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. | |  David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia),PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 8,1732.Astronomer;mathematician;financier;clockmaker;surveyor;Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1777-89;firstdirector of the U.S. Mint, 1792-95.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 26,1796 (age64 years, 79days).Original interment in unknown location; reinterment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793) — Born in Newark,EssexCounty, N.J.,1746.Delegateto Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-77;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1777-80.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October8, 1793 (ageabout 47years).Original interment atPresbyterianChurchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1878 atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | John Sergeant (1779-1852) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December5, 1779.Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-23, 1827-29, 1837-41 (1stDistrict 1815-23, 2nd District 1827-29, 1837-41); National Republicancandidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1832.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November23, 1852 (age72 years, 354days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.  | Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) — also known asHenry A. Wise — of Accomac,AccomackCounty, Va.; Princess Anne County, Va. (nowVirginiaBeach, Va.).Born in Virginia,December3, 1806.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1833-44 (8th District 1833-35, 21stDistrict 1835-41, 8th District 1841-43, 7th District 1843-44); U.S.Minister toBrazil, 1844-47;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850;Governor ofVirginia, 1856-59;delegateto Virginia secession convention from Princess Anne County, 1861;general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Slaveowner. DiedSeptember12, 1876 (age69 years, 284days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | George Douglas Wise (1831-1908) — also known asGeorge D. Wise — ofRichmond,Va.Born in Deep Creek,AccomackCounty, Va.,June 4,1831.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;U.S.Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1881-95;delegateto Virginia state constitutional convention from Richmond city,1901-02.Slaveowner. Died inRichmond,Va.,February4, 1908 (age76 years, 245days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | Richard Alsop Wise (1843-1900) — ofWilliamsburg,Va.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September2, 1843.Republican.Collegeprofessor; member of Virginia state legislature, 1880;U.S.Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1898-99, 1900; died inoffice 1900.Died inWilliamsburg,Va.,December21, 1900 (age57 years, 110days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913) — also known asJohn S. Wise — of Virginia. Born in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil,December27, 1846.Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War;lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1882-83;U.S.Representative from Virginia at-large, 1883-85; candidate forGovernor ofVirginia, 1885.Died near Princess Anne,SomersetCounty, Md.,May 12,1913 (age66 years, 136days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va.
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