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. 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. | |  Peter Cooper (1791-1883) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1791.Manufacturer,inventor,philanthropist, creator offirstU.S.steamlocomotive;founderof Cooper Union; Greenback candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1876.Unitarian.Elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1900.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1883 (age92 years, 51days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Daniel Fawcett Tiemann (1805-1899) — also known asDaniel F. Tiemann — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.BornJanuary9, 1805.Paintmanufacturer;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1858-59; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 8th District, 1872-73.DiedJune 29,1899 (age94 years, 171days).Interment atGreenfieldCemetery, Uniondale, Long Island, N.Y. | | Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) — also known asAbram S. Hewitt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Haverstraw,RocklandCounty, N.Y.,July 31,1822.Democrat.Schoolteacher;lawyer;early manufacturer ofwroughtiron;U.S.Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87;Chairmanof Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1876;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from New York, 1880; Democratic candidate forPresidential Elector for New York,1880;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1887-88; defeated (County Democratic),1888.EnglishandFrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in Ringwood,PassaicCounty, N.J.,January18, 1903 (age80 years, 171days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | James Mitchell Ashley (1824-1896) — of Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio.Born near Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,November14, 1824.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1856(speaker);U.S.Representative from Ohio, 1859-69 (5th District 1859-63, 10thDistrict 1863-69); defeated, 1868, 1890, 1892;Governorof Montana Territory, 1869.Unitarian.Scottishancestry.Died of aheartattack in Alma,GratiotCounty, Mich.,September16, 1896 (age71 years, 307days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Toledo, Ohio. | | Edward Cooper (1824-1905) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October26, 1824.Democrat. Early manufacturer ofwroughtiron; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1860,1876,1880,1888(member,ResolutionsCommittee);mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1879-80.Died, of anapoplecticstroke, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February25, 1905 (age80 years, 122days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1851-1917) — also known asLloyd Bryce — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Flushing, Queens,QueensCounty, N.Y.,September20, 1851.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 7th District, 1887-89; defeated(County Democratic), 1888; editor,North American Reviewmagazine,1889-96; U.S. Minister toNetherlands, 1911-13;Luxembourg, 1911-13.Died in Mineola,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,April 2,1917 (age65 years, 194days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) — of Milford,PikeCounty, Pa.Born in Simsbury,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August11, 1865.Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of PresidentTheodoreRoosevelt; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926(Republican primary);Governor ofPennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary,1938.Frenchancestry. Member,AmericanAcademy of Arts and Sciences;AmericanForestry Association;AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science.Died, fromleukemia,at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-PresbyterianMedicalCenter, Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October4, 1946 (age81 years, 54days).Interment atMilfordCemetery, Milford, Pa. | | Thomas William Ludlow Ashley (1923-2010) — also known asThomas L. Ashley — of Waterville,LucasCounty, Ohio; Leland,LeelanauCounty, Mich.Born in Toledo,LucasCounty, Ohio,January11, 1923.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1955-81; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Ohio,1960,1964.Member,AmericanLegion;DeltaKappa Epsilon;Elks;Eagles;Knightsof Pythias.Died in Leland,LeelanauCounty, Mich.,June 15,2010 (age87 years, 155days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Toledo, Ohio.
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