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 Hunt Mills (1776-1829) — also known asElijah H. Mills — of Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.Born in Chesterfield,HampshireCounty, Mass.,December1, 1776.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1811-14, 1819-21;Speaker ofthe Massachusetts State House of Representatives, 1820-21;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1815-19;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1820-27.Died in Northampton,HampshireCounty, Mass.,May 5,1829 (age52 years, 155days).Interment atBridgeStreet Cemetery, Northampton, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Mills and Mary (Hunt) Mills; married,May 16,1802, to Sarah Hunt; married,September6, 1804, to Harriet Blake; father of Helen Sophia Mills (whomarriedCharlesPhelps Huntington); grandfather ofHerbertHenry Davis Peirce and Anna Cabot Mills Davis (who marriedHenryCabot Lodge); great-grandfather ofJosiahQuincy; second great-grandfather ofHenryCabot Lodge Jr. andJohnDavis Lodge; third great-grandfather ofWilliamAmory Gardner Minot andGeorgeCabot Lodge; first cousin once removed ofJonathanHunt; second cousin once removed ofElishaHunt Allen andGouverneurMorris; second cousin twice removed ofWilliamFessenden Allen andFrederickHobbes Allen; second cousin thrice removed ofOliverMorgan Hungerford; second cousin five times removed ofRalphWaldo Hungerford andHaroldW. Hungerford; third cousin ofJohnStrong; third cousin once removed ofReturnJonathan Meigs, Sr.,JonathanIngersoll,JaredIngersoll,JosiahMeigs,SamuelStrong,JosephChurchill Strong,EbenezerStrong,MartinKeeler,SilasWright Jr. andWilliamDean Kellogg; third cousin twice removed ofStephenHiram Keeler,GeorgeSeymour,JosephPomeroy Root,WilliamChapman Williston,HerschelHarrison Hatch,JethroAyers Hatch,JohnHill Walbridge,AlfredClark Chapin andHenryE. Walbridge; third cousin thrice removed ofFrederickEnoch Woodbridge,JuliusLevi Strong,CharlesHale,TimothyE. Griswold,HiramAugustus Huse,MauriceLauchlin Wright,DanielParrish Witter,FrankBillings Kellogg,HenryWard Beecher,GeorgeWilliston Nash andEdwardStanley Kellogg; fourth cousin ofMartinChittenden,ReturnJonathan Meigs Jr.,HenryMeigs,CharlesJared Ingersoll,JosephReed Ingersoll,RalphIsaacs Ingersoll andCharlesAnthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed ofThomasChittenden,JonathanBrace,JedediahSabin,ChittendenLyon,JohnWillard,ChesterAckley,ChaunceyFitch Cleveland,ReturnJonathan Meigs III,LamanIngersoll,HenryMeigs Jr.,EnsignHosmer Kellogg,JohnForsyth Jr.,ColinMacrae Ingersoll,EliThayer,JohnMilton Thayer andCharlesRoberts Ingersoll. | | | | Political families:Huntington#2 family of Connecticut and Massachusetts;Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Morris#1 family of Bronx, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | John Davis (1787-1854) — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Northborough,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,January13, 1787.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1825-34;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1834-35, 1841-43; resigned 1835;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1835-41, 1845-53.Died in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April19, 1854 (age67 years, 96days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Isaac Davis (1799-1883) — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Northborough,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,June 2,1799.Democrat.Lawyer;bankdirector; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1843-54;mayorof Worcester, Mass., 1856, 1858, 1861; defeated, 1849 (Citizens),1851, 1861 (Citizens), 1867 (Citizens); delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Massachusetts,1860,1864;candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1861.Died in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April 1,1883 (age83 years, 303days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | George Bancroft (1800-1891) — of Massachusetts. Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October3, 1800.Democrat.U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1832-34;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1844;candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1844;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1845-46; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1846-49;Prussia, 1867-71;Germany, 1871-74.Congregationalist.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1910.Died inWashington,D.C.,January17, 1891 (age90 years, 106days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.  | Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817-1885) — also known asFrederick T. Frelinghuysen — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Millstone,SomersetCounty, N.J.,August4, 1817.Republican.Lawyer;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1860;NewJersey state attorney general, 1861-66; defeated, 1857;U.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1866-69, 1871-77;U.S.Secretary of State, 1881-85.DutchReformed.Died in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,May 20,1885 (age67 years, 289days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J. | | John Chandler Bancroft Davis (1822-1907) — also known asBancroft Davis — ofOrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,December29, 1822.Lawyer;newspapercorrespondent; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Orange County 1st District, 1869; U.S.Minister toGermany, 1874-77;Judgeof U.S. Court of Claims, 1878-82; official reporter, U.S. SupremeCourt, 1883.Died inWashington,D.C.,December28, 1907 (age84 years, 364days).Burial location unknown. | | Horace Davis (1831-1916) — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,March16, 1831.Republican.U.S.Representative from California 1st District, 1877-81; delegate toRepublican National Convention from California,1884;Republican Presidential Elector for California,1884(voted forJamesG. Blaine andJohnA. Logan).Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,July 12,1916 (age85 years, 118days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. | | Edward Livingston Davis (1834-1912) — also known asEdward L. Davis — of Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April22, 1834.Lawyer;manufacturer ofironwork,includingrailroadwheels; director ofbanks andrailroads;mayorof Worcester, Mass., 1874; defeated (Citizens), 1874; member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1876.Episcopalian.Died in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,March 2,1912 (age77 years, 315days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. | | Brooks Adams (1848-1927) — also known asPeter Chardon Brooks Adams — of Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Quincy,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,June 24,1848.Lawyer;author;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1917; candidatefor Massachusetts legislative seat.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,February13, 1927 (age78 years, 234days).Interment atMt.Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.| | Relatives: SonofCharlesFrancis Adams (1807-1886) and Abigail Brown (Brooks) Adams;brother ofJohnQuincy Adams (1833-1894); married,September7, 1889, to Evelyn Davis (daughter of Admiral Charles HenryDavis; sister-in-law ofHenryCabot Lodge); nephew ofGeorgeWashington Adams; uncle ofCharlesFrancis Adams (1866-1954); grandson ofJohnQuincy Adams (1767-1848) andLouisaAdams; grandnephew ofBenjaminGorham; granduncle ofThomasBoylston Adams; great-grandson ofJohnAdams,NathanielGorham,JoshuaJohnson andAbigailAdams; great-grandnephew ofThomasJohnson; first cousin ofWilliamEverett; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamCranch,LeverettSaltonstall andRichardSaltonstall; first cousin thrice removed ofWilliamLawrence Saltonstall; second cousin once removed ofBradleyTyler Johnson; second cousin thrice removed ofSamuelAdams; third cousin twice removed ofJosephAllen; third cousin thrice removed ofSamuelSewall,JosiahQuincy andThomasCogswell; fourth cousin ofEdwardM. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnMilton Thayer andArthurChapin. | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Adams#2 family of Boston and Quincy, Massachusetts (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Frederick Frelinghuysen (1848-1924) — of Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,September30, 1848.Republican.Insuranceexecutive; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for NewJersey,1912.Died in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,January1, 1924 (age75 years, 93days).Interment atMt.Pleasant Cemetery, Newark, N.J.  | Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924) — of Nahant,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 12,1850.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1880-81;MassachusettsRepublican state chair, 1883;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1887-93; resigned1893;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924; died in office 1924;delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,1896(speaker),1900,1904,1908,1916,1920(TemporaryChair;PermanentChair;speaker),1924.Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences.Died, after a severestroke,at CharlesgateHospital,Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November9, 1924 (age74 years, 181days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| | Relatives: Sonof John Ellerton Lodge and Anna Sophie (Cabot) Lodge; married,June 29,1871, to Anna Cabot Mills 'Nannie' Davis (daughter of AdmiralCharles Henry Davis; sister-in-law ofBrooksAdams; granddaughter ofElijahHunt Mills); father of Constance Lodge (who marriedAugustusPeabody Gardner) and George 'Bay' Lodge (grandson-in-law ofFrederickTheodore Frelinghuysen); grandfather ofHenryCabot Lodge Jr. andJohnDavis Lodge; great-grandson ofGeorgeCabot; great-grandfather ofWilliamAmory Gardner Minot andGeorgeCabot Lodge; third cousin once removed ofJohnLee Saltonstall; third cousin twice removed ofLeverettSaltonstall,RichardSaltonstall,WilliamGurdon Saltonstall andJohnLee Saltonstall Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofMariettaPeabody Tree,EndicottPeabody,WilliamLawrence Saltonstall andJohnForbes Kerry. | | | | Political families:Adams#1 family of Boston, Massachusetts;Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts;Frelinghuysenfamily of New Jersey (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:LouisA. Coolidge —AlbertHenry Washburn | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, July 1908 |
| | John Davis (1851-1902) — Born in Newton,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,September16, 1851.Private secretary to U.S. Secretary of StateHamiltonFish, 1872-73;lawyer;Judgeof U.S. Court of Claims, 1885-1902; died in office 1902.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 5,1902 (age50 years, 231days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Augustus Peabody Gardner (1865-1918) — also known asAugustus P. Gardner — of Hamilton,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,November5, 1865.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;member ofMassachusettsstate senate, 1900-01;U.S.Representative from Massachusetts 6th District, 1902-17; resigned1917; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1913; major in the U.S. Army during World War I.Died, ofpneumonia,whilein themilitary service at Camp Wheeler, Macon,BibbCounty, Ga.,January14, 1918 (age52 years, 70days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen (1882-1959) — also known asPeter H. B. Frelinghuysen — ofMorrisCounty, N.J.Born inMorrisCounty, N.J.,September15, 1882.Lawyer;delegateto New Jersey convention to ratify 21st amendment from MorrisCounty; elected 1933.Died in Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.,March11, 1959 (age76 years, 177days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Morristown, N.J.  | Livingston Davis (1882-1932) — also known asLivy Davis — of Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Worcester,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,August13, 1882.Banker;director ofrailroads;Consulfor Belgium inBoston,Mass., 1930-32.Member,AmericanAntiquarian Society.In ill health for some time, he died from aself-inflictedgunshot,in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January11, 1932 (age49 years, 151days).Interment atWorcesterRural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.| | Relatives: SonofEdwardLivingston Davis and Maria Louisa (Robbins) Davis; married,April23, 1908, to Alice Gardiner; married,August31, 1927, to Georgia Appleton; grandson ofIsaacDavis; great-grandnephew ofJohnDavis (1787-1854); first cousin twice removed ofJohnChandler Bancroft Davis andHoraceDavis; second cousin once removed ofJohnDavis (1851-1902); third cousin once removed ofJohnBarnard Fairbank,HenryCabot Lodge Jr. andJohnDavis Lodge; third cousin twice removed ofMertonWilliam Fairbank andGeorgeCabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed ofWilsonHenry Fairbank,AlexanderWarren Fairbank,CharlesWarren Fairbanks andNewtonHamilton Fairbanks. | | | | Political family:Davis-Lodgefamily of Worcester, Massachusetts (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Boston Globe, January 12,1932 |
| | | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902-1985) — of Beverly,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Nahant,EssexCounty, Mass.,July 5,1902.Republican.Newspaperreporter; member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1933-36;U.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1937-44, 1947-53; resigned 1944;defeated, 1952; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMassachusetts,1940(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1948,1952,1956(speaker),1960;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1953-60; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1960; U.S. Ambassador toVietnam, 1963-64, 1965-67;, 1967-68;Germany, 1968-69; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1964.Died in Beverly,EssexCounty, Mass.,February27, 1985 (age82 years, 237days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. | | Francesca Braggiotti (1902-1998) — Born in Florence (Firenze),Italy,October17, 1902.Dancer;actress;First Lady of Connecticut, 1951-55.Female.Italianancestry.Died in Marbella,Spain,February25, 1998 (age95 years, 131days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | John Davis Lodge (1903-1985) — of Westport,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born inWashington,D.C.,October20, 1903.Republican.Lawyer;professionalactorin 1933-40, appearing inmoviessuch asLittle Women,The Scarlet Empress,TheLittle Colonel, andIn Like Flint; served in the U.S. Navyduring World War II;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1947-51;Governor ofConnecticut, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1952(speaker),1960;U.S. Ambassador toSpain, 1955-61;Argentina, 1969-73;Switzerland, 1983-85; candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1964;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention 4th District,1965; Republican Presidential Elector for Connecticut,1980(voted forRonaldReagan andGeorgeBush).Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;PhiBeta Kappa.Collapsed whilefinishing aspeech to the Women's National Republican Club, and died lessthan an hour later at St. Clare'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October29, 1985 (age82 years, 9days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | | Archibald Stevens Alexander (1906-1979) — also known asArchibald S. Alexander — of Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born in New York City (unknowncounty), N.Y.,October28, 1906.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1940(alternate),1948,1952,1956;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1948 (Democratic), 1952; assistantsecretary of the U.S. Army, 1949-50; undersecretary, 1950-52; memberofDemocraticNational Committee from New Jersey, 1952;New Jerseystate treasurer, 1954-55; candidate forNewJersey state house of assembly District 6-A, 1969; Democraticcandidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1972.Episcopalian.Died in Bernardsville,SomersetCounty, N.J.,September4, 1979 (age72 years, 311days).Interment atSt.Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J. | | Dorilio Chadwick Braggiotti (1913-2010) — also known asD. Chadwick Braggiotti — Born inItaly,June19, 1913.U.S. Vice Consul inBogotá, as of 1943; U.S. Consul General inBordeaux, as of 1964.Died in Royal Palm Beach,Palm BeachCounty, Fla.,February2, 2010 (age96 years, 228days).Interment atOurLady Queen of Peace Cemetery, Royal Palm Beach, Fla. | | William Amory Gardner Minot (1916-1963) — also known asWilliam A. G. Minot — of Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Berlin,Germany,of American parents,December8, 1916.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;soft drinkbottler; alternate delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Connecticut,1956,1960;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1959-60.Died, in GreenwichHospital,Greenwich,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,July 1,1963 (age46 years, 205days).Burial location unknown. | | George Cabot Lodge (b. 1927) — also known asGeorge C. Lodge — of Massachusetts. BornJuly 7,1927.Republican.Newspaperreporter; director of information, U.S. Department of Labor,1954-58; Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor for International Affairs,1958-61; candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1962; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Massachusetts,1964;universityprofessor.Still living as of 2018.
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