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. | |  Edward Biddle (1738-1779) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,1738.Lawyer;member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1767-75;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1774-75.Died in Chatsworth,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,September5, 1779 (ageabout 41years).Interment atOldSt. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Biddle and Mary (Scull) Biddle; brother ofCharlesBiddle; married,June 6,1761, to Elizabeth Ross (sister ofGeorgeRoss); uncle ofJamesBiddle,JohnBiddle (1792-1859) andRichardBiddle; granduncle ofEdwardMacFunn Biddle,JamesStokes Biddle andCharlesJohn Biddle; great-granduncle ofJohnBiddle (1859-1936); second great-granduncle ofBoiesPenrose,EdwardMacFunn Biddle Jr. andSpencerPenrose; third great-granduncle ofAnthonyJoseph Drexel Biddle Jr.; fourth great-granduncle ofAngierBiddle Duke; first cousin ofJohnScull; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesBingham Penrose,JohnCadwalader (1805-1879),EdwardScull andThomasBiddle; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnCadwalader (1843-1925),GeorgeRoss Scull andRobertSpencer Scull; first cousin four times removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesElam Scull; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington andSamuelScull; third cousin thrice removed ofDavidThayer Bunker,WallaceRaymond Crumb andDavidScull; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,JohnAppleton,JanePierce andJoshuaPerkins. | | | | Political families:Biddle#1 family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Biddle#2 family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Scull-Biddlefamily of Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Charles Biddle (1745-1821) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December24, 1745.Served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War;Vice-Presidentof Pennsylvania, 1785-87;secretaryof the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1787-91; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1810-14.Member,Societyof the Cincinnati.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April 4,1821 (age75 years, 101days).Entombed atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.| | Relatives: Sonof William Biddle III and Mary (Scull) Biddle; brother ofEdwardBiddle; married,November25, 1778, to Hannah Shepard; father ofJamesBiddle,JohnBiddle (1792-1859) andRichardBiddle; grandfather ofJamesStokes Biddle andCharlesJohn Biddle; granduncle ofEdwardMacFunn Biddle; great-grandfather ofJohnBiddle (1859-1936); second great-granduncle ofBoiesPenrose,SpencerPenrose andEdwardMacFunn Biddle Jr.; third great-grandfather ofAnthonyJoseph Drexel Biddle Jr.; fourth great-grandfather ofAngierBiddle Duke; first cousin ofJohnScull; first cousin twice removed ofCharlesBingham Penrose,JohnCadwalader (1805-1879),EdwardScull andThomasBiddle; first cousin thrice removed ofJohnCadwalader (1843-1925),GeorgeRoss Scull andRobertSpencer Scull; first cousin four times removed ofFrancisBeverley Biddle; second cousin thrice removed ofCharlesElam Scull; third cousin once removed ofJabezHuntington andSamuelScull; third cousin thrice removed ofDavidThayer Bunker,WallaceRaymond Crumb andDavidScull; fourth cousin ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; fourth cousin once removed ofJabezWilliams Huntington,JohnAppleton,JanePierce andJoshuaPerkins. | | | | Political families:Biddle#1 family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Biddle#2 family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;Scull-Biddlefamily of Pennsylvania (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | James Biddle (1783-1848) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February18, 1783.Served in the U.S. Navy during the War of 1812; U.S. SpecialDiplomatic Agent toCuba, 1822.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October1, 1848 (age65 years, 226days).Interment atChristChurch Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa. | | John Biddle (1792-1859) — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March 2,1792.Whig. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;mayorof Detroit, Mich., 1827-28;Delegateto U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1829-31;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835;candidate forGovernor ofMichigan, 1835; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County, 1841;Speaker ofthe Michigan State House of Representatives, 1841;banker;president, Michigan CentralRailroad.Died in White Sulphur Springs,GreenbrierCounty, Va (now W.Va.),August25, 1859 (age67 years, 176days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Detroit, Mich.  | Richard Biddle (1796-1847) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,March25, 1796.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1837-40 (22nd District 1837-39,32nd District 1839-40).Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,July 6,1847 (age51 years, 103days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | | Edward MacFunn Biddle (1808-1889) — also known asEdward M. Biddle — of Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,July 27,1808.Lawyer;AdjutantGeneral of Pennsylvania, 1861-62;railroadpresident.Died in Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,May 13,1889 (age80 years, 290days).Interment atAshlandCemetery, Carlisle, Pa. | | James Stokes Biddle (1818-1900) — also known asJames S. Biddle — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,January15, 1818.Democrat. Candidate formayorof Philadelphia, Pa., 1871.Died inBucksCounty, Pa.,July 26,1900 (age82 years, 192days).