Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) — of Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,1679.ColonialGovernor of Connecticut, 1750-54.Died in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 17,1767 (ageabout 87years).Interment atPalisadoCemetery, Windsor, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Simon Wolcott and Martha (Pitkin) Wolcott; married to Sarah Drake;father ofErastusWolcott, Ursula Wolcott (who marriedMatthewGriswold (1714-1799)) andOliverWolcott Sr.; grandfather ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold, Mary Ann Wolcott (who marriedChaunceyGoodrich) andFrederickWolcott; granduncle of Abigail Wolcott (who marriedOliverEllsworth); great-granduncle ofSamuelClesson Allen,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth andHenryLeavitt Ellsworth; second great-grandfather ofJohnWilliam Allen,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); second great-granduncle ofElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; third great-grandfather ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott andAlfredWolcott; third great-granduncle ofAlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; fourth great-grandfather ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. andSeldenChapin; fourth great-granduncle ofJudsonH. Warner andHenryAugustus Wolcott; fifth great-grandfather ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth andFredericLincoln Chapin; sixth great-grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; first cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin; first cousin twice removed ofDanielPitkin; first cousin thrice removed ofJamesHillhouse andTimothyPitkin; first cousin four times removed ofPhineasLyman Tracy,AlbertHaller Tracy andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; first cousin five times removed ofEdmundHolcomb,JosephPomeroy Root,GeorgeGriswold Sill,FrederickWalker Pitkin andLutherS. Pitkin; first cousin six times removed ofAugustusBrandegee,GeorgeFrederick Stone,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin,HarryKear Wolcott,EldredC. Pitkin andHenryMerrill Wolcott; first cousin seven times removed ofThomasTheodore Prentis,FrankFiske Bostwick,FrankBosworth Brandegee andEphraimHenry Cowles. | | | | Political families:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts;Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut;Ellsworthfamily of Windsor, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Pitkin (1694-1769) — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,1694.ColonialGovernor of Connecticut, 1766-69; died in office 1769.Died in East Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,October1, 1769 (ageabout 75years).Interment atCenterCemetery, East Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives:Married1724 to MaryWoodbridge; grandfather ofTimothyPitkin; second great-granduncle ofJosephPomeroy Root andFrederickWalker Pitkin; first cousin once removed ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767) andDanielPitkin; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; first cousin four times removed ofLutherS. Pitkin; first cousin five times removed ofClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin; first cousin six times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andEphraimHenry Cowles; second cousin ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; second cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles,MosesSeymour,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelClesson Allen,HoratioSeymour (1778-1857),HenrySeymour,ElaCollins,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,ElishaHunt Allen,OrigenStorrs Seymour,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeWashington Wolcott,GeorgeSeymour,WilliamCollins,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,McNeilSeymour,MatthewGriswold,HenryWilliam Seymour,WilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); second cousin four times removed ofAlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,CharlesUpson,CalvinJosiah Cowles,GadEly Upson,WilliamChapman Williston,WilliamFessenden Allen,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,ElizurStillman Goodrich,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr.,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott,NormanAlexander Seymour,RussellCowles Ostrander,AddisonBeecher Colvin,AlfredWolcott,FrederickHobbes Allen,LaMonte Cowles,HelenHerron Taft,GardnerCowles andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin five times removed ofFranklinWoodruff,JudsonH. Warner,GeorgeAnthony Sweetland,HenryAugustus Wolcott,CharlesHolden Cowles,JamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.,RobertAlphonso Taft,CharlesPhelps Taft II,SeldenChapin andFrederickLippitt. | | | | Political families:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts;Wolcott#1 family of Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Roger Sherman (1721-1793) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April19, 1721.Superior court judge in Connecticut, 1766-89;Delegateto Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1774-81, 1783-84;member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1776-85;signer,Declaration of Independence, 1776;signer,Articles of Confederation, 1777;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1784-93; died in office 1793;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1789-91;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1791-93; died in office 1793.Congregationalist.