Conway and Sevier family

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The Conway and Sevier family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of members:

  • John Sevier (1745-1815), Governor of the State of Franklin 1785-1789, U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1790-1791, Governor of Tennessee 1796-1801 1803-1809, U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1811-1815. Granduncle of Ambrose Hundley Sevier.
  • Richard Mentor Johnson (1780-1850), Kentucky State Representative, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1807-1819 1829-1837, U.S. Senator from Kentucky 1819-1829, Vice President of the United States 1837-1841. Uncle of James Johnson, John Telemachus Johnson, and Robert Ward Johnson.
    • James Johson (1774-1826), U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1825-1826. Nephew of Richard Mentor Johnson.
    • John Telemachus Johnson (1788-1856), Kentucky State Representative, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1821-1825, Judge of Kentucky Court of Appeals 1826. Nephew of Richard Mentor Johnson.
    • Henry Wharton Conway (1793-1827), Arkansas Territory Receiver of Public Moneys 1820-1821, U.S. Congressional Delegate from Arkansas Territory 1823-1827. First cousin of Ambrose Hundley Sevier.
    • James Sevier Conway (1798-1855), Surveyor-General of Arkansas Territory 1832-1836, Governor of Arkansas 1836-1840. First cousin of Ambrose Hundley Sevier.
    • Ambrose Hundley Sevier (1810-1848), Arkansas Territory Representative 1823-1827, U.S. Congressional Delegate from the Arkansas Territory 1828-1836, U.S. Senator from Arkansas 1836-1848. Grandnephew of John Sevier.
    • Elias Nelson Conway (1812-1892), Arkansas Auditor 1835-1849, Governor of Arkansas 1852-1860. First cousin of Ambrose Hundley Sevier.
    • Robert Ward Johnson (1814-1879), Prosecuting Attorney of Little Rock, Arkansas 1840-1842; U.S. Representative from Arkansas 1847-1853; U.S. Senator from Arkansas 1853-1861; Confederate States Representative from Arkansas 1861; Confederate States Senator from Arkansas 1862-1865; candidate for U.S. Senate from Arkansas 1878. Brother-in-law of Ambrose Hundley Sevier.
    • Henry Massey Rector (1816-1899), Arkansas State Senator 1848-1850, Arkansas State Representative 1855-1859, Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Governor of Arkansas 1860-1862, delegate to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention 1874. First cousin of Henry Wharton Conway, John Sevier Conway, and Elias Nelson Conway.
    • James L. Alcorn (1816-1894), Kentucky State Representative 1843, Mississippi State Representative 1846 1856-1857, Mississippi State Senator 1848-1854, candidate for U.S. Representative from Mississippi 1856, Governor of Mississippi 1870-1871, U.S. Senator from Mississippi 1871-1877, candidate for Governor of Mississippi 1873. Father-in-law of Elias W. Rector.
      • Thomas James Churchill (1824-1905), Treasurer of Arkansas 1874-1880, Governor of Arkansas 1881-1883. Son-in-law of Ambrose Hundley Sevier.
      • Elias W. Rector, candidate for Governor of Arkansas, Arkansas State Representative. Son of Henry Massey Rector.

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