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. | | Thomas Meinhard Balliet (1852-1942) — also known asThomas M. Balliet — of Springfield,HampdenCounty, Mass.; Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New Mahoning,CarbonCounty, Pa.,March 1,1852.Republican.Superintendentof schools;universityprofessor; dean, School of Education, New York University,1904-19; Law Preservation candidate forNew Yorkstate senate 19th District, 1932; Dry candidate fordelegateto New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February18, 1942 (age89 years, 354days).Cremated;ashes interred atSpringfieldCemetery, Springfield, Mass.; cenotaph atLehighton Cemetery, Lehighton, Pa. | | Andrew Jackson Balliet (1863-1960) — also known asAndrew J. Balliet — of Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.Born inCarbonCounty, Pa.,January8, 1863.Lawyer;HonoraryConsul for Guatemala inSeattle,Wash., 1903-07.Died in Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.,March27, 1960 (age97 years, 79days).Interment atLehighton Cemetery, Lehighton, Pa. | | Stephen David Balliet (1885-1972) — also known asStephen D. Balliet — of Appleton,OutagamieCounty, Wis.Born in Dale,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,November30, 1885.Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention fromWisconsin,1928;postmaster atAppleton,Wis., 1936-55.Died in Appleton,OutagamieCounty, Wis.,August15, 1972 (age86 years, 259days).Interment atSt.Mary's Cemetery, Appleton, Wis.
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