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. | |  Jonah Howe (1749-1826) — of Shrewsbury,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Shrewsbury,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,January2, 1749.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1790.DiedJuly 2,1826 (age77 years, 181days).Burial location unknown. | | Gardner Howe (1759-1854) — of Dover,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Shrewsbury,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,November20, 1759.Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War;farmer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1816, 1823.DiedJuly 4,1854 (age94 years, 226days).Burial location unknown. | | Nathan Howe (1762-1851) — of Shrewsbury,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Shrewsbury,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October12, 1762.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1810.DiedJanuary6, 1851 (age88 years, 86days).Burial location unknown. | | Amos Sawyer (1769-1842) — of Berlin,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Berlin,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,March17, 1769.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1810.DiedOctober3, 1842 (age73 years, 200days).Burial location unknown. | | William Howe (1774-1828) — of Derby,OrleansCounty, Vt.Born in Belchertown,HampshireCounty, Mass.,February4, 1774.Lawyer;probate judge in Vermont, 1810; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1810.DiedNovember19, 1828 (age54 years, 289days).Burial location unknown. | | Robert Gates (1780-1865) — of Derby,New HavenCounty, Conn.BornDecember16, 1780.Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;postmaster;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Derby, 1832.DiedFebruary27, 1865 (age84 years, 73days).Burial location unknown. | | Laban Marcy (1780-1860) — of Greenwich (now part of Quabbin Reservoir),HampshireCounty, Mass.BornMarch 7,1780.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1810;delegateto Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820, 1853.DiedOctober11, 1860 (age80 years, 218days).Burial location unknown. | | Jonas Howe (1786-1865) — Born in Petersham,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,July 15,1786.Schoolteacher;farmer;merchant;member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1845.DiedJanuary8, 1865 (age78 years, 177days).Burial location unknown. | | Jacob Rice (1787-1879) — of Henniker,MerrimackCounty, N.H.BornJanuary23, 1787.Member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1828-29.Died in Henniker,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,April14, 1879 (age92 years, 81days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: Sonof Elijah Rice and Margaret (Patterson) Rice; married to Lovisa Howe(third cousin ofJonasHowe). | | | | Political family:Howe #1family of Massachusetts. |
| | Joseph Hall (1793-1859) — of Camden,KnoxCounty, Maine; Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Methuen,EssexCounty, Mass.,June 26,1793.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;merchant;postmaster atCamden,Maine, 1830-33;U.S.Representative from Maine, 1833-37 (6th District 1833-35, 4thDistrict 1835-37); candidate formayor ofBoston, Mass., 1849.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,December31, 1859 (age66 years, 188days).Interment atMountainView Cemetery, Camden, Maine. | | John B. Guthrie (1807-1885) — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Kittanning,ArmstrongCounty, Pa.,July 28,1807.Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War;mayorof Pittsburgh, Pa., 1851-53.Died in Cresson,CambriaCounty, Pa.,August17, 1885 (age78 years, 20days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Thomas Marshall Howe (1808-1877) — of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh),AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Williamstown,OrangeCounty, Vt.,April20, 1808.Republican.Banker;manufacturer;miningbusiness;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-55 (21st District 1851-53,22nd District 1853-55); Republican Presidential Elector forPennsylvania,1860.Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,July 20,1877 (age69 years, 91days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Jonas Elijah Howe (1814-1892) — of Clinton,WorcesterCounty, Mass.Born in Rutland,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,October23, 1814.Member ofMassachusettsstate house of representatives, 1850.DiedApril 3,1892 (age77 years, 163days).Burial location unknown. | | Nathaniel Bradley Baker (1818-1876) — also known asNathaniel B. Baker — of New Hampshire; Iowa. Born in Henniker,MerrimackCounty, N.H.,September29, 1818.Lawyer;newspaperpublisher; member ofNewHampshire state house of representatives, 1850;Governor ofNew Hampshire, 1854-55; member ofIowastate house of representatives, 1859;AdjutantGeneral of Iowa, 1861-76.Died in Des Moines,PolkCounty, Iowa,September11, 1876 (age57 years, 348days).Interment atWoodlandCemetery, Des Moines, Iowa. | | Charles Augustus Eldredge (1820-1896) — also known asCharles A. Eldredge — of Fond du Lac,Fond duLac County, Wis.Born in Bridport,AddisonCounty, Vt.,February27, 1820.