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Foster-Dulles family of Watertown and New York City, New York

Robert Lansing (1864-1928) — of Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.Born in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,October17, 1864.Lawyer;U.S.Secretary of State, 1915-20.Member,AmericanPolitical Science Association;PsiUpsilon.Died, ofmyocarditis,inWashington,D.C.,October30, 1928 (age64 years, 13days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Watertown, N.Y.

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.

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John Watson Foster (1836-1917) — also known asJohn W. Foster — of Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.;Washington,D.C.Born inPikeCounty, Ind.,March 2,1836.Republican.Lawyer;colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;newspapereditor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromIndiana,1868;postmaster atEvansville,Ind., 1869-73;IndianaRepublican state chair, 1872; U.S. Minister toMexico, 1873-80;Russia, 1880-81;Spain, 1883-85;U.S.Secretary of State, 1892-93.Presbyterian.Member,LoyalLegion.Died inWashington,D.C.,November15, 1917 (age81 years, 258days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Evansville, Ind.

	Relatives: Sonof Matthew Watson Foster and Eleanor (Johnson) Foster; married1859 to MaryParke McFerson; father of Eleanor Foster (who marriedRobertLansing); grandfather ofJohnFoster Dulles andAllenWelsh Dulles.
		Political families:Lansingfamily of Albany, New York;Foster-Dullesfamily of Watertown and New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		The World War IILibertyshipSS John W. Foster (built 1943 atRichmond,California; scrapped 1971) wasnamed forhim.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial
		Image source: Life and Work of James G.Blaine (1893)

	Relatives: Sonof John Lansing and Maria Lay (Dodge) Lansing; brother ofEmmaSterling Lansing; married,January15, 1890, to Eleanor Foster (daughter ofJohnWatson Foster); grandson ofRobertLansing (1799-1878); grandnephew ofFrederickLansing (1806-1861); great-grandnephew ofJohnTen Eyck Lansing Jr. andAbrahamGerritse Lansing; first cousin once removed ofFrederickLansing (1838-1894); first cousin twice removed ofGerritYates Lansing; second cousin ofStuartDouglas Lansing; second cousin once removed ofAbrahamLansing andAgnesPhelps Blake; second cousin four times removed ofAbrahamJacob Lansing; third cousin thrice removed ofCorneliusLansing.
		Political families:Lansingfamily of Albany, New York;Foster-Dullesfamily of Watertown and New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		Cross-reference:RichardCrane —ThomasBurke
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial

John Foster Dulles (1888-1959) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born inWashington,D.C.,February25, 1888.Republican.Lawyer;major in the U.S. Army during World War I; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1944;U.S.Senator from New York, 1949; defeated, 1949;U.S.Secretary of State, 1953-59.Presbyterian.Member,PhiBeta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi;Council onForeign Relations.Received theMedalof Freedom in 1959.Died ofcancerandpneumonia,inWashington,D.C.,May 24,1959 (age71 years, 88days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.

	Relatives: Sonof Allen Macy Dulles and Edith F. (Foster) Dulles; brother ofAllenWelsh Dulles; married,June 26,1912, to Janet Pomeroy Avery; grandson ofJohnWatson Foster; great-grandnephew ofJohnWelsh; third great-grandnephew ofJoshuaCoit; first cousin twice removed ofLangdonCheves Jr.; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin once removed ofSamuelWelsh; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertCoit Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andAbelHuntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin ofLewisWardlaw Haskell; third cousin twice removed ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell andWilliamBrainard Coit; third cousin thrice removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,WilliamWoodbridge,ZinaHyde Jr.,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,HenryTitus Backus andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnLeffingwell Randolph.
		Political family:Foster-Dullesfamily of Watertown and New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		Cross-reference:EdwardF. Corsi
		Washington DullesInternationalAirport (opened 1962), inLoudounandFairfaxcounties, Virginia, isnamed forhim.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —ArlingtonNational Cemetery unofficial website
		Image source: Time Magazine, August 13,1951

Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) — also known asAllen W. Dulles;"Spymaster" —of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Watertown,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,April 7,1893.Republican. Foreign Service officer;lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 16th District, 1938; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1940;director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 1953-61; member,President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY,1963-64.Presbyterian.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, frominfluenzaandpneumonia,in Georgetown UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,January28, 1969 (age75 years, 296days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.

	Relatives: Sonof Allen Macy Dulles and Edith F. (Foster) Dulles; brother ofJohnFoster Dulles; married1920 to CloverTodd; grandson ofJohnWatson Foster; great-grandnephew ofJohnWelsh; third great-grandnephew ofJoshuaCoit; first cousin twice removed ofLangdonCheves Jr.; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin once removed ofSamuelWelsh; second cousin thrice removed ofRobertCoit Jr.; second cousin four times removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andAbelHuntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington; third cousin ofLewisWardlaw Haskell; third cousin twice removed ofAlonzoMark Leffingwell andWilliamBrainard Coit; third cousin thrice removed ofJedediahHuntington,EbenezerHuntington,WilliamWoodbridge,ZinaHyde Jr.,IsaacBackus,TheodoreDavenport,HenryTitus Backus andBenjaminNicoll Huntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJohnLeffingwell Randolph.
		Political family:Foster-Dullesfamily of Watertown and New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians).
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial

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