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 Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) — also known asJames A. Seddon — of Virginia. Born in Falmouth,StaffordCounty, Va.,July 13,1815.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Virginia 6th District, 1845-47, 1849-51;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia,1856;Delegatefrom Virginia to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861-62;ConfederateSecretary of War, 1862-65.ArrestedbyUnionforces in May 1865 andimprisoneduntil December.Slaveowner. Died inGoochlandCounty, Va.,August19, 1880 (age65 years, 37days).Interment atHollywoodCemetery, Richmond, Va. | | William Booth Taliaferro (1822-1898) — also known asWilliam B. Taliaferro — ofGloucesterCounty, Va.Born inGloucesterCounty, Va.,December28, 1822.Major in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates from Gloucester County, 1850-53,1874-79; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.Member,Freemasons.Died inGloucesterCounty, Va.,February27, 1898 (age75 years, 61days).Interment atWareChurch Cemetery, Gloucester, Va.  | Andrew William Mellon (1855-1937) — also known asAndrew W. Mellon — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,March24, 1855.Republican.Banker;co-founder,Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which later became CarnegieMellon University; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1920,1924(speaker),1928;U.S.Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32; U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1932-33.Episcopalian.Died in Southampton,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,August26, 1937 (age82 years, 155days).Original interment atAlleghenyCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.; subsequent interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Fauquier County, Va.; reinterment atTrinityEpiscopal Church Cemetery, Upperville, Va.; memorial monument atFederal Triangle, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Mellon and Sarah Jane (Negley) Mellon; married1900 to NoraMcMullen; father of Ailsa Mellon (who marriedDavidKirkpatrick Este Bruce); uncle ofWilliamLarimer Mellon; granduncle ofRichardMellon Scaife. | | | | Political family:Bruce-Mellonfamily of Virginia. | | | | Cross-reference:J.McKenzie Moss | | | | Carnegie MellonUniversity,inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania, is partlynamed forhim. — Mellon Hall (dormitory, built 1926), atHarvardUniversityBusiness School,Boston,Massachusetts, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —U.S. State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —FederalReserve History | | | | Books about Andrew Mellon: DavidCannadine,Mellon: An American Life | | | | Image source: American Review ofReviews, March 1922 |
| | William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946) — ofBaltimore,Md.; Ruxton,BaltimoreCounty, Md.Born inCharlotteCounty, Va.,March12, 1860.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofMarylandstate senate, 1894-96; delegate to Democratic National Conventionfrom Maryland,1916(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee),1924;U.S.Senator from Maryland, 1923-29; defeated, 1928.Episcopalian.Recieved aPulitzerPrize in 1918 for his bookBenjamin Franklin,Self-Revealed.Died in Ruxton,BaltimoreCounty, Md.,May 9,1946 (age86 years, 58days).Interment atSt.Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md. | | William Larimer Mellon (1868-1949) — also known asWilliam L. Mellon;W. L.Mellon —of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,June 1,1868.Republican. President, MonongahelaStreetRailway; vice-president, National UnionFireInsurance Company; vice-president, Mellon NationalBank andTrust; founder and chairman, GulfOilCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1924,1928;PennsylvaniaRepublican state chair, 1926-28.Died in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,October8, 1949 (age81 years, 129days).Entombed atHomewoodCemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. | | Howard Bruce (1879-1961) — of Elkridge,HowardCounty, Md.;Baltimore,Md.Born inRichmond,Va.,August31, 1879.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1924,1928,1936,1940;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Maryland, 1939.Died inBaltimore,Md.,June 17,1961 (age81 years, 290days).Interment atBelmont Manor Cemetery, Elkridge, Md. | | James Bruce (1892-1980) — of Eccleston,BaltimoreCounty, Md.; Finksburg,CarrollCounty, Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,December23, 1892.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;banker;vice-president, NationalDairyProducts Corp.; director, RepublicSteel Co.;director, Chicago, Rock Island, and PacificRailway;director, AmericanAirlines;delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland,1940(alternate),1952,1956;U.S. Ambassador toArgentina, 1947-49.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Freemasons;Shriners;Moose.DiedJuly 17,1980 (age87 years, 207days).Intermentsomewherein Baltimore, Md. | | David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce (1898-1977) — also known asDavid K. E. Bruce — ofBaltimore,Md.; Charlotte Court House,CharlotteCounty, Va.; Elkridge,HowardCounty, Md.Born inBaltimore,Md.,February12, 1898.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;farmer;member ofMarylandstate house of delegates, 1924-26; U.S. Vice Consul inRome, as of 1926; member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1940-43; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Virginia,1940;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1949-52;Germany, 1957-59;Great Britain, 1961-69; U.S. Liaison toChina, 1973-74.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Received thePresidentialMedal of Freedom in 1976.Died, as a result of aheartattack, in Georgetown UniversityMedicalCenter,Washington,D.C.,December5, 1977 (age79 years, 296days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Richard Mellon Scaife (b. 1932) — also known asRichard M. Scaife — of Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.Born in Pittsburgh,AlleghenyCounty, Pa.,July 3,1932.Republican.Newspaperpublisher; delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1964(alternate),1972.Still living as of 2014.
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