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. | |  Graham Newell Fitch (1809-1892) — also known asGraham N. Fitch — of Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.Born in Le Roy,GeneseeCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1809.Democrat.Physician;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1836-37, 1839-40;U.S.Representative from Indiana 9th District, 1849-53;U.S.Senator from Indiana, 1857-61; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIndiana,1868.Episcopalian.Died in Logansport,CassCounty, Ind.,November28, 1892 (age82 years, 359days).Interment atMt.Hope Cemetery, Logansport, Ind. | | Henry Jones Alvord — also known asHenry J. Alvord — ofWayneCounty, Mich.; Lapeer,LapeerCounty, Mich.Born in Greenfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.Physician;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention, 1850; member ofMichiganstate senate 29th District, 1855-56.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Charles Harvey Denby (1830-1904) — also known asCharles H. Denby — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.Born in Mt. Joy,BotetourtCounty, Va.,June 16,1830.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1857; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromIndiana,1876,1884;U.S. Minister toChina, 1885-98.Episcopalian.Died in Jamestown,ChautauquaCounty, N.Y.,January13, 1904 (age73 years, 211days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind. | | Charles Harvey Denby Jr. (1861-1938) — also known asCharles Denby — of Indiana;Washington,D.C.Born in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,November14, 1861.U.S. Consul General inShanghai, as of 1907-09;Vienna, 1909-15; vice-president, HuppMotor CarCorporation, Detroit, 1915-17.Died inWashington,D.C.,February14, 1938 (age76 years, 92days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Edwin Denby (1870-1929) — also known asNed Denby — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,February18, 1870.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American War; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1903-04;U.S.Representative from Michigan 1st District, 1905-11; defeated,1910; member ofMichiganRepublican State Central Committee, 1917;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1921-24; persuaded by Secretary of StateAlbertB. Fall to transfer control of the Navy's oil leases to theInterior Department; Fall then accepted largebribesto sell the leases to his friends, in what became known as the TeapotDomescandal;in 1924, Denby wasforced toresign as Secretary of the Navy.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;PhiDelta Phi.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February8, 1929 (age58 years, 356days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | James Orr Denby (1896-1983) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Peking (Beijing),China,of American parents,August30, 1896.U.S. Consul inCape Town, as of 1938-43.Died in August,1983(ageabout87 years).Burial location unknown.
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