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Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/KY.html">2004</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> </table> <a name="BLACKALL"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">BLACKALL (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/b.html#B424">Soundex B424</a>) — See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/acampora-adamowski.html#ACKAL">ACKAL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#BICKAL">BICKAL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#BLACK">BLACK</a>, <a href="#BLACKARD">BLACKARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackdon-blackstone.html#BLACKHALL">BLACKHALL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blakeley-blancke.html#BLALACK">BLALACK</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckalew-buckles.html#BUCKALEW">BUCKALEW</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#LACKAYE">LACKAYE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mackay.html#MACKALL">MACKALL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcinvale-mckane.html#MCKALLIP">MCKALLIP</a>. </td></tr></table> <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> BLACKALL: See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beach.html#952.01.23">George Wells Beach</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="012.98.94">Blackall, Robert C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-lived.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Albany County 2nd District, 1871. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> <a name="BLACKARD"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">BLACKARD (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/b.html#B426">Soundex B426</a>) — See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#BLACK">BLACK</a>, <a href="#BLACKALL">BLACKALL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haack-hackenberg.html#HACKARD">HACKARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lachapelle-ladas.html#LACKAYE">LACKAYE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/paca-paganelli.html#PACKARD">PACKARD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/terryll-thaxton.html#THACKARA">THACKARA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/zaagman-zazachilds.html#ZACKARY">ZACKARY</a>. </td></tr></table> <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> <a name="717.40.08">Blackard, Wade</a> (b. 1896) — Born in Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MD-born.html">Madison County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/07-16.html">July 16, 1896</a>. U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AB-consuls.html ">Calgary</a>, 1920-21; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SG-consuls.html ">Singapore</a>, 1921-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EI-consuls.html ">Cobh</a>, as of 1926-27; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/UL-consuls.html ">Belfast</a>, as of 1929; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/EG-consuls.html ">Port Said</a>, as of 1932. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> </table> <a name="BLACKBUM"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">BLACKBUM (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/b.html#B421">Soundex B421</a>) — See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#BLACK">BLACK</a>, <a href="#BLACKBURD">BLACKBURD</a>, <a href="#BLACKBURN">BLACKBURN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackdon-blackstone.html#BLACKBURNE">BLACKBURNE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#COCKBURN">COCKBURN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haack-hackenberg.html#HACKBARTH">HACKBARTH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keys-kickham.html#KICKBUSCH">KICKBUSCH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lloyd-lockard.html#LOCKBURNER">LOCKBURNER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#ROCKBURN">ROCKBURN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#SACKBERGER">SACKBERGER</a>. </td></tr></table> <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> <a name="107.47.95">Blackbum, Juan</a> — Legal Marijuana Now candidate for Presidential Elector for Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/pr2016-election.html">2016</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vaccarella-vagnozzi.html#214.67.62">Dan R. Vacek</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/elmquist-elwyn.html#296.67.83">Mark Elworth, Jr.</a>). Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> </table> <a name="BLACKBURD"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">BLACKBURD (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/b.html#B421">Soundex B421</a>) — See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#BLACK">BLACK</a>, <a href="#BLACKBUM">BLACKBUM</a>, <a href="#BLACKBURN">BLACKBURN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackdon-blackstone.html#BLACKBURNE">BLACKBURNE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#COCKBURN">COCKBURN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haack-hackenberg.html#HACKBARTH">HACKBARTH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keys-kickham.html#KICKBUSCH">KICKBUSCH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lloyd-lockard.html#LOCKBURNER">LOCKBURNER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#ROCKBURN">ROCKBURN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#SACKBERGER">SACKBERGER</a>. </td></tr></table> <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> <a name="281.49.58">Blackburd, Rhnae</a> — Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/KS.html">2012</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> </table> <a name="BLACKBURN"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">BLACKBURN (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/b.html#B421">Soundex B421</a>) — See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/black.html#BLACK">BLACK</a>, <a href="#BLACKBUM">BLACKBUM</a>, <a href="#BLACKBURD">BLACKBURD</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackdon-blackstone.html#BLACKBURNE">BLACKBURNE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cochrane-coey.html#COCKBURN">COCKBURN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haack-hackenberg.html#HACKBARTH">HACKBARTH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/keys-kickham.html#KICKBUSCH">KICKBUSCH</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lloyd-lockard.html#LOCKBURNER">LOCKBURNER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robison-rockne.html#ROCKBURN">ROCKBURN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saal-sacket.html#SACKBERGER">SACKBERGER</a>. </td></tr></table> <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> BLACKBURN: See also <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bay-bazzle.html#447.27.32">John Baylis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bellacosa-bendl.html#208.37.81">Wallace W. Bellew</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bradby-bradish.html#345.24.66">Alexander Blackburn