Chilton</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#946.40.55">James David Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#568.72.52">Commodore Perry Chilton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#336.61.00">David Shelby Walker Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/childress-chipley.html#596.91.98">Shadrach Chilton</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-1595.html">King-Cobb family</a> of Georgia (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/26073262">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> Andrew Cobb Erwin (1884-1941) — also known as Andrew C. Erwin — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-born.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-22.html">December 22, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">Insurance</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate</a> business; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/athens.html">mayor of Athens, Ga.</a>, 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/GA.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/GA.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/GA.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/GA.html">1932</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">Hit by a car</a> on the street in front of his house, and died as a result, in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/02-16.html">February 16, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 56 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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">Relatives: Son of Alexander Smith Erwin and Mary Ann Lamar (Cobb) Erwin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/04-24.html">April 24, 1912</a>, to Camilla Oliver McWhorter (sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcredmond-meachem.html#609.89.69">Robert Ligon McWhorter</a>); grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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> Robert Ligon McWhorter (1891-1960) — also known as Bob McWhorter — of Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-lived.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/OG-born.html">Oglethorpe County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/06-04.html">June 4, 1891</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">Law professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/athens.html">mayor of Athens, Ga.</a>, 1940-47; named to the College Football <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a> in 1954. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/chi-phi.html">Chi Phi</a>. Died in Athens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-died.html">Clarke County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/06-29.html">June 29, 1960</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 25 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-buried.html#cms00241">Oconee Hill Cemetery</a>, Athens, 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">Relatives: Son of Hamilton McWhorter and Sallie (Pharr) McWhorter; brother of Camilla Oliver McWhorter (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/erwin.html#338.39.52">Andrew Cobb Erwin</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1921/10-12.html">October 12, 1921</a>, to Louise Walker.</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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">McWhorter Hall (dormitory, built 1966, rebuilt in new location 2004), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-colleges.html">University</a> of Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/CA-names.html">Athens, 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob McWhorter">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/83679963">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> Howell Cobb Jr. (1922-2005) — Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/12-07.html">December 7, 1922</a>. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas</a>, 1985-2001; took senior status 2001. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Died in Castine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/HA-died.html">Hancock County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2005/09-16.html">September 16, 2005</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 283 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/JF-buried.html#cms02687">Magnolia Cemetery</a>, Beaumont, 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">Relatives: Son of Howell Cobb (1894-1945) and Dorothy (Hart) Cobb; married to Laetitia Torrance Chalmers; grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#170.19.69">Andrew Jackson Cobb</a>; great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#329.56.23">Howell Cobb (1815-1868)</a>; great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#991.10.16">Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb</a>; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cobb.html#406.49.78">Howell Cobb (1772-1818)</a>; fourth great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis4.html#415.75.41">Howell Lewis</a>; fourth great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith5.html#529.95.51">John Smith</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson4.html#944.48.82">Henry Rootes Jackson</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cremeans-crocheron.html#140.78.95">Thomas Leonidas Crittenden</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/10001-1058.html">Cobb-Lumpkin family</a> of Athens, Georgia (subset 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://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=462&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/131928568">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/cobb-howell">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." 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