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 23,1793 (age72 years, 95days).Original interment atNew Haven Green, New Haven, Conn.; reinterment in 1821 atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.; memorial monument atConstitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Mehitable (Wellington) Sherman and William Sherman; married,November17, 1749, to Elizabeth Hartwell; married,May 12,1763, to Rebecca Prescott; father of Rebecca Sherman (who marriedSimeonBaldwin (1761-1851)), Elizabeth Sherman (who marriedSimeonBaldwin (1761-1851)) and Sarah Sherman (who marriedSamuelHoar); grandfather ofRogerSherman Baldwin,ShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; great-grandfather ofRogerSherman Greene,SimeonEben Baldwin,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; second great-grandfather ofHenrySherman Boutell,EdwardBaldwin Whitney,Henryde Forest Baldwin,ThomasDay Thacher,RogerSherman Greene II,RogerSherman Hoar andRogerKent; second great-granduncle ofChaunceyMitchell Depew andJohnFrederick Addis; third great-grandfather ofArchibaldCox; third great-granduncle ofJohnStanley Addis; fourth great-grandfather ofAlexanderBuel Trowbridge III; ancestor *** ofGeorgeSherman Batcheller; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnAdams Dix; second cousin five times removed ofHoraceBemis andLorinAndrews Lathrop. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThetownofSherman,Connecticut, isnamed forhim. — ThetownandvillageofSherman,New York, arenamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Theodore Foster (1752-1828) — of Rhode Island. Born in Brookfield,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April29, 1752.Lawyer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1776, 1812-16;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1790-1803.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,January13, 1828 (age75 years, 259days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | Dwight Foster (1757-1823) — of Massachusetts. Born in Brookfield,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December7, 1757.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1791-92, 1808-09;WorcesterCounty Sheriff, 1792;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1793-1800 (2nd District1793-95, 3rd District 1795-97, at-large 1797-1800); resigned 1800;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1800-03; resigned 1803; common pleascourt judge in Massachusetts, 1803-11.Died in Brookfield,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April29, 1823 (age65 years, 143days).Interment atBrookfieldCemetery, Brookfield, Mass. | | Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,December14, 1761.U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1803-05; superior courtjudge in Connecticut, 1806-18;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1826-27.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 26,1851 (age89 years, 163days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Ebenezer Baldwin and Bethiah (Barker) Baldwin; married to RebeccaSherman (daughter ofRogerSherman (1721-1793)) and Elizabeth (Sherman) Burr (daughter ofRogerSherman (1721-1793)); father ofRogerSherman Baldwin; grandfather ofSimeonEben Baldwin; great-grandfather ofEdwardBaldwin Whitney andHenryde Forest Baldwin; third great-grandnephew ofThomasWelles; second cousin ofSamuelGager; second cousin once removed ofSamuelR. Gager andSamuelAustin Gager; second cousin thrice removed ofWalterBooth,GeorgeBailey Loring,CharlesPage,ErwinJ. Baldwin,ErnestHarvey Woodford,FrancisEverett Baldwin andClementPhineas Kellogg; second cousin four times removed ofHermanArod Gager andHarryAndrews Gager; second cousin five times removed ofGeorgeFranklin Chapin,FrederickB. Piatt,MaryWinsor,JosephClark Baldwin III,GeorgeHenry Augur andGeorgeLeroy Saal; third cousin ofJosiahCowles; third cousin once removed ofJamesDoolittle Wooster andDanielUpson; third cousin twice removed ofJohnCharles Birdsall,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,AusburnBirdsall andJosephWashburn Yates; third cousin thrice removed ofJesseHoyt,TrumanHotchkiss,GeorgeIsaac Sherwood,CharlesUpson,CalvinJosiah Cowles,GadEly Upson,ChristopherColumbus Upson,AndrewSeth Upson,DavidB. Sherwood,AustinGeorge Nettleton,ThomasDudley Bradstreet,AlbertPorter Bradstreet,GeorgeParker Bradstreet,EvelynM. Upson,BenjaminPixley Birdsall andFrederickWashburn Yates; fourth cousin once removed ofEzraCornell. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Timothy Pitkin (1766-1847) — of Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January21, 1766.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1790, 1792, 1794-1805, 1819-30;Speakerof the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1803-05;U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1805-19 (3rd District 1805-07,at-large 1807-09, 5th District 1809-11, at-large 1811-19);delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention, 1818; member ofConnecticutstate senate 3rd District, 1830.