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. | |  Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (1799-1887) — also known asChauncey F. Cleveland — of Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Canterbury,WindhamCounty, Conn.,February16, 1799.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Hampton, 1826-29, 1832,1835-36, 1838;Speaker ofthe Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1835-36, 1863;Governor ofConnecticut, 1842-44;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1849-53; delegateto Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1856(ConventionVice-President;speaker),1860.Died in Hampton,WindhamCounty, Conn.,June 6,1887 (age88 years, 110days).Interment atSouthCemetery, Hampton, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Silas Cleveland and Lois (Sharpe) Cleveland; married,December13, 1821, to Diantha Hovey (first cousin once removed ofAlfredAvery Burnham (1819-1879)); married,January22, 1869, to Helen Cornelia Litchfield; father of Delia DianthaCleveland (who marriedAlfredAvery Burnham (1819-1879)); first cousin once removed ofHenrySabin; second cousin once removed ofIraChandler Backus andWilliamDean Kellogg; second cousin twice removed ofRobertTreat Paine; third cousin once removed ofEphraimSafford,IsaiahKidder,JarvisKing Pike,JoshuaPerkins,EdwardGreen Bradford,StaffordCanning Cleveland,BaileyFrye Adams,OrestesCleveland,LeeRandall Sanborn andNelsonAppleton Miles; third cousin twice removed ofJonathanHunt,BenjaminGoodhue,LymanKidder,EzraKidder,DavidKidder,AugustusSabin Chase,MardenSabin,JosephSpalding,EdwardGreen Bradford II andJamesL. Sanborn; third cousin thrice removed ofJabezHuntington,IrvingHall Chase,WalterKeene Linscott,EdwardGreen Bradford Jr.,ElizabethBradford du Pont Bayard,SidneySmythe Linscott andGroverFredrick Cleveland; fourth cousin ofJonathanUsher,JedediahSabin,CalebBlodgett,JohnLarkin Payson,CharlesStetson,JamesSafford,LutherKidder,IsaiahStetson andAlansonPike; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills,AlvanKidder,FrancisKidder,IraKidder,ArbaKidder,JosephSouther Kidder,PascalPaoli Kidder,JohnAppleton,JeffersonParish Kidder,JohnPalmer Usher,WilliamHenry Barnum,FrancisLandon Cleveland,DelosAbiel Blodgett,CharlesPayson,IsaacNewton Blodgett,RobertCrawford Safford,AbnerCoburn Cleveland,RobertCleveland Usher,IsaiahKidder Stetson andEdwardWilliams Hooker. | | | | Political families:Cleveland-Harlanfamily;Sabinfamily of Pomfret, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Harlan (1800-1863) — of Kentucky. Born inMercerCounty, Ky.,June 22,1800.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1835-39;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1840-44; member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1845;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1849-59.Slaveowner. Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,February18, 1863 (age62 years, 241days).Burial location unknown. | | Harvey Magee Watterson (1811-1891) — also known asHarvey M. Watterson — of Tennessee. Born inBedfordCounty, Tenn.,November23, 1811.Democrat.Newspapereditor;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1835;U.S.Representative from Tennessee 9th District, 1839-43; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1845-47;Speakerof the Tennessee State Senate, 1845-47.Died in Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.,October1, 1891 (age79 years, 312days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Francis Landon Cleveland (1823-1881) — also known asFred Cleveland — of Augusta,BrackenCounty, Ky.Born in Amelia,ClermontCounty, Ohio,October27, 1823.Lawyer;member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1860; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1870.Died in Augusta,BrackenCounty, Ky.,August16, 1881 (age57 years, 293days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Stanley Matthews (1824-1889) — of Ohio. Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,July 21,1824.Republican. State court judge in Ohio, 1851; member ofOhiostate senate, 1856;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1858-61;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1877-79;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-89; died in office 1889.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,March22, 1889 (age64 years, 244days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | Horace Gray (1828-1902) — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,March24, 1828.Lawyer;justiceof Massachusetts state supreme court, 1864-81;chiefjustice of Massachusetts supreme judicial court, 1873-81;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1881-1902; died in office 1902.Unitarian.Died in Nahant,EssexCounty, Mass.,September15, 1902 (age74 years, 175days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass. |  | John Marshall Harlan (1833-1911) — of Kentucky. Born inBoyleCounty, Ky.,June 1,1833.Republican.Lawyer;county judge in Kentucky, 1858-59;U.S.Attorney for Kentucky, 1861-63;Kentuckystate attorney general, 1861-65; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1871; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKentucky,1876(delegation chair);AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1877-1911.Presbyterian.DiedOctober14, 1911 (age78 years, 135days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) — also known asStephen Grover Cleveland;"UncleJumbo";"The Veto Mayor";"GroverThe Good";"The Sage of Princeton";"Dumb Prophet";"Buffalo Hangman";"The Veto President";"Beast ofBuffalo";"Big Steve" —of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.; Tamworth,CarrollCounty, N.H.Born in Caldwell,EssexCounty, N.J.,March18, 1837.Democrat.Lawyer;ErieCounty Sheriff, 1870-73;mayorof Buffalo, N.Y., 1882; resigned 1882;Governor ofNew York, 1883-85;Presidentof the United States, 1885-89, 1893-97; defeated, 1888.Presbyterian.Member,SigmaChi.