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. | |  Luther Hotchkiss (1778-1863) — of Wolcott,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Wolcott,New HavenCounty, Conn.,December19, 1778.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Wolcott, 1831.Died in Wolcott,New HavenCounty, Conn.,April14, 1863 (age84 years, 116days).Interment atEdgewood Cemetery, Wolcott, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Wait Hotchkiss and Deborah (Alcox) Hotchkiss; married,November24, 1800, to Ann Hall; first cousin thrice removed ofCharlesH. Chittenden andFrankL. Stiles; second cousin twice removed ofPhilanderBlakeslee Cole; second cousin thrice removed ofCorneliaCole Fairbanks; third cousin once removed ofElishaHotchkiss andElishaHotchkiss Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamJudson Clark,CharlesHull Clark,EdwinP. Hotchkiss,RobertAsa Packer,CharlesM. Hotchkiss andHenryDeWitt Hotchkiss; third cousin thrice removed ofDanielFrederick Webster,DanielDodge Frisbie andDorafWilmot Blakeslee; fourth cousin once removed ofAmbroseTuttle,GideonHotchkiss,TrumanHotchkiss,AsahelAugustus Hotchkiss,HarrisonBlodget,JuliusHotchkiss,GilesWaldo Hotchkiss andWilliamHenry Barnum. | | | | Political family:Hotchkissfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Gideon Hotchkiss (1797-1860) — ofBroomeCounty, N.Y.Born inBroomeCounty, N.Y.,August23, 1797.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Broome County, 1841.Died inLuzerneCounty, Pa.,February11, 1860 (age62 years, 172days).Burial location unknown. | | Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss (1799-1885) — also known asAsahel A. Hotchkiss — of Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,June 30,1799.Member ofConnecticutstate senate 17th District, 1863-64.Died in Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,April21, 1885 (age85 years, 295days).Interment atHillsideCemetery, Sharon, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Phebe (Merriman) Hotchkiss and Asahel Hotchkiss; married,October3, 1821, to Althea Guernsey; first cousin ofGideonHotchkiss; second cousin ofJuliusHotchkiss andGilesWaldo Hotchkiss; second cousin once removed ofHobartL. Hotchkiss; third cousin ofMartinStoddard Brackett; third cousin once removed ofHarleyD. Hotchkiss; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipFrisbee andHarryD. Brackett; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahAbel,CalvinFillmore,LutherHotchkiss,AmbroseTuttle,BelaEdgerton,ThaddeusBetts,HenryWard Beecher,PhiloBeecher Buckingham andArthurH. Doolittle. | | | | Political family:Hotchkissfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Julius Hotchkiss (1810-1878) — of Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Waterbury,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 11,1810.Republican. Manufacturer ofcottonwebbing andsuspenders;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Waterbury, 1851;mayorof Waterbury, Conn., 1853-54;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1867-69;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1870-71.Swedenborgian.Died in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,December23, 1878 (age68 years, 165days).Interment atPineGrove Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Mary (Castle) Hotchkiss and Woodward Hotchkiss; married,April29, 1832, to Melissa Perkins; father of M. Amelia Hotchkiss (whomarriedCharlesGreen Rich Vinal); first cousin once removed ofHobartL. Hotchkiss; second cousin ofGideonHotchkiss,AsahelAugustus Hotchkiss andGilesWaldo Hotchkiss; third cousin ofMartinStoddard Brackett; third cousin once removed ofHarleyD. Hotchkiss; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipFrisbee andHarryD. Brackett; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahAbel,CalvinFillmore,LutherHotchkiss,AmbroseTuttle,BelaEdgerton,ThaddeusBetts,HenryWard Beecher,PhiloBeecher Buckingham andArthurH. Doolittle. | | | | Political family:Hotchkissfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (1815-1878) — also known asGiles W. Hotchkiss — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Windsor,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,October25, 1815.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1860;U.S.Representative from New York 26th District, 1863-67, 1869-71.Died in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,July 5,1878 (age62 years, 253days).Interment atSpringForest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y. | | Charles Monroe Dickinson (1842-1924) — also known asCharles M. Dickinson — of Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.Born in Lowville,LewisCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1842.Lawyer;newspapereditor;poet; oneof the founders of the Associated Press news service, 1892;Presidential Elector for New York,1897;U.S. Consul General inConstantinople, 1897-1906; U.S. Consular Agent inSofia, 1901-03; Progressive candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1914.Died in Binghamton,BroomeCounty, N.Y.,July 3,1924 (age81 years, 231days).Interment atSpringForest Cemetery, Binghamton, N.Y. | | James Taylor Ellyson (1847-1919) — also known asJ. Taylor Ellyson — ofRichmond,Va.Born inRichmond,Va.,May 20,1847.Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;member ofVirginiastate senate, 1885-88;mayorof Richmond, Va., 1888-94;VirginiaDemocratic state chair, 1890-92, 1916;LieutenantGovernor of Virginia, 1906-16; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Virginia, 1912-16.Baptist.Member,UnitedConfederate Veterans.Died inRichmond,Va.,March18, 1919 (age71 years, 302days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Hobart L. Hotchkiss (b. 1849) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.; Wallingford,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Naugatuck,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 5,1849.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Haven, 1890-94, 1911-12.Burial location unknown. | | Harley D. Hotchkiss (1861-1934) — of Woodbridge,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Bethany,New HavenCounty, Conn.,1861.Democrat.Farmer;candidate forConnecticutstate house of representatives from Woodbridge, 1920, 1926.Died in Woodbridge,New HavenCounty, Conn.,1934(ageabout73 years).Interment atNorthwest Cemetery, Woodbridge, Conn.
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