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December18, 1847 (age81 years, 331days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Timothy Pitkin (1727-1812) and Temperance (Clap) Pitkin; uncle ofEmily Pitkin Perkins (who marriedRogerSherman Baldwin); grandson ofWilliamPitkin; third great-grandson ofGeorgeWyllys andJohnHaynes; first cousin thrice removed ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); second cousin once removed ofDanielPitkin,HenryMeigs andWilliamWhiting Boardman; second cousin twice removed ofErastusWolcott,OliverWolcott Sr.,HenryMeigs Jr.,JohnForsyth Jr.,EdwardGreen Bradford,JosephPomeroy Root andFrederickWalker Pitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofChesterDorman Hubbard,DelosFall,EdwardGreen Bradford II,MabelThorp Boardman andBenjaminLewis Fairchild; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamPallister Hubbard,EdwardGreen Bradford Jr. andElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard; second cousin five times removed ofJamesGillespie Blaine III,HenryBelin du Pont Jr.,ThomasFrancis Bayard III andAlexisIrenee du Pont Bayard; third cousin ofEnochWoodbridge; third cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles,MosesSeymour,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold,FrederickWolcott,WilliamWoodbridge,DudleyWoodbridge,EliphaletAdams Bulkeley,JohnLeslie Russell,JoshuaPerkins andJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; third cousin twice removed ofFrederickEnoch Woodbridge,MorganGardner Bulkeley,LeslieWead Russell,WilliamHenry Bulkeley,CharlesHazen Russell,LutherS. Pitkin andJohnClarence Keeler; third cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeDouglas Perkins,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin,LewisWardlaw Haskell,EldredC. Pitkin andAubreyHowells Sherwood; fourth cousin ofSamuelClesson Allen,HoratioSeymour (1778-1857),HenrySeymour,ElaCollins,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed ofMartinChittenden,LeonardWhite,BenjaminHard,GideonHard,HarrisonBlodget,JohnWilliam Allen,JohnMilton Fessenden,ElishaHunt Allen,OrigenStorrs Seymour,JohnAppleton,JanePierce,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeWashington Wolcott,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,GeorgeSeymour,WilliamCollins,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,McNeilSeymour,JuliusLevi Strong,MatthewGriswold,HenryWilliam Seymour,WilliamSheffield Cowles andRogerWolcott (1847-1900). | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Daniel Pitkin (1769-1851) — of East Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in East Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 2,1769.Hotel-keeper;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from East Hartford, 1819, 1830.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,September4, 1851 (age82 years, 125days).Interment atCenterCemetery, East Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Daniel Pitkin (1735-1815) and Susannah (Stanley) Pitkin; marriedto Chloe Butler Norton; granduncle ofJohnRobert Graham Pitkin; first cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin; first cousin twice removed ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); second cousin once removed ofErastusWolcott,OliverWolcott Sr. andTimothyPitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofJosephPomeroy Root,FrederickWalker Pitkin andLutherS. Pitkin; second cousin four times removed ofClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin; second cousin five times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick andEphraimHenry Cowles; third cousin ofMosesSeymour,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; third cousin once removed ofSamuelClesson Allen,HoratioSeymour (1778-1857),HenrySeymour,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; third cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,ElishaHunt Allen,OrigenStorrs Seymour,JamesSamuel Wadsworth,HenryTitus Backus,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeWashington Wolcott,GeorgeSeymour,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,McNeilSeymour,MatthewGriswold,HenryWilliam Seymour andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed ofAlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamChapman Williston,WilliamFessenden Allen,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,ElizurStillman Goodrich,CharlesFrederick Wadsworth,JosephBattell,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,HoratioSeymour Jr.,JamesWolcott Wadsworth,EdwardOliver Wolcott,NormanAlexander Seymour,AlfredWolcott andFrederickHobbes Allen. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Samuel Hoar (1778-1856) — of Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Lincoln,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,May 18,1778.Whig.Lawyer;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1826, 1832-33;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 4th District, 1835-37; delegateto Whig National Convention from Massachusetts, 1839 (speaker);member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1850.Died in Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November2, 1856 (age78 years, 168days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass. | | Roger Sherman Baldwin (1793-1863) — also known asRoger S. Baldwin — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January4, 1793.Whig.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1837-38; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Haven, 1840-41;Governor ofConnecticut, 1844-46;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1847-51.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February19, 1863 (age70 years, 46days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofSimeonBaldwin and Rebecca (Sherman) Baldwin; married,October25, 1820, to Emily Pitkin Perkins (niece ofTimothyPitkin); father of Henrietta Perkins Baldwin (who marriedDwightFoster) andSimeonEben Baldwin; grandson ofRogerSherman; grandfather ofEdwardBaldwin Whitney; granduncle ofHenryde Forest Baldwin; fourth great-grandnephew ofThomasWelles; first cousin ofShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts andGeorgeFrisbie Hoar; first cousin once removed ofRockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts andArthurOutram Sherman; first cousin twice removed ofRogerSherman Hoar; first cousin thrice removed ofArchibaldCox; first cousin four times removed ofAlexanderBuel Trowbridge III; second cousin once removed ofSamuelGager; second cousin twice removed ofChaunceyMitchell Depew andJohnFrederick Addis; second cousin thrice removed ofJohnStanley Addis; third cousin ofSamuelR. Gager andSamuelAustin Gager; third cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles andJohnAdams Dix; third cousin twice removed ofWalterBooth,GeorgeBailey Loring,CharlesPage,ErwinJ. Baldwin,ErnestHarvey Woodford,FrancisEverett Baldwin andClementPhineas Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofHermanArod Gager andHarryAndrews Gager; fourth cousin ofJamesDoolittle Wooster andDanielUpson; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnCharles Birdsall,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,AusburnBirdsall andJosephWashburn Yates. