List of United States Political Families (J) - The Jeffersons and Randolphs

The Jeffersons and Randolphs

• Peyton Randolph (1721–1775), member of the Continental Congress 1774 1775. First cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson.
  • Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses 1774–1776, member of the Continental Congress 1776, member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1776–1779, Governor of Virginia 1779–1781, U.S. Minister to France 1785–1789, U.S. Secretary of State 1789–1793, Vice President of the United States 1797–1801, President of the United States 1801–1809. First cousin once removed of Peyton Randolph, father-in-law of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr..
    • John Wayles Eppes (1773–1823), Virginia House Delegate 1801–1803, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1803–1811 1813–1815, U.S. Senator from Virginia 1817–1819. Son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson.
    • Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. (1768–1728), Virginia State Senator 1793–1794, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1803–1807, Governor of Virginia 1819–1822. Son-in-law of Thomas Jefferson.
      • Dabney S. Carr (1802–1854), U.S. Minister to Turkey 1843–1849. Grandnephew of Thomas Jefferson.
      • Meriwether Lewis Randolph (1810–1837), Secretary of the Arkansas Territory 1835–1836. Son of Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr..
      • Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792–1875), Chairman of the 1872 Democratic National Convention. Son of Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr..
      • George W. Randolph (1818–1867), Confederate States Secretary of War 1862. Grandson of Thomas Jefferson.
      • Nicholas Philip Trist (1800–1874), U.S. Consul in Havana, Cuba 1833–1841; U.S. Diplomatic Agent to Cuba 1834. Son-in-law of Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr..
        • T. Jefferson Coolidge (1831–1920), U.S. Minister to France 1892–1893. Grandson of Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr..
        • Frederick Madison Roberts (1879–1952), California Assemblyman 1919–1934, candidate for U.S. Representative from California 1946. Great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson.
          • Lloyd L. Gravely, Mayor of Rocky Mount, North Carolina 1925–1928; North Carolina State Senator 1929–1932 1935. Descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

NOTE: Thomas Jefferson was also third cousin of U.S. Secretary of State John Marshall and second cousin once removed of U.S. Senator William Segar Archer. Dabney S. Carr was also nephew of U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Dabney Carr. T. Jefferson Coolidge was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative William Appleton. Lloyd L. Gravely was also descendant of Continental Congressional Delegate Patrick Henry.