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. | |  Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) — ofBaltimore,Md.Born in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,May 21,1796.Whig.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1821-27; delegate to Whig National Convention fromMaryland, 1839 (member, Committee on Permanent Organization; member,Committee to Notify Nominees; speaker);U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1845-49, 1863-68;U.S.Attorney General, 1849-50; member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1861-62; U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1868-69.Episcopalian.Slaveowner. Died in Annapolis,AnneArundel County, Md.,February10, 1876 (age79 years, 265days).Interment atGreenMount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. | | James Samuel Wadsworth (1807-1864) — also known asJames S. Wadsworth — of New York. Born in Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1807.Republican. Candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1862; general in the Union Army during the Civil War.Member,Skulland Bones.Diedof wounds received in the Battle of the Wilderness, inSpotsylvaniaCounty, Va.,May 8,1864 (age56 years, 191days).Interment atTempleHill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof James Wadsworth and Naomi (Wolcott) Wadsworth; married,May 11,1834, to Mary Craig Wharton; father ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth andJamesWolcott Wadsworth; grandfather ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; great-grandson ofErastusWolcott; great-grandfather ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth; great-grandnephew ofOliverWolcott Sr.; second great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); second great-grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; first cousin once removed ofEdwardOliver Wolcott; first cousin twice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin once removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth,WilliamWolcott Ellsworth,EliCoe Birdsey (1799-1843),GeorgeHarrison Hall andAlfredWolcott; third cousin twice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799),DanielPitkin,EliCoe Birdsey (1843-1929),LawsonWooding Hall andSeldenChapin; third cousin thrice removed ofFredericLincoln Chapin; fourth cousin ofMorrisWoodruff,ElishaHunt Allen andGeorgeWashington Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed ofJamesHillhouse,TheodoreDwight,TimothyPitkin,CharlesRobert Sherman,EdmundHolcomb,GeorgeCatlin Woodruff,LewisBartholomew Woodruff,AlbertAsahel Bliss,PhilemonBliss,WilliamChapman Williston,WilliamFessenden Allen,AlfredClark Chapin,FranklinDarius Hale,AdrianRowe Wadsworth, Sr.,FrederickHobbes Allen andClarenceSeymour Wadsworth. | | | | Political families:Kidder-Wolcottfamily;Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry B. Payne (1810-1896) — of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Hamilton,MadisonCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1810.Democrat. Democratic Presidential Elector for Ohio,1848;member ofOhiostate senate, 1849-50; candidate forGovernor ofOhio, 1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio,1860;U.S.Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1875-77; defeated, 1876;candidate for Democratic nomination for President,1880;U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1885-91.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,September9, 1896 (age85 years, 284days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | James Scollay Whitney (1811-1878) — also known asJames S. Whitney — of Conway,FranklinCounty, Mass.; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in South Deerfield, Deerfield,FranklinCounty, Mass.,May 19,1811.Democrat. Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1851, 1854; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Massachusetts,1856,1860;U.S.Collector of Customs at Boston, Mass., Massachusetts, 1860-61;steamshipbusiness; member ofMassachusettsstate senate First Norfolk District, 1872.Englishancestry.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,October24, 1878 (age67 years, 158days).Burial location unknown. | | Charles Frederick Wadsworth (1835-1899) — also known asCharles F. Wadsworth — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October6, 1835.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 31st District, 1886.Died in York,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,November13, 1899 (age64 years, 38days).Interment atTempleHill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJamesSamuel Wadsworth and Mary Craig (Wharton) Wadsworth; brother ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth; married,September29, 1864, to Jessie Burden; uncle ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; granduncle ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth; great-granduncle ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second great-grandson ofErastusWolcott; second great-grandnephew ofOliverWolcott Sr.; third great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin ofEdwardOliver Wolcott; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799) andDanielPitkin; fourth cousin ofEliCoe Birdsey (1799-1843),GeorgeHarrison Hall andAlfredWolcott; fourth cousin once removed ofMorrisWoodruff,ElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,EliCoe Birdsey (1843-1929),LawsonWooding Hall andSeldenChapin. | | | | Political family:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | John Milton Hay (1838-1905) — also known asJohn Hay — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Salem,WashingtonCounty, Ind.,October8, 1838.Private secretary and assistant to PresidentAbrahamLincoln; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1893-98;U.S.Secretary of State, 1898-1905; died in office 1905.Died in Newbury,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,July 1,1905 (age66 years, 266days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.