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. | |  Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874) — also known asBenjamin R. Curtis — of Massachusetts. Born in Watertown,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,November4, 1809.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1849;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1851-57.Episcopalian.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,September15, 1874 (age64 years, 315days).Interment atMt.Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.| |  Relatives: Sonof Benjamin Curtis and Lois (Robbins) Curtis; married,May 8,1833, to Eliza M. Woodward; married,January5, 1846, to Anna Wroe Scollay; married,August29, 1861, to Maria Malleville Allen; father of Anne Wroe ScollayCurtis (who marriedSethLow). | | | | Political family:White-Moffat-Lowfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipedia article —Ballotpediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Henry White (1850-1927) — Born inBaltimore,Md.,March29, 1850.U.S. Ambassador toItaly, 1905-07;France, 1906-09.Episcopalian.Died in Lenox,BerkshireCounty, Mass.,July 15,1927 (age77 years, 108days).Cremated;ashes interred atWashingtonNational Cathedral, Washington, D.C.  | Seth Low (1850-1916) — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January18, 1850.Republican.Mayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1882-85;president,Columbia University, 1890-1900;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1897 (Citizens Union),1903; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1908;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.Member,AmericanPhilosophical Society;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science;UnionLeague.Died in Bedford Hills,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,September17, 1916 (age66 years, 243days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | | Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) — also known asJoseph C. Grew — of Hancock,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.; Manchester,EssexCounty, Mass.Born in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 27,1880.U.S. Deputy Consul General inCairo, 1904-06; secretary to American delegation, Armistaceconference of Supreme War Council, Versailles, 1918; secretarygeneral with rank of Minister, American Commission to NegotiatePeace, Paris, 1918-19; U.S. Minister toDenmark, 1920-21;Switzerland, 1921-24; U.S. Ambassador toTurkey, 1927-32;Japan, 1932-38.Episcopalian.Member,AlphaDelta Phi;NavyLeague.One of five retired diplomats who co-signed an open letter in 1954protesting U.S. Sen.JoeMcCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.DiedMay 25,1965 (age84 years, 363days).Burial location unknown. | | John Campbell White (1884-1967) — of Chester,QueenAnne's County, Md.;Baltimore,Md.; New York.Born in London,Englandof American parents,March17, 1884.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General inCalcutta, as of 1938-40;Kabul, as of 1938-40; U.S. Minister toHaiti, 1940-43; U.S. Ambassador toHaiti, 1943-44;Peru, 1944-45.DiedJune 11,1967 (age83 years, 86days).Burial location unknown. | | Seth Low Pierrepont (1884-1956) — of Ridgefield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1884.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1921-27;delegateto Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 24th District,1933.Episcopalian.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March31, 1956 (age71 years, 110days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Abbot Augustus Low (1889-1963) — also known asA. Augustus Low;Gus Low — of Utica,OneidaCounty, N.Y.; Sabattis,HamiltonCounty, N.Y.Born in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,August1, 1889.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,Old ForgeElectricCompany, 1928-37; president, UticaGas andElectric Company, 1934-36; executive vice-president, BrooklynEdison, and vice-president of its successor, Consolidated EdisonCompany of New York,electricutilities;chair ofHamilton County Republican Party, 1930-55;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; alternatedelegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1936,1948,1952;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1938;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon).Member,AmericanLegion;Sons ofthe Revolution;FriendlySons of St. Patrick;AlphaDelta Phi;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1963 (age74 years, 115days).Cremated;ashes scattered inaprivate or family graveyard, Hamilton County, N.Y. | | Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943) — also known as"Pierrepontifex Maximus" — of Hancock,HillsboroughCounty, N.H.Born in Rye,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 18,1896.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General inSydney, 1935-37; U.S. Minister toCanada, 1940-43, died in office 1943;Luxembourg, 1941-43, died in office 1943.Died, following surgery forphlebitis,in Ottawa,Ontario,January24, 1943 (age46 years, 190days).Cremated.  | Abbot Low Moffat (1901-1996) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Hightstown,MercerCounty, N.J.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 12,1901.Republican.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 15th District, 1929-43;delegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.Died, ofcancer,at aretirementhome in Hightstown,MercerCounty, N.J.,April17, 1996 (age94 years, 341days).Burial location unknown. | | | William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917-1994) — also known asW. Tapley Bennett, Jr.;TapBennett —of Georgia. Born in Griffin,SpaldingCounty, Ga.,April 1,1917.Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;U.S. Ambassador toDominican Republic, 1964-66;Portugal, 1966-69.Presbyterian.Member,SigmaChi;Council onForeign Relations;Sphinx;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;OmicronDelta Kappa;PhiDelta Phi.Died in1994(ageabout77 years).Burial location unknown. | | Jay Pierrepont Moffat (b. 1932) — also known asJay P. Moffat — of New Hampshire. Born in1932.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toChad, 1983-85.Still living as of 1997.
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