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alfred Dwight Foster (1800-1852) — Born in1800.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1840.Died in1852(ageabout52 years).Burial location unknown. | | Sherman Day (1806-1884) — Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February11, 1806.Engineer;historian;wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1855-56; U.S. Surveyor General of California,1868-71.Died in Berkeley,AlamedaCounty, Calif.,December14, 1884 (age78 years, 307days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (1816-1895) — also known asE. Rockwood Hoar — of Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,February21, 1816.Republican. Member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1846; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts,1849-55; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1856(member,PlatformCommittee;speaker);justiceof Massachusetts state supreme court, 1859-69;U.S.Attorney General, 1869-70;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 7th District, 1873-75.Died in Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,January31, 1895 (age78 years, 344days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.  | William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901) — also known asWilliam M. Evarts — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February6, 1818.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1860;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867;U.S.Attorney General, 1868-69;U.S.Secretary of State, 1877-81;U.S.Senator from New York, 1885-91.Member,Skulland Bones.Died, frompneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February28, 1901 (age83 years, 22days).Interment atAscutneyCemetery, Windsor, Vt.  | George Frisbie Hoar (1826-1904) — also known asGeorge F. Hoar — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,August29, 1826.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1852; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1857;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1869-77 (8th District 1869-73,9th District 1873-77); delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Massachusetts,1876(speaker),1880,1884,1888;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1877-1904; died in office 1904.Died in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,September30, 1904 (age78 years, 32days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass. | | William Whitney Rice (1826-1896) — also known asWilliam W. Rice — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Deerfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,March 7,1826.Republican.Schoolteacher;lawyer;WorcesterCounty Judge of Insolvency, 1858;mayorof Worcester, Mass., 1860; defeated, 1858; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Massachusetts,1868;District Attorney, Middle District, 1869-74; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1875;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1877-87 (9th District 1877-83,10th District 1883-87);bankdirector.Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society.Died in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,March 1,1896 (age69 years, 360days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Dwight Foster (1828-1884) — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in1828.Republican.Lawyer;candidate formayorof Worcester, Mass., 1856;Massachusettsstate attorney general, 1861-64;justice ofMassachusetts state supreme court, 1866-69.Member,Skulland Bones.DiedApril18, 1884 (ageabout 55years).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Frederick Walker Pitkin (1837-1886) — also known asFrederick W. Pitkin — of Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.Born in Manchester,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August31, 1837.Lawyer;Governorof Colorado, 1879-83.Died in Pueblo,PuebloCounty, Colo.,December18, 1886 (age49 years, 109days).Interment atFairmountCemetery, Denver, Colo.| | Relatives: Sonof Eli Pitkin and Hannah M. (Torrey) Pitkin; married,June 17,1862, to Fidelia Maria James; second great-grandnephew ofWilliamPitkin; first cousin four times removed ofWilliamGreene; first cousin five times removed ofRogerWolcott; second cousin twice removed ofTimothyPitkin; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamGreene Jr. andDanielPitkin; second cousin four times removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin ofGeorgeEastman; third cousin twice removed ofRayGreene; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles,ThomasChittenden,JonathanHunt,ReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.,MosesSeymour,JosiahMeigs,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; fourth cousin ofAbelMadison Scranton andJosephPomeroy Root; fourth cousin once removed ofSilasCondict,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Pitkin County,Colo. is named for him. