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. | |  Noah Phelps (1740-1809) — Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,January22, 1740.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;delegateto Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1787;probate judge in Connecticut, 1787.Died in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November4, 1809 (age69 years, 286days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Abigail (Pettibone) Phelps and David Phelps; married,June 10,1761, to Lydia Griswold; father ofElishaPhelps; grandfather ofJohnSmith Phelps; granduncle ofNormanA. Phelps; great-granduncle ofWilliamWalter Phelps; second great-granduncle ofSheffieldPhelps; third great-granduncle ofPhelpsPhelps; first cousin twice removed ofAmosPettibone; first cousin thrice removed ofAsahelPierson Case; first cousin four times removed ofNelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,AllenJacob Holcomb andArthurBurnham Woodford; first cousin five times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler andDonaldBarr Chidsey; second cousin once removed ofAugustusPettibone,HezekiahCase andRufusPettibone; second cousin twice removed ofParmenioAdams andAugustusHerman Pettibone; second cousin thrice removed ofHiramBidwell Case andSelahMerrill; second cousin four times removed ofJosephWells Holcomb,WilliamLucius Case andBurtonEverett Hoskins; second cousin five times removed ofBanksonTaylor Holcomb,ThomasHolcomb Jr.,EdmondAlfred Holcomb andLeonardLeach Case; third cousin once removed ofPierpontEdwards,BenjaminTrumbull andLancelotPhelps; third cousin twice removed ofWalterBooth,GeorgeSmith Catlin,LymanTrumbull,AlmonCase andJamesPhelps; third cousin thrice removed ofCharlesCreighton Stratton,CharlesPhelps Huntington,CalvinTilden Hulburd,JohnLeake Newbold Stratton,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,CharlesEdward Phelps,JudsonB. Phelps,EdwinCarpenter Pinney,ErskineMason Phelps,OliverCromwell Jennings andHenryC. C. Miles; fourth cousin ofBenjaminTallmadge,AaronBurr,TheodoreDwight andHenryWaggaman Edwards; fourth cousin once removed ofFrederickAugustus Tallmadge. | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "A patriot of 1776. To such weare indebtd for our independence." |
| | Elisha Phelps (1779-1847) — of Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November16, 1779.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Simsbury, 1807, 1812,1814-18, 1821, 1829, 1835;Speaker ofthe Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1821, 1829;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1819-21, 1825-29;member ofConnecticutstate senate at-large, 1822-24;Connecticutstate comptroller, 1830-34; postmaster atSimsbury,Conn., 1837.Died in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,April 6,1847 (age67 years, 141days).Interment atHopMeadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofNoahPhelps and Lydia (Griswold) Phelps; married,April16, 1810, to Lucy Smith; father ofJohnSmith Phelps; first cousin once removed ofNormanA. Phelps; first cousin twice removed ofWilliamWalter Phelps; first cousin thrice removed ofSheffieldPhelps; first cousin four times removed ofPhelpsPhelps; second cousin once removed ofAmosPettibone andGeorgeSmith Catlin; second cousin twice removed ofCharlesJenkins Hayden andAsahelPierson Case; second cousin thrice removed ofNelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,AllenJacob Holcomb,ArthurBurnham Woodford andCarlTrumbull Hayden; second cousin four times removed ofAlexanderRoyal Wheeler andDonaldBarr Chidsey; third cousin ofAugustusPettibone,GaylordGriswold,HezekiahCase andRufusPettibone; third cousin once removed ofOliverEllsworth,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,ParmenioAdams andAugustusHerman Pettibone; third cousin twice removed ofPierpontEdwards,EdmundHolcomb,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,HiramBidwell Case,SelahMerrill andTimothyE. Griswold; third cousin thrice removed ofJosephWells Holcomb,WilliamLucius Case andBurtonEverett Hoskins; fourth cousin ofJasonKellogg,BenjaminTrumbull,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,LancelotPhelps,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,WilliamAugustus Bird,AbijahBlodget,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed ofBenjaminTallmadge,JosephSilliman,AaronBurr,TheodoreDwight,GoldSelleck Silliman,HenryWaggaman Edwards,BenjaminSilliman,OliverOwen Forward,SilasDewey Kellogg,WalterForward,WalterBooth,AbielCase,ChaunceyForward,HarrisonBlodget,JairusCase,LorenzoBurrows,AnsonLevi Holcomb,LymanTrumbull,WilliamDean Kellogg,FarrandFassett Merrill,WilliamGleason Jr.,AlmonCase,JamesPhelps andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925). | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Lancelot Phelps (1784-1866) — of Colebrook,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Windsor,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November9, 1784.Democrat.Physician;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Colebrook, 1820-21, 1824,1827-28, 1830;U.S.Representative from Connecticut, 1835-39 (at-large 1835-37, 5thDistrict 1837-39).Died in Colebrook,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,September1, 1866 (age81 years, 296days).Interment atCenterCemetery, Winsted, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Lancelot