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Briscoe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/buckner.html#221.16.76">Simon Bolivar Buckner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/clarken-claytee.html#040.44.35">Clement Claiborne Clay Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cohn-cokayne.html#784.36.08">Claiborne Benton Coiner</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunlap.html#645.33.97">William Claiborne Dunlap</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/durham.html#623.47.31">Richard Claiborne Durham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferris.html#197.15.19">Claiborne Ferris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gonas-gooch.html#562.33.78">Claiborne W. Gooch</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herbert.html#448.71.79">Caleb Claiborne Herbert</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jackson2.html#582.14.45">Claiborne Fox Jackson</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobs.html#336.91.48">William Claiborne Jacobs</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/latno-lavorato.html#276.38.67">Ferdinand Claiborne Latrobe</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/linnan-littell.html#001.57.15">Marcus Claiborne Lisle</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/matthewson-maxson.html#720.64.25">Abram Poindexter Maury</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mchie-mcintire.html#558.91.03">William Baird McIlwaine</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcmillen-mcmullin.html#594.58.56">David Claiborne McMillin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/oakley.html#516.70.57">Claiborne R. Oakley</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/owenby-ozzard.html#801.88.15">William Claiborne Owens</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parler-parshall.html#958.83.17">Doctor Claiborne Parrish</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#781.78.27">Herbert Claiborne Pell</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#298.80.87">Claiborne Hooper Phillips</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/royal-rubin.html#276.75.60">Kenneth Claiborne Royall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/royal-rubin.html#513.12.04">Kenneth Claiborne Royall Jr.</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#116.79.78">Claiborne Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sanders.html#336.82.06">Claiborne Sanders</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smythe-snelgrove.html#194.92.73">Claiborne Snead</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stilgenbauer-stockslager.html#442.91.32">Claiborne Stinnett</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/west-westbrook.html#543.08.45">Claiborne West</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="530.16.05">Claiborne, Ben</a></b> — of Altus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Okla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/altus.html">Mayor of Altus, Okla.</a>, 1956. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Claiborne, Corinne</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="631.78.57">Claiborne, Ferd</a></b> — of New Roads, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/PC-lived.html">Pointe Coupee Parish</a>, La. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/LA.html">1956</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="583.05.82">Claiborne, Ferdinand Leigh</a> (1772-1815)</b> — also known as <b>Ferdinand L. Claiborne</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Miss. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SS-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/03-09.html">March 9, 1772</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/trhs.html">Mississippi territorial House of Representatives</a>, 1804-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/thspkr.html">Speaker of Mississippi Territory House of Representatives</a>, 1809, 1809-10; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/trcn.html">member Mississippi territorial council</a>, 1815. Died in Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/03-22.html">March 22, 1815</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/43.html">43 years, 13 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Charles Cole Claiborne (1748-1809) and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne; brother of <a href="#928.16.41">William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817)</a> and <a href="#026.93.44">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1802/08-19.html">August 19, 1802</a>, to Mary Magdalene Hutchins; father of <a href="#196.25.07">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a>; third great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)</a>; second cousin of <a href="#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a> and <a href="#054.46.38">Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowles-fox.html#073.57.42">Andrew Fuller Fox</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/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="740.72.43">Claiborne, George T.</a></b> — of St. Joseph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BU-lived.html">Buchanan County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/drugs.html">Druggist</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Buchanan County 4th District, 1911-14. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="966.50.19">Claiborne, Guilford G.</a></b> — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Whig. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/columbia.html#4">Columbia, Pa.</a>, 1841-53. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="165.44.48">Claiborne, Hamilton C.</a> (d. 1928)</b> — U.S. Vice Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/WL-consuls.html ">Swansea</a>, as of 1916; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/ED-consuls.html ">Bradford</a>, as of 1917; U.S. Consul in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GR-consuls.html ">Frankfort</a>, as of 1926. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/08-25.html">August 25, 1928</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="309.88.82">Claiborne, Harry E.</a> (c.1918-2004)</b> — of Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Nev. Born in McRae, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AR/WH-born.html">White County</a>, Ark., about 1918. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/sthse.html">Nevada state house of representatives</a>, 1950; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Nevada</a>, 1964; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/ofc/usdjud.html">U.S. District Judge for Nevada</a>, 1979-86; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> in 1984 of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/tax-evasion.html">tax evasion</a>, and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">sentenced</a> to two years in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">prison</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">impeached</a> in 1986 by the U.S. House and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/trouble/index.html">convicted</a> (removed from office) by the Senate. Died from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/suicide.html">self-inflicted</a> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/gunshot.html">gunshot wound</a>, in Las Vegas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CL-died.html">Clark County</a>, Nev., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2004/01-19.html">January 19, 2004</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">about 86 years</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> <b><a name="496.17.50">Claiborne, James R.