Richard Stockton was a lawyer who represented New Jersey in the United States Senate and later served in the United States House of Representatives. He was the first U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey,holding that office from 1789 to 1791,and ran unsuccessfully for vice president in the 1820 election as a member of the Federalist Party,which did not nominate a candidate for president.
Felix Grundy was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th United States Attorney General. He also had served several terms as a congressman and as a U.S. senator from Tennessee. He was known for his success as a criminal lawyer who attracted crowds when he served on the defense.
Benjamin Fitzpatrick was an American politician who served as the 11th Governor of Alabama and as a United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat.
John McLean was a United States representative and a Senator from Illinois. He was the brother of Finis McLean and uncle of James David Walker.
James Brown was a Virginia-born American lawyer,planter and politician who served as a Secretary of State for the new state of Kentucky,and later as U.S. Senator from Louisiana,and Minister to France (1823–1829) before his retirement and death in Philadelphia.
Robert Henry Goldsborough was an American politician from Talbot County,Maryland.
Thomas Clayton was an American lawyer and politician from Dover in Kent County,Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. He served in the Delaware General Assembly,as Attorney General of Delaware,as Secretary of State of Delaware,as Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court,as U.S. Representative from Delaware,and as U.S. Senator from Delaware. In 1846 he was one of two members of the United States Senate to vote against declaring war on Mexico.
John Wales was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington,in New Castle County,Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
William Hill Wells was a lawyer and politician from Dagsboro,in Sussex County,Delaware. He was a member of the Federalist Party,who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. was a United States senator from Kentucky. His father,Johnson N. Camden,had been a United States Senator from West Virginia.
Thomas Clay McCreery was an American politician who was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1868 to 1871 and again from 1873 to 1879.
William Lindsay was an American politician. He served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1893 to 1901.
George Walker was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky.
Alfred Cuthbert was a United States representative and Senator from Georgia. He should not be confused with his brother,John Alfred Cuthbert.
James Alexander Hemenway was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from 1895 to 1905,and Senator from Indiana from 1905 to 1909.
Thomas Buck Reed was a United States senator from Mississippi.
Josiah Stoddard Johnston was an American politician who served as both United States representative and Senator for Louisiana. Born in Salisbury,Connecticut,he moved with his father to Kentucky in 1788,and went to Connecticut to attend primary school. He graduated from Transylvania University in 1802,studied law,was admitted to the bar,and commenced practice in Alexandria,Louisiana. He was a member of the Territorial legislature from 1805 to 1812 and during the War of 1812 raised and organized a regiment for the defense of New Orleans,but reached the city after the battle. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a State district judge from 1812 to 1821.
John Speed Smith was an attorney and politician,a U.S. Representative from Kentucky,and a state representative for several terms,as well as state senator. He served for four years as a US District Attorney. He was the father of Green Clay Smith,who also served as a state representative and US Congressman.
William Worth Dickerson was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
James Whitney Wilkin was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