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Simeon Eben Baldwin (1840-1927) — also known asSimeon E. Baldwin — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February5, 1840.Democrat.Lawyer; candidate forConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1867;lawprofessor;justice ofConnecticut state supreme court, 1897-1907;chiefjustice of Connecticut Supreme Court, 1907-10;Governor ofConnecticut, 1911-15; candidate for Democratic nomination forPresident,1912;candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1914.Congregationalist.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;American BarAssociation;AmericanHistorical Association;AmericanPolitical Science Association;AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAntiquarian Society.DiedJanuary30, 1927 (age86 years, 359days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofRogerSherman Baldwin and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin; brother of HenriettaPerkins (who marriedDwightFoster); married,October19, 1865, to Susan Mears Winchester; uncle ofEdwardBaldwin Whitney; grandson ofSimeonBaldwin; great-grandson ofRogerSherman; fifth great-grandnephew ofThomasWelles; first cousin once removed ofShermanDay,EbenezerRockwood Hoar,WilliamMaxwell Evarts,GeorgeFrisbie Hoar andHenryde Forest Baldwin; second cousin ofRogerSherman Greene,RockwoodHoar,ShermanHoar,MaxwellEvarts,ArthurOutram Sherman,ThomasDay Thacher andRogerKent; second cousin once removed ofRogerSherman Hoar; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelGager andArchibaldCox; second cousin thrice removed ofAlexanderBuel Trowbridge III; third cousin once removed ofSamuelR. Gager,SamuelAustin Gager,ChaunceyMitchell Depew andJohnFrederick Addis; third cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles andJohnStanley Addis; fourth cousin ofJohnAdams Dix; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesDoolittle Wooster,DanielUpson,WalterBooth,GeorgeBailey Loring,CharlesPage,ErwinJ. Baldwin,ErnestHarvey Woodford,FrancisEverett Baldwin andClementPhineas Kellogg. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:EdwinStark Thomas | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Robert Graham Pitkin (1840-1901) — also known asJohn R. G. Pitkin — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,February12, 1840.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S. Minister toArgentina, 1889-93; postmaster atNewOrleans, La., 1898-1901.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,July 4,1901 (age61 years, 142days).Entombed atLafayetteCemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.| | Relatives: Sonof John Waldo Pitkin and Adaline (Graham) Pitkin; married,August28, 1866, to Helen Feaning Fuller; married,January16, 1878, to Annie Lovell; grandnephew ofDanielPitkin; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; first cousin four times removed ofRogerWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin; third cousin twice removed ofMosesSeymour,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelClesson Allen,HoratioSeymour,HenrySeymour,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,JosephPomeroy Root,FrederickWalker Pitkin andLutherS. Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Roger Sherman Greene (1840-1930) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.; Oakland,AlamedaCounty, Calif.Born in Roxbury, Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December14, 1840.Lawyer;served in the Union Army during the Civil War;justice ofWashington territorial supreme court, 1870-79;chiefjustice of Washington territorial supreme court, 1879-87;Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from Washington, 1888; Prohibition candidate forGovernorof Washington, 1890.Baptist.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic;LoyalLegion.Died in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,February17, 1930 (age89 years, 65days).Burial location unknown. | | Clarence Horatio Pitkin (b. 1849) — also known asClarence H. Pitkin — of Berlin,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in East Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,August26, 1849.Democrat.Lawyer;WashingtonCounty State's Attorney, 1880-82;U.S.Attorney for Vermont, 1887-89.Rationalist.Burial location unknown. | | Luther S. Pitkin (b. 1849) — of Lorraine,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Lorraine,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,March11, 1849.Republican.Farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Jefferson County 1st District, 1910.Member,Freemasons.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Erwin Pitkin and Marcia (White) Pitkin; married,December27, 1870, to Belle S. Steele; married to Eva Woodcock; firstcousin four times removed ofWilliamPitkin; first cousin five times removed ofRogerWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofDanielPitkin; second cousin four times removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin twice removed ofTimothyPitkin; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles,MosesSeymour,OliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; fourth cousin ofOliverMorgan Hungerford andAsburyWright Lee; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnArnold Rockwell,JohnRobert Graham Pitkin,ClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin,CalebSeymour Pitkin,DanielDodge Frisbie andEldredC. Pitkin. