List of United States political families (W)
The following is an alphabetical list of political families in the United States whose last name begins with W. The Walkers of Arkansas and Kentucky. NOTE: James D. Walker was also the nephew of U.S. Senator John McLean and U.S. Representative Finis McLean and cousin of U.S. Senator Wilkinson Call. The Wallaces. NOTE: Lewis Wallace was also nephew of Indiana State Senator Charles H. Test. The Washingtons. NOTE: George Washington was also uncle by marriage of U.S. Representative Burwell Bassett and granduncle by marriage of U.S. Secretary of War Charles Magill Conrad. John  Parke Custis was also son-in-law of Maryland Colony Governor Charles Calvert. Appeals Court Judge William Ball Gilbert was related to George Washington's mother Mary Ball Washington. The Wattersons. NOTE: Henry Watterson was also nephew of U.S. Senator Stanley Matthews. The Weadocks. NOTE: Thomas A.E. Weadock and George W. Weadock were also brothers-in-law of U.S. Representatives John C. Tarsney and Timothy E. Tarsney. The Wests. NOTE: Nathaniel West's daughter, Unity, was married to William Dandridge, who was uncle of Martha Washington, the wife of U.S. President George Washington. Unity and William were also direct ancestor  of Edith Wilson, wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. The Whites of California. NOTE: William F. White was also cousin by marriage of U.S. Senator Stephen R. Mallory. Others: The Whitehills and Wises. NOTE: John C. Kunkel was also grandson of U.S. Representative John Christian Kunkel. The Whitehouses. NOTE: E. Sheldon Whitehouse was also the grandson-in-law of California Assemblyman Charles Crocker and the brother-in-law of U.S. Ambassador Winthrop W. Aldrich. The Whitneys. NOTE: William Collins Whitney was also father-in-law of British politician Almeric Paget, and Whitney's son, Payne Whitney, was son-in-law  of U.S. Secretary of State John Hay. The Wickliffes. NOTE: Robert C. Wickliffe was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative John Bennett Dawson and nephew by marriage of Louisiana Governor Isaac Johnson. The Williams of North Carolina. NOTE: Robert Williams was also son-in-law of U.S. Representative Joseph Winston, brother-in-law of Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Louis L. Winston and Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Fountain Winston. He and Marmaduke Williams were also second cousins by marriage of U.S. Representative Matthew Clay. The Wilsons of Indiana. NOTE: Samuel Campbell Dunn, William McKee Dunn, and David Maxwell Dunn were also  sons of Indiana State Senator Williamson Dunn and nephews of Indiana State Senator David Hervey Maxwell and Indiana State Representative Edward Russell Maxwell. The Winthrops. NOTE: John Winthrop's great-granddaughter, Rebecca, was also daughter-in-law of Connecticut Governor Gurdon Saltonstall. The Woodsons. NOTE: Samuel H. Woodson, Silas Woodson, Daniel Woodson and James Archibald Woodson were also third cousins once removed of Missouri Governor Frederick Bates, U.S. Congressional Delegate James Woodson Bates and U.S. Attorney General Edward Bates.