Bradford</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bryan-bucciarelli.html#743.56.08">Charles Henry Bryant</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dousman-dovey.html#275.72.54">Blackburn Barrett Dovener</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunn.html#933.88.71">Jennifer Blackburn Dunn</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ellis.html#205.43.43">Wade H. Ellis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gary.html#646.79.65">Eugene Blackburn Gary</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hardin.html#475.97.53">Augustine Blackburn Hardin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore3.html#240.96.87">E. Blackburn Moore</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/poinier-polke.html#479.25.41">Richard Tyler Polk</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/portland-posley.html#002.89.75">Francis Blackburn Posey</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith7.html#041.30.67">R. S. Blackburn Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor5.html#949.09.66">John Hiram Taylor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor5.html#371.21.35">Jonathan E. Taylor</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warner-warnock.html#332.18.25">George B. Warner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#209.13.59">Bushrod Washington</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson9.html#271.98.57">William Blackburn Wilson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson9.html#628.84.12">William Blackburn Wilson Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="304.60.86">Blackburn, Angela</a> — of Huber Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/MY-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/OH.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="300.78.41">Blackburn, Ann Threlkeld</a> — of Palm Bay, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BE-lived.html">Brevard County</a>, Fla. Constitution candidate for Presidential Elector for Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/pr2004-election.html">2004</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/perky-perrizzo.html#322.44.83">Michael Peroutka</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baldwin.html#397.62.61">Chuck Baldwin</a>). Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blackburn, Ben B. See <a href="#438.82.70">Benjamin Bentley Blackburn</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="438.82.70">Blackburn, Benjamin Bentley</a> (b. 1927) — also known as Benjamin B. Blackburn; Ben B. Blackburn — of Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-lived.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga. Born in Atlanta, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/FU-born.html">Fulton County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1927/02-14.html">February 14, 1927</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Georgia</a> 4th District, 1967-75; delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/GA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/optimist-club.html">Optimist Club</a>. Still living as of 1998. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000506">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401485">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="796.39.31">Blackburn, Brenda</a> — Reform candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> 1st District, 2002. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2002. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="410.52.64">Blackburn, Bruce B., Sr.</a> — of St. Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PI-lived.html">Pinellas County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/saintpetersburg.html">Mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla.</a>, 1947-49. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="811.43.32">Blackburn, Carl</a> — Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/pr2024-meeting.html">2024</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trump-tuck.html#306.67.48">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/vance.html#330.54.16">J. D. Vance</a>). Still living as of 2024. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="115.96.70">Blackburn, Cash</a> — Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1888/MO.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="181.40.58">Blackburn, Charles Franklin</a> (b. 1925) — also known as Charles F. Blackburn — of Henderson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/VA-lived.html">Vance County</a>, N.C. Born in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/BR-born.html">Bradley County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1925/04-30.html">April 30, 1925</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/stsen.html">North Carolina state senate</a> 3rd District, 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-phi.html">Phi Delta Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-sigma.html">Kappa Sigma</a>. Presumed deceased. 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 George Cline Blackburn and Anne Rosson (Templeton) Blackburn.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="146.67.10">Blackburn, Charles Milton</a> (1912-1982) — also known as Charles Blackburn — of Versailles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-lived.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-born.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/05-31.html">May 31, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-parties.html">chair of Woodford County Democratic Party</a>, 1952-55; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/KY.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sigma-chi.html">Sigma Chi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LE-died.html">Lee County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/08-19.html">August 19, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 80 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/LE-buried.html# ">Coral Ridge Cemetery</a>, Cape Coral, Fla. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#906.05.40">Smith Alford Blackburn</a> and <a href="#007.83.98">Laura Browning Blackburn</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/">1933</a> to Martha Hardesty; great-grandnephew of <a href="#403.30.93">Luke Pryor Blackburn</a> and <a href="#631.51.59">Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#707.24.49">Gabriel Slaughter</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#889.24.10">Charles Rice Slaughter</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/10001-1098.html">Blackburn family</a> of Versailles, Kentucky (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/58165129">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="163.67.31">Blackburn, D. R. N.</a> — of Oregon. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/attygn.html">Oregon state attorney general</a>, 1899-1903. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="910.48.75">Blackburn, DeVon</a> — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/HU-lived.html">Huntington County</a>, Ind. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/huntington.html">Mayor of Huntington, Ind.</a>, 1956-59; defeated, 1963. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blackburn, E. Spencer See <a href="#767.43.63">Edmond Spencer Blackburn</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="500.34.05">Blackburn, Ed, Jr.</a> — of Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tampa.html">mayor of Tampa, Fla.</a>, 1963. Still living as of 1963. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="767.43.63">Blackburn, Edmond Spencer</a> (1868-1912) — also known as E. Spencer Blackburn — of Wilkesboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WL-lived.html">Wilkes County</a>, N.C. Born near Boone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WT-born.html">Watauga County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1868/09-22.html">September 22, 1868</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a>, 1896-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from North Carolina</a> 8th District, 1901-03, 1905-07; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NC.html">1904</a>. Died in Elizabethton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CA-died.html">Carter County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/03-10.html">March 10, 1912</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 170 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WT-buried.html#cms00508">Old Hopewell Cemetery</a>, Boone, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Cross-reference: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cowart-cowpland.html#379.83.92">Charles Holden Cowles</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=B000507">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401486">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="955.43.70">Blackburn, Fletcher J.</a> — of Jacksonville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MG-lived.html">Morgan County</a>, Ill. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/jacksonville.html">Mayor of Jacksonville, Ill.</a>, 1935-38. 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 Edmund Blackburn and Sarah Jane (Jordan) Blackburn.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="185.21.33">Blackburn, Francis</a> — of Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-lived.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1860/PA.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="191.15.37">Blackburn, G. R.</a> — of Pikeville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Ky. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/KY.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="833.61.47">Blackburn, G. W.</a> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/MU-lived.html">Maury County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1872/TN.html">1872</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="600.81.51">Blackburn, J. E.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RA-lived.html">Raleigh County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Raleigh County, 1955-56. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="238.56.21">Blackburn, James C.</a> — of Stewarts Station (now Trafford), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-lived.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trafford.html#5">Stewarts Station, Pa.</a>, 1879-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="422.85.99">Blackburn, James L.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina</a>, 1980-81. Still living as of 1981. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="553.57.43">Blackburn, James M.</a> — of Florida. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 20th District, 1992. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="468.31.67">Blackburn, James W.</a> — of Kentucky. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Kentucky</a>, 1880-83. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="981.55.27">Blackburn, John</a> — of Fordsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/OH-lived.html">Ohio County</a>, Ky. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 17th District, 1975. Still living as of 1975. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="185.70.24">Blackburn, John C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ba-lived.html">Baltimore</a>, Md. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/baltimore.html">Mayor of Baltimore, Md.</a>, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="897.83.71">Blackburn, John C.</a> — of Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-lived.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1912/PA.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="151.67.90">Blackburn, John F.</a> — of Hutchinson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RE-lived.html">Reno County</a>, Kan. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/hutchinson.html#2">Hutchinson, Kan.</a>, 1887-90. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="559.69.38">Blackburn, John W.</a> — Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr1868-meeting.html">1868</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="042.06.46">Blackburn, John W.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/tsju.html">Justice of Utah territorial supreme court</a>, 1889-93. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="053.46.60">Blackburn, John W.</a> — of Malta Bend, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SA-lived.html">Saline County</a>, Mo. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1908/MO.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="637.83.33">Blackburn, Joseph</a> — of Wappingers Creek (now Wappingers Falls), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y.; Channingville (now Wappingers Falls), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/DU-lived.html">Dutchess County</a>, N.Y. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/wappingersfalls.html#3">Wappingers Creek, N.Y.</a>, 1840-41, 1844-47; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/wappingersfalls.html#4">Channingville, N.Y.</a>, 1847-49. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="500.27.31">Blackburn, Joseph</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/rm-lived.html">Richmond</a>, Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/VA.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/politicalgraveyard/10506892994/"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/631/51.59.jpg" width=70 height=113 border=0 alt="Joseph C. S. Blackburn"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="631.51.59">Blackburn, Joseph Clay Stiles</a> (1838-1918) — also known as Joseph C. S. Blackburn — of Versailles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-lived.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky. Born near Spring Station, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-born.