| | Relatives: Sonof Helen (Leonard) Hay and Dr. Charles Hay; married,February4, 1874, to Clara Louise Stone; father ofAdelbertStone Hay and Alice Evelyn Hay (who marriedJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.); grandfather ofJohnHay Whitney andJamesJermiah Wadsworth; great-grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second cousin thrice removed ofJamesHodges; third cousin twice removed ofJamesLeonard Hodges; fourth cousin once removed ofWilliamDean Kellogg andMarcusMorton. | | | | Political family:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:SpencerF. Eddy | | | | The World War IILibertyshipSS John Hay (built 1943 atPanamaCity, Florida; scrapped 1961) wasnamed forhim. | | | | Epitaph: "The Fruit of Righteousness issown in peace of they that make peace." | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about John Milton Hay: MichaelBurlingame, ed.,AtLincoln's Side : John Hay's Civil War Correspondence and SelectedWritings — Robert L. Gale,JohnHay — Howard I. Kushner,JohnMilton Hay : The Union of Poetry and Politics —Michael Burlingame, ed.,AbrahamLincoln: The Observations of John G. Nicolay and JohnHay — John Taliaferro,Allthe Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln toRoosevelt | | | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine,October 1903 |
| | | Henry Melville Whitney (1839-1923) — also known asHenry M. Whitney — of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Conway,FranklinCounty, Mass.,October22, 1839.Democrat.Steamshipbusiness; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Massachusetts, 1905; candidate forGovernor ofMassachusetts, 1907.Died in Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,January25, 1923 (age83 years, 95days).Burial location unknown.  | William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) — also known asWilliam C. Whitney — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Conway,FranklinCounty, Mass.,July 5,1841.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1876,1880;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89;establishedthe Naval War College, in Newport, R.I.;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894.Englishancestry.Died, fromperitonitis,followingappendicitissurgery, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February2, 1904 (age62 years, 212days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | James Wolcott Wadsworth (1846-1926) — also known asJames W. Wadsworth — of Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October12, 1846.Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofNewYork state assembly from Livingston County, 1878-79;New Yorkstate comptroller, 1880-81;U.S.Representative from New York, 1881-85, 1891-1907 (27th District1881-85, 31st District 1891-93, 30th District 1893-1903, 34thDistrict 1903-07); defeated, 1906; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1884,1904;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 43rd District, 1915.Died inWashington,D.C.,December24, 1926 (age80 years, 73days).Interment atTempleHill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJamesSamuel Wadsworth and Mary Craig (Wharton) Wadsworth; brother ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth; married1876 to LouisaTravers (granddaughter ofReverdyJohnson); father ofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr.; grandfather ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth; great-grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; second great-grandson ofErastusWolcott; second great-grandnephew ofOliverWolcott Sr.; third great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin thrice removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold andFrederickWolcott; second cousin ofEdwardOliver Wolcott; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin once removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold (1833-1919) andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin twice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewGriswold (1714-1799) andDanielPitkin; fourth cousin ofEliCoe Birdsey (1799-1843),GeorgeHarrison Hall andAlfredWolcott; fourth cousin once removed ofMorrisWoodruff,ElishaHunt Allen,GeorgeWashington Wolcott,EliCoe Birdsey (1843-1929),LawsonWooding Hall andSeldenChapin. | | | | Political families:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York;Bowie-Taylor-Mackall-Johnsonfamily of Maryland (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage |
