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. | |  Peter Rawson Taft (1785-1867) — of Vermont. Born in Uxbridge,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April14, 1785.Member of Vermont state legislature, 1820. Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,January1, 1867 (age81 years, 262days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Ela Collins (1786-1848) — of Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.Born in Meriden,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February14, 1786.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Lewis County, 1814-15;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1823-25.Died in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,November23, 1848 (age62 years, 283days).Interment atJacksonStreet Cemetery, Lowville, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Lois (Cowles) Collins and Oliver Collins; married to MariaClinton; father ofWilliamCollins; grandfather ofHelenLouise Herron (who marriedWilliamHoward Taft); great-grandfather ofRobertAlphonso Taft,CharlesPhelps Taft II andFrederickLippitt; second great-grandfather ofWilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; third great-grandfather ofRobertAlphonso Taft III; second cousin once removed ofJosiahCowles; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin once removed ofMosesSeymour andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin twice removed ofCharlesUpson,CalvinJosiah Cowles,GadEly Upson,AddisonBeecher Colvin andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); third cousin thrice removed ofFranklinWoodruff,CalebSeymour Pitkin andCharlesHolden Cowles; fourth cousin ofTimothyPitkin,HoratioSeymour (1778-1857) andHenrySeymour; fourth cousin once removed ofOrigenStorrs Seymour,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),GeorgeSeymour,McNeilSeymour andHenryWilliam Seymour. | | | | Political family:Taftfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Alphonso Taft (1810-1891) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Townshend,WindhamCounty, Vt.,November5, 1810.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1856,1860(alternate); candidate forU.S.Representative from Ohio, 1856; superior court judge in Ohio,1865-72; candidate for nomination forGovernor ofOhio, 1875;U.S.Secretary of War, 1876;U.S.Attorney General, 1876-77; U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1882-84;Russia, 1884-85.Died in San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.,May 21,1891 (age80 years, 197days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Sylvia (Hayward) Taft andPeterRawson Taft; married,August29, 1841, to Fannie Phelps; married,December26, 1853, to Louisa Maria Torrey; father ofCharlesPhelps Taft,WilliamHoward Taft (who marriedHelenLouise Herron) andHenryWaters Taft; grandfather ofWalbridgeS. Taft,RobertAlphonso Taft andCharlesPhelps Taft II; great-grandfather ofWilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; second great-grandfather ofRobertAlphonso Taft III; second cousin once removed ofWillardJ. Chapin; third cousin twice removed ofGeorgeFranklin Chapin; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelAdams,SamuelHuntington andDanielChapin; fourth cousin ofWilliamWarner Hoppin,JohnMilton Thayer andEdwardM. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofCalvinFillmore,BelaEdgerton,HemanTicknor,ElishaDyer Jr.,WilliamNelson Taft andArthurChapin. | | | | Political family:Taftfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Andrew Clark Lippitt (1812-1884) — also known asAndrew C. Lippitt — of New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.BornMay 21,1812.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New London, 1854, 1878;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1860.Died in New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August8, 1884 (age72 years, 79days).Interment atCedarGrove Cemetery, New London, Conn. | | William Collins (1818-1878) — of New York. Born in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1818.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 18th District, 1847-49.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,June 18,1878 (age60 years, 116days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Henry Lippitt (1818-1891) — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,October9, 1818.Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Rhode Island,1872(voted forUlyssesS. Grant andHenryWilson);Governor ofRhode Island, 1875-77.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,June 5,1891 (age72 years, 239days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | Stephen Wright Kellogg (1822-1904) — also known asStephen W. Kellogg — of Naugatuck,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Shelburne,FranklinCounty, Mass.,April 5,1822.Republican.