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. | | Judah Dana (1772-1845) — of Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Pomfret,WindhamCounty, Conn.,April25, 1772.Democrat.Lawyer;OxfordCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1805-11; probate judge in Maine,1811-22; member ofMaineGovernor's Council, 1834;U.S.Senator from Maine, 1836-37.Died in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,December27, 1845 (age73 years, 246days).Interment atFryeburgVillage Cemetery, Fryeburg, Maine. | | Eleazar Wheelock Ripley (1782-1839) — also known asEleazar W. Ripley — Born in Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,April15, 1782.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1807-12;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1812; generalin the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1820; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1830;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1835-39; died inoffice 1839.Slaveowner. Died inWestFeliciana Parish, La.,March 2,1839 (age56 years, 321days).Interment atLocust Grove Cemetery, St. Francisville, La. | | James Wheelock Ripley (1786-1835) — also known asJames W. Ripley — of Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.,March12, 1786.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1814-19;U.S.Representative from Maine 5th District, 1826-30.Died in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 17,1835 (age49 years, 97days).Interment atFryeburgVillage Cemetery, Fryeburg, Maine. | | Daniel Putnam Tyler (1798-1875) — also known asDaniel P. Tyler — of Brooklyn,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,WindhamCounty, Conn.,July 17,1798.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Brooklyn, 1838;secretaryof state of Connecticut, 1844-46; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Connecticut,1856.Died in Brooklyn,WindhamCounty, Conn.,November6, 1875 (age77 years, 112days).Interment atSouth Cemetery, Brooklyn, Conn. | | Joseph Howard (1800-1877) — of Limerick,YorkCounty, Maine; Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,March14, 1800.Democrat.Lawyer;YorkCounty Attorney;U.S.Attorney for Maine, 1837-41;justice ofMaine state supreme court, 1848-55;mayorof Portland, Maine, 1860; candidate forGovernor ofMaine, 1864, 1865; law partner ofSewallC. Strout, 1855-64, andNathanCleaves, 1864-77.Died in Brownfield,OxfordCounty, Maine,December10, 1877 (age77 years, 271days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | John Winchester Dana (1808-1867) — also known asJohn W. Dana — of Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine.Born in Fryeburg,OxfordCounty, Maine,June 21,1808.Democrat. Member ofMainestate house of representatives, 1841-42; member ofMainestate senate, 1843;Governor ofMaine, 1844, 1847-50; defeated, 1861; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toBolivia, 1854; U.S. Minister toBolivia, 1854-59; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maine,1864.Died, fromcholera,inArgentina,December22, 1867 (age59 years, 184days).Original intermentsomewhere in Buenos Aires, Argentina; reinterment atFryeburgVillage Cemetery, Fryeburg, Maine. | | Charles Smith Dana (1815-1888) — also known asCharles S. Dana — of St. Johnsbury,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.; Montpelier,WashingtonCounty, Vt.; Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.Born in Danville,CaledoniaCounty, Vt.,November18, 1815.Republican.Lawyer;bankdirector; probate judge in Vermont, 1847-48, 1852-57;CaledoniaCounty Clerk, 1856-64; member ofVermontstate senate, 1864-65;U.S.Collector of Internal Revenue at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, 1864-81.Died in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,April29, 1888 (age72 years, 163days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt. | | Nathan Cleaves (1835-1892) — of Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine.Born in Bridgton,CumberlandCounty, Maine,January9, 1835.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner at different times ofL.D. M. Sweat andJosephHoward;U.S.Surveyor of Customs at Portland, Maine, Maine, 1891; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Maine,1892(delegation chair).Died in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September5, 1892 (age57 years, 240days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Portland, Maine. | | Ripley Nicholas Baylies (1845-1937) — also known asRipley N. Baylies — of Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa; Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Greensburg,St. HelenaParish, La.,September5, 1845.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;lawyer;circuit judge in Iowa 5th District, 1885.Died inLos AngelesCounty, Calif.,May 15,1937 (age91 years, 252days).Interment atOakWoods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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