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1838/10-01.html">October 1, 1838</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1871-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 7th District, 1875-85; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kentucky</a>, 1885-97, 1901-07; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1896/KY.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1900/KY.html">1900</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/KY.html">1904</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1904/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-died.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/09-12.html">September 12, 1918</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 346 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-buried.html#cms00550">Frankfort Cemetery</a>, Frankfort, 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 Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn; brother of <a href="#403.30.93">Luke Pryor Blackburn</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/02-10.html">February 10, 1858</a>, to Therese Graham; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/12-11.html">December 11, 1901</a>, to Mary E. Blackburn; father of Corinne Blackburn (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#522.30.11">William Holt Gale</a>); granduncle of <a href="#906.05.40">Smith Alford Blackburn</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="#146.67.10">Charles Milton Blackburn</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#707.24.49">Gabriel Slaughter</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#889.24.10">Charles Rice Slaughter</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</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/10001-1098.html">Blackburn family</a> of Versailles, Kentucky (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/special/namesake-mountains.html">Mount</a> Blackburn, the highest peak of the Wrangell Mountains, in the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/CP-names.html">Copper River Census Area, Alaska</a>, is <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 Joe C. S. Blackburn (built 1943 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/GL-names.html">Brunswick, Georgia</a>; sold for scrap 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=B000508">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401487">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7644121">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: The Parties and The Men (1896)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="589.05.69">Blackburn, Joseph Ellis</a> (1860-1928) — also known as Joseph E. Blackburn — of Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. Born in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-log-cabin.html">log cabin</a> in Farmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/BE-born.html">Belmont County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/06-30.html">June 30, 1860</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/glass.html">Glass mold maker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">organizer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">president</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/labor.html">secretary</a>, mold-maker's union; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">druggist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/sthse.html">Ohio state house of representatives</a>, 1895; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/dfc.html">Ohio dairy and food commissioner</a>, 1897-1901. Died in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CK-died.html">Clark County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/index.html">1928</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">about 68 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CK-buried.html# ">Masonic Home Cemetery</a>, Springfield, Ohio. <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 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1880/">1880</a> to Dora C. Harkin.</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/22412942">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="958.18.96">Blackburn, Kevin Duffy</a> — Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/pr2016-meeting.html">2016</a> (voted for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clinton.html#754.43.91">Hillary Clinton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kabzinski-kanczuzewski.html#258.17.10">Tim Kaine</a>). Still living as of 2016. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="007.83.98">Blackburn, Laura Browning</a> (1883-1965) — also known as Laura B. Blackburn; Laura Browning — of Versailles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-lived.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-born.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1883/10-01.html">October 1, 1883</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/versailles.html#2">Versailles, Ky.</a>, 1934-40 (acting, 1934-35). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-died.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1965/05-28.html">May 28, 1965</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-buried.html# ">Versailles Cemetery</a>, Versailles, 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: Daughter of Charles M. Blackburn and Laura Hayes (Pottenger) Blackburn; married to <a href="#906.05.40">Smith Alford Blackburn</a>; mother of <a href="#146.67.10">Charles Milton Blackburn</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/10001-1098.html">Blackburn family</a> of Versailles, Kentucky (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/83865042">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="119.86.51">Blackburn, Leo C.</a> — of Portsmouth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/SC-lived.html">Scioto County</a>, Ohio. Republican. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/portsmouth.html#2">Portsmouth, Ohio</a>, 1958-61. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="815.82.19">Blackburn, Leslie F.</a> — of Everett, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BD-lived.html">Bedford County</a>, Pa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/PA.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/PA.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/PA.html">1964</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="604.35.85">Blackburn, Lloyd</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/WY-lived.html">Wyoming County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 19th District, 1984. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="403.30.93">Blackburn, Luke Pryor</a> (1816-1887) — also known as Luke P. Blackburn — of Kentucky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-born.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/06-16.html">June 16, 1816</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>, 1843; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1879-83. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. In 1865, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">tried</a> and acquitted in a Toronto court for violating Canadian neutrality, in connection with a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/civil-war-slavery.html">Confederate</a> scheme to spread yellow fever in Northern cities. Died in Frankfort, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/09-14.html">September 14, 1887</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 90 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-buried.html#cms00550">Frankfort Cemetery</a>, Frankfort, 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 Edward Mitchell Blackburn and Lavinia St. Clair (Bell) Blackburn; brother of <a href="#631.51.59">Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1835/11-24.html">November 24, 1835</a>, to Ella Boswell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1857/11-17.html">November 17, 1857</a>, to Julia Churchill; uncle of Corinne Blackburn (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/galbreath-gall.html#522.30.11">William Holt Gale</a>); granduncle of <a href="#906.05.40">Smith Alford Blackburn</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="#146.67.10">Charles Milton Blackburn</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#707.24.49">Gabriel Slaughter</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#889.24.10">Charles Rice Slaughter</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</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/10001-1098.html">Blackburn family</a> of Versailles, Kentucky (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">The Blackburn <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">Correctional Complex</a> (opened 1972), in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-names.html">Lexington, Kentucky</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://www.nga.org/governor/luke-pryor-blackburn/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke P. Blackburn">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/10042">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 about Luke Pryor Blackburn: Nancy Disher Baird, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813102480/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0813102480&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Luke Pryor Blackburn : Physician, Governor, Reformer</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="057.41.68">Blackburn, Manley B.</a> — of Boone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WT-lived.html">Watauga County</a>, N.C. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/boone.html#2">Boone, N.C.</a>, 1903-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="507.56.04">Blackburn, Mark</a> — Republican. Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/pr2020-election.html">2020</a> (on behalf of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trump-tuck.html#306.67.48">Donald Trump</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#168.93.37">Mike Pence</a>). Still living as of 2020. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="606.41.78">Blackburn, Marsha</a> (b. 1952) — of Brentwood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/WI-lived.html">Williamson County</a>, Tenn. Born in Laurel, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/JO-born.html">Jones County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1952/06-06.html">June 6, 1952</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/stsen.html">Tennessee state senate</a>, 1998-2002; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 7th District, 2003-; defeated, 1992; delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/TN.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001243">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400032">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/371/000032275">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="015.88.47">Blackburn, Michael P.</a> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from California</a> 42nd District, 1986. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="300.05.88">Blackburn, Mike</a> — of Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-lived.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2008/TN.html">2008</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="493.68.13">Blackburn, N.</a> — of Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ind. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/decatur.html#2">Decatur, Ind.</a>, 1887. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="246.25.26">Blackburn, Nell</a> — of Trafford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/WE-lived.html">Westmoreland County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/trafford.html#3">Trafford, Pa.</a>, 1923-26 (acting, 1923-24). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="698.88.43">Blackburn, Robert</a> — of Longview, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/CO-lived.html">Cowlitz County</a>, Wash. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/WA.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="477.15.07">Blackburn, Robert E.</a> (b. 1950) — Born in Lakewood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Colo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/index.html">1950</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CO/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Colorado</a>, 2002-16; took senior status 2016. Still living as of 2016. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2922&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/blackburn-robert-e.">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="494.50.56">Blackburn, Robert E. Lee</a> (1870-1935) — also known as Robert Blackburn — of Stanton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PO-lived.html">Powell County</a>, Ky.; Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky. Born near Furnace, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ES-born.html">Estill County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/04-09.html">April 9, 1870</a>. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/merchant.html">merchant</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/insurance.html">insurance business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/finance.html">stockbroker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1904-05; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PO-officials.html">Powell County Clerk</a>, 1906-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 7th District, 1929-31; defeated, 1930 (7th District), 1932 (at-large). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-ord-un-am-mechanics.html">Junior Order</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-spanish-war-vets.html">United Spanish War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-20.html">September 20, 1935</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/65.html">65 years, 164 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PO-buried.html#cms00509">Stanton Cemetery</a>, Stanton, 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">Presumably named for: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Robert E. Lee</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 James B. Blackburn and Sarah (Hardwick) Blackburn; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-17.html">January 17, 1900</a>, to Annie Conlee.