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. | | James Lane Buckley (b. 1923) — also known asJames L. Buckley — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Sharon,LitchfieldCounty, Conn.Born in an elevator at Women'sHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 9,1923.Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;U.S.Senator from New York, 1971-77; defeated, 1968 (Conservative),1976 (Republican); Republican candidate forU.S.Senator from Connecticut, 1980;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1985-96; tooksenior status 1996.Catholic.IrishandSwissancestry. Member,Skulland Bones.President,Radio FreeEurope/RadioLiberty, 1982-85.Still living as of 2018. | | William Frank Buckley Jr. (1925-2008) — also known asWilliam F. Buckley, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November24, 1925.Conservative. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; candidateformayorof New York City, N.Y., 1965; candidate forNew Yorkstate assembly 2nd District, 1966.Catholic.IrishandSwissancestry. Member,Skulland Bones.Leader of the conservative movement; founder and editor ofNational Reviewmagazine;authorand lecturer; host oftelevisionnews show "Firing Line"; recipient of thePresidentialMedal of Freedom on November 18, 1991.Died, probably ofdiabetesandemphysema,in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February27, 2008 (age82 years, 95days).Cremated;ashes interred atSt. Bernard Cemetery, Sharon, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Frank Buckley, Sr. and Aloise (Steiner) Buckley; brotherofJamesLane Buckley and Patricia Lee Buckley (who marriedLeoBrent Bozell); married1950 toPatricia Alden Austin Taylor. | | |  | Political family:Buckleyfamily of New York and Connecticut. | | |  | Cross-reference:FredericR. Coudert, Jr. | | |  | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | |  | Books by William F. Buckley, Jr.:GettingIt Right (2003) —Godand Man at Yale : The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom'(1951) —Spytime: The Undoing of James Jesus Angleton (2000) —Nearer,My God : An Autobiography of Faith (1997) —TheLexicon : A Cornucopia of Wonderful Words for the Inquisitive WordLover (1998) —Airborne: A Sentimental Journey (1984) —InSearch of Anti-Semitism (1992) —BrothersNo More (1995) —UpFrom Liberalism (1959) —TheCommittee and its critics : a calm review of the House Committee onUn-American Activities (1962) —Elvisin the Morning (2001) —Executioneve, and other contemporary ballads (1975) —Fourreforms : a guide for the seventies (1973) —Gratitude: reflections on what we owe to our country (1990) —Nuremberg: the reckoning (2002) —Overdrive: a personal documentary (1983) —UnitedNations Journal : A Delegate's Odyssey (1974) —Theunmaking of a mayor (1966) —RonaldReagan: An American Hero (2001) —TheReagan I Knew (2008) | | |  | Fiction by William F. Buckley, Jr.:StainedGlass : A Blackford Oakes Novel —MarcoPolo, If You Can : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Savingthe Queen : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —SeeYou Later, Alligator : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Tucker'sLast Stand : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Mongoose,R.I.P. : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —AVery Private Plot : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —HighJinx : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —Who'son First : A Blackford Oakes Mystery —TheRedhunter : a novel based on the life of Senator JoeMcCarthy | | |  | Books about William F. Buckley, Jr.:John B. Judis,WilliamF. Buckley, Jr.: Patron Saint of the Conservatives —Lee Edwards,WilliamF. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement — Carl T.Bogus,Buckley:William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of AmericanConservatism | | |  | Critical books about William F. Buckley,Jr.: David Miller,ChairmanBill: A Biography of William F. Buckley, Jr. |
| | Leo Brent Bozell (1926-1997) — also known asL. Brent Bozell — of Maryland. Born in Omaha,DouglasCounty, Neb.,January19, 1926.Republican. Co-founded the Young Americans for Freedom;speechwriterforJosephR. McCarthy andBarryM. Goldwater; candidate forMarylandstate house of delegates, 1958; candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1964.Catholic.Member,YoungAmericans for Freedom.Died, ofpneumonia,at anursinghome in Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,April15, 1997 (age71 years, 86days).Interment atSt.Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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