List of United States Political Families (A) - The Alstons, Kenans, and Howards

The Alstons, Kenans, and Howards

• Nathaniel Macon 1757–1837, North Carolina 1780–1782 1784–1785, U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1791–1815, U.S. Senator from North Carolina 1815–1828, candidate for Vice President of the United States 1824, delegate to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention 1835, Presidential Elector for North Carolina 1836.
  • Willis Alston 1769–1837, member of the North Carolina House of Commons 1790–1792 1820–1824, North Carolina State Senator 1794–1796, U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1799–1815 1825–1831. Nephew of Nathaniel Macon.
  • Henry Seawell, Attorney General of North Carolina 1803–1808. Nephew of Nathaniel Macon.
    • Augustus A. Alston 1805–1839, Georgia State Representative 1828–1829. Nephew of Willis Alston.
    • Augustus Holmes Kenan 1805–1870, Georgia State Representative, Georgia State Senator, Delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress 1861–1862, Confederate Representative from Georgia 1862–1864. Nephew by marriage of Willis Alston.
    • Owen Rand Kenan (1804–1887), member of the North Carolina Legislature 1834–1838, Confederate States Representative from North Carolina 1862–1864. Cousin of Augustus Holmes Kenan.
    • William Eaton, Jr. (1810–1881), North Carolina State Representative, North Carolina State Senator, Attorney General of North Carolina 1851–1852. Grandson of Nathaniel Macon.
    • David S. Walker 1815–1891, candidate for Governor of Florida 1856, Justice of the Florida Supreme Court 1860–1865, Governor of Florida 1865–1868. Brother-in-law of Augustus A. Alston.
      • Robert A. Alston 1832–1879, Georgia State Representative 1878–1879. Nephew of Augustus A. Alston.
      • Lewis Holmes Kenan 1833–1871, Georgia State Senator 1867–1868. Nephew of Augustus A. Alston.
      • Charles H. Martin (1848–1931), U.S. Representative from North Carolina 1896–1899. Great-grandson of Nathaniel Macon.

NOTE: Nathaniel Macon was also uncle of Congressman Micajah T. Hawkins. Robert A. Alston was also nephew of Georgia State Representative Thomas Coke Howard.