Phelps (1750-1836) and Jerusha (Pinney) Phelps; married,July6, 1809, to Elizabeth Loveland Sage; father ofJamesPhelps; third cousin ofBenjaminTrumbull; third cousin once removed ofNoahPhelps,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,GeorgeSmith Catlin andLymanTrumbull; third cousin twice removed ofCalvinTilden Hulburd,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,JudsonB. Phelps,EdwinCarpenter Pinney andErskineMason Phelps; third cousin thrice removed ofClaudeCarpenter Pinney; fourth cousin ofGaylordGriswold,ElishaPhelps,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); fourth cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,AmosPettibone,LorenzoBurrows,NormanA. Phelps,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,AlmonCase andPeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925). | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Norman A. Phelps (1806-1887) — of Dexter,WashtenawCounty, Mich.Born in Hebron,TollandCounty, Conn.,November10, 1806.Farmer;supervisorof Scio Township, Michigan, 1844-45.Died inWashtenawCounty, Mich.,August12, 1887 (age80 years, 275days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Alexander Phelps and Elizabeth (Eno) Phelps; married,May 12,1835, to Mary Ann Young; uncle ofWilliamWalter Phelps; grandnephew ofNoahPhelps; granduncle ofSheffieldPhelps; great-granduncle ofPhelpsPhelps; fifth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; first cousin once removed ofElishaPhelps andHiramBidwell Case; second cousin ofJohnSmith Phelps; third cousin ofAmosPettibone andGeorgeSmith Catlin; third cousin once removed ofAugustusPettibone,GaylordGriswold,HezekiahCase,RufusPettibone,CharlesJenkins Hayden andAsahelPierson Case; third cousin twice removed ofJohnStrong,OliverEllsworth,ChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,AllenJacob Holcomb,ArthurBurnham Woodford andCarlTrumbull Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofJosiahCowles,SamuelHuntington,PierpontEdwards,AlexanderRoyal Wheeler andDonaldBarr Chidsey; fourth cousin ofParmenioAdams andAugustusHerman Pettibone; fourth cousin once removed ofJasonKellogg,SamuelStrong,BenjaminTrumbull,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,LancelotPhelps,DanielUpson,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,WilliamAugustus Bird,AbijahBlodget,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),EdmundHolcomb,PeterBuell Porter Jr.,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,PeterAugustus Porter,SelahMerrill andTimothyE. Griswold. | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | John Smith Phelps (1814-1886) — also known asJohn S. Phelps — of Springfield,GreeneCounty, Mo.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December22, 1814.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMissouristate house of representatives from Greene County, 1840-41;U.S.Representative from Missouri, 1845-63 (at-large 1845-47, 5thDistrict 1847-53, 6th District 1853-63); colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMissouri,1864;Governorof Missouri, 1877-81; defeated, 1868.Slaveowner. Died, in Sisters'Hospital,St.Louis, Mo.,November20, 1886 (age71 years, 333days).Interment atHazelwoodCemetery, Springfield, Mo.| | Relatives: SonofElishaPhelps and Lucy (Smith) Phelps; married1837 to MaryWhitney; grandson ofNoahPhelps; second cousin ofNormanA. Phelps; second cousin once removed ofWilliamWalter Phelps; second cousin twice removed ofSheffieldPhelps; second cousin thrice removed ofPhelpsPhelps; third cousin ofAmosPettibone andGeorgeSmith Catlin; third cousin once removed ofAugustusPettibone,GaylordGriswold,HezekiahCase,RufusPettibone,CharlesJenkins Hayden andAsahelPierson Case; third cousin twice removed ofOliverEllsworth,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849),PeterBuell Porter,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,AllenJacob Holcomb,ArthurBurnham Woodford andCarlTrumbull Hayden; third cousin thrice removed ofPierpontEdwards,AlexanderRoyal Wheeler andDonaldBarr Chidsey; fourth cousin ofParmenioAdams andAugustusHerman Pettibone; fourth cousin once removed ofJasonKellogg,BenjaminTrumbull,OrsamusCook Merrill,TimothyMerrill,LancelotPhelps,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,WilliamAugustus Bird,AbijahBlodget,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),EdmundHolcomb,PeterBuell Porter Jr.,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,HiramBidwell Case,PeterAugustus Porter,SelahMerrill andTimothyE. Griswold. | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Phelps County,Mo. is named for him. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle |
