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. | |  John Alsop (1724-1794) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Windsor,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,1724.Merchant;Delegateto Continental Congress from New York, 1774-76.Died in Newtown, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,November22, 1794 (ageabout 70years).Interment atTrinityChurchyard, Manhattan, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Alsop, Sr. and Abigail (Sackett) Alsop; married,June 6,1766, to Mary Frogat; father of Mary Alsop (who marriedRufusKing (1755-1827)); grandfather ofJohnAlsop King,JamesGore King andEdwardKing; great-grandfather ofRufusKing (1814-1876) andRufusKing (1817-1891); first cousin once removed ofEbenezerHazard; first cousin twice removed ofErskineHazard; first cousin seven times removed ofJohnForbes Kerry; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminHard,ReubenBostwick Heacock,ElishaHotchkiss Jr.,GideonHard andGrahamHurd Chapin; third cousin thrice removed ofWalterBooth,TrumanHotchkiss,JamesLockwood Conger,AustinGeorge Nettleton,CharlesM. Hotchkiss andGeorgeWinthrop Fairchild. | | | | Political family:Kingfamily of Jamaica and New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Ebenezer Hazard (1745-1817) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January15, 1745.Publisher;postmaster atNewYork City, N.Y., 1775-76;U.S.Postmaster General, 1782-89;insurancebusiness;historian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 13,1817 (age72 years, 149days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Rufus King (1755-1827) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Scarborough,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March24, 1755.Lawyer;member of Massachusetts state legislature, 1783-85;Delegateto Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1784-87;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;U.S.Senator from New York, 1789-96, 1813-25; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1789-90; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1796-1803, 1825-26; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1804, 1808; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1816.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Jamaica (now part of Queens),QueensCounty, N.Y.,April29, 1827 (age72 years, 36days).Interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y. | | Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) — of Charles Town,JeffersonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.); Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio.Born in Carlisle,England,June19, 1766.Democrat.Physician;minister;member ofNorthwestTerritory legislature, 1799-1801;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;Governorof Ohio, 1803-07;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1807-09; resigned 1808; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1809-11; Commissioner of theGeneral Land Office, 1812-14; U.S. Surveyor-General forOhio-Indiana-Michigan, 1814-29.Methodist.Englishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio,August9, 1829 (age63 years, 51days).Interment atGrandviewCemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio. | | William King (1768-1852) — of Topsham, Lincoln County (nowSagadahocCounty), Maine; Bath, Lincoln County (nowSagadahocCounty), Maine.Born in Scarborough,CumberlandCounty, Maine,February9, 1768.Sawmillowner;shipbuilder;cotton millbusiness;banker;Governor ofMaine, 1820-21; defeated, 1835.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died in Bath,SagadahocCounty, Maine,June 17,1852 (age84 years, 129days).Interment atMapleGrove Cemetery, Bath, Maine. | | Cyrus King (1772-1817) — of Massachusetts. Born in Scarborough,CumberlandCounty, Maine,September6, 1772.U.S.Representative from Massachusetts, 1813-17 (at-large 1813-15,14th District 1815-17).Died in Saco,YorkCounty, Maine,April25, 1817 (age44 years, 231days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Saco, Maine. | | Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) — of Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio.Born in Charles Town,JeffersonCounty, Va. (now W.Va.),July 16,1773.Democrat. Member ofNorthwestTerritory House of Representatives, 1799-1803;delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Ross County, 1802;registerof U.S. Land Office at Chillicothe, Ohio, 1802;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1803-07, 1810-14; member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1807, 1821-22;Governor ofOhio, 1814-18; defeated, 1808, 1810.Slaveowner. Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1827 (age53 years, 339days).Original interment atAdena Estate Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio; reinterment atGrandviewCemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.  | John Alsop King (1788-1867) — also known asJohn A. King — ofQueensCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January3, 1788.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Queens County, 1818-21, 1832, 1838, 1840;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 1st District, 1823;U.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1849-51;Governor ofNew York, 1857-59.Died in Jamaica, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,July 7,1867 (age79 years, 185days).Interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y. | | | James Gore King (1791-1853) — also known asJames G. King — of Hoboken,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 8,1791.Whig.Banker;president, ErieRailroad,1835-37;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1849-51.Died, fromcongestion ofthe lungs, in Weehawken,HudsonCounty, N.J.,October3, 1853 (age62 years, 148days).Interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y. | | Edward King (1795-1836) — of Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio; Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,March13, 1795.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives, 1823-24, 1825-29; member ofOhiostate senate, 1830.