List of United States Political Families (M) - The Marshalls

The Marshalls

• Robert Morris (1734–1806), Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania 1776, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania 1789–1795. Father-in-law of James Markham Marshall.
• Jaquelin Ambler (1742–1798), Treasurer of Virginia. Father-in-law of John Marshall.
  • John Marshall (1755–1835), Virginia House Delegate 1782–1789, delegate to the 1788 Virginia Constitutional Convention, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1799–1800, U.S. Secretary of State 1800–1801, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court 1801–1835. Son-in-law of Jaquelin Ambler.
  • James Markham Marshall (1764–1848), delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1791. Son-in-law of Robert Morris.
  • Alexander Keith Marshall (17701-1825), Kentucky State Representative 1797–1801. Brother of John Marshall and James Markham Marshall.
  • Humphrey Marshall (1760–1841), U.S. Senator from Kentucky 1795–1801. First cousin and brother-in-law of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, and Alexander Keith Marshall.
    • Thomas Marshall (1784–1835), delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention 1829. Son of John Marshall.
    • James Keith Marshall (1801–1862), Virginia State Senator. Son of John Marshall.
    • Edward Colston (1786–1852), Virginia House Delegate 1812–1814 1816–1817 1823–1828 1833–1835, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1817–1819. Nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, and Alexander Keith Marshall.
    • Thomas A. Marshall (1794–1871), Kentucky State Representative 1827–1828 1863, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1831–1835, Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals 1835–1856, Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals 1866–1867. Son of Humphrey Marshall.
    • Thomas F. Marshall (1801–1864), Kentucky State Representative 1832–1836 1838–1839 1854, candidate for U.S. House of Representative from Kentucky 1836, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1841–1843. Nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, and Alexander Keith Marshall.
    • Alexander Keith Marshall (1808–1884), candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1847, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1855–1857. Nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, and Alexander Keith Marshall.
    • Alexander Keith McClung (1809–1855), U.S. Chargé d'affaires to Bolivia 1849–1851. Nephew of John Marshall.
    • Charles Alexander Marshall, Kentucky State Representative 1840 1855 1859. Nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, and Alexander Keith Marshall.
    • Edward Colston Marshall (1821–1893), U.S. Representative from California 1851–1853, candidate for U.S. Senate from California 1856, candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1874, Attorney General of California 1883–1887. Nephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall, and Alexander Keith Marshall.
    • Jacquelin Burwell Harvie (1788–1856), Virginia State Senator. Son-in-law of John Marshall.
      • Humphrey Marshall (1812–1872), U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1849–1852 1855–1859, U.S. Minister to China 1852–1854, Confederate States Representative from Kentucky 1864–1865. Grandson of Humphrey Marshall.
      • John Augustine Marshall (1854–1941), Utah Territory Representative, U.S. District Court Judge in Utah 1896. Grandson of James Markham Marshall.
        • John J. McAfee (1836–1896), Kentucky State Representative 1871–1873. Son-in-law of Humphrey Marshall.

NOTE: Robert Morris was also father of U.S. Representative Thomas Morris. John Marshall was also third cousin once removed of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, brother-in-law of U.S. Court of Appeals Judges William McClung, George Keith Taylor, and U.S. Attorney Joseph Hamilton Daviess; and cousin of U.S. Senator John Randolph. Thomas Marshall was also second cousin of Virginia State Senator William Marshall Ambler. Edward Colston was also son-in-law of Virginia House Delegate William Brockenbrough and brother-in-law of U.S. Senator Benjamin Watkins Leigh. Humphrey Marshall was also nephew of Kentucky and Alabama Legislator James G. Birney.