| | Edward Oliver Wolcott (1848-1905) — also known asEdward O. Wolcott — ofDenver,Colo.; Wolhurst,ArapahoeCounty, Colo.Born in Longmeadow,HampdenCounty, Mass.,March26, 1848.Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member ofColoradostate senate, 1879-82;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1889-1901; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Colorado,1904.Died in Monte Carlo,Monaco,March1, 1905 (age56 years, 340days).Cremated;ashes interred atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Adrian Rowe Wadsworth, Sr. (1855-1941) — also known asAdrian R. Wadsworth — of Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November26, 1855.Republican.Farmer;civilengineer;coal andice dealer; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Farmington, 1897-1902,1921-22, 1925-32; defeated, 1894, 1908, 1914;warden(borough president) of Farmington, Connecticut, 1904-09, 1917;firstselectman of Farmington, Connecticut, 1917, 1920-21.Member,Freemasons;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,May 15,1941 (age85 years, 170days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Farmington, Conn. | | Clarence Seymour Wadsworth (1871-1941) — also known asClarence S. Wadsworth — of Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August29, 1871.Delegateto Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 33rd District,1933.Died in Montreal,Quebec,April7, 1941 (age69 years, 221days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.  | Adelbert Stone Hay (1876-1901) — also known asAdelbert S. Hay — Born in1876.U.S. Consul inPretoria, 1901.Fell to hisdeath from a third-floor window of the New Haven Househotel,New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,June 23,1901 (ageabout 24years).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.  | James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (1877-1952) — also known asJames W. Wadsworth, Jr. — of Mt. Morris,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.; Groveland,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.; Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.Born in Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1877.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;farmer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Livingston County, 1905-10;Speaker ofthe New York State Assembly, 1906-10; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,1908,1912,1916,1920(speaker),1924,1928,1936,1940;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of New York, 1912;U.S.Senator from New York, 1915-27; defeated, 1926;U.S.Representative from New York, 1933-51 (39th District 1933-45,41st District 1945-51);delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Episcopalian.Member,LoyalLegion;Grange;UnitedSpanish War Veterans;DeltaKappa Epsilon;UnionLeague;Skulland Bones.The U.S. Senate's leading opponent of woman suffrage and alcoholprohibition.Died inWashington,D.C.,June 21,1952 (age74 years, 314days).Interment atTempleHill Cemetery, Geneseo, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofJamesWolcott Wadsworth and Mary Louisa (Travers) Wadsworth; married,September30, 1902, to Alice Hay (daughter ofJohnMilton Hay); father ofJamesJermiah Wadsworth and Evelyn Wadsworth (who marriedWilliamStuart Symington); nephew ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth; grandson ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth; grandfather ofJamesWadsworth Symington; great-grandson ofReverdyJohnson; great-grandnephew ofThomasFielder Bowie; second great-grandson ofJohnJohnson; second great-grandnephew ofRobertWilliam Bowie (1787-1848); third great-grandson ofErastusWolcott andRobertWilliam Bowie (1750-1818); third great-grandnephew ofOliverWolcott Sr.,BenjaminMackall IV,WalterBowie andThomasMackall; fourth great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin four times removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold,FrederickWolcott andMargaretTaylor; second cousin once removed ofEdwardOliver Wolcott; second cousin five times removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin twice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold andRogerWolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed ofGaylordGriswold,SamuelClesson Allen,HenryLeavitt Ellsworth andWilliamWolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed ofEliCoe Birdsey,GeorgeHarrison Hall andAlfredWolcott. | | | | Political family:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Image source: Munsey's Magazine, June1919 |
| | Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) — also known asFrances P. Bolton;Frances PayneBingham —of Lyndhurst,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,March29, 1885.Republican. Member ofOhioRepublican State Central Committee, 1938-40;U.S.Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1948(speaker),1952(HonoraryVice-President),1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960,1964,1968.Female.Presbyterian.Member,League of WomenVoters;NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Firstwoman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955.Died in Lyndhurst,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,March 9,1977 (age91 years, 345days).Interment atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | William Averell Harriman (1891-1986) — also known asW. Averell Harriman — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1891.Democrat. U.S. Ambassador toSoviet Union, 1943-46;Great Britain, 1946;, 1961, 1965-69;U.S.Secretary of Commerce, 1946-48; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1952,1956;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1952,1956,1960,1964;Governorof New York, 1955-59; defeated, 1958; received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1969.Member,Council onForeign Relations;Knightsof Pythias;Skulland Bones.Died in Yorktown Heights,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 26,1986 (age94 years, 253days).Interment atArdenFarm Graveyard, Arden, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofEdwardHenry Harriman; married,September21, 1915, to Kitty Lawrence; married,February21, 1930, to Marie (Norton) Whitney (ex-wife ofCorneliusVanderbilt Whitney); married,September27, 1971, toPamelaHayward. | | | | Political families:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York;Harrimanfamily of Arden, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JonathanB. Bingham | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Averell Harriman: WalterIsaacson,TheWise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made |
| | Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992) — also known asCornelius V. Whitney;"Sonny" —of Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Roslyn,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,February20, 1899.Democrat. Co-founder and chairman of Pam AmericanAirways;chairman, Hudson BayMining andSmeltingCompany;horsebreeder; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 1st District, 1932; along withDavidO. Selznick, he helped to finance and produceHollywoodfilms in the 1930s and 1940s.Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,December13, 1992 (age93 years, 297days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney; married,March 5,1923, to Marie Norton (who later marriedWilliamAverell Harriman); married,September29, 1931, to Gladys Crosby Hopkins; married,June 18,1941, to Eleanor Searle; married,January24, 1958, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford; grandson ofWilliamCollins Whitney; grandnephew ofHenryMelville Whitney; granduncle ofJohnLeBoutillier; great-grandson ofHenryB. Payne andJamesScollay Whitney; second great-grandson ofHenryCollins Flagg; first cousin ofWilliamHenry Vanderbilt III andJohnHay Whitney; first cousin once removed ofFrancesPayne Bolton; second cousin ofWilliamArmistead Moale Burden andOliverPayne Bolton; second cousin once removed ofShirleyCarter Burden Jr.; third cousin thrice removed ofThomasMackie Burgess. | | | | Political families:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York;Straus-Morgenthau-Lehman-Vanderbiltfamily of New York City, New York;Whitney-Bolton-Paynefamily of Cleveland, Ohio;Harrimanfamily of Arden, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
 | William Stuart Symington (1901-1988) — also known asStuart Symington — of Creve Coeur,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born in Amherst,HampshireCounty, Mass.,June 26,1901.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; secretary ofthe Air Force, 1947-50;U.S.Senator from Missouri, 1953-76; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1956,1960;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,1956,1960.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;Council onForeign Relations.DiedDecember14, 1988 (age87 years, 171days).Entombed atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C. | | | William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981) — also known asWilliam H. Vanderbilt — of Portsmouth,NewportCounty, R.I.; South Williamstown, Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.Born in Staten Island,RichmondCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1901.Republican. Member ofRhodeIsland state senate, 1928-34; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Rhode Island,1928(ConventionVice-President),1936(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee);Governor ofRhode Island, 1939-41; defeated, 1940.Episcopalian.Died in South Williamstown, Williamstown,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,April14, 1981 (age79 years, 141days).Interment atSouthlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass. | | John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) — also known asJock Whitney — of Manhasset,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine,August17, 1904.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;financier;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1956,1968;U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New YorkHeraldTribunenewspaper,1961-66.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died in Manhasset,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,February8, 1982 (age77 years, 175days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.  | James Jermiah Wadsworth (1905-1984) — also known asJames J. Wadsworth — of Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Groveland,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1905.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Livingston County, 1932-41; resigned 1941;U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1960-61; member, Federal CommunicationsCommission, 1965-69.