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1935.Died in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,June 24,1908 (age71 years, 98days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.; statue atCity Hall Grounds, Buffalo, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Rev. Richard Falley Cleveland and Anne (Neal) Cleveland; married,June2, 1886, toFrancesClara Folsom (first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFolsom); father ofRichardFolsom Cleveland (son-in-law ofThomasFrank Gailor; brother-in-law ofFrankHoyt Gailor); first cousin once removed ofFrancisLandon Cleveland; second cousin ofJamesHarlan Cleveland; second cousin once removed ofJamesHarlan Cleveland Jr.; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanUsher andJosephWheeler Bloodgood; third cousin once removed ofJohnPalmer Usher andRobertCleveland Usher; third cousin thrice removed ofEphraimSafford andIsaiahKidder; fourth cousin once removed ofSamuelLord andRollinUsher Tyler. | | | | Political family:Cleveland-Harlanfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:HenryT. Ellett —WilsonS. Bissell —DavidKing Udall —EdwardS. Bragg —ThomasF. Grady —LymanK. Bass —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —J.Hampton Hoge —WilliamGorham Rice —J.Scott Harrison —BenjaminFolsom | | | | Cleveland counties inArk. andOkla. arenamed for him. | | | | MountCleveland, a volcano onChuginadakIsland, Alaska, isnamed forhim. — ThetownofGrover,North Carolina, isnamed forhim. — The ClevelandNationalForest (established 1908), inSanDiego,Riverside,Orangecounties, California, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:GroverC. Cook—GroverC. Meyrs—GroverC. Talbot—GroverC. Helm—GroverC. Robertson—G. C.Cooley—GroverA. Whalen—GroverC. Taylor—GroverC. Winn—GroverC. Luke—GroverC. Albright—GroverCleveland Welsh—GroverC. Belknap—GroverC. Worrell—GroverB. Hill—GroverC. Dillman—GroverC. Brenneman—GroverC. George—GroverC. Mitchell—GroverC. Ladner—GroverC. Hall—GroverC. Tye—GroverC. Cisel—GroverC. Hedrick—GroverC. Hunter—GroverC. Montgomery—GroverC. Farwell—GroverC. Gillingham—GroverC. Studivan—GroverC. Layne—GroverC. Hudson—GroverC. Combs—GroverC. Snyder—GroverC. Guernsey—GroverC. Henderson—GroverC. Smith—GroverC. Jackson—GroverC. Hunter—GroverC. Bower—GroverC. Land—GroverC. Moritz—GroverC. Gregg—GroverC. Richman, Jr.—GroverC. Anderson—GroverC. Chriss—GroverC. Allen—GroverC. Criswell—GroverC. Brown—GroverC. Robinson III—GroverC. Robinson IV | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappeared on the U.S. $20 bill (1914-28), and on the $1,000 bill(1928-46). | | | | Campaign slogan (1884): "We love himfor the enemies he has made." | | | | Opposition slogan (1884): "Ma, Ma,Where's My Pa?" | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Grover Cleveland: AlynBrodsky,GroverCleveland : A Study in Character — H. Paul Jeffers,AnHonest President: The Life and Presidencies of GroverCleveland — Mark Wahlgren Summers,Rum,Romanism, & Rebellion : The Making of a President,1884 — Henry F. Graff,GroverCleveland — Troy Senik,AMan of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of GroverCleveland — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Jeff C. Young,GroverCleveland (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Grover Cleveland:Matthew Algeo,ThePresident Is a Sick Man: the Supposedly Virtuous Grover ClevelandSurvives a Secret Surgery at Sea and Vilifies the CourageousNewspaperman Who Dared Expose the Truth — CharlesLachman,ASecret Life : The Lies and Scandals of President GroverCleveland | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1896 |
|  | Henry Watterson (1840-1921) — also known as"Marse Henry" — of Louisville,JeffersonCounty, Ky.Born inWashington,D.C.,February16, 1840.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;editor, Louisville Courier-Journalnewspaper;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky,1876(TemporaryChair),1880(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1884,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee),1892;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1876-77; received thePulitzerPrize in Journalism, 1918.Methodist.Died in Jacksonville,DuvalCounty, Fla.,December22, 1921 (age81 years, 309days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | Benjamin Folsom (1847-1922) — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.; Pasadena,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Folsomdale,WyomingCounty, N.Y.,December5, 1847.Journalist;lawyer;U.S. Consul inSheffield, 1886-93; in his second term, presidentGroverCleveland expressed gratitude to his predecessor,BenjaminHarrison, for allowing Folsom, his wife's cousin, to remain inoffice as U.S. consul during his administration.