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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Chalmers family of Mississippi</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 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.</p> <p>These groupings — even the <i>names</i> 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.</p> <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> <b>John Gordon Chalmers (1803-1847)</b> — also known as <b>John G. Chalmers</b> — of La Grange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/FY-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-born.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1803/08-25.html">August 25, 1803</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; member of Virginia state legislature, 1830; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/rstre.html">Texas Republic Secretary of the Treasury</a>, 1841. During a fight with Joshua Holden, he was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stabbing.html">Stabbed</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/murder.html">mortally wounded</a>; he died soon after, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/01-01.html">January 1, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 129 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms00703">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Austin, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Ronald Chalmers and Sarah Lanier (Williams) Chalmers; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#206.35.42">Joseph Williams Chalmers</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/">1827</a> to Mary Wade Henderson; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#197.16.57">H. H. Chalmers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#763.60.72">James Ronald Chalmers (1831-1898)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10246.html">Chalmers family</a> of Mississippi.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Joseph Williams Chalmers (1806-1853)</b> — also known as <b>Joseph W. Chalmers</b> — of Holly Springs, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MR-lived.html">Marshall County</a>, Miss. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-born.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/index.html">1806</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Mississippi</a>, 1845-47. Slaveowner. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1853/06-16.html">June 16, 1853</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/46.html">about 46 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MR-buried.html#cms03638">Hillcrest Cemetery</a>, Holly Springs, Miss. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#588.62.47">John Gordon Chalmers</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#197.16.57">H. H. Chalmers</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#763.60.72">James Ronald Chalmers</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10246.html">Chalmers family</a> of Mississippi.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000273">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402416">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>James Ronald Chalmers (1831-1898)</b> — also known as <b>James R. Chalmers</b> — of Vicksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Miss. Born near Lynchburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/HX-born.html">Halifax County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1831/01-12.html">January 12, 1831</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1852/MS.html">1852</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/seccn.html">delegate to Mississippi secession convention</a>, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/stsen.html">Mississippi state senate</a>, 1876-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a>, 1877-82, 1884-85 (6th District 1877-82, 2nd District 1884-85). Slaveowner. Died, from complications of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/influenza.html">grippe</a>, in Memphis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-died.html">Shelby County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/04-09.html">April 9, 1898</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">67 years, 87 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/SH-buried.html#cms00365">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Memphis, 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"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#206.35.42">Joseph Williams Chalmers</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#197.16.57">H. H. Chalmers</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#588.62.47">John Gordon Chalmers</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10246.html">Chalmers family</a> of Mississippi.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000272">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402415">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>H. H. Chalmers</b> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; law partner of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white8.html#989.98.65">T. W. White</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/spju.html">justice of Mississippi state supreme court</a>, 1898. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#206.35.42">Joseph Williams Chalmers</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#763.60.72">James Ronald Chalmers</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chalfant-chamberlin.html#588.62.47">John Gordon Chalmers</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10246.html">Chalmers family</a> of Mississippi.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr></table> <table width=100%> <td align="center" valign="center"> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></table> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"><span style="font-size:20pt;"> <span style="font-family:garamond,serif"> <i>"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."</i></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:8pt;">Henry L. 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