List of United States Political Families (M) - The Matthews and Wattersons

The Matthews and Wattersons

  • Thomas Stanley Matthews (1824–1889), Hamilton County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas Judge 1850–1852; Ohio State Senator 1856–1857; U.S. Attorney in Ohio 1858–1861; candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio 1876; U.S. Senator from Ohio 1877–1879; Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1881–1889. Uncle of Henry Watterson.
    • Henry Watterson (1840–1921), U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1876–1877. Nephew of Thomas Stanley Matthews.

NOTE: Thomas Stanley Matthews was also father-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Horace Gray. Henry Watterson was also son of U.S. Representative Harvey Magee Watterson.

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