</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=B000509">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401488">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/11924748">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="934.96.20">Blackburn, Roy M., Sr.</a> — of Decatur, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/DK-lived.html">DeKalb County</a>, Ga. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/GA.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Blackburn, S. A. See <a href="#906.05.40">Smith Alford Blackburn</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="373.10.34">Blackburn, S. D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Kentucky secession convention</a>, 1861. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="476.64.58">Blackburn, Sharon Lovelace</a> (b. 1950) — of Alabama. Born in Pensacola, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ES-born.html">Escambia County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1950/05-07.html">May 7, 1950</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AL/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama</a>, 1991-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2001. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="906.05.40">Blackburn, Smith Alford</a> (1875-1961) — also known as S. A. Blackburn — of Versailles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-lived.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky. Born in Midway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-born.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/08-22.html">August 22, 1875</a>. Democrat. <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> 46th District, 1930-33. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-died.html">Woodford County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/03-02.html">March 2, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">85 years, 192 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WD-buried.html# ">Versailles Cemetery</a>, Versailles, 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 William Edward Blackburn and Virginia K. (Alford) Blackburn; married to <a href="#007.83.98">Laura Browning Blackburn</a>; father of <a href="#146.67.10">Charles Milton Blackburn</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#403.30.93">Luke Pryor Blackburn</a> and <a href="#631.51.59">Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn</a>; first cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#707.24.49">Gabriel Slaughter</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slaughter.html#889.24.10">Charles Rice Slaughter</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</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/10001-1098.html">Blackburn family</a> of Versailles, Kentucky (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/83865613">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> Blackburn, Spencer See <a href="#767.43.63">Edmond Spencer Blackburn</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="915.00.87">Blackburn, Thomas C.</a> — of Boone, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WT-lived.html">Watauga County</a>, N.C. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/boone.html#2">Boone, N.C.</a>, 1897-1903. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="364.66.61">Blackburn, Walter A.</a> (1874-1949) — of Marion, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CI-lived.html">Crittenden County</a>, Ky.; Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-lived.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky. Born in Fredonia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CD-born.html">Caldwell County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/10-01.html">October 1, 1874</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; county judge in Kentucky, 1906-10; president, People's National <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a>, Paducah, 1926-31; candidate in primary for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/paducah.html">mayor of Paducah, Ky.</a>, 1935; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/KY.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Died, in Illinois Central <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Paducah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-died.html">McCracken County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/10-30.html">October 30, 1949</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 29 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MC-buried.html#cms03901">Maplelawn Park Cemetery</a>, Paducah, 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 Rev. Elisha Bell Blackburn and Mary Jane (McGough) Blackburn; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/">1898</a> to Cora C. Hurley.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="354.27.52">Blackburn, William</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-lived.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Calif. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 3rd District, 1856-57. Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SZ-buried.html#cms05814">Evergreen Cemetery</a>, Santa Cruz, Calif. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="300.35.91">Blackburn, William C.</a> — Socialist. Socialist candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/pr1916-election.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="115.22.84">Blackburn, William J.</a> — of Ravenswood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/ravenswood.html#2">Ravenswood, W.Va.</a>, 1958-61. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="762.97.81">Blackburn, William Jasper</a> (1820-1899) — of Minden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/WE-lived.html">Webster Parish</a>, La.; Homer, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CI-lived.html">Claiborne Parish</a>, La.; Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-lived.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/RA-born.html">Randolph County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1820/07-24.html">July 24, 1820</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/cncn.html">Delegate to Louisiana state constitutional convention</a>, 1867; county judge in Louisiana, 1860; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 5th District, 1868-69; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/stsen.html">Louisiana state senate</a>, 1874-78. Died in Little Rock, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-died.html">Pulaski County</a>, Ark., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/11-10.html">November 10, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/79.html">79 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/PU-buried.html#cms00835">Mt. 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