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  Samuel Adams (1722-1803) — also known as "The Tribune of the People"; "The Cromwell of New England"; "Determinatus"; "The Psalm Singer"; "Amendment Monger"; "American Cato"; "Samuel the Publican" — of Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 27, 1722. Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-81; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1779, 1788; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1781; candidate for U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1788; Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, 1789-94; Governor of Massachusetts, 1793-97; received 15 electoral votes, 1796. Congregationalist. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., October 2, 1803 (age 81 years, 5 days). Interment at Old Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Adams and Mary (Fifield) Adams; married 1749 to Elizabeth Checkley; married 1764 to Elizabeth Wells; uncle of Joseph Allen; granduncle of Charles Allen; great-grandfather of Elizabeth Wells Randall (who married Alfred Cumming) and William Vincent Wells; second cousin of John Adams; second cousin once removed of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); second cousin twice removed of George Washington Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and John Milton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of Edward M. Chapin, John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second cousin four times removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Chapin, Arthur Laban Bates, Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954) and Almur Stiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed of Charles Grenfill Washburn, Lyman Metcalfe Bass, Emerson Richard Boyles and Thomas Boylston Adams; third cousin of Samuel Huntington; third cousin once removed of Samuel H. Huntington and Caleb Cushing; third cousin twice removed of Willard J. Chapin, Erastus Fairbanks, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Elisha Mills Huntington, Charles Adams Jr., James Brooks and Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Alphonso Taft, Benjamin W. Waite, George Otis Fairbanks, Austin Wells Holden, Horace Fairbanks, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Franklin Fairbanks, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Edgar Weeks and Arthur Newton Holden; third cousin four times removed of John Quincy Adams (1848-1911).
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Mount Sam Adams, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Samuel Adams (built 1941 at Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California; scrapped 1966) was named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Samuel Adams: Donald Barr Chidsey, The World of Samuel Adams
John Adams John Adams (1735-1826) — also known as "His Rotundity"; "The Duke of Braintree"; "American Cato"; "Old Sink and Swim"; "The Colossus of Independence"; "Father of the American Navy" — of Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., October 30, 1735. Lawyer; Delegate to Continental Congress from Massachusetts, 1774-78; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1781-88; Great Britain, 1785-88; Vice President of the United States, 1789-97; President of the United States, 1797-1801; defeated (Federalist), 1800; delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass., July 4, 1826 (age 90 years, 247 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment in 1828 at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Adams (1691-1761) and Susanna (Boylston) Adams; married, October 25, 1764, to Abigail Quincy Smith (aunt of William Cranch); father of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married William Stephens Smith) and John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) (who married Louisa Catherine Johnson); grandfather of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); great-grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; second great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); third great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin thrice removed of Edward M. Chapin; first cousin four times removed of Arthur Chapin; first cousin six times removed of Denwood Lynn Chapin; second cousin of Samuel Adams; second cousin once removed of Joseph Allen; second cousin twice removed of John Milton Thayer; second cousin thrice removed of William Vincent Wells; second cousin four times removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Laban Bates and Almur Stiles Whiting; second cousin five times removed of Charles Grenfill Washburn, Lyman Metcalfe Bass and Emerson Richard Boyles; third cousin of Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868); third cousin once removed of Jeremiah Mason, George Bailey Loring and Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904); third cousin twice removed of Asahel Otis, Erastus Fairbanks, Charles Stetson, Henry Brewster Stanton, Charles Adams Jr., Isaiah Stetson, Joshua Perkins, Eli Thayer and Bailey Frye Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Caleb Stetson, Oakes Ames, Oliver Ames Jr., Benjamin W. Waite, Alfred Elisha Ames, George Otis Fairbanks, Austin Wells Holden, Horace Fairbanks, Ebenezer Oliver Grosvenor, Joseph Washburn Yates, Augustus Brown Reed Sprague, Franklin Fairbanks, Erskine Mason Phelps, Arthur Newton Holden, John Alden Thayer, Irving Hall Chase, Isaiah Kidder Stetson and Giles Russell Taggart.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Adams counties in Idaho, Iowa, Miss., Neb., Ohio, Pa., Wash. and Wis. are named for him.
