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official U.S. Senate photo of Webb c. 2006/07
Birth Name: James Henry Webb, Jr.
Place of Birth: St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Date of Birth: February 9, 1946
Ethnicity: Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, English, Irish, distant German and Dutch
Jim Webb is an American politician and author. He has also been known as James Webb. He has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, from May 3, 1984 to April 10, 1987, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, from May 1, 1987 to February 23, 1988, and a U.S. Senator from Virginia, from January 3, 2007 to January 3, 2013.
He was a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 2016 .
Jim has Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, English, Irish, and distant German and Dutch, ancestry. He has written a book about the Scots-Irish in the United States, Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America (2004).
Jim is married to Vietnamese-born lawyer Hong Le Webb. He has a daughter with his first wife, lawyer Barbara Samorajczyk; three children with his second wife, health care lobbyist Jo Ann Krukar; and a daughter with Hong.
Jim’s paternal grandfather was Robert Lee Webb (the son of James Thomas Webb and Nancy Angeline Cox). Robert was born in Kentucky. James was the son of David George Webb and Mary Louisa Jewel. Nancy was the daughter of Gordon Harrison Cox and Salome Irra de Haven.
Jim’s paternal grandmother was Mary Ellen Smith (the daughter of Thomas Harvey Smith and Elizabeth McKnight). Mary Ellen was born in Missouri. Thomas was the son of Condley Smith and Mary Ellen Johnson. Elizabeth was the daughter of James M. McKnight and Rebecca Ann Miller.
Jim’s maternal grandfather was Birch Hays Hodges (the son of Asa William Hodges and Sarah T. Blankenship). Birch was born in Kentucky. Asa was the son of Ransom S. Hodges and Mary Ann Murphy. Sarah was the daughter of Thomas Blankenship and Sarah Burgess.
Jim’s maternal grandmother was Frankie Georgia Doyle (the daughter of Francis Adolphus Doyle and Margaret Louella Marsh). Frankie was born in Tennessee. Francis was the son of Zachariah Thomas Doyle and Sarah W. Davis. Margaret was the daughter of Samuel Jasper Marsh and Parmelia Long.
Sources: Genealogies of Jim Webb – http://www.wargs.com http://www.geni.com