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Erwin J. Baldwin (1849-1927) — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Otego,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,March10, 1849.Lawyer;Prohibition candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 6th District, 1906, 1909, 1913, 1915;Prohibition candidate forjudge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1912; Prohibition candidate forchiefjudge of New York Court of Appeals, 1916.Died in Chemung,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1927 (age78 years, 65days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Elmira, N.Y.  | Frederick Huntington Gillett (1851-1935) — also known asFrederick H. Gillett — of Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.Born in Westfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,October16, 1851.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1890-91;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 2nd District, 1893-1925;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1919-25; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1920,1924,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee);U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1925-31.DiedJuly 31,1935 (age83 years, 288days).Interment atPineHill Cemetery, Westfield, Mass. | | Carroll Peabody Pitkin (1851-1907) — also known asCarroll P. Pitkin — of Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in Vermont,December15, 1851.Lawyer;treasurer offoundry;member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Montpelier, 1888.Died in1907(ageabout55 years).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vt. | | Caleb Seymour Pitkin (b. 1854) — also known asCaleb S. Pitkin — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Highland Park,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Ypsilanti,WashtenawCounty, Mich.,January13, 1854.Member of Michigan Prohibition Party State Central Committee, 1887;vice-chair of Michigan Prohibition Party, 1887; Prohibition candidateforU.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1890.Member,GoodTemplars.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Elnathan A. Pitkin and Lucy A. (Seymour) Pitkin; married,July 7,1874, to Lucy T. Boughton; fifth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; fifth great-grandnephew ofRobertTreat; first cousin once removed ofDavidLowrey Seymour; first cousin thrice removed ofThomasSeymour; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamPitkin; first cousin six times removed ofRogerWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofMosesSeymour; second cousin four times removed ofJosiahCowles andDanielPitkin; second cousin five times removed ofErastusWolcott andOliverWolcott Sr.; third cousin once removed ofThomasHenry Seymour andFrankFiske Bostwick; third cousin twice removed ofHoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; third cousin thrice removed ofTimothyPitkin andElaCollins; fourth cousin ofClarenceHoratio Pitkin,CarrollPeabody Pitkin andEldredC. Pitkin; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesRobert Sherman,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,OrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),HezekiahCook Seymour,GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour,HenryWilliam Seymour,FrederickWalker Pitkin,LutherS. Pitkin andGeorgeEastman. | | | | Political family:Pitkin-Baldwin-Hoarfamily of Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Rockwood Hoar (1855-1906) — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August24, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 3rd District, 1905-06; died inoffice 1906.Died in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,November1, 1906 (age51 years, 69days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) — also known asHenry S. Boutell — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March14, 1856.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1884;U.S.Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903,9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Illinois,1908;U.S. Minister toSwitzerland, 1911-13;lawprofessor.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Societyof Colonial Wars;LoyalLegion.Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, in Sanremo,Italy,March11, 1926 (age69 years, 362days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass. | | Francis Everett Baldwin (1856-1930) — also known asFrancis E. Baldwin — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Otego,OtsegoCounty, N.Y.,August30, 1856.Lawyer;milkbottlemanufacturer; president, National Total Abstinence League; New YorkProhibition state chair, 1889-93; Prohibition candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1894; Prohibition candidate for Presidential Electorfor New York,1900;Prohibition candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 33rd District, 1906; Prohibitioncandidate forNew Yorkstate attorney general, 1910; Prohibition candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1912;Prohibition candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1914; Prohibition candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1916;Prohibition candidate forjudge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1920.Methodist.Member,Freemasons;Rotary.Died, frompneumonia,in Mentone (Menton),France,December19, 1930 (age74 years, 111days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Elmira, N.Y. | | Edward Baldwin Whitney (1857-1911) — also known asEdward B. Whitney — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,August15, 1857.Lawyer;Justiceof New York Supreme Court 1st District, 1909-11; defeated, 1904,1906; appointed 1909; defeated, 1910; appointed 1910; died in office1911.Died, ofpneumonia,in Cornwall,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,January5, 1911 (age53 years, 143days).Interment atCornwallCemetery, Cornwall, Conn. | | Sherman Hoar (1860-1898) — of Massachusetts. Born in Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,July 30,1860.