| | Hiram Bidwell Case (1821-1888) — also known asHiram B. Case — of Bloomfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Bloomfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,March18, 1821.Member ofConnecticutstate senate 3rd District, 1858.Died in Bloomfield,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 24,1888 (age67 years, 67days).Interment atMountain View Cemetery, Bloomfield, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Elihu Hiram Case and Maria (Woodward) Case; married,July 4,1849, to Lucy Arodene Colton; married,July 21,1868, to Emma Bridges; grandson ofHezekiahCase; sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; first cousin once removed ofNormanA. Phelps; second cousin ofWilliamWalter Phelps; second cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams andSheffieldPhelps; second cousin twice removed ofPhelpsPhelps; second cousin thrice removed ofNoahPhelps; third cousin ofAsahelPierson Case; third cousin once removed ofAlmonCase,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,JosephWells Holcomb andWilliamLucius Case; third cousin twice removed ofAugustusPettibone,ElishaPhelps,RufusPettibone,AmosPettibone,EdmondAlfred Holcomb,AlexanderRoyal Wheeler andLeonardLeach Case; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnStrong,PierpontEdwards,ChaunceyGoodrich andElizurGoodrich; fourth cousin ofSelahMerrill; fourth cousin once removed ofAbielCase,JairusCase,OliverDwight Filley,WilliamDean Kellogg,JohnSmith Phelps,AugustusHerman Pettibone,EdwinCarpenter Pinney andAllenJacob Holcomb. | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Phelps (1822-1900) — of Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in Colebrook,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.,January12, 1822.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1853-54, 1856; member ofConnecticutstate senate 19th District, 1858-59; superior court judge inConnecticut, 1863-73, 1885-92;justice ofConnecticut state supreme court, 1873-75;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1875-83.Died in Essex,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,January15, 1900 (age78 years, 3days).Interment atRiverView Cemetery, Essex, Conn.| | Relatives: SonofLancelotPhelps and Elizabeth Loveland (Sage) Phelps; married,September30, 1845, to Lydia A. Ingram; third cousin once removed ofBenjaminTrumbull; third cousin twice removed ofNoahPhelps,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; fourth cousin ofGeorgeSmith Catlin andLymanTrumbull; fourth cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,ElishaPhelps,WilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr.,CalvinTilden Hulburd,PeterAugustus Porter,BushrodEbenezer Hoppin,JudsonB. Phelps,EdwinCarpenter Pinney andErskineMason Phelps. | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Thomas Brodhead Van Buren (1824-1889) — also known asThomas B. Van Buren — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Clermont,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,June 20,1824.Lawyer;general in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 15th District, 1865; U.S.Consul General inKanagawa, 1874-85.Member,UnionLeague.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,October13, 1889 (age65 years, 115days).Interment atBrooksideCemetery, Englewood, N.J.; cenotaph atSte. Marguerite Anglo-American Church, Nice, France. | | Charles Edward Phelps (1833-1908) — also known asCharles E. Phelps — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Guilford,WindhamCounty, Vt.,May 1,1833.General in the Union Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1865-69; municipaljudge in Maryland, 1882-1908.Episcopalian.Received theMedalof Honor in 1898 for action at Laurel Hill, Va., May 8, 1864.Died inBaltimore,Md.,December27, 1908 (age75 years, 240days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Woodlawn, Md. | | Judson B. Phelps (1836-1906) — of Conneaut,CrawfordCounty, Pa.Born inHerkimerCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1836.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;dairyfarmer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives from Crawford County, 1897-98.DiedJune 16,1906 (age69 years, 186days).Interment atPennLine Cemetery, Linesville, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof Sarah (Greenfield) Phelps and Benjamin Phelps; married,February22, 1866, to Lucy Allen; second cousin twice removed ofNoyesBarber; second cousin thrice removed ofWaightstillAvery; third cousin once removed ofWilliamWhiting Boardman,EdwinBarber Morgan andChristopherMorgan; third cousin twice removed ofBenjaminTrumbull andLancelotPhelps; third cousin thrice removed ofNoahPhelps,AugustusSeymour Porter andPeterBuell Porter; fourth cousin ofCalvinTilden Hulburd andErskineMason Phelps; fourth cousin once removed ofCharlesWentworth Upham,LorenzoBurrows,GeorgeSmith Catlin,HenryTitus Backus,LymanTrumbull,WilliamWaigstill Avery,JamesPhelps,MabelThorp Boardman andSpencerGale Frink. | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | William Walter Phelps (1839-1894) — also known asWilliam W. Phelps — of Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August24, 1839.Republican.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from New Jersey 5th District, 1873-75, 1883-89;U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1881-82;Germany, 1889-93; Judge, New Jersey Court of Errors andAppeals, 1893-94.Died in Englewood,BergenCounty, N.J.,June 17,1894 (age54 years, 297days).Entombed atHopMeadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof John Jay Phelps and Rachel Badgerly (Phinney) Phelps; married1860 to EllenMaria Sheffield (sister-in-law ofThomasBrodhead Van Buren; aunt ofHaroldSheffield Van Buren); father ofSheffieldPhelps; nephew ofNormanA. Phelps; grandfather ofPhelpsPhelps; great-grandnephew ofNoahPhelps; sixth great-grandson ofThomasWelles; first cousin twice removed ofElishaPhelps; second cousin ofHiramBidwell Case; second cousin once removed ofJohnSmith Phelps; third cousin once removed ofAmosPettibone