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. | |  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 Francis Dodge (1864-1920) — also known asJohn F. Dodge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Niles,BerrienCounty, Mich.,October25, 1864.Republican. Earlyautomobilemanufacturer; made parts for Oldsmobile and Ford in the early20th century; co-founder of Dodge BrothersMotor CarCompany in 1914, manufacturer of Dodge cars and trucks; the Dodgeoperation became part of Chrysler Corporation in 1928; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Michigan,1916.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January14, 1920 (age55 years, 81days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| |  Relatives: Sonof Daniel Rugg Dodge and Maria Duval (Casto) Dodge; married,September22, 1892, to Ivy Hawkins; married,December9, 1903, to Isabelle Smith; married,December10, 1907, toMatildaRausch; uncle ofHoraceElgin Dodge Jr.. | | | | Political family:Dodge-Duke-Cromwellfamily of Detroit, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Matilda Rausch Dodge Wilson (1883-1967) — also known asMatilda R. Wilson;Matilda Rausch;Matilda Rausch Dodge;Mrs. Alfred Wilson —of Rochester,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Walkerton,Ontario,October19, 1883.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1928;member ofMichiganstate board of agriculture; elected 1931;LieutenantGovernor of Michigan, 1940.Female.Presbyterian.Germanancestry.Left her estate, Meadow Brook Hall, to Oakland University. Died in Brussels,Belgium,September18, 1967 (age83 years, 334days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | 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. | | Horace Elgin Dodge Jr. (1900-1963) — also known asHorace E. Dodge — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.; Grosse Pointe,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,August2, 1900.Republican. Founder, DodgeBoatWorks, 1923; delegate to Republican National Convention fromMichigan,1924(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Died, fromlivercirrhosis, at Jennings MemorialHospital,Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,December22, 1963 (age63 years, 142days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich.| | Relatives: Sonof Horace Elgin Dodge and Anna (Thomson) Dodge; brother of DelphineIone Dodge (who marriedJamesHenry Roberts Cromwell); married,June 21,1921, to Lois Virginia Knowlson; married,May 17,1928, to Muriel Sisman; married,May 16,1940, to Martha 'Mickey' Devine; married,May 26,1945, to Clara Mae Tinsley; married,February14, 1953, to Gregg Sherwood; nephew ofJohnFrancis Dodge (who marriedMatildaRausch). | | | | Political family:Dodge-Duke-Cromwellfamily of Detroit, Michigan (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Douglas MacArthur II (1909-1997) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Bryn Mawr,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,July 5,1909.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inVancouver, as of 1935;Naples, as of 1937-38;Paris, 1944; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1957-61;Belgium, 1961-65;Austria, 1967-69;Iran, 1969-72.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, after astrokeandheartattack, in Georgetown UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,November15, 1997 (age88 years, 133days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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