  Mount Adams (second highest peak in the Northeast), in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS John Adams (built 1941-42 at Richmond, California; torpedoed and lost in the Coral Sea, 1942) was named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: John Adams HarperJohn A. CameronJohn A. DixJohn Adams FisherJohn A. TaintorJohn A. GilmerJohn A. PerkinsJohn Adams HymanJohn A. DamonJohn A. LeeJohn A. SandersJohn Adams Hurson
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about John Adams: John Ferling, John Adams: A Life — Joseph J. Ellis, The Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams — David McCullough, John Adams — Gore Vidal, Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson — John Ferling, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 — James Grant, John Adams : Party of One
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  Waightstill Avery (1741-1821) — of Burke County, N.C. Born in Groton, New London County, Conn., May 10, 1741. Lawyer; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina house of commons, 1776, 1782-83, 1793; North Carolina state attorney general, 1777-79; member of North Carolina state senate, 1796. Fought a pistol duel with Andrew Jackson in 1788; neither man was injured. Died in the judge's chambers at the Burke County Courthouse, Morganton, Burke County, N.C., March 13, 1821 (age 79 years, 307 days). Interment at Swan Ponds Plantation Cemetery, Morganton, N.C.
  Relatives: Son of Jerusha (Morgan) Avery and Humphrey Avery; married, October 3, 1778, to Leah Probart Franks; father of Elizabeth Avery (who married William Ballard Lenoir); grandfather of Isaac Thomas Lenoir and William Waigstill Avery; granduncle of Lorenzo Burrows; first cousin four times removed of Horace Billings Packer; second cousin once removed of Noyes Barber; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Packer, Asa Packer, Edwin Barber Morgan, Christopher Morgan, Edwin Denison Morgan and Alfred Avery Burnham; second cousin thrice removed of Judson B. Phelps, Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, William Henry Bulkeley, Robert Asa Packer and William Frederick Morgan Rowland; second cousin four times removed of Henry Brewster Stanton, Jonathan R. Herrick, Erskine Mason Phelps and Spencer Gale Frink; second cousin five times removed of D-Cady Herrick, Herman Arod Gager, Walter Richmond Herrick and Burdette Burt Bliss; third cousin twice removed of Nathan Belcher, Samuel Townsend Douglass, Silas Hamilton Douglas and Joshua Perkins; third cousin thrice removed of Charles Phelps Huntington, George Mortimer Beakes, George Douglas Perkins, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Daniel Parrish Witter, Albert Lemando Bingham, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, Llewellyn James Barden and Henry Woolsey Douglas.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Avery County, N.C. is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Allen (1749-1827) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 2, 1749. Delegate to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1788; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 10th District, 1810-11; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1815-18. Died in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., September 2, 1827 (age 78 years, 0 days). Interment at Mechanic Street Burying Ground, Worcester, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of James Allen and Mary (Adams) Allen; father of Charles Allen; nephew of Samuel Adams; first cousin twice removed of William Vincent Wells; second cousin once removed of John Adams; third cousin of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848); third cousin once removed of Samuel Huntington, George Washington Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and John Milton Thayer; third cousin twice removed of Edward M. Chapin, John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; third cousin thrice removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Chapin, Arthur Laban Bates, Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954) and Almur Stiles Whiting; fourth cousin of Samuel H. Huntington and Caleb Cushing; fourth cousin once removed of Willard J. Chapin, Erastus Fairbanks, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Elisha Mills Huntington, Charles Adams Jr., James Brooks and Bailey Frye Adams.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) — also known as "Old Man Eloquent"; "The Accidental President"; "The Massachusetts Madman" — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Quincy, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Braintree (part now in Quincy), Norfolk County, Mass., July 11, 1767. Lawyer; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1794-97; Prussia, 1797-1801; Russia, 1809-14; Great Britain, 1815-17; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1802; U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1803-08; resigned 1808; U.S. Secretary of State, 1817-25; President of the United States, 1825-29; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1831-48 (11th District 1831-33, 12th District 1833-43, 8th District 1843-48); died in office 1848; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1834. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1905. Suffered a stroke while speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, February 21, 1848, and died two days later in the Speaker's office, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., February 23, 1848 (age 80 years, 227 days). Original interment at Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.; reinterment at United First Parish Church, Quincy, Mass.; cenotaph at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Son of John Adams and Abigail Adams; brother of Abigail Amelia Adams (who married William Stephens Smith); married, July 26, 1797, to Louisa Catherine Johnson (daughter of Joshua Johnson; sister-in-law of John Pope; niece of Thomas Johnson); father of George Washington Adams and Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886); grandfather of John Quincy Adams (1833-1894) and Brooks Adams; great-grandfather of Charles Francis Adams (1866-1954); second great-grandfather of Thomas Boylston Adams; first cousin of William Cranch; second cousin once removed of Samuel Adams; second cousin twice removed of Edward M. Chapin; second cousin thrice removed of Arthur Chapin; second cousin five times removed of Denwood Lynn Chapin; third cousin of Joseph Allen; third cousin once removed of Samuel Sewall, Josiah Quincy, Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868) and John Milton Thayer; third cousin twice removed of William Vincent Wells; third cousin thrice removed of Lyman Kidder Bass, Daniel T. Hayden, Arthur Laban Bates and Almur Stiles Whiting; fourth cousin of Jeremiah Mason, Josiah Quincy Jr., George Bailey Loring and Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904); fourth cousin once removed of Asahel Otis, Erastus Fairbanks, Charles Stetson, Henry Brewster Stanton, Charles Adams Jr., Isaiah Stetson, Joshua Perkins, Eli Thayer, Bailey Frye Adams and Samuel Miller Quincy.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: John Smith — Thurlow Weed
  Adams counties in Ill. and Ind. are named for him.
  Mount Quincy Adams, in the White Mountains, Coos County, New Hampshire, is named for him.  — Mount Quincy Adams, on the border between British Columbia, Canada, and Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: John Q. A. BrackettJohn Q. A. SheldenJ. Q. A. Reber
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about John Quincy Adams: Paul C. Nagel, John Quincy Adams : A Public Life, a Private Life — Lynn Hudson Parsons, John Quincy Adams — Robert V. Remini, John Quincy Adams — Joseph Wheelan, Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: John Quincy Adams's Extraordinary Post-Presidential Life in Congress — John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  Luther Hotchkiss (1778-1863) — of Wolcott, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Wolcott, New Haven County, Conn., December 19, 1778. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wolcott, 1831. Died in Wolcott, New Haven County, Conn., April 14, 1863 (age 84 years, 116 days). Interment at Edgewood Cemetery, Wolcott, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Wait Hotchkiss and Deborah (Alcox) Hotchkiss; married, November 24, 1800, to Ann Hall; first cousin thrice removed of Charles H. Chittenden and Frank L. Stiles; second cousin twice removed of Philander Blakeslee Cole; second cousin thrice removed of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks; third cousin once removed of Elisha Hotchkiss and Elisha Hotchkiss Jr.; third cousin twice removed of William Judson Clark, Charles Hull Clark, Edwin P. Hotchkiss, Robert Asa Packer, Charles M. Hotchkiss and Henry DeWitt Hotchkiss; third cousin thrice removed of Daniel Frederick Webster, Daniel Dodge Frisbie and Doraf Wilmot Blakeslee; fourth cousin once removed of Ambrose Tuttle, Gideon Hotchkiss, Truman Hotchkiss, Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss, Harrison Blodget, Julius Hotchkiss, Giles Waldo Hotchkiss and William Henry Barnum.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Wentworth-Pitman family of New Hampshire (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Erastus Fairbanks Erastus Fairbanks (1792-1864) — of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vt. Born in Brimfield, Hampden County, Mass., October 28, 1792. One of the founders of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform scale manufacturers; president, Passumpsic Railroad, which completed a line from White River to St. Johnsbury in 1850; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1836-38; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; Governor of Vermont, 1852-53, 1860-61; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1856. Congregationalist. Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vt., November 20, 1864 (age 72 years, 23 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Phebe (Paddock) Fairbanks and Joseph Fairbanks; married, May 30, 1815, to Lois Crossman; father of Horace Fairbanks and Franklin Fairbanks; grandfather of Frederick Charles Fairbanks; second cousin twice removed of Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell; second cousin four times removed of Arthur Taggard Appleton; third cousin twice removed of Samuel Adams and John Adams; fourth cousin once removed of Joseph Allen, John Quincy Adams and George Otis Fairbanks.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)
  Daniel Gott (1794-1864) — of Pompey, Onondaga County, N.Y.; Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Hebron, Tolland County, Conn., July 10, 1794. Whig. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1847-51. Died in Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., July 6, 1864 (age 69 years, 362 days). Interment at Pompey Hill Cemetery, Pompey, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Hazael Gott and Abigail (Phelps) Gott; married, September 12, 1819, to Anna (Baldwin) Sedgwick; second cousin twice removed of Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks.
  Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Davis family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887) — of Erie, Erie County, Pa. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., July 29, 1795. Whig. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives, 1836-37; member of Pennsylvania state senate 27th District, 1844-45; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 25th District, 1859-63. Died in Erie, Erie County, Pa., January 9, 1887 (age 91 years, 164 days). Interment at Erie Cemetery, Erie, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Elijah Babbitt (1750-1850) and Amy (Tefft) Babbitt; married, November 28, 1827, to Caroline Elizabeth Kelso; first cousin once removed of Jacob Babbitt; first cousin twice removed of George Henry Babbitt; first cousin thrice removed of Francis Sanford Babbitt; first cousin four times removed of William Greene; second cousin thrice removed of William Greene Jr.; third cousin once removed of Henry Howard Starkweather; third cousin twice removed of Ray Greene, Charles Henry Pendleton, Chauncey C. Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Alfred Avery Burnham, Howkin Bulkley Beardslee, George Mortimer Beakes, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, Daniel Parrish Witter and Llewellyn James Barden.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Houghton family of Corning, New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Isaac Davis (1799-1883) — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Northborough, Worcester County, Mass., June 2, 1799. Democrat. Lawyer; bank director; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1843-54; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1856, 1858, 1861; defeated, 1849 (Citizens), 1851, 1861 (Citizens), 1867 (Citizens); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1860, 1864; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1861. Died in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., April 1, 1883 (age 83 years, 303 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Phineas Davis and Martha (Eager) Davis; married, March 30, 1829, to Mary Holbrook Estabrook; father of Edward Livingston Davis; nephew of John Davis (1787-1854); grandfather of Livingston Davis; first cousin of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; first cousin once removed of John Davis (1851-1902); first cousin thrice removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; first cousin four times removed of George Cabot Lodge; second cousin once removed of John Barnard Fairbank; third cousin of Merton William Fairbank; third cousin once removed of Wilson Henry Fairbank, Alexander Warren Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; third cousin thrice removed of Leone Fairbanks Burrell and Douglas Stanley Fairbanks; fourth cousin once removed of John Prescott Bigelow, Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden, Ebenezer Gregg Danforth Holden and Winfield Scott Holden.
  Political families: Davis family of Massachusetts; Woodbury-Holden family of Massachusetts and New Hampshire; Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Philander Blakeslee Cole (1815-1892) — also known as Philander B. Cole — of Marysville, Union County, Ohio. Born in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, October 10, 1815. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1852-60; member of Ohio state senate, 1860; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Died in Marysville, Union County, Ohio, February 17, 1892 (age 76 years, 130 days). Interment at Oakdale Cemetery, Marysville, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Jerusha (Blakeslee) Cole and James Cole; married, July 30, 1839, to Dorothy Barden Witter; father of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks (who married Charles Warren Fairbanks); second cousin twice removed of Luther Hotchkiss; third cousin twice removed of Almer Fisk Gallup; fourth cousin of Ida Martha Libby; fourth cousin once removed of Frank L. Stiles.
