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.  |  Benjamin Franklin Tracy (1830-1915) — also known asBenjamin F. Tracy — ofTiogaCounty, N.Y.; Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.; New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,April26, 1830.Republican.Lawyer;TiogaCounty District Attorney, 1853-59; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Tioga County, 1862; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War;U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1866-77;judge ofNew York Court of Appeals, 1881-83;U.S.Secretary of the Navy, 1889-93; Republican Presidential Electorfor New York,1896;candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1897.Received theMedalof Honor in 1895 for action at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864.Died in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,August6, 1915 (age85 years, 102days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Frederic René Coudert (1832-1903) — also known asFrederic R. Coudert — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March 1,1832.Democrat.Lawyer;government director, 1885-88, and receiver, 1892-98, of Union PacificRailroad;delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1896.Catholic.Frenchancestry.Died, fromheart andlivertroubles, inWashington,D.C.,December20, 1903 (age71 years, 294days).Interment atCalvaryCemetery, Woodside, Queens, N.Y. | | Isaac Swartwood Catlin (1835-1916) — also known asIsaac S. Catlin — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Born in Owego,TiogaCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1835.Republican. Mayor of Owego, N.Y., 1860-61; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War; wounded during Battle of the Crater,Petersburg, Va., July 1864, andlost hisright leg; received theMedalof Honor for his actions that day;lawyer;candidate formayorof Brooklyn, N.Y., 1885.Suffered astroke,and died a week later, in theHotel St.George, Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,January19, 1916 (age80 years, 195days).Interment atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va. | | Frederic René Coudert Jr. (1898-1972) — also known asFrederic R. Coudert, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 7,1898.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;lawyer;delegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1936,1940,1944,1948,1956;member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1939-46 (17th District 1939-44, 20th District1945-46);U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1947-59; campaignchair forWilliamF. Buckley, Jr.'s campaign for Mayor of New York City, 1965.Member,American BarAssociation.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in PresbyterianHospital,Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,May 21,1972 (age74 years, 14days).Interment atMemorialCemetery of St. John's Church, Laurel Hollow, Long Island, N.Y. | | William Rand Jr. (b. 1926) — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October11, 1926.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;lawyer;Justice ofNew York Supreme Court 1st District, 1962; alternate delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1964.Protestant.Member,American BarAssociation.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
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