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. | |  Stephen Daniel Tilden (1769-1852) — also known asStephen D. Tilden — of Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,May 3,1769.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Lebanon, 1827; member ofConnecticutstate senate 9th District, 1836.Died in Columbia,TollandCounty, Conn.,February2, 1852 (age82 years, 275days).Interment atLiberty Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Daniel Tilden and Esther (Mason) Tilden; married,February20, 1798, to Lucretia Pettis; father ofDanielRose Tilden; second great-grandson ofPelegSanford; first cousin once removed ofLucretiaGarfield; first cousin twice removed ofGeorgeGalen Tilden,HarryAugustus Garfield andJamesRudolph Garfield; first cousin thrice removed ofLucienCooper Tilden andJuliusGalen Tilden; third cousin ofMosesYounglove Tilden andSamuelJones Tilden; third cousin once removed ofCalvinTilden Hulburd; third cousin thrice removed ofFredChester Tilden; fourth cousin ofJasonKellogg,AsahelOtis,JeremiahMason,OrsamusCook Merrill andTimothyMerrill; fourth cousin once removed ofSilasDewey Kellogg,DayOtis Kellogg,DwightKellogg andFarrandFassett Merrill. | | | | Political families:Tildenfamily of New Lebanon, New York;Garfieldfamily of Hiram and Cleveland, Ohio (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Daniel Rose Tilden (1804-1890) — also known asDaniel R. Tilden — of Ravenna,PortageCounty, Ohio; Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in Lebanon,New LondonCounty, Conn.,November5, 1804.Whig.Lawyer;PortageCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1838-41;U.S.Representative from Ohio 19th District, 1843-47; delegate to WhigNational Convention from Ohio, 1848, 1852;CuyahogaCounty Probate Judge, 1855-88.Died in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,March 4,1890 (age85 years, 119days).Cremated;ashes interred atForestLawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y. | | Moses Younglove Tilden (1811-1876) — also known asMoses Y. Tilden — ofColumbiaCounty, N.Y.Born in New Lebanon,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,November14, 1811.Druggist;livestockraiser; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Columbia County 2nd District, 1869.Died in Lebanon Springs,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,September9, 1876 (age64 years, 300days).Interment atCemeteryof the Evergreens, New Lebanon, N.Y.  | Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) — also known asSamuel J. Tilden;"The GreatReformer";"The GreatForecloser" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Lebanon,ColumbiaCounty, N.Y.,February9, 1814.Democrat.Delegateto New York state constitutional convention, 1846; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly, 1846, 1872 (New York County 1846, New York County18th District 1872); delegate to Democratic National Convention fromNew York,1864(speaker);New YorkDemocratic state chair, 1872-82;Governor ofNew York, 1875-77; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1876.Died near Yonkers,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,August4, 1886 (age72 years, 176days).Interment atCemeteryof the Evergreens, New Lebanon, N.Y.; statue erected 1926 atRiversidePark, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Elam Tilden and Polly Younglove (Jones) Tilden; brother ofMosesYounglove Tilden; second cousin once removed ofCalvinTilden Hulburd; third cousin ofStephenDaniel Tilden; third cousin once removed ofDanielRose Tilden; third cousin twice removed ofGeorgeGalen Tilden; third cousin thrice removed ofLucienCooper Tilden,JuliusGalen Tilden andFredChester Tilden; fourth cousin ofAsahelOtis; fourth cousin once removed ofDayOtis Kellogg andDwightKellogg. | | | | Political family:Tildenfamily of New Lebanon, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:JohnBigelow —PulaskiF. Hyatt —DanielS. Lamont —WilliamW. Niles | | | | Samuel J. TildenHighSchool (opened 1930), inBrooklyn,New York, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:SamuelT. Montague—SamuelT. Munson | | | | Epitaph: "I still trust thepeople." | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Samuel J. Tilden: AlexanderC. Flick & Gustav Lobrano,SamuelJones Tilden — William Severn,SamuelJ. Tilden and the Stolen Election — William H.Rehnquist,CentennialCrisis : The Disputed Election of 1876 — Mike Resnick,ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: Library ofCongress |
| | John E. Duncan (1836-1900) — of Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa.Born in1836.Newspaperpublisher; postmaster atAmes,Iowa, 1891.Died in1900(ageabout64 years).Interment atAmesMunicipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa. | | George Galen Tilden (1842-1892) — also known asGeorge G. Tilden — of Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa.Born in Rochester,WindsorCounty, Vt.,November6, 1842.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;mayor ofAmes, Iowa, 1880-81.Congregationalist.Member,GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa,July 31,1892 (age49 years, 268days).Interment atAmesMunicipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa. | | Lucien Cooper Tilden (1868-1953) — also known asLucien C. Tilden — of Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa.Born in Vermont,November15, 1868.Departmentstore executive;mayor ofAmes, Iowa, 1897-98; postmaster atAmes,Iowa, 1925.Congregationalist.Member,Rotary.Died, in the Mary GreeleyHospital,Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa,September15, 1953 (age84 years, 304days).Interment atAmesMunicipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa. | | Julius Galen Tilden (1874-1958) — also known asJ. Galen Tilden — of Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa.Born in Ames,StoryCounty, Iowa,March28, 1874.Dry goodsmerchant;mayor ofAmes, Iowa, 1908-10.Congregationalist.Died in Kansas City,JacksonCounty, Mo.,May 14,1958 (age84 years, 47days).Interment atAmesMunicipal Cemetery, Ames, Iowa.
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