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate senate 5th District, 1853; probate judge in Connecticut,1854-60; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Waterbury, 1856; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,1860,1868,1876;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1869-75; defeated,1876, 1892.Member,Skulland Bones.Died in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January27, 1904 (age81 years, 297days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Waterbury, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Jacob Poole Kellogg and Lucy (Wright) Kellogg; married,September10, 1851, to Lucia Hosmer Andrews; father of Elizabeth HosmerKellogg (who marriedIrvingHall Chase); great-grandfather ofSethChase Taft; second cousin once removed ofClementPhineas Kellogg; second cousin twice removed ofGeorgeSmith Catlin; second cousin thrice removed ofAaronKellogg; third cousin once removed ofDanielKellogg (1791-1875),AbijahCatlin andTheronEphron Catlin; third cousin twice removed ofJasonKellogg,CharlesKellogg (1773-1842),OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill andDanielFiske Kellogg; fourth cousin ofGeorgeBradley Kellogg andDanielKellogg (1835-1918); fourth cousin once removed ofLutherWalter Badger,SilasDewey Kellogg,GreeneCarrier Bronson,ChesterAshley,AlvanKellogg,AlvahNash,JohnRussell Kellogg,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg,AlbertGallatin Kellogg,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,FarrandFassett Merrill,CharlesKellogg (1839-1903) andOrloErland Wadhams. | | | | Political families:Taftfamily;Kellogg#1 family of New York;Kellogg#2 family of New York;Kellogg#3 family of New York;Kellogg#4 family of Vermont and New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Wilson (1827-1910) — of Winona,WinonaCounty, Minn.Born inIreland,May16, 1827.Democrat.Delegateto Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1857; state courtjudge in Minnesota, 1857-64;justice ofMinnesota state supreme court, 1864-65;chiefjustice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1865-69; member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 8, 1881-82; member ofMinnesotastate senate 15th District, 1883-86;U.S.Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1887-89; candidateforGovernor ofMinnesota, 1890; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMinnesota,1892.Died in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,April 3,1910 (age82 years, 322days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Winona, Minn. | | John Williamson Herron (1827-1912) — also known asJohn W. Herron — ofHamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Shippensburg,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,May 10,1827.Lawyer;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,1873;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1889-94.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August5, 1912 (age85 years, 87days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896) — also known asAugustus S. Chase — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Pomfret,WindhamCounty, Conn.,April15, 1828.Manufacturer;banker;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Waterbury, 1865.Died in Paris,France,June7, 1896 (age68 years, 53days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Waterbury, Conn. | | Costello Lippitt (1842-1924) — of Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in East Killingly, Killingly,WindhamCounty, Conn.,December12, 1842.Republican.Banker;mayorof Norwich, Conn., 1908-10;Connecticutstate treasurer, 1911-13.Member,Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Societyof Colonial Wars.DiedAugust21, 1924 (age81 years, 253days).Interment atYanticCemetery, Norwich, Conn.  | Charles Phelps Taft (1843-1929) — also known asCharles P. Taft;CharlieTaft —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December21, 1843.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor and publisher; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1871-73;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1895-97; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1900,1908,1912;Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio,1905.Philanthropist; owner, Chicago Cubsbaseballteam.Died, ofpneumonia,in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December31, 1929 (age86 years, 10days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Charles Warren Lippitt (1846-1924) — also known asCharles W. Lippitt — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,October8, 1846.Republican.Manufacturer;banker;Governorof Rhode Island, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination forVice President,1896.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,April 4,1924 (age77 years, 179days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | William Nelson Taft (1847-1889) — also known asWilliam N. Taft — of Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.Born in Smithfield,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,1847.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofSouthCarolina state senate from Charleston County, 1876-80; postmasteratCharleston,S.C., 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention fromSouth Carolina,1884.Died in1889(ageabout42 years).Interment atMagnoliaCemetery, Charleston, S.C. | | Henry Frederick Lippitt (1856-1933) — also known asHenry F. Lippitt — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,October12, 1856.Republican.Cottonmanufacturer;bankdirector;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Rhode Island,1912,1916(speaker).Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,December28, 1933 (age77 years, 77days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I.  | William Howard Taft (1857-1930) — also known asWilliam H. Taft;"BigBill" —of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio; New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.;Washington,D.C.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September15, 1857.