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1891-93;U.S.Attorney for Massachusetts, 1893-97.DiedOctober7, 1898 (age38 years, 69days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass. | | Henry de Forest Baldwin (1862-1947) — of Pelham Manor,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Clinton,ClintonCounty, Iowa,November7, 1862.Lawyer; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1911.Member,Council onForeign Relations;Skulland Bones.Died, following astroke,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1947 (age84 years, 192days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Maxwell Evarts (1862-1913) — of Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1862.Lawyer;counsel for the Union Pacific and otherrailroads;banker;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1906.Member,Skulland Bones.Died in Windsor,WindsorCounty, Vt.,October7, 1913 (age50 years, 326days).Interment atAscutneyCemetery, Windsor, Vt. | | Arthur Outram Sherman (b. 1864) — also known asA. Outram Sherman — of Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Fairfield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,August20, 1864.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1912;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 25th District, 1918, 1920, 1924.Burial location unknown. | | Eldred C. Pitkin (1870-1956) — of Marshfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.Born in Marshfield,WashingtonCounty, Vt.,November29, 1870.Republican.Butterbox manufacturer; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Marshfield, 1910.Methodist.Died, fromacutemyocarditis anddementia,in the BrattleboroRetreat,Brattleboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,August6, 1956 (age85 years, 251days).Intermentsomewherein Marshfield, Vt.  | Josepha Whitney (1871-1957) — also known asJosepha Newcomb — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born inWashington,D.C.,September27, 1871.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromConnecticut,1920(alternate),1924;candidate forConnecticutstate senate 9th District, 1922; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Haven; elected 1932.Female.Member,League of WomenVoters.Died in Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,January29, 1957 (age85 years, 124days).Interment atCornwallCemetery, Cornwall, Conn. | | | Thomas Day Thacher (1881-1950) — also known asThomas D. Thacher — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Tenafly,BergenCounty, N.J.,September10, 1881.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1925-30;U.S. Solicitor General, 1930-33;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1943-48; appointed 1943.Died, ofcoronarythrombosis, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November12, 1950 (age69 years, 63days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Englewood, N.J. | | Roger Sherman Greene II (1881-1947) — also known asRoger S. Greene — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Westborough,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,May 29,1881.Democrat. U.S. Vice Consul inRio de Janeiro, 1903-04;Nagasaki, 1904-05;Kobe, 1905; U.S. Consul inVladivostok, 1907;Harbin, 1909-11; U.S. Consul General inHankow, 1911-14.Unitarian.Member,AmericanSociety for International Law.Died in West Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,March27, 1947 (age65 years, 302days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass. | | Roger Sherman Hoar (1887-1963) — also known asRoger S. Hoar;Ralph MilneFarley —of Concord,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; South Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in Waltham,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April 8,1887.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1911; candidate forU.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1916; served inthe U.S. Army during World War I;author;cartoonist;inventor.Died in South Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.,October10, 1963 (age76 years, 185days).Burial location unknown.  | Joseph Clark Baldwin III (1897-1957) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January11, 1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;newspaperreporter;insurancebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 17th District, 1935-36; defeated, 1936;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1938;U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1941-47; defeated(American Labor), 1946.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Elks.Died, in the Veterans AdministrationHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1957 (age60 years, 289days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Roger Kent (1906-1980) — of Kentfield,MarinCounty, Calif.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,June 8,1906.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from California 1st District, 1948, 1950(Democratic); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromCalifornia,1956,1960,1964;CaliforniaDemocratic state chair, 1958; co-chair,LyndonJohnson for President campaign, 1964.DiedMay 16,1980 (age73 years, 343days).Burial location unknown. | | Archibald Cox (1912-2004) — Born in Plainfield,UnionCounty, N.J.,May 17,1912.Lawyer;lawprofessor; U.S. Solicitor General, 1961-65; special prosecutor inPresidentRichardNixon's Watergate scandal, 1973.Member,PhiDelta Phi;CommonCause.Died in Brooksville,HancockCounty, Maine,May 29,2004 (age92 years, 12days).Burial location unknown.
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