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. | |  Edwin Bryant Crocker (1818-1875) — also known asEdwin B. Crocker — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Jamesville,OnondagaCounty, N.Y.,April26, 1818.Lawyer;justiceof California state supreme court, 1863; chief counsel, CentralPacificRailroad,1864-69.Founder of the Crocker Art Museum;partiallyparalyzed following an 1869 stroke.Died in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,June 24,1875 (age57 years, 59days).Interment atSacramentoCity Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif. | | Charles Crocker (1822-1888) — of Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.Born in Troy,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,September16, 1822.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush;merchant;banker;member ofCaliforniastate assembly 9th District, 1861-62; one of the builders of theCentral PacificRailroad;first president of the Southern PacificRailroad.Died in Monterey,MontereyCounty, Calif.,August14, 1888 (age65 years, 333days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Oakland, Calif. | | Charles Beatty Alexander (1849-1927) — also known asCharles B. Alexander — of Tuxedo Park,OrangeCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December6, 1849.Democrat.Lawyer;director and counsel for Equitable Lifeinsurancecompany; director of the Middletown & UnionvilleRailroad,the Hocking ValleyRailroad,and severalbanks;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1912,1916(alternate),1920;member, New York State Board of Regents, 1913-27.Presbyterian.Member,Societyof Colonial Wars;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Sons ofthe Revolution;Societyof the Cincinnati;American BarAssociation.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February7, 1927 (age77 years, 63days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J. | | Jacob Sloat Fassett (1853-1924) — also known asJ. Sloat Fassett — of Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.Born in Elmira,ChemungCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1853.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor;ChemungCounty District Attorney, 1879-80; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1880,1892,1904,1908,1916;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 27th District, 1884-91;Secretaryof Republican National Committee, 1888-92;U.S.Collector of Customs at New York, N.Y., New York, 1891; candidateforGovernor ofNew York, 1891;U.S.Representative from New York 33rd District, 1905-11; defeated,1910;banker;lumberbusiness.Died in Vancouver,BritishColumbia,April21, 1924 (age70 years, 160days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Elmira, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Newton Pomeroy Fassett and Martha Ellen (Sloat) Fassett; married,February13, 1879, to Jennie L. Crocker (daughter ofEdwinBryant Crocker; niece ofCharlesCrocker); fourth cousin once removed ofZenasFerry Moody andAlfredClark Chapin. | | | | Political family:Crocker#1 family of Sacramento, California (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ThevillageofFassett,Quebec, Canada, isnamed forhim. — FassettElementarySchool, inElmira,New York, isnamed forhim. — Fassett Commons, abuildingat ElmiraCollege,Elmira,New York, isnamed forhim. — The World War IILibertyshipSS Jacob Sloat Fassett (built 1944 atSavannah,Georgia; scrapped 1965) wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Frederick Crocker (1854-1897) — also known asCharles F. Crocker — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.Born in1854.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,1884,1888.Died in1897(ageabout43 years).Original interment atLaurelHill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;reinterment atHolyCross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif. | | William Henry Crocker (1861-1937) — also known asWilliam H. Crocker — ofSanFrancisco, Calif.; Hillsborough,San MateoCounty, Calif.; Burlingame,San MateoCounty, Calif.Born in Sacramento,SacramentoCounty, Calif.,January13, 1861.Republican.Banker;delegate to Republican National Convention from California,1916,1920,1924,1932;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from California, 1920-24.Died in Burlingame,San MateoCounty, Calif.,September25, 1937 (age76 years, 255days).Interment atCypressLawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.  | Francis Burton Harrison (1873-1957) — also known asFrancis B. Harrison — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December18, 1873.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York, 1903-05, 1907-13 (13th District1903-05, 16th District 1907-13, 20th District 1913); candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1904;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1913-21; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1920.Died, in HunterdonMedicalCenter, Raritan Township,HunterdonCounty, N.J.,November21, 1957 (age83 years, 338days).Interment atManilaNorth Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.| | Relatives: Sonof Burton Norvell Harrison and Constance (Cary) Harrison; married,June 7,1900, to Mary Crocker (daughter ofCharlesFrederick Crocker; granddaughter ofCharlesCrocker); married1907 to MagelJudson; married,May 15,1919, to Elizabeth Wrentmore; married,April 8,1927, to Margaret Wrentmore. | | | | Political family:Crocker#1 family of Sacramento, California (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Empire State Notables(1914) |
| | Sheldon Whitehouse (1883-1965) — of New York. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February5, 1883.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Minister toGuatemala, 1930-33;Colombia, 1933-34.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in1965(ageabout82 years).Interment atSt.Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I. | | Winthrop Williams Aldrich (1885-1974) — also known asWinthrop W. Aldrich — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Providence,ProvidenceCounty, R.I.,November2, 1885.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; president, EquitableTrustCompany, 1929; president, Chase NationalBank,1930-34; chairman, 1934-53; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1953-57.Member,Council onForeign Relations;AmericanBankers Association.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February25, 1974 (age88 years, 115days).Interment atSwanPoint Cemetery, Providence, R.I.
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