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,February6, 1836 (age40 years, 330days).Burial location unknown. | | Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (1810-1864) — of New York. Born in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,May 14,1810.U.S.Representative from New York 14th District, 1841-43;miningbusiness;railroadpromoter; colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War.Died, fromtyphoidfever, in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March24, 1864 (age53 years, 315days).Interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofStephenVan Rensselaer and Cornelia (Paterson) Van Rensselaer; married,August22, 1833, to Elizabeth Ray King (daughter ofJohnAlsop King); nephew ofPhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer andRensselaerWesterlo; uncle ofKiliaenVan Rensselaer; grandson ofWilliamPaterson; great-grandson ofPhilipLivingston; great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston andWilliamLivingston; great-granduncle ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.; second great-grandson ofDirckTen Broeck; second great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; third great-grandson ofStephanusVan Cortlandt,RobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; third great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),JacobusVan Cortlandt,JohannesCuyler andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson ofDirckWesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin ofPhilipSchuyler; first cousin once removed ofEdwardPhilip Livingston; first cousin twice removed ofPhilipP. Schuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JamesLivingston andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,RobertR. Livingston (1718-1775),PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler andStephenJohn Schuyler; first cousin four times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,CornelisCuyler,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin ofEdwardLivingston (1796-1840); second cousin once removed ofPieterSchuyler (1746-1792),PeterSamuel Schuyler,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed ofVolkertPetrus Douw,NicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,HendrickKiliaen Van Rensselaer,RobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,KillianKillian Van Rensselaer,EdwardLivingston (1764-1836),PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,JamesParker andRobertReginald Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesJay,HenryCruger,JohnJay andFrederickJay; third cousin ofPeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),GerritSmith,WilliamDuer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,ElizabethCady Stanton andJohnJay II; third cousin once removed ofLeonardGansevoort,LeonardGansevoort Jr.,JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterGansevoort,HamiltonFish,JohnCortlandt Parker,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed ofHerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; third cousin thrice removed ofHamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; fourth cousin ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,JamesAdams Ekin,JohnJacob Astor III,RichardWayne Parker andCharlesWolcott Parker; fourth cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),MaturinLivingston,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,PhilipN. Schuyler,WilliamWaldorf Astor,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnSluyter Wirt,CortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer andJonathanMayhew Wainwright. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Kingfamily of Jamaica and New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Denning Duer (1812-1891) — also known asWilliam Denning Duer — of Hoboken,HudsonCounty, N.J.; Weehawken,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,December6, 1812.Republican.Banker;stockbroker;delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey,1856(speaker),1860.Died in Weehawken,HudsonCounty, N.J.,March10, 1891 (age78 years, 94days).Interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofWilliamAlexander Duer and Hannah Maria (Denning) Duer; married,May 11,1837, to Caroline King (daughter ofJamesGore King; granddaughter ofRufusKing); nephew ofJohnDuer; grandson ofWilliamDenning andWilliamDuer (1747-1799); great-grandnephew ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,PhilipLivingston andWilliamLivingston; second great-grandson ofJamesAlexander; second great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston,RobertLivingston (1688-1775) andGilbertLivingston; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andPieterVan Brugh; third great-grandnephew ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724),Abrahamde Peyster,JohannesCuyler,Johannesde Peyster andJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); first cousin ofWilliamDuer (1805-1879); first cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,JohnStevens III andHenryBrockholst Livingston; first cousin thrice removed ofRobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); first cousin four times removed ofRobertLivingston the Younger,JohannesDePeyster,JohannesSchuyler (1697-1746),CornelisCuyler andJohnCruger Jr.; first cousin five times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay (1776-1843),RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamJay andCharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873); second cousin twice removed ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),PhilipVan Cortlandt,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr. andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,MatthewClarkson,PhilipP. Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,HenryCruger andHenryRutgers; third cousin ofPhilipSchuyler,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),HenryBell Van Rensselaer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard andJohnJay II; third cousin once removed ofHamiltonFish,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936),JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean andCharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870); third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792),JamesLivingston,PeterSamuel Schuyler,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,PhilipDePeyster,JamesParker,HerbertLivingston Satterlee,PeterAugustus Jay (1877-1933),RobertReginald Livingston,BronsonMurray Cutting,HamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991),RobertWinthrop Kean andBrockholstLivingston; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnEliot Thayer Jr.,HamiltonFish Jr. (1926-1996) andThomasHoward Kean; fourth cousin ofGilbertLivingston Thompson andJohnJacob Astor III; fourth cousin once removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,MaturinLivingston,JamesAlexander Hamilton,GeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker,PhilipN. Schuyler,WilliamWaldorf Astor andJonathanMayhew Wainwright. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Duerfamily of New York City, New York;Kingfamily of Jamaica and New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Rufus King (1814-1876) — of Milwaukee,MilwaukeeCounty, Wis.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January26, 1814.Republican.Civilengineer;newspapereditor;delegateto Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1848;superintendentof schools; delegate to Republican National Convention fromWisconsin,1856;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister toPapal States, 1863.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October13, 1876 (age62 years, 261days).Interment atGraceChurch Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y. | | Rufus King (1817-1891) — ofHamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Chillicothe,RossCounty, Ohio,May 30,1817.Delegateto Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County,1873.Died in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,March25, 1891 (age73 years, 299days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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