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. | |  Miles Romney (1872-1943) — of Hamilton,RavalliCounty, Mont.BornDecember18, 1872.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher; mayor of Hamilton, Mont., 1902-04; memberofMontanastate senate, 1906-10.DiedMarch31, 1943 (age70 years, 103days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Hamilton, Mont. | | Harold Arundel Lafount (1880-1952) — also known asHarold A. Lafount — of Logan,CacheCounty, Utah; Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Aston, Birmingham,England,January5, 1880.Civilengineer;hardwarebusiness;landcompany manager; member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927-34;president, National IndependentBroadcasters.Mormon.DiedOctober21, 1952 (age72 years, 290days).Interment atSalt Lake City Memorial Mausoleum & Mortuary, Salt Lake City,Utah. | | Kenneth Romney (1885-1952) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Missoula,MissoulaCounty, Mont.,October20, 1885.Democrat.Newspapercorrespondent; Sergeant-at-Arms of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives, 1931-47;convictedin 1947 ofconcealinga shortage of about $121,000 in House bank accounts, andsentenced to one to three years inprison;released in 1949.Died in Arlington,ArlingtonCounty, Va.,April 6,1952 (age66 years, 169days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Hamilton, Mont. | | Vernon Romney (1896-1976) — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Colonia Juarez,Chihuahua,July3, 1896.Republican.Lawyer;member ofUtahRepublican State Executive Committee, 1936-62; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Utah,1944,1948,1952(member,CredentialsCommittee;speaker),1960,1964;UtahRepublican state chair, 1944-50, 1958-62; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Utah, 1944-50, 1958-62; vice-president,StateSavings &Loan Association.Mormon. Member,PhiDelta Phi;American BarAssociation.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,January9, 1976 (age79 years, 190days).Interment atWasatchLawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Utah. | | Marion George Romney (1897-1988) — also known asMarion G. Romney — of Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah.Born in Colonia Juarez,Chihuahua,September19, 1897.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofUtahstate house of representatives, 1935.Mormon.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,May 20,1988 (age90 years, 244days).Interment atWasatchLawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Utah. | | Miles J. Romney Jr. (1900-1976) — of Hamilton,RavalliCounty, Mont.Born in Hamilton,RavalliCounty, Mont.,December6, 1900.Democrat.Newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Montana,1956;member ofMontanastate house of representatives; elected 1966, 1968;delegateto Montana state constitutional convention, 1971; member ofMontanastate senate, 1973-76; died in office 1976.Died in Hamilton,RavalliCounty, Mont.,February19, 1976 (age75 years, 75days).Interment atRiverviewCemetery, Hamilton, Mont. | | Ariel Smith Ballif, Sr. (1901-1995) — also known asAriel S. Ballif — of Provo,UtahCounty, Utah.Born in Logan,CacheCounty, Utah,December9, 1901.Universityprofessor;Mormonbishop;mayor ofProvo, Utah, 1961.Mormon.DiedMay 11,1995 (age93 years, 153days).Intermentsomewherein Provo, Utah.  | George Wilcken Romney (1907-1995) — also known asGeorge W. Romney — of Grosse Pointe Park,WayneCounty, Mich.; Bloomfield Hills,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Colonia Dublán (now part of Nuevo Casas Grandes),Chihuahua,of American parents,July 8,1907.Republican. Board chairman and president,AmericanMotors, 1954-62;delegateto Michigan state constitutional convention from 12th SenatorialDistrict, 1961-62;Governor ofMichigan, 1963-69; resigned 1969; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,1964(delegation chair),1968(delegation chair); candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,1968;U.S.Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1969-73; member ofWayne StateUniversity board of governors, 1979-84; appointed 1979.Mormon.EnglishandGermanancestry.Died, from aheartattack, in Bloomfield Hills,OaklandCounty, Mich.,July 26,1995 (age88 years, 18days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Brighton, Mich. | | Lenore Romney (1908-1998) — also known asLenore Emily LaFount — of Bloomfield Hills,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Logan,CacheCounty, Utah,November9, 1908.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1970.Female.EnglishandFrenchHuguenot ancestry.Died in Bloomfield,OaklandCounty, Mich.,July 7,1998 (age89 years, 240days).Interment atFairviewCemetery, Brighton, Mich. | | Vernon Bradford Romney (1924-2013) — also known asVernon B. Romney — of Utah. Born in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,April27, 1924.Republican.Lawyer;staff for U.S. Sen.ArthurV. Watkins;Utahstate attorney general, 1969-77; candidate forGovernor ofUtah, 1976.Mormon. Member,Kiwanis.Died in Salt Lake City,Salt LakeCounty, Utah,July 13,2013 (age89 years, 77days).Cremated. | | George Scott Romney (b. 1941) — also known asG. Scott Romney — of Bloomfield Hills,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,June 7,1941.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMichiganState University board of trustees, 2000-; appointed 2000;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,2012;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan,2012(on behalf ofMittRomney andPaulRyan).Mormon. Member,PhiKappa Phi.Still living as of 2012. | | Ronna Romney (b. 1943) — also known asRonna Eileen Stern;Ronna RomneyKulp —of Bloomfield Hills,OaklandCounty, Mich.; Northville Township,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April24, 1943.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan,1984,1988(alternate),1992,2012;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Michigan, 1984-92; Republican candidateforU.S.Senator from Michigan, 1994 (primary), 1996.Female.Still living as of 2021. | | Willard Mitt Romney (b. 1947) — also known asMitt Romney;"Mittens";"The Mittster" —of Belmont,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,March12, 1947.Republican. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1994;Governor ofMassachusetts, 2003-07; candidate for Republican nomination forPresident,2008;delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts,2008(delegation chair); candidate forPresidentof the United States, 2012;U.S.Senator from Utah, 2019-.Mormon.Still living as of 2024. | | Ann Lois Romney (b. 1949) — also known asAnn Romney;Ann Lois Davies — of Belmont,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,April16, 1949.Republican.Speaker, Republican National Convention, 2012 ;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts,2012(on behalf ofMittRomney andPaulRyan).Female.Mormon.Welshancestry.Still living as of 2024. | | Taggart Mitt Romney (b. 1970) — also known asTagg Romney — of Belmont,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Born in Provo,UtahCounty, Utah,March21, 1970.Republican. Republican candidate for Presidential Elector forMassachusetts,2012(on behalf ofMittRomney andPaulRyan).Still living as of 2024. | | Ronna Romney McDaniel (b. 1973) — of Northville,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.,March20, 1973.Republican.MichiganRepublican state chair, 2015-17; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Michigan,2016;speaker,2020;Chairmanof Republican National Committee, 2017-.Female.Still living as of 2021. | | Craig Romney (b. 1981) — of San Diego,San DiegoCounty, Calif.Born in1981.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention fromCalifornia,2012.Still living as of 2012.
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