andGeorgeSmith Catlin; third cousin twice removed ofAugustusPettibone,GaylordGriswold,HezekiahCase andRufusPettibone; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnStrong,OliverEllsworth,ChaunceyGoodrich,ElizurGoodrich,AugustusSeymour Porter andPeterBuell Porter; fourth cousin ofCharlesJenkins Hayden andAsahelPierson Case; fourth cousin once removed ofParmenioAdams,AugustusHerman Pettibone,NelsonPlatt Wheeler,WilliamEgbert Wheeler,AllenJacob Holcomb,ArthurBurnham Woodford andCarlTrumbull Hayden. | | | | Political families:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut;VanBuren-Phelpsfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —U.S. State Dept career summary —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Erskine Mason Phelps (1839-1910) — also known asErskine M. Phelps — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Stonington,New LondonCounty, Conn.,March31, 1839.Democrat.Boot and shoebusiness; president, HahnemannHospital;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Illinois, 1888;IllinoisDemocratic state chair, 1888;Consulfor Colombia inChicago,Ill., 1893-1907.Donated his collection of Napoleon memorabilia to the University ofChicago Library.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 22,1910 (age71 years, 52days).Entombed atEvergreen Cemetery, Stonington, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles H. Phelps and Ann (Hammond) Phelps; married,October26, 1865, to Anna Wilder; second cousin ofJamesHammond Trumbull; second cousin once removed ofHenryBrewster Stanton; second cousin thrice removed ofGeorgeChamplin; second cousin four times removed ofWaightstillAvery; third cousin twice removed ofChristopherGrant Champlin,JeremiahMason,BenjaminTrumbull andLancelotPhelps; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnAdams,NoahPhelps,AugustusSeymour Porter,DanielCady andPeterBuell Porter; fourth cousin ofCalvinTilden Hulburd,JudsonB. Phelps,NathanWilliam Pendleton andGilesRussell Taggart; fourth cousin once removed ofAlbertGallup,GeorgeSmith Catlin,LymanTrumbull,JamesPhelps andIrvingDilley Tillman. | | | | Political family:Phelpsfamily of Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Preston Lea (1841-1916) — of New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.; Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.Born in Wilmington,New CastleCounty, Del.,November12, 1841.Republican. President, William Lea and Sonsmilling;president, Union NationalBank,vice-president, Farmers MutualInsuranceCompany; director, Philadelphia, Baltimore and WashingtonRailroad;Governorof Delaware, 1905-09; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Delaware,1908.Quaker. Member,UnionLeague.Died in New Castle,New CastleCounty, Del.,December4, 1916 (age75 years, 22days).Interment atWilmingtonand Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington, Del. | | | Harold Sheffield Van Buren (1855-1907) — also known asHarold S. Van Buren — of New Jersey. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1855.U.S. Consular Marshal inKanagawa, 1880-85; U.S. Consul inNice, 1897-1907, died in office 1907.Died in Nice,France,February11, 1907 (age51 years, 128days).Interment atSte. Marguerite Anglo-American Church, Nice, France; cenotaphatOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Mabel Thorp Boardman (1860-1946) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,October12, 1860.Member, Board of Incorporators, Red Cross, 1900; also served as RedCross national secretary;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1920-21.Female.Episcopalian.Member,ColonialDames;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Died, from acoronarythrombosis, inWashington,D.C.,March17, 1946 (age85 years, 156days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C. | | Sheffield Phelps (1864-1902) — of Teaneck,BergenCounty, N.J.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,July 24,1864.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1900.Died, oftyphoidfever, in Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,December9, 1902 (age38 years, 138days).Entombed atHopMeadow Cemetery, Simsbury, Conn. | | Phelps Phelps (1897-1981) — also known asPhelps von Rottenburg — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.; Jersey City,HudsonCounty, N.J.; Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.Born in Bonn,Germany,May4, 1897.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1924-28, 1937-38 (New York County 10th District1924-28, New York County 3rd District 1937-38); delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1932;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1936,1948(alternate); member ofNew Yorkstate senate 13th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War II;Governor ofAmerican Samoa, 1951-52; U.S. Ambassador toDominican Republic, 1952-53; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New Jersey,1956,1960,1964(alternate);delegateto New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1966.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;PsiUpsilon;UrbanLeague;Elks;AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Societyof Colonial Wars;UnionLeague;DeltaTheta Phi.Died in Wildwood,Cape MayCounty, N.J.,June 10,1981 (age84 years, 37days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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