List of United States Political Families (B) - The Barbours

The Barbours

  • Thomas Barbour, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Father of James Barbour and Philip Pendleton Barbour.
  • Benjamin Johnson, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Father-in-law of James Barbour.
    • James Barbour (1775–1842), Virginia House Delegate 1796-1812, candidate for Governor of Virginia 1811, Governor of Virginia 1812-1814, U.S. Senator from Virginia 1815-1825, U.S. Secretary of War 1825-1828, U.S. Minister to Great Britain 1828-1829. Son of Thomas Barbour.
    • Philip Pendleton Barbour (1783–1841), U.S. Representative from Virginia 1814-1825 1827-1830, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives 1821-1823, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1836-1841. Son of Thomas Barbour.
    • John S. Barbour (1790–1855), Virginia House Delegate 1813-1816 1820-1823 1833-1834, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1823-1833, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention 1829 1830, Chairman of the Democratic National Convention 1852. Nephew of Thomas Barbour.
      • John S. Barbour, Jr. (1820–1892), Virginia House Delegate 1847-1851, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1881-1887, U.S. Senator from Virginia 1889-1892. Son of John S. Barbour.

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