</a></b> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 31st District, 1877-80. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="420.77.43">Claiborne, James Robert</a> (1882-1944)</b> — also known as <b>James R. Claiborne</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-lived.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo.; University City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/sl-born.html">St. Louis</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1882/06-22.html">June 22, 1882</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1933-37 (at-large 1933-35, 12th District 1935-37). Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in University City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-died.html">St. Louis County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/02-16.html">February 16, 1944</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 239 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/SS-buried.html#cms00663">Oak Grove Cemetery</a>, Bel-Nor, Mo. <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 R. Claiborne and Frances 'Fannie' (Moore) Claiborne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/11-26.html">November 26, 1919</a>, to Louise Minnis.</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=C000402">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402541">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/12141088">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="209.79.40">Claiborne, John</a> (1777-1808)</b> — of Brunswick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-lived.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-born.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/index.html">1777</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1805-08 (at-large 1805-07, 17th District 1807-08); died in office 1808. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-died.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/10-09.html">October 9, 1808</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/31.html">about 31 years</a>). Interment <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/DI-buried.html#cms04839">a private or family graveyard</a>, Dinwiddie County, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)</a> and Mary (Clayton) Claiborne; brother of <a href="#054.46.38">Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856)</a>; second cousin of <a href="#583.05.82">Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne</a>, <a href="#928.16.41">William Charles Cole Claiborne</a> and <a href="#026.93.44">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#196.25.07">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowles-fox.html#073.57.42">Andrew Fuller Fox</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/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000403">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402542">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28541135">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="196.25.07">Claiborne, John Francis Hamtramck</a> (1809-1884)</b> — of Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Miss.; New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-born.html">Adams County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1809/04-24.html">April 24, 1809</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/sthse.html">Mississippi state house of representatives</a>, 1830-34; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Mississippi</a> at-large, 1835-37, 1837-38. Slaveowner. Died near Natchez, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/05-17.html">May 17, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 23 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/AD-buried.html#cms03288">Trinity Cemetery</a>, Natchez, 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> Son of <a href="#583.05.82">Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne</a> and Mary Magdalene (Hutchins) Claiborne; nephew of <a href="#928.16.41">William Charles Cole Claiborne</a> and <a href="#026.93.44">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>; great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a>; second great-grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a> and <a href="#054.46.38">Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856)</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0336.html">Bache-Dallas family</a> of Pennsylvania and New York (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000404">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402543">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><a name="150.47.60">Claiborne, John Marshall</a> (1839-1909)</b> — also known as <b>John M. Claiborne</b> — of Galveston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/GV-lived.html">Galveston County</a>, Tex. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GI-born.html">Gibson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/02-27.html">February 27, 1839</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/stsen.html">Texas state senate</a> 10th District, 1887-90. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/04-28.html">April 28, 1909</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/70.html">70 years, 60 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/CH-buried.html#cms00041">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>, Rusk, 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>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/marshall.html#411.97.48">John Marshall</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>Claiborne, Marie Corinne Morrison</b> <i>See</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="374.84.18">Claiborne, N. C.</a></b> — of Kansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/MO.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> <b><a name="026.93.44">Claiborne, Nathaniel Herbert</a> (1777-1859)</b> — of Virginia. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SS-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1777/11-14.html">November 14, 1777</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1810-12; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1821-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1825-37 (7th District 1825-35, 3rd District 1835-37). Slaveowner. Died near Rocky Mount, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FK-died.html">Franklin County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1859/08-15.html">August 15, 1859</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 274 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FK-buried.html#cms00061">Claibrook Family Cemetery</a>, Rocky Mount, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of William Charles Cole Claiborne (1748-1809) and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne; brother of <a href="#583.05.82">Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne</a> and <a href="#928.16.41">William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817)</a>; uncle of <a href="#196.25.07">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)</a>; second cousin of <a href="#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a> and <a href="#054.46.38">Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowles-fox.html#073.57.42">Andrew Fuller Fox</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/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000405">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402544">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><a name="265.54.00">Claiborne, Paul</a></b> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-lived.html">Placer County</a>, Calif. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/CA.html">1944</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="444.07.44">Claiborne, Robert</a></b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. American Labor candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from New York County 3rd District, 1954. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="003.31.99">Claiborne, Thomas</a> (1749-1812)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-lived.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-born.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1749/02-01.html">February 1, 1749</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/sthse.html">Virginia state house of delegates</a>, 1783-88; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-officials.html">Brunswick County Sheriff</a>, 1789-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/stsen.html">Virginia state senate</a>, 1790-92; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Virginia</a>, 1793-99, 1801-05 (8th District 1793-97, at-large 1797-99, 1801-05). Slaveowner. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-died.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1812/index.html">1812</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">about 63 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-buried.html#cms08100">Claiborne Family Cemetery</a>, Lawrenceville, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Augustine Claiborne and Hannah (Ravenscroft) Claiborne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1772/01-19.html">January 19, 1772</a>, to Mary Clayton; father of <a href="#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a> and <a href="#054.46.38">Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#583.05.82">Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne</a>, <a href="#928.16.41">William Charles Cole Claiborne</a> and <a href="#026.93.44">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#196.25.07">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowles-fox.html#073.57.42">Andrew Fuller Fox</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/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000406">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402545">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/28540805">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="054.46.38">Claiborne, Thomas</a> (1780-1856)</b> — of Tennessee. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/BW-born.html">Brunswick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1780/05-17.html">May 17, 1780</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/sthse.html">Tennessee state house of representatives</a>, 1811-15, 1831-33; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/hspkr.html">Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives</a>, 1813-15; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1817-19. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Slaveowner. Died in Nashville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-died.html">Davidson County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1856/01-07.html">January 7, 1856</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 235 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/DA-buried.html#cms00217">Nashville City Cemetery</a>, Nashville, 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="#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)</a> and Mary (Clayton) Claiborne; brother of <a href="#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a>; married to Sarah Martin Lewis; second cousin of <a href="#583.05.82">Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne</a>, <a href="#928.16.41">William Charles Cole Claiborne</a> and <a href="#026.93.44">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#196.25.07">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowles-fox.html#073.57.42">Andrew Fuller Fox</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/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000407">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402546">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/8008098">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="369.55.09">Claiborne, W. F.</a></b> — of Decaturville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-lived.html">Camden County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-parties.html">Chair of Camden County Democratic Party</a>, 1921. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="928.16.41">Claiborne, William Charles Cole</a> (1775-1817)</b> — also known as <b>William C. C. Claiborne</b> — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/SS-born.html">Sussex County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1775/index.html">1775</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention</a>, 1796; state court judge in Tennessee, 1796; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> at-large, 1797-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Mississippi Territory</a>, 1801-04; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/trgv.html">Governor of Orleans Territory</a>, 1804-12; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Louisiana</a>, 1812-16; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Louisiana</a>, 1817; died in office 1817. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Fought a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/duel-participants.html">duel</a> with Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/liver.html">liver ailment</a>, in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-died.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1817/11-23.html">November 23, 1817</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/42.html">about 42 years</a>). Originally entombed at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-buried.html#cms02289">St. Louis Cemetery No. 1</a>, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-buried.html#cms00564">Metairie Cemetery</a>, New Orleans, La. <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 William Charles Cole Claiborne (1748-1809) and Mary (Leigh) Claiborne; brother of <a href="#583.05.82">Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne</a> and <a href="#026.93.44">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>; married to Clarissa Duralde, Suzette Bosque and Elizabeth Lewis; uncle of <a href="#196.25.07">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a>; third great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)</a>; second cousin of <a href="#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a> and <a href="#054.46.38">Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856)</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fowles-fox.html#073.57.42">Andrew Fuller Fox</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/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">Claiborne counties in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/CI.html">La.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/CI.html">Miss.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/CL.html">Tenn.</a> are named for him.</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>Epitaph:</i> "Cara patria, carior libertas; ubi est libertas, ibi mea patria." 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