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. | |  Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr. (1874-1949) — also known asCornelius N. Bliss, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April13, 1874.Republican.Businessexecutive; philanthropist; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1916(alternate),1924,1928(speaker);Treasurerof Republican National Committee, 1916.Member,UnionLeague.Died, in RooseveltHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 5,1949 (age74 years, 357days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Gwendolyn Burden Dows (1884-1935) — also known asMary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden;Mrs. DavidDows —of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornSeptember18, 1884.Republican. Member ofNew YorkRepublican State Committee, 1934.Female.Scottishancestry.Died, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 30,1935 (age50 years, 315days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | David Dows (1885-1966) — also known as"Big Dave" — of Locust Valley,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley,GreenwoodCounty, S.C.Born in Irvington,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August12, 1885.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked iniron and steelmills; supervisedconstructionofsteelmills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of asteamshipline;horsebreeder;bankdirector;NassauCounty Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New York,1944;member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate toRepublican National Convention from South Carolina,1956(delegation chair);SouthCarolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; Republican candidatefor Presidential Elector for South Carolina,1956.Convictedofassaultin 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who wasattempting to interview him.Died in Hot Springs,BathCounty, Va.,August13, 1966 (age81 years, 1days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | Emily Dows (1895-1971) — also known asEmily Jeannette Weller;Emily Schweizer;Mrs. David Dows —of Noroton, Darien,FairfieldCounty, Conn.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Brookville,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Locust Valley,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley,GreenwoodCounty, S.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1895.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromSouth Carolina,1956.Female.Died in Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,November27, 1971 (age76 years, 223days).Interment atSleepyHollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. | | William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) — also known asWilliam A. M. Burden — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 8,1906.Analyst ofaviationindustry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of UnionTexas Natural Gas Corporation; director, AlliedChemicalCo., ColumbiaBroadcastingSystem, and LockheedAircraft;president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S.Ambassador toBelgium, 1959-61.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, ofheartdisease, inNew YorkHospital, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October10, 1984 (age78 years, 185days).Burial location unknown. | | Shirley Carter Burden Jr. (1941-1996) — also known asCarter Burden — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Beverly Hills,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,August25, 1941.Democrat.Lawyer;principal owner of The Village Voicenewspaper;member of the New York City Council, 1970-77; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 18th District, 1978; founder ofCommodore Media, owner ofradiostations; philanthropist.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January23, 1996 (age54 years, 151days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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