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.  |  Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) — also known asCyrus H. McCormick — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,February15, 1809.Democrat. One of theinventorsof the McCormick reaper, and the founder of thefarmimplement manufacturing company which became InternationalHarvester; candidate forU.S.Representative from Illinois, 1862; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Illinois, 1876.Presbyterian.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 13,1884 (age75 years, 88days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Joseph Meharry Medill (1823-1899) — also known asJoseph Medill — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born near Saint John,NewBrunswick,April 6,1823.Editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribunenewspaper;delegateto Illinois state constitutional convention 59th District,1869-70;mayorof Chicago, Ill., 1871-73.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died in San Antonio,BexarCounty, Tex.,March16, 1899 (age75 years, 344days).Interment atGracelandCemetery, Chicago, Ill.; cenotaph atWestLawn Cemetery, Canton, Ohio. | | George B. Lake — ofDouglasCounty, Neb.Justiceof Nebraska state supreme court, 1867-84;chiefjustice of Nebraska state supreme court, 1873-78, 1882-84;delegateto Nebraska state constitutional convention, 1871.Burial location unknown.  | Julius Sterling Morton (1832-1902) — also known asJ. Sterling Morton — ofOtoeCounty, Neb.Born in Adams,JeffersonCounty, N.Y.,April22, 1832.Democrat.Newspapereditor; member ofNebraskaterritorial House of Representatives, 1855-57;secretaryof Nebraska Territory, 1858-61;Governorof Nebraska Territory, 1858-59, 1861; candidate forGovernor ofNebraska, 1866, 1882; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Nebraska,1880(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization),1888;U.S.Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97.Episcopalian.Member,Chi Psi.Died in Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.,April27, 1902 (age70 years, 5days).Interment atWyukaCemetery, Nebraska City, Neb.  | Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904) — also known asMarcus A. Hanna;Mark Hanna;"Dollar Mark" —of Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio.Born in New Lisbon (now Lisbon),ColumbianaCounty, Ohio,September24, 1837.Republican. Partner inwholesalegrocery; head of M. A. Hanna and Co.,coaldealers; director, GlobeShipManufacturing Co.; president, Union NationalBank;president, Cleveland CityRailroadCo. president, ChapinMining Co.;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 1896-1904; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Ohio,1896(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee;speaker);U.S.Senator from Ohio, 1897-1904; died in office 1904.Died inWashington,D.C.,February15, 1904 (age66 years, 144days).Entombed atLakeView Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio. | | Robert Sanderson McCormick (1849-1919) — also known asRobert S. McCormick — of Illinois. Born inRockbridgeCounty, Va.,July 26,1849.Grainbrokerage business; U.S. Minister toAustria-Hungary, 1901-02; U.S. Ambassador toAustria-Hungary, 1902;Russia, 1902-05;France, 1905-07.Scotch-Irishancestry.Died, ofpneumonia,in anursinghome at Hinsdale,DuPageCounty, Ill.,April16, 1919 (age69 years, 264days).Burial location unknown. | | Paul Morton (1857-1911) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,May 22,1857.Republican. Vice-president, Santa FeRailroad;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1904-05; alternate delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1904.Episcopalian.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February19, 1911 (age53 years, 273days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Mark Morton (b. 1858) — of Lake Forest,LakeCounty, Ill.Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,November22, 1858.Mayorof Lake Forest, Ill., 1902-03.Burial location unknown. | | Solomon Robert Guggenheim (1861-1949) — also known asSolomon R. Guggenheim — of New York. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February2, 1861.Republican.Mining,smelting,andrailroadexecutive; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1924.Jewish.Founder of the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Died near Port Washington,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,November3, 1949 (age88 years, 274days).Entombed atSalemFields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Simon Guggenheim (1867-1941) — ofDenver,Colo.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,December30, 1867.Republican.Mining andsmeltingbusiness; Republican Presidential Elector for Colorado,1905;U.S.Senator from Colorado, 1907-13; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Colorado, 1912; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Colorado,1912.Jewish.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November2, 1941 (age73 years, 307days).Entombed atWoodlawnCemetery, Bronx, N.Y. | | Ira Nelson Morris (1875-1942) — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March 8,1875.Democrat. U.S. Minister toSweden, 1914-23;Consul-Generalfor Romania inChicago,Ill., 1929.Jewish.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January15, 1942 (age66 years, 313days).Entombed atRosehillCemetery, Chicago, Ill. | | Joseph Medill McCormick (1877-1925) — also known asMedill McCormick — of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,May 16,1877.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,1916,1920(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker);member of Illinois state legislature, 1910;U.S.Representative from Illinois 1st District, 1917-19;U.S.Senator from Illinois, 1919-25; died in office 1925.Scotch-IrishandDutchancestry.Died bysuicide,through anoverdose ofbarbiturates (reported at the time as a heart attack), in hisroom at theHotelHamilton,Washington,D.C.,February25, 1925 (age47 years, 285days).Interment atMiddlecreekCemetery, Byron, Ill. | | Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) — also known asDwight F. Davis — ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born inSt.Louis, Mo.,July 5,1879.