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution.Died in Pasadena,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August17, 1922 (age74 years, 255days).Interment atAngelus-RosedaleCemetery, Los Angeles, Calif. | | Thomas Frank Gailor (1856-1935) — also known asThomas F. Gailor — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Jackson,HindsCounty, Miss.,September17, 1856.Democrat.Episcopalpriest;universityprofessor; bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee, 1898-1935;chancellor,University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., 1908-35;offered prayer, Democratic National Convention,1924.DiedOctober3, 1935 (age79 years, 16days).Interment atUniversity of the South Cemetery, Sewanee, Tenn. | | James S. Harlan (1861-1927) — of Illinois. Born in Evansville,VanderburghCounty, Ind.,November24, 1861.Lawyer;PuertoRico attorney general, 1901-03; member, Interstate CommerceCommission, 1906-17.DiedSeptember20, 1927 (age65 years, 300days).Burial location unknown. | | John Maynard Harlan (1864-1934) — also known asJohn M. Harlan — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.;Washington,D.C.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,December21, 1864.Republican.Lawyer;candidate formayorof Chicago, Ill., 1897, 1905 (Republican); Harding-CoolidgeRepublican candidate forGovernor ofIllinois, 1920.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March23, 1934 (age69 years, 92days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston (1864-1947) — also known asFrances Clara Folsom;Frances FolsomCleveland —of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1864.FirstLady of the United States, 1886-89, 1893-97.Female.Died inBaltimore,Md.,October29, 1947 (age83 years, 100days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J.| | Relatives:Daughter of Oscar Folsom and Emma (Harmon) Folsom; married,June 2,1886, toGroverCleveland; married,February10, 1913, to Thomas Jecks Preston; mother ofRichardFolsom Cleveland; first cousin once removed ofBenjaminFolsom. | | | | Political family:Cleveland-Harlanfamily (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | ClevelandHallof Languages (built 1911), at WellsCollege,Aurora,New York, isnamed forher. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | James Harlan Cleveland (1865-1906) — also known asHarlan Cleveland — ofHamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,January21, 1865.Democrat.U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1894-98; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Ohio,1904(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Died, fromBright'sdisease, in Glendale,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,December24, 1906 (age41 years, 337days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Frank Hoyt Gailor (1892-1954) — of Memphis,ShelbyCounty, Tenn.Born in Sewanee,FranklinCounty, Tenn.,May 9,1892.Rhodesscholar;lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1921; member ofTennesseestate senate, 1923;ShelbyCounty Attorney, 1936-41; circuit judge in Tennessee, 1941-42;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1942-48.Member,AlphaTau Omega;AmericanLegion.Died in1954(ageabout62 years).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Memphis, Tenn. | | James Harlan Cleveland Jr. (1894-1950) — also known asJames H. Cleveland — of Glendale,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Glendale,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August28, 1894.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1939.Died inHamiltonCounty, Ohio,March21, 1950 (age55 years, 205days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Richard Folsom Cleveland (1897-1974) — also known asRichard F. Cleveland — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.,October28, 1897.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;lawyer;delegateto Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967.Died ofchronicpulmonary illness, inBaltimore,Md.,January10, 1974 (age76 years, 74days).Interment atFowlers Mill Cemetery, Tamworth, N.H. | | John Marshall Harlan (1899-1971) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 20,1899.Rhodesscholar;lawyer;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1954-55;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1955-71.Presbyterian.Member,American BarAssociation.Died inWashington,D.C.,December29, 1971 (age72 years, 223days).Interment atEmmanuelChurch Cemetery, Weston, Conn. | | Joseph Wheeler Bloodgood (1926-1960) — also known asJoseph W. Bloodgood — of Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,May 15,1926.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict;DaneCounty Coroner, 1951-54;lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate assembly from Dane County 1st District, 1955-56;DaneCounty District Attorney, 1957-60;DaneCounty Family Court Judge, 1960.Died fromsuicide,byhanginghimself with his belt, in ahospitalshower room, in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,July 7,1960 (age34 years, 53days).Interment atNashotah House Cemetery, Summit, Wis.
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