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. | |  Elijah Boardman (1760-1823) — of New Milford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New Milford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,March 7,1760.Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the RevolutionaryWar; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1803-05, 1816; member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1818; member ofConnecticutstate senate at-large, 1819-20;U.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1821-23; died in office 1823.Slaveowner. Died in Boardman,MahoningCounty, Ohio,August18, 1823 (age63 years, 164days).Interment atCenterCemetery, New Milford, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Sherman Boardman and Sarah (Bostwick) Boardman; married,September25, 1792, to Mary Anna Whiting; father ofWilliamWhiting Boardman; great-grandfather ofMabelThorp Boardman; first cousin ofWilliamBostwick andDanielWarner Bostwick; first cousin twice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick; second cousin once removed ofJabezBostwick; second cousin twice removed ofEzraBostwick; second cousin thrice removed ofEliasWilliam Bostwick,EdwardEverett Bostwick,AbelArthur Bostwick andCharlesFrancis Bostwick; third cousin once removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821); fourth cousin ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer,EliElmer,JohnAllen,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChesterWilliam Chapin andGrahamHurd Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard,LutherWalter Badger,WillardJ. Chapin,DanielKellogg,EliThacher Hoyt,LuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer,MarshallChapin,JohnHall Brockway,JohnWilliam Allen,JohnPutnam Chapin,JohnMilton Thayer,HenryPurdy Day andEdmundDay. | | | | Political family:Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffieldfamily of Connecticut and Ohio (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Bostwick (1765-1825) — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,November25, 1765.Hotelier;tavernproprietor;villagepresident of Auburn, New York, 1824-25.Episcopalian.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,June 24,1825 (age59 years, 211days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Arthur Bostwick and Eunice (Warriner) Bostwick; first cousin ofElijahBoardman andDanielWarner Bostwick; first cousin once removed ofWilliamWhiting Boardman; first cousin twice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick; first cousin thrice removed ofMabelThorp Boardman; second cousin once removed ofJabezBostwick; second cousin twice removed ofEzraBostwick; second cousin thrice removed ofEliasWilliam Bostwick,EdwardEverett Bostwick,AbelArthur Bostwick andCharlesFrancis Bostwick; third cousin once removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821); fourth cousin ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer,EliElmer,JohnAllen,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChesterWilliam Chapin andGrahamHurd Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard,LutherWalter Badger,WillardJ. Chapin,DanielKellogg,EliThacher Hoyt,LuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer,MarshallChapin,JohnHall Brockway,JohnWilliam Allen,JohnPutnam Chapin,JohnMilton Thayer,HenryPurdy Day andEdmundDay. | | | | Political family:Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffieldfamily of Connecticut and Ohio (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Daniel Warner Bostwick (1782-1873) — also known asDaniel W. Bostwick — ofSenecaCounty, N.Y.Born in New Canaan,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,November1, 1782.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Seneca County, 1829.Died in Waterloo,SenecaCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1873 (age90 years, 137days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Elijah Bostwick and Rebecca (Warner) Bostwick; married,April26, 1806, to Lucretia Lord; first cousin ofElijahBoardman andWilliamBostwick; first cousin once removed ofWilliamWhiting Boardman; first cousin twice removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick; first cousin thrice removed ofMabelThorp Boardman; second cousin once removed ofJabezBostwick; second cousin twice removed ofEzraBostwick; second cousin thrice removed ofEliasWilliam Bostwick,EdwardEverett Bostwick,AbelArthur Bostwick andCharlesFrancis Bostwick; third cousin once removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821); fourth cousin ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer,EliElmer,JohnAllen,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChesterWilliam Chapin andGrahamHurd Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofAmaziahBrainard,LutherWalter Badger,WillardJ. Chapin,DanielKellogg,EliThacher Hoyt,LuciusQuintius Cincinnatus Elmer,MarshallChapin,JohnHall Brockway,JohnWilliam Allen,JohnPutnam Chapin,JohnMilton Thayer,HenryPurdy Day andEdmundDay. | | | | Political family:Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffieldfamily of Connecticut and Ohio (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | William Whiting Boardman (1794-1871) — also known asWilliam W. Boardman — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Milford,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,October10, 1794.Whig. Member ofConnecticutstate senate 4th District, 1830-32; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Haven, 1836-39, 1845-46,1849, 1851;Speaker ofthe Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1838-39, 1845;delegate to Whig National Convention from Connecticut, 1839 (member,Balloting Committee; speaker);U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1840-43.Died, fromacutebronchitis, in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,August27, 1871 (age76 years, 321days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofElijahBoardman and Mary Ann (Whiting) Boardman; married,July 28,1857, to Lucy Hall; granduncle ofMabelThorp Boardman; first cousin once removed ofWilliamBostwick andDanielWarner Bostwick; second cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin andFrankFiske Bostwick; third cousin ofJabezBostwick andHenryMeigs; third cousin once removed ofHenryMeigs Jr.,JohnForsyth Jr.,EzraBostwick andJudsonB. Phelps; third cousin twice removed ofDanielChapin (1761-1821),EliasWilliam Bostwick,EdwardEverett Bostwick,AbelArthur Bostwick,BenjaminLewis Fairchild andCharlesFrancis Bostwick; fourth cousin ofCharlesWentworth Upham,EliphaletAdams Bulkeley,JohnLeslie Russell,HenryTitus Backus andJoshuaPerkins; fourth cousin once removed ofJonathanElmer,EbenezerElmer,EliElmer,JohnAllen,DanielChapin (1791-1878),ChesterWilliam Chapin,GrahamHurd Chapin,MorganGardner Bulkeley,LeslieWead Russell,WilliamHenry Bulkeley,CharlesHazen Russell andJohnClarence Keeler. | | | | Political family:Boardman-Bostwick-Phelps-Sheffieldfamily of Connecticut and Ohio (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Harold Sheffield Van Buren (1855-1907) — also known asHarold S. Van Buren — of New Jersey. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1855.U.S. Consular Marshal inKanagawa, 1880-85; U.S. Consul inNice, 1897-1907, died in office 1907.Died in Nice,France,February11, 1907 (age51 years, 128days).Interment atSte. Marguerite Anglo-American Church, Nice, France; cenotaphatOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Mabel Thorp Boardman (1860-1946) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,October12, 1860.Member, Board of Incorporators, Red Cross, 1900; also served as RedCross national secretary;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1920-21.Female.Episcopalian.Member,ColonialDames;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Died, from acoronarythrombosis, inWashington,D.C.,March17, 1946 (age85 years, 156days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C. | | Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) — of Teaneck,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 24,1864.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1900.Died, oftyphoidfever, in Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,December9, 1902 (age38 years, 138days).Entombed atHopMeadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn. | | Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) — also known asPhelps von Rottenburg — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.; Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.; Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.Born in Bonn,Germany,May4, 1897.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1932;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1936,1948(alternate); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;Governor ofAmerican Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador toDominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Jersey,1956,1960,1964(alternate);delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;PsiUpsilon;UrbanLeague;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Societyof Colonial Wars;UnionLeague;DeltaTheta Phi.Died in Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.,June 10,1981 (age84 years, 37days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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