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.  | Enos Thompson Throop (1784-1874) — also known asEnos T. Throop — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.; Kalamazoo,KalamazooCounty, Mich.Born in Johnstown,FultonCounty, N.Y.,August21, 1784.Democrat.Lawyer;postmaster atAurelius,N.Y., 1807-14;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1815-16; circuitjudge in New York, 1823-28;LieutenantGovernor of New York, 1829;Governor ofNew York, 1829-33; U.S. Charge d'Affaires toTwo Sicilies, 1838-41.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,November1, 1874 (age90 years, 72days).Interment atSt.Peter and St. John Churchyard, Auburn, N.Y. | | | Gershom Powers (1789-1831) — of New York. Born in Croydon,SullivanCounty, N.H.,July 11,1789.Lawyer;CayugaCounty Common Pleas Judge, 1823-28;U.S.Representative from New York 24th District, 1829-31.Died in Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.,June 25,1831 (age41 years, 349days).Interment atNorthStreet Cemetery, Auburn, N.Y. | | William Beatty Rochester (1789-1838) — also known asWilliam B. Rochester — of Bath,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Hagerstown,WashingtonCounty, Md.,January29, 1789.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Allegany and Steuben counties, 1816-18;U.S.Representative from New York, 1821-23 (20th District 1821-23,28th District 1823); candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1826.One of 128 people whoperishedon the the steam packet shipPulaski, en route from Charlestonto Baltimore, when it suffered aboilerexplosion andsank in theNorthAtlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina,June 14,1838 (age49 years, 136days); his remains wereneverrecovered. | | George Bliss Throop (1793-1854) — also known asGeorge B. Throop — of Auburn,CayugaCounty, N.Y.Born in Johnstown,FultonCounty, N.Y.,April12, 1793.Lawyer;postmaster atAurelius,N.Y., 1814-18;Auburn,N.Y., 1818-35; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 7th District, 1828-31;banker.Died in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February23, 1854 (age60 years, 317days).Burial location unknown. | | Israel Thompson Hatch (1808-1875) — also known asIsrael T. Hatch — of Buffalo,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Johnstown,FultonCounty, N.Y.,June 30,1808.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Erie County 1st District, 1852;U.S.Representative from New York 32nd District, 1857-59; postmasteratBuffalo,N.Y., 1859-61;delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1867.DiedSeptember24, 1875 (age67 years, 86days).Interment atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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