Claiborne-Dallas-Boggs family

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The Claiborne-Dallas-Pell family is a family of politicians from the United States. Below is a list of members:

• Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812), member of the Virginia Legislature, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1793-1799 1801-1805. Father of John Claiborne and Thomas Claiborne.
  • Alexander J. Dallas (1759-1817), Secretary of Pennsylvania 1791-1801, U.S. District Attorney in Pennsylvania 1801-1814, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1814-1816. Father of George M. Dallas.
  • William C.C. Claiborne (1775-1817), delegate to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention 1796, Tennessee State Court Judge 1796, U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1797-1801, Governor of Mississippi Territory 1801-1804, Governor of the Territory of Orleans 1804-1812, Governor of Louisiana 1812-1816, U.S. Senator from Louisiana 1817. Nephew of Thomas Claiborne.
  • Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (1777-1859), member of the Virginia Legislature, U.S. Representative from Virginia 1825-1837. Nephew of Thomas Claiborne.
  • John Claiborne (1777-1808), U.S. Representative from Virginia 1805-1808. Son of Thomas Claiborne.
  • Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856), Tennessee State Representative 1811-1815 1831-1833, U.S. Representative from Tennessee 1817-1819. Son of Thomas Claiborne.
    • George M. Dallas (1792-1864), Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1829; U.S. District Attorney in Pennsylvania 1829-1831; U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania 1831-1833; Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1833-1835; U.S. Minister to Russia 1837-1839; Vice President of the United States 1845-1849; U.S. Minister to Great Britain 1856-1861. Son of Alexander J. Dallas and great-great-granduncle of Claiborne Pell and great-great-great-great-granduncle of Clay Pell.
    • John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1807-1884), member of the Mississippi Legislature, U.S. Representative from Mississippi 1835-1837 1837-1838. Nephew of William C.C. Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne.
      • Robert J. Walker (1801-1869), U.S. Senator from Mississippi 1835-1845, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1845-1849, Governor of Kansas Territory 1857. Nephew by marriage of George M. Dallas.
        • Benjamin Harris Brewster (1816-1888), Attorney General of Pennsylvania 1867-1868, Attorney General of the United States 1882-1885. Son-in-law of Robert J. Walker.
          • Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. (1884-1961), U.S. Representative from New York 1919-1921, Chairman of the New York Democratic Committee 1921-1926, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1924, U.S. Minister to Hungary 1941-1942. Great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne.
            • Claiborne Pell (1918-2009), U.S. Senator from Rhode Island 1961-1997. Son of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr., great-great-nephew of George M. Dallas.
              • • Clay Pell (1981-), Candidate for Governor of Rhode Island 2014. Great-grandson of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. Grandson of Claiborne Pell, great-great-great-great-nephew of George M. Dallas, and husband of Michelle Kwan.
                • Michelle Kwan (1980-), Retired figure skater. Wife of Clay Pell, granddaughter-in-law of Claiborne Pell, great-granddaughter-in-law of Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr., and great-great-great-great-niece-in-law of George M. Dallas.
          • Hale Boggs (1914-1972), U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1941-1943 1947-1972, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1948, candidate for Governor of Louisiana 1952. Husband of Corinne C. Boggs, great-great-grandnephew-in-law of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and father-in-law of Steven V. Roberts.
          • Corinne C. Boggs (1916-2013), U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1973-1991, U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican 1997-2001. Great-great-grandniece of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne and father-in-law of Steven V. Roberts.
            • Barbara Boggs Sigmund (1939-1990), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1980, candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from New Jersey 1982, Mayor of Princeton, New Jersey 1983-1990. Daughter of Hale Boggs and Corinne C. Boggs, sister of Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., Cokie Roberts, and William Robertson Boggs, and great-great-great-grandniece of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne.
            • Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. (1940-2014), candidate for U.S. Representative from Maryland 1970. Son of Hale Boggs and Corinne C. Boggs and brother of Barbara Boggs Sigmund, Cokie Roberts, and William Robertson Boggs, and great-great-great-grandnephew of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne.
            • Cokie Roberts (1943-), television journalist. Daughter of Hale Boggs and Corinne C. Boggs, sister of Barbara Boggs Sigmund, Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., and William Robertson Boggs, and great-great-great-grandniece of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne.
            • Steven V. Roberts (1943-), journalist, writer, political commentator. Husband of Cokie Roberts, son-in-law of Lindy Boggs and Hale Boggs, great-great-great-grandnephew-in-law of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, and brother-in-law of Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., Barbara Boggs Sigmund, and William Robertson Boggs.
              • Rebecca Roberts (1970-), journalist. Daughter of Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts, granddaughter of Lindy Boggs and Hale Boggs, niece of William Robertson Boggs, Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., and Barbara Boggs Sigmund, and great-great-great grandniece of John Francis Hamtrack Claiborne.
            • William Robertson Boggs (1946-1946). Son of Hale Boggs and Corrine C. Boggs and brother of Cokie Roberts, Barbara Boggs Sigmund, and Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., and great-great-great-grandnephew of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne.

NOTE: Robert J. Walker was also grandson-in-law of Continental Congressional Delegate Benjamin Franklin and son of U.S. District Court Judge Jonathan Hoge Walker. Corinne C. Boggs is also a distant relative of U.S. Representative Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr..

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See also

• List of United States political families

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References

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