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. | |  Thomas Addis Emmet (1764-1827) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Cork,Ireland,April24, 1764.Lawyer;NewYork state attorney general, 1812-13; appointed 1812.Irishancestry.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November15, 1827 (age63 years, 205days).Interment atNewYork City Marble Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.; cenotaph atSt.Paul's Churchyard, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Robert Emmet (1792-1873) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornSeptember9, 1792.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1856(TemporaryChair;speaker).DiedFebruary15, 1873 (age80 years, 159days).Burial location unknown.  | John Slidell (1793-1871) — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,1793.Lawyer;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; memberof Louisiana state legislature, 1830;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned1845;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61;ConfederateStates Envoy to France, 1861.Scottishancestry.Slaveowner. Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight,England,July29, 1871 (ageabout 78years).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | | Thomas Slidell (d. 1864) —U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1837-38;chiefjustice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1840.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,April20, 1864.Interment atIslandCemetery, Newport, R.I.  | Levi Parsons Morton (1824-1920) — also known asLevi P. Morton — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Shoreham,AddisonCounty, Vt.,May 16,1824.Republican.Dry goodsmerchant;banker;financier;U.S.Representative from New York 11th District, 1879-81; defeated,1876; U.S. Minister toFrance, 1881-85;VicePresident of the United States, 1889-93;Governor ofNew York, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1896.Member,Sons ofthe American Revolution;UnionLeague.Died in Rhinebeck,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,May 16,1920 (age96 years, 0days).Interment atRhinebeckCemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. Daniel Oliver Morton and Lucretia (Parsons) Morton; brotherofDanielOliver Morton; married,October15, 1858, to Lucy Young Kimball; married,February12, 1873, toAnnaLivingston Reade Street; grandfather of Anne Livingston Eustis(daughter-in-law ofGrenvilleTemple Emmet) and Morton C. Eustis; third cousin ofJamesMadison Turner; third cousin once removed ofJamesMunroe Turner; third cousin twice removed ofJamesTurner. | | | | Political families:Emmet-Slidellfamily of New York City, New York;Mortonfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RobertS. Chilton, Jr. | | | | ThevillageofMortonGrove, Illinois, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Image source: Empire State Notables(1914) |
| | James Biddle Eustis (1834-1899) — also known asJames B. Eustis — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,August27, 1834.Democrat. Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1870; member ofLouisianastate senate, 1874;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1876-79, 1885-91; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1893-97.Died in Newport,NewportCounty, R.I.,September9, 1899 (age65 years, 13days).Interment atCaveHill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky. | | William Colville Emmet (1836-1901) — also known asWilliam C. Emmet — of Morristown,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Staatsburg,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,June 13,1836.Lawyer;U.S. Charge d'Affaires toTurkey, 1885; U.S. Consul inSmyrna, 1886-93;Aix-la-Chapelle, 1893-97.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1901 (age64 years, 309days).Interment atEvergreenCemetery, Morristown, N.J. | | Anna Street Morton (1846-1918) — also known asAnna Livingston Reade Street — Born in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,May 18,1846.SecondLady of the United States, 1889-93; First Lady of New York,1895-97.Female.Died in Rhinecliff,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,August14, 1918 (age72 years, 88days).Interment atRhinebeckCemetery, Rhinebeck, N.Y. | | William Temple Emmet (1869-1918) — also known asWilliam T. Emmet — of New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 28,1869.Democrat.Lawyer;delegateto New York state constitutional convention 15th District, 1894;candidate forNew Yorkstate senate, 1903; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom New York,1904,1912;New York State Superintendent of Insurance, 1912-14; member, New YorkState Public Service Commission, 1914-18.Irishancestry. Member,FriendlySons of St. Patrick.Died, following an attack ofanginapectoris, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February4, 1918 (age48 years, 191days).Interment atBeechwoodsCemetery, New Rochelle, N.Y. | | Grenville Temple Emmet (1877-1937) — also known asGrenville T. Emmet — of Katonah,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Rochelle,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August2, 1877.Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;lawyer; lawpartner ofFranklinD. Roosevelt, 1921-23; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1934-37;Austria, 1937, died in office 1937.Died, ofpneumonia,in theHotelBristol, Vienna,Austria,September26, 1937 (age60 years, 55days).Interment atSt.Matthew's Churchyard, Bedford, N.Y.
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