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofWisconsinstate senate, 1854-56;U.S.Representative from Wisconsin, 1863-75 (4th District 1863-73, 5thDistrict 1873-75); defeated, 1874.Died in Fond du Lac,Fond du LacCounty, Wis.,October26, 1896 (age76 years, 242days).Interment atRienziCemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis. | | Jonas Holland Howe (1821-1898) — also known asJonas H. Howe — of Plymouth,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in Petersham,WorcesterCounty, Mass.,April28, 1821.Abolitionist; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; memberofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 5, 1866.DiedOctober1, 1898 (age77 years, 156days).Burial location unknown.  | George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) — also known asGeorge B. McClellan;"LittleMac" —of New Jersey. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December3, 1826.Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidateforPresidentof the United States, 1864;Governor ofNew Jersey, 1878-81.Member,Freemasons;LoyalLegion.DiedOctober29, 1885 (age58 years, 330days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Trenton, N.J.; statue erected 1907 atConnecticutAvenue, Washington, D.C. | | James Henry Howe (1827-1893) — also known asJames H. Howe — of Green Bay,BrownCounty, Wis.Born in Turner,AndroscogginCounty, Maine,December5, 1827.Republican.Lawyer;Wisconsinstate attorney general, 1860-62; colonel in the Union Army duringthe Civil War; General Solicitor and General Manager, North WesternRailroad;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873.Died in Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,January4, 1893 (age65 years, 30days).Intermentsomewherein Kenosha, Wis. | | Joseph P. Howe (b. 1827) — of Granger,FillmoreCounty, Minn.Born in Barre,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,July 15,1827.Lawyer;member ofMinnesotastate house of representatives District 14, 1861.Burial location unknown. | | Marshall Otis Howe (b. 1832) — of Newfane,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Wardsboro,WindhamCounty, Vt.,October4, 1832.Farmer;superintendentof schools; justice of the peace; member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1882.Burial location unknown. | | James W. Brown (1844-1909) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,July 14,1844.Republican.U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1903-05.Died in Point Mouille,MonroeCounty, Mich.,October23, 1909 (age65 years, 101days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.  | George Wilkins Guthrie (1848-1917) — also known asGeorge W. Guthrie — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,September5, 1848.Democrat.Lawyer; lawpartner ofMalcolmHay; vice-president, Dollar SavingsBank;member, board of managers, St. Margaret's MemorialHospital;candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Pennsylvania, 1902; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Pennsylvania,1904(member,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee),1912;mayorof Pittsburgh, Pa., 1906-09; defeated, 1896; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1913-17, died in office 1917.Member,Freemasons;ScottishRite Masons.Died, from astroke ofapoplexy, in Tokyo,Japan,March8, 1917 (age68 years, 184days).Interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Hamilton Tyler Howe (b. 1849) — also known asHamilton T. Howe — of Hanover,GraftonCounty, N.H.Born in Thetford,OrangeCounty, Vt.,April19, 1849.Carpenter;door, sash, and blindmanufacturer;liverybusiness; member ofNewHampshire state senate 3rd District, 1907-08.Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof William Howe and Sarah (Bastoon) Howe; married1880 to NettieE. Moody; third cousin twice removed ofJonasHowe; fourth cousin once removed ofJonasHolland Howe. | | | | Political family:Howe #1family of Massachusetts. |
 | George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) — also known asGeorge B. McClellan — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Dresden, Saxony (nowGermany)of American parents,November23, 1865.Democrat.Newspaperreporter;lawyer;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegateto Democratic National Convention from New York,1896,1900;mayorof New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; candidate for Democraticnomination for President,1904;universityprofessor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.Episcopalian.Member,Sons ofthe Revolution;LoyalLegion;MilitaryOrder of the World Wars;AmericanLegion;PhiBeta Kappa.DiedNovember30, 1940 (age75 years, 7days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Frank Edmund Howe (1870-1956) — also known asFrank E. Howe;"Ginger" —of Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.Born in Heath,FranklinCounty, Mass.,October2, 1870.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofVermontstate house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;Republican Presidential Elector for Vermont,1909;LieutenantGovernor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster atBennington,Vt., 1923-33.Episcopalian.Died in Bennington,BenningtonCounty, Vt.,July 20,1956 (age85 years, 292days).Interment atPark Lawn Cemetery, Bennington, Vt. | | Arthur Otis Howe (b. 1871) — also known asArthur O. Howe — of Newfane,WindhamCounty, Vt.Born in Newfane,WindhamCounty, Vt.,March 7,1871.Republican.Electricalengineer;member ofVermontstate house of representatives, 1931-33, 1937, 1945; member ofVermontstate senate from Windham County, 1947.Burial location unknown.
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