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. | | Ezra Cornell (1807-1874) — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.Born in Westchester Landing, Westchester County (now part of Bronx,BronxCounty), N.Y.,January11, 1807.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tompkins County, 1862-63; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 24th District, 1864-67;founderof Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., 1865.Died in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,December9, 1874 (age67 years, 332days).Entombed atSageChapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; statue atArtsQuad, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.  | Alonzo Barton Cornell (1832-1904) — also known asAlonzo B. Cornell — of Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1832.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1868,1880;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1868;New YorkRepublican state chair, 1870-74, 1875-77, 1878-79; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 11th District, 1873;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1873;Governor ofNew York, 1880-83.Died in Ithaca,TompkinsCounty, N.Y.,October15, 1904 (age72 years, 267days).Entombed atSageChapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. | | Samuel Evan Boys (1871-1966) — also known asSamuel E. Boys — of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.; Plymouth,MarshallCounty, Ind.Born in Lacon,MarshallCounty, Ill.,June 20,1871.Republican.Lawyer;newspapereditor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1936(alternate),1940;Republican Presidential Elector for Indiana,1944.Died in Plymouth,MarshallCounty, Ind.,April14, 1966 (age94 years, 298days).Interment atOak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind. | | Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) — also known asCarl W. Riddick — of Winamac,PulaskiCounty, Ind.; Lewistown,FergusCounty, Mont.Born in Wells,FaribaultCounty, Minn.,February25, 1872.Republican.Newspaperpublisher;FergusCounty Assessor, 1915-18;U.S.Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate forU.S.Senator from Montana, 1922.Methodist.Died in Fort Lauderdale,BrowardCounty, Fla.,July 9,1960 (age88 years, 135days).Interment atHillcrestMemorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md. | | Florence Riddick Boys (1873-1963) — also known asFlorence R. Boys;Florence Alice Riddick;Mrs. S. E. Boys —of South Bend,St. JosephCounty, Ind.; Plymouth,MarshallCounty, Ind.Born inFaribaultCounty, Minn.,December3, 1873.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,1924,1932(alternate).Female.Died, fromlympho-sarcoma(non-Hodgkin'slymphoma), in Plymouth,MarshallCounty, Ind.,May 10,1963 (age89 years, 158days).Interment atOak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind. | | Merrill K. Riddick (1895-1988) — of Philipsburg,GraniteCounty, Mont.Born in Madison,DaneCounty, Wis.,March 7,1895.Aviator;candidate in Democratic primary forGovernor ofMontana, 1960, 1968; candidate in Republican primary forU.S.Senator from Montana, 1972.Died, ofcancer,in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,March 9,1988 (age93 years, 2days).Interment atBaltimoreNational Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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