List of United States Political Families (P) - The Prestons

The Prestons

• Francis Preston (1765–1836), U.S. Representative from Virginia 1793-1797. Father of William C. Preston.
  • William C. Preston (1794–1860), U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1833-1842. Son of Francis Preston.
  • William Ballard Preston (1805–1862), Virginia House Delegate 1830-1832 1844-1845, Virginia State Senator 1840-1844, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1847-1849, U.S. Secretary of the Navy 1849-1850, Confederate States Representative from Virginia 1861, Confederate States Senator from Virginia 1862. Nephew of Francis Preston.
  • William Preston (1816–1887), delegate to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention 1849, Kentucky State Representative 1850 1868-1869, Kentucky State Senator 1851-1853, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1852-1855, U.S. Minister to Spain 1858-1861, Confederate States Minister to Mexico 1864. Nephew of Francis Preston.
  • Wade Hampton III (1818–1902), South Carolina State Senator 1858, candidate for Governor of South Carolina 1865, Governor of South Carolina 1876-1879, U.S. Senator from South Carolina 1879-1891. Son-in-law of Francis Preston.
    • Eugenie Mary Ladenburg Davie (1895–1975), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1936. Granddaughter-in-law of William Preston.

NOTE: William C. Preston was also grandnephew by marriage of Virginia Governor Patrick Henry. William Preston's grandson, Preston Davie, was also a descendant of North Carolina Governor William Richardson Davie. Wade Hampton III was also grandson of U.S. Representative Wade Hampton I and later son-in-law of U.S. Senator George McDuffie.