List of United States Political Families (B) - The Bledsoes and Chiltons

The Bledsoes and Chiltons

  • Jesse Bledsoe (1776–1836), Kentucky Secretary of State, Kentucky State Representative 1812, U.S. Senator from Kentucky 1813-1814, Kentucky State Senator 1817-1820. Uncle of Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, Thomas Chilton, and William Parish Chilton.
    • Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793–1874), Kentucky State Representative 1819-1820, Alabama State Representative 1824, U.S. Representative from Alabama 1829-1831, District Judge of the Republic of Texas, Justice of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court. Nephew of Jesse Bledsoe.
    • Thomas Chilton (1798–1854), Kentucky State Representative, U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1828-1831 1833-1835. Nephew of Jesse Bledsoe.
    • William Parish Chilton (1810–1871), member of the Alabama Legislature 1839, U.S. Representative from Alabama 1843, Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court 1852-1856, Alabama State Senator 1859, Delegate to the Confederate Congress from Alabama 1861-1862, Confederate Representative from Alabama 1862-1865. Nephew of Jesse Bledsoe.

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