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I;U.S.Secretary of War, 1925-29;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1929-32.Baptist.Member,AlphaDelta Phi;PhiDelta Theta;PhiDelta Phi;AmericanLegion.Founder of the Davis Cup tennis tournament. Died inWashington,D.C.,November28, 1945 (age66 years, 146days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Joseph Medill Patterson (1879-1946) — also known asJoseph M. Patterson — of Ossining,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,January6, 1879.Member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1903;editorof the ChicagoTribune, 1910-25; served in the U.S. Armyduring World War I; founder (1919) andpublisherof the New YorkDaily News, the first successful Americantabloid newspaper.Died, from aliverailment, in DoctorsHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 26,1946 (age67 years, 140days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Ruth Hanna Simms (1880-1944) — also known asRuth Hanna;Ruth Hanna McCormick;Mrs.Medill McCormick;Mrs. Albert G. Simms —of Byron,OgleCounty, Ill.; Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.Born in Cleveland,CuyahogaCounty, Ohio,March27, 1880.Republican. Member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Illinois, 1924-28; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Illinois,1928;U.S.Representative from Illinois at-large, 1929-31; candidate forU.S.Senator from Illinois, 1930; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Mexico,1936(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1944.Female.Died in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,December31, 1944 (age64 years, 279days).Interment atFairviewMemorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M. | | Robert Rutherford McCormick (1880-1955) — also known asRobert R. McCormick;Robert SandersonMcCormick Jr.;"Colonel McCormick";"Colonel McCosmic" —of Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,July 30,1880.Republican.Lawyer;longtime publisher, Chicago Tribunenewspaper;creator of the Tribune'spapermanufacturing andaluminummining operations in Canada; president, Chicago SanitaryCommission (which built the Chicago Sanitary and ShipCanalconnecting Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River system); delegateto Republican National Convention from Illinois,1912,1940,1948,1952;served in the U.S. Army on the Mexican border; colonel in the U.S.Army during World War I.Presbyterian.Scotch-IrishandDutchancestry.DiedApril 1,1955 (age74 years, 245days).Interment atCantignyEstate, Wheaton, Ill. | | Albert Gallatin Simms (1882-1964) — also known asAlbert G. Simms — of Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.Born in Washington,HempsteadCounty, Ark.,October8, 1882.Republican.Accountant;lawyer;banker;member ofNewMexico state house of representatives, 1925-27;U.S.Representative from New Mexico at-large, 1929-31; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New Mexico, 1932-34; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New Mexico,1940(alternate),1948,1952.Episcopalian.Member,SigmaAlpha Epsilon;Freemasons;Shriners.Died in Albuquerque,BernalilloCounty, N.M.,December29, 1964 (age82 years, 82days).Interment atFairviewMemorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M. | | Meyer Robert Guggenheim (1885-1959) — also known asM. Robert Guggenheim — ofWashington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 17,1885.Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; executive, AmericanSmelting andRefining Corporation; U.S. Ambassador toPortugal, 1953-54.Died in Georgetown,Washington,D.C.,November16, 1959 (age74 years, 183days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.  | Pauline Morton Sabin Davis (1887-1955) — also known asPauline Joy Morton;Pauline Morton Smith;Pauline Morton Sabin;Mrs. Charles H. Sabin;Mrs.Dwight F. Davis —of Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.;Washington,D.C.Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,April23, 1887.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1924,1928;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from New York, 1924-28;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Female.Episcopalian.A leader of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. Died inWashington,D.C.,December27, 1955 (age68 years, 248days).Intermentsomewherein Southampton, Long Island, N.Y. | | | Harry Frank Guggenheim (1890-1971) — also known asHarry F. Guggenheim — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in West End, Long Branch,MonmouthCounty, N.J.,August23, 1890.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;mining andsmeltingbusiness; U.S. Ambassador toCuba, 1929-33; co-founder, with his wife Alicia, ofNewsday, the dailynewspaperof Long Island, New York.Jewish.Died, ofcancer,in Sloan-Kettering MemorialHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,January22, 1971 (age80 years, 152days).Interment atSalemFields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Victor Henry Rothschild II (1908-1991) — also known asV. Henry Rothschild II — of Piermont,RocklandCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 4,1908.Democrat.Lawyer;Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York,1956;candidate forJustice ofNew York Supreme Court 9th District, 1959.Member,American BarAssociation;FederalBar Association;PhiBeta Kappa;PhiKappa Phi;PiLambda Phi.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March18, 1991 (age82 years, 348days).Burial location unknown. | | William McCormick Blair Jr. (1916-2015) — of Illinois. Born in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,October24, 1916.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;lawyer;administrative and executive assistant toAdlaiE. Stevenson, 1950-55; U.S. Ambassador toDenmark, 1961-64;Philippines, 1964-67.Member,Council onForeign Relations;PhiDelta Phi.Died in New York,August28, 2015 (age98 years, 308days).Burial location unknown. | | Madeleine Korbel Albright (b. 1937) — also known asMadeleine K. Albright;Marie JanaKorbelova;Madeleine Korbel —Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (nowCzechia),May15, 1937.Universityprofessor; U.S. Representative toUnited Nations, 1993;U.S.Secretary of State, 1997-2001.Female.Episcopalian.CzechandJewishancestry. Member,Council onForeign Relations.Firstwoman to serve as Secretary of State. Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1998.Still living as of 2020.
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