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Charles John Biddle (1819-1873) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,April30, 1819.Democrat.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1861-63.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,September28, 1873 (age54 years, 151days).Interment atOldSt. Peter's Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Thomas Biddle (1827-1875) — of Pennsylvania. BornJanuary2, 1827.U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent toCuba, 1866; U.S. Minister toSalvador, 1871-73.Died inEcuador,April7, 1875 (age48 years, 95days).Interment atLaurelHill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925) — also known asJames B. Duke;"Buck";"Tobacco King" —of Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.Born near Durham,DurhamCounty, N.C.,December23, 1856.Republican. Organizer and president, AmericanTobaccoCompany, which monopolized thetobaccoindustry until it was broken up in 1911; organizer ofelectricpower companies; delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew Jersey,1904.Left a large trust fund which supported Duke University. Died, ofbronchialpneumonia, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1925 (age68 years, 291days).Entombed atDukeUniversity Chapel, Durham, N.C. | | John Biddle (1859-1936) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,February2, 1859.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;memberDistrict of Columbia board of commissioners, 1901-07.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,January18, 1936 (age76 years, 350days).Interment atUnited States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y. | | Edward MacFunn Biddle Jr. (1865-1955) — also known asEdward M. Biddle, Jr. — of Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.Born in Irvine,WarrenCounty, Pa.,October4, 1865.Democrat.Lawyer;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania,1916,1924;common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania 9th District, 1921-29.Died, fromchronicmyocarditis, in CarlisleHospital,Carlisle,CumberlandCounty, Pa.,March25, 1955 (age89 years, 172days).Interment atOldCarlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Pa. | | William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) — also known asWilliam B. Thompson — of Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Virginia City,MadisonCounty, Mont.,May 13,1869.Republican.Miningmagnate;banker;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1912;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1916,1920;director, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; director, MetropolitanLifeInsuranceCo.Died, frompneumonia,June27, 1930 (age61 years, 45days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | Nathan Lynn Bachman (1878-1937) — also known asNathan L. Bachman — of Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.Born in Chattanooga,HamiltonCounty, Tenn.,August2, 1878.Democrat.Lawyer;circuit judge in Tennessee 6th District, 1908-12;justice ofTennessee state supreme court, 1918-24;U.S.Senator from Tennessee, 1933-37; died in office 1937.Presbyterian.Member,Elks;Knightsof Pythias.Died, from aheartattack in his room at the ContinentalHotel,Washington,D.C.,April23, 1937 (age58 years, 264days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn. | | James Henry Roberts Cromwell (1896-1990) — also known asJames H. R. Cromwell — of Somerville,SomersetCounty, N.J.; Weehawken,HudsonCounty, N.J.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1896.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; vice-president,PeerlessMotor CarCompany; U.S. Minister toCanada, 1940; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew Jersey,1940;candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1940; president, Chemwood Corporation,pulpand paper manufacturers.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;MarineCorps League;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died in1990(ageabout94 years).Burial location unknown. | | Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Jr. (1897-1961) — also known asA. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December17, 1897.Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War I;shippingbusiness; U.S. Minister toNorway, 1935-37, 1941-42;Netherlands, 1941-42;Yugoslavia, 1941;Czechoslovakia, 1941-43;Greece, 1941-42; U.S. Ambassador toPoland, 1937-43;Belgium, 1941-43;Netherlands, 1942-43;Norway, 1942-43;Yugoslavia, 1942;Greece, 1942-43;Czechoslovakia, 1943;Spain, 1961.Died, fromlungcancer and aheartattack, inWalterReed Army Medical Center,Washington,D.C.,November13, 1961 (age63 years, 331days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; cenotaph atWoodlandsCemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Angier Biddle Duke (1915-1995) — of Tuxedo Park,OrangeCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November30, 1915.Major in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador toEl Salvador, 1952-53;Spain, 1965-68;Denmark, 1968-69;Morocco, 1979-81.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Chancellorof Southampton College.Hit by acarwhilerollerblading,and died as a result, in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,April29, 1995 (age79 years, 150days).Entombed atMaplewoodCemetery, Durham, N.C. | | Robin Chandler Duke (1923-2016) — also known asGrace Esther Tippett;RobinChandler —of New York. Born inBaltimore,Md.,October13, 1923.Democrat.Model;journalist;stockbroker;U.S. Ambassador toNorway, 2000-01.Female.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February6, 2016 (age92 years, 116days).Cremated;ashes interred atCarolina Memorial Park, North Charleston, S.C.
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