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882-83;superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General,1890-92;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned1900;lawprofessor;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1901-04;U.S.Secretary of War, 1904-08;Presidentof the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912;ChiefJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930.Unitarian.Englishancestry. Member,Freemasons;PsiUpsilon;Skulland Bones;PhiAlpha Delta;American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,March 8,1930 (age72 years, 174days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.| | Relatives: SonofAlphonsoTaft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother ofCharlesPhelps Taft; brother ofHenryWaters Taft; married,June 19,1886, toHelenLouise Herron (daughter ofJohnWilliamson Herron; sister-in-law ofHenryFrederick Lippitt; niece ofWilliamCollins; aunt ofFrederickLippitt; granddaughter ofElaCollins); father ofRobertAlphonso Taft andCharlesPhelps Taft II; uncle ofWalbridgeS. Taft; grandson ofPeterRawson Taft; grandfather ofWilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; great-grandfather ofRobertAlphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed ofWillardJ. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamWarner Hoppin,JohnMilton Thayer,EdwardM. Chapin andGeorgeFranklin Chapin. | | | | Political family:Taftfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:WalterP. Johnson —FredWarner Carpenter —CharlesD. Hilles | | | | The formercommunityof Taft, now part ofLincolnCity, Oregon, wasnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inSanAntonio, Texas, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool, inBronx, NewYork (closed 2008), wasnamed forhim. — TaftHighSchool, inChicago,Illinois, isnamed forhim. — William Howard TaftHighSchool (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), inLosAngees, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress andProsperity." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website | | | | Books about William Howard Taft: PaoloEnrico Coletta,ThePresidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Alpheus Thomas Mason,WilliamHoward Taft — Lewis L. Gould,TheWilliam Howard Taft Presidency — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about William HowardTaft: Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, August 1901 |
| | Irving Hall Chase (1858-1951) — also known asIrving H. Chase — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,May 13,1858.Republican. Secretary and treasurer, WaterburyClockCompany; vice-president, WaterburyManufacturingCompany; president, A.S. Chase Company; secretary, ChaseRolling MillCompany; diretor, WaterburyHotelCorporation, AmericanPrintingCompany, WaterburyBuckleCompany, Smith and GriggsManufacturingCompany, and Waterbury NationalBank;member ofConnecticutstate senate 15th District, 1907-08; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Connecticut,1912,1916.DiedMarch14, 1951 (age92 years, 305days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Waterbury, Conn. | | Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) — also known asHenry W. Taft — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,May 27,1859.Republican.Lawyer;counsel, New York, New Haven and HartfordRailroad;director, Central SavingsBank ofNew York; trustee, MutualLifeInsurance Company;; candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1920,1924.Member,American BarAssociation;Skulland Bones;PsiUpsilon.Tripped andfell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died asa result, in St. Luke'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1945 (age86 years, 76days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) — also known asLloyd W. Bowers — of Winona,WinonaCounty, Minn.Born in Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.,March 9,1859.Lawyer;general counsel, Chicago & North WesternRailway,1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor General, 1909-10; died in office 1910.Member,Skulland Bones.Died, from aheartattack, while suffering frombronchitis,in the TouraineHotel,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,September9, 1910 (age51 years, 184days).Burial location unknown. | | Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943) — also known asHelen Louise Herron;"Nellie" —Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,June 2,1861.FirstLady of the United States, 1909-13.Female.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 22,1943 (age81 years, 354days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Walbridge S. Taft (1884-1951) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Pelham Manor,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,November29, 1884.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1916.Died in1951(ageabout66 years).Burial location unknown.  | Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) — also known asRobert A. Taft;"Mr.Republican";"Mr. Integrity";"OurIllustrious Dunderhead" —of Indian Hill,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September8, 1889.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1921-26;Speaker ofthe Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1932,1944;member ofOhiostate senate, 1931-32;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate forRepublican nomination for President,1940,1944,1948,1952.Episcopalian.Member,PsiUpsilon.Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act. Died, frommalignanttumors, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1953 (age63 years, 326days).Interment atIndianHill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio;memorial monument atCapitolGrounds, Washington, D.C. | | Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983) — also known asCharles P. Taft — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,September20, 1897.