The Braxtons, Brockenbroughs, and Stevensons
- Carter Braxton (1736–1797), member of the Virginia Colony House of Burgesses 1761-1771, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses 1775-1776, Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia 1776, Virginia House Delegate 1776-1783 1785-1786 1790-1794, member of the Virginia Council of State 1786-1791 1794-1797. Grandfather-in-law of William Brockenbrough and Andrew Stevenson.
- William Brockenbrough (1778–1838), Virginia House Delegate 1802-1803 1807-1809. Grandson-in-law of Carter Braxton.
- Andrew Stevenson (1784–1857), Virginia House Delegate 1809-1816 1818-1821, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1821-1834, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 1827-1834, U.S. Minister to Great Britain 1836-1841. Grandson-in-law of Carter Braxton.
- John White Brockenbrough (1806–1877), Judge of U.S. District Court in Virginia 1846-1861, founder of the Washington and Lee University School of Law, Delegate to the Confederate States Provisional Congress 1861-1862, Confederate State District Court Judge 1861. Great-grandson of Carter Braxton.
- John W. Stevenson (1812–1886), Kentucky State Representative 1845-1848, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1848 1852 1856 1880, delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1849, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1857-1861, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky 1867, Governor of Kentucky 1867-1871, U.S. Senator from Kentucky 1871-1877. Great-grandson of Carter Braxton.
- Elliott Muse Braxton (1823–1891), Virginia State Senator 1852-1856, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1871-1873. Great-grandson of Carter Braxton.
- William Tyler Page, candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 1902. Descendant of Carter Braxton.
NOTE: William Brockenbrough was also father-in-law of U.S. Representative Edward Colston and uncle of U.S. Representative William H. Brockenbrough. William Tyler Page was also a relative of Virginia Governor John Tyler, Sr..
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