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations;UnitedWorld Federalists.Died in Geneseo,LivingstonCounty, N.Y.,March13, 1984 (age78 years, 275days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofJamesWolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Alice Evelyn (Hay) Wadsworth; brotherof Evelyn Wadsworth (who marriedWilliamStuart Symington); married,June 16,1927, to Harty Griggs Tilton; nephew ofAdelbertStone Hay; uncle ofJamesWadsworth Symington; grandson ofJohnMilton Hay andJamesWolcott Wadsworth; grandnephew ofCharlesFrederick Wadsworth; great-grandson ofJamesSamuel Wadsworth; second great-grandson ofReverdyJohnson; second great-grandnephew ofThomasFielder Bowie; third great-grandson ofJohnJohnson; third great-grandnephew ofRobertWilliam Bowie (1787-1848); fourth great-grandson ofErastusWolcott andRobertWilliam Bowie (1750-1818); fourth great-grandnephew ofOliverWolcott Sr.,BenjaminMackall IV,WalterBowie andThomasMackall; fifth great-grandson ofRogerWolcott (1679-1767); first cousin ofJohnHay Whitney; first cousin five times removed ofOliverWolcott Jr.,RogerGriswold,FrederickWolcott andMargaretTaylor; second cousin twice removed ofEdwardOliver Wolcott; second cousin five times removed ofJamesHodges; third cousin thrice removed ofJohnWilliam Allen,HenryTitus Backus,ChristopherParsons Wolcott,MatthewGriswold andRogerWolcott (1847-1900). | | | | Political family:Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoU.S. State Dept career summary | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | James Roosevelt (1907-1991) — also known asJimmy Roosevelt — of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December23, 1907.Democrat.Insurancebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1936;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1948,1952(alternate),1956,1960,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1950;U.S.Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidateformayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, from complications of astrokeandParkinson'sdisease, in Newport Beach,OrangeCounty, Calif.,August13, 1991 (age83 years, 233days).Interment atPacificView Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofFranklinDelano Roosevelt andEleanorRoosevelt; brother ofElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; married,June 4,1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (who later marriedJohnHay Whitney); married,April14, 1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider; married,July 2,1956, to Gladys Irene Owens; married,October3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; grandnephew ofTheodoreRoosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew ofJamesI. Roosevelt; third great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; fourth great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; first cousin once removed ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,WarrenDelano Robbins,CorinneAlsop Cole,TheodoreRoosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed ofElizabethMonroe; first cousin five times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin seven times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.,PhilipDePeyster andJabezWilliams Huntington; third cousin ofFrancisHolden Aspinwall. | | | | Political families:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York;Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | John Fife Symington Jr. (1910-2007) — also known asJ. Fife Symington, Jr. — of Lutherville,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born in Lutherville,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,August27, 1910.Republican.Airlinepilot;airlineexecutive; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1958, 1960, 1962;delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,1964;U.S. Ambassador toTrinidad and Tobago, 1969-71.Died, in the Gilchrist Center forhospicecare,Baltimore,Md.,December9, 2007 (age97 years, 104days).Interment atSt.Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md. | | James Wadsworth Symington (b. 1927) — also known asJames W. Symington — of Clayton,St. LouisCounty, Mo.Born in Rochester,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,September28, 1927.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Missouri 2nd District, 1969-77; candidate forU.S.Senator from Missouri, 1976.Episcopalian.Member,American BarAssociation.Still living as of 2014. | | John Fife Symington III (b. 1945) — also known asFife Symington III — of Arizona. Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1945.Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War;Governor ofArizona, 1991-97; resigned 1997.Episcopalian.Convictedon seven counts ofbankfraud in federal court, September 3, 1997;forced toresign as governor;sentencedtoprisonandfined inFebruary 1998; his conviction was overturned on appeal in June 1999;pardonedby President Bill Clinton in 2001.Still living as of 2017. | | John LeBoutillier (b. 1953) — of Old Westbury,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Glen Cove,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,May 26,1953.U.S.Representative from New York 6th District, 1981-83; defeated(Republican), 1982; American Independent candidate for PresidentialElector for California,2016(on behalf ofDonaldTrump andMikePence).Still living as of 2016.
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