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;HamiltonCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member, Cincinnati CityCouncil, 1938-42; Republican candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1952, 1958 (primary);mayorof Cincinnati, Ohio, 1955-57.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation;BetaTheta Pi;PhiDelta Phi;Skulland Bones;PhiBeta Kappa;AmericanLegion.DiedJune 24,1983 (age85 years, 277days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970) — also known asAugustus S. Chase — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March16, 1897.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Vice Consul inBerlin, 1928-29;Breslau, 1929-30; U.S. Consul inTsingtao, as of 1932;Canton, as of 1938.Died inWashington,D.C.,November14, 1970 (age73 years, 243days).Interment atMiddlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Conn. | | William Howard Taft III (1915-1991) — of Ohio; Connecticut;Washington,D.C.Born in Bar Harbor,HancockCounty, Maine,August7, 1915.Republican. U.S. Ambassador toIreland, 1953-57; U.S. Consul General inLourenco Marques, 1960-62.Died in1991(ageabout75 years).Burial location unknown. | | Frederick Lippitt (1916-2005) — of Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.Born inWashington,D.C.,December29, 1916.Lawyer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1961-83; candidate formayorof Providence, R.I., 1984, 1990.Died in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,May 11,2005 (age88 years, 133days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I. | | Robert Taft Jr. (1917-1993) — of Indian Hill,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February26, 1917.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Ohio,1956,1960,1964,1972;U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1963-65, 1967-71 (at-large 1963-65, 1stDistrict 1967-71);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1971-76; defeated, 1964, 1976.Member,American BarAssociation.DiedDecember7, 1993 (age76 years, 284days).Interment atIndianHill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | John Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999) — also known asJohn H. Chafee — of Warwick,KentCounty, R.I.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,October22, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict;lawyer;member ofRhodeIsland state house of representatives, 1957-63;Governor ofRhode Island, 1963-69;U.S.Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99; defeated, 1972; died inoffice 1999.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion.Died, ofheartfailure, at theNationalNaval Medical Center, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,October24, 1999 (age77 years, 2days).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Kent County, R.I.; statue atColtState Park, Bristol, R.I. | | Seth Chase Taft (b. 1922) — also known asSeth C. Taft — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December31, 1922.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;candidate forOhiostate senate, 1962; candidate formayorof Cleveland, Ohio, 1967;CuyahogaCounty Commissioner, 1971; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1982.Episcopalian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Order ofthe Coif;Jaycees.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Eleanor (Chase) Taft andCharlesPhelps Taft II; married,June 19,1943, to Frances Prindle; nephew ofRobertAlphonso Taft; grandson ofWilliamHoward Taft,IrvingHall Chase andHelenHerron Taft; grandnephew ofCharlesPhelps Taft andHenryWaters Taft; great-grandson ofAlphonsoTaft,StephenWright Kellogg,JohnWilliamson Herron andAugustusSabin Chase (1828-1896); great-grandnephew ofWilliamCollins; second great-grandson ofPeterRawson Taft andElaCollins; first cousin ofWilliamHoward Taft III andRobertTaft Jr.; first cousin once removed ofWalbridgeS. Taft,AugustusSabin Chase (1897-1970),FrederickLippitt andRobertAlphonso Taft III; second cousin thrice removed ofMardenSabin andJosephSpalding; second cousin four times removed ofWillardJ. Chapin,GeorgeAnson Starkweather,SamuelStarkweather andDavidAustin Starkweather; second cousin five times removed ofJosiahCowles,AlvahSabin andGeorgeSmith Catlin; third cousin twice removed ofClementPhineas Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed ofHenryHoward Starkweather. | | | | Political family:Taftfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Robert Alphonso Taft III (b. 1942) — also known asBob Taft — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January8, 1942.Republican.Servedin the Peace Corps; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1977-81;HamiltonCounty Commissioner, 1981-90; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Ohio, 1986;secretaryof state of Ohio, 1991-99;Governor ofOhio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention fromOhio,2004;in 2005, hepleaded nocontest to four misdemeanors involvingfailureto disclose gifts, and wasfined$4,000; subsequentlyreprimandedby the Ohio Supreme Court.Methodist.Still living as of 2014. | | Hope Taft (born c.1944) — also known asHope Rothert — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Camden,OuachitaCounty, Ark., about 1944.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,2004.Female.Member,Habitatfor Humanity.Still living as of 2004.
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