  Political families: Libby-Felt family of Maine; Fairbanks-Adams family; Gallup family of Marysville, Ohio; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Otis Fairbanks (1815-1884) — also known as George O. Fairbanks — of Fall River, Bristol County, Mass. Born in Medway, Norfolk County, Mass., February 14, 1815. Mayor of Fall River, Mass., 1867-69. Died in Fall River, Bristol County, Mass., March 11, 1884 (age 69 years, 26 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Otis Fairbanks and Sylvia (Fuller) Fairbanks; married, October 5, 1841, to Abby Langley; married, September 18, 1851, to Esther Amanda Langley; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams and John Adams; fourth cousin once removed of Erastus Fairbanks and Emerson Wight.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Emerson Wight (1815-1890) — of Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. Born in Sturbridge, Worcester County, Mass., March 27, 1815. Republican. Mayor of Springfield, Mass., 1875-78. Died in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., January 1, 1890 (age 74 years, 280 days). Interment at Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Lucinda (Marsh) Wight and David Wight; married, May 23, 1854, to Margaret B. Gleason; married, February 15, 1862, to Elizabeth N. Lewis; third cousin twice removed of Charles Stetson and Isaiah Stetson; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Huntington; fourth cousin once removed of George Otis Fairbanks, Isaiah Kidder Stetson and Perry Gittean Williams.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1816-1896) — also known as Benjamin F. Flanders — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in Bristol, Grafton County, N.H., January 26, 1816. Republican. U.S. Representative from Louisiana at-large, 1862-63; Governor of Louisiana; mayor of New Orleans, La., 1870-72; candidate for Louisiana state treasurer, 1888. Episcopalian. Opposed secession in 1861; driven out of New Orleans, leaving his family behind; returned in 1862 when the city was taken by Union troops. Died near Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, La., March 13, 1896 (age 80 years, 47 days). Interment at Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
  Presumably named for: Benjamin Franklin
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Flanders and Rachel (Brown) Flanders; married, August 12, 1847, to Susan Hall Sawyer; first cousin twice removed of Frederick Walter Flanders; first cousin thrice removed of Earl Leon Flanders; third cousin thrice removed of Clarence Elmer Sargent; fourth cousin once removed of Francis Durrell Flanders, Charles H. Eastman, Alvan Flanders, Chester Alan Arthur and Eaton Dudley Sargent.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Flanders family of Vermont; Rowell family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  Joshua Perkins (b. 1818) — of Danielsonville (now Danielson), Killingly, Windham County, Conn. Born in Lisbon, New London County, Conn., 1818. Dentist; warden (borough president) of Danielsonville, Connecticut, 1883-85. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Perkins and Betsey (Payne) Perkins; second cousin thrice removed of Robert Treat Paine and Luther Waterman; third cousin of Lee Randall Sanborn; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Timothy Pitkin, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Francis William Kellogg, George Douglas Perkins, Albert Lemando Bingham and James L. Sanborn; third cousin twice removed of John Adams, Philip Frisbee, Waightstill Avery, David Waterman, Jabez Upham, Jeremiah Mason, George Baxter Upham, James Doolittle Wooster and Thomas Cogswell (1799-1868); fourth cousin of Henry Meigs, Jabez Williams Huntington, William Whiting Boardman, John Appleton, Ira Chandler Backus, Jane Pierce, Edward Green Bradford, Benjamin Doolittle, Bailey Frye Adams and Henry Sabin; fourth cousin once removed of Edward Biddle, Charles Biddle, John Quincy Adams, Noyes Barber, Thomas Glasby Waterman, John Larkin Payson, Henry Meigs Jr., John Forsyth Jr., James Phineas Upham, George Mortimer Beakes, Thomas Cogswell (1841-1904), Chauncey C. Pendleton, Edward Green Bradford II, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, Daniel Parrish Witter, Llewellyn James Barden and Virgil Adolphus Fitch.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Austin Wells Holden (1819-1891) — also known as Austin W. Holden — of Warrensburg, Warren County, N.Y.; Queensbury, Warren County, N.Y.; Glens Falls, Warren County, N.Y. Born in White Creek, Washington County, N.Y., May 16, 1819. Physician; member of New York state assembly from Warren County, 1874. Died July 19, 1891 (age 72 years, 64 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Jonas Holden and Eliza Holden; married, April 24, 1851, to Elizabeth Buell; first cousin twice removed of Edward Henry Holden; third cousin of Samuel Fessenden and Arthur Newton Holden; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams and John Adams; fourth cousin once removed of Fox Holden and Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Horace Fairbanks Horace Fairbanks (1820-1888) — of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vt. Born in Barnet, Caledonia County, Vt., March 21, 1820. Republican. President, E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform scale manufacturers; railroad promoter; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1864; candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; member of Vermont state senate, 1870; Governor of Vermont, 1876-78. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 17, 1888 (age 67 years, 362 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Lois (Crossman) Fairbanks and Erastus Fairbanks; brother of Franklin Fairbanks; married, August 9, 1849, to Mary E. Taylor; uncle of Frederick Charles Fairbanks; third cousin once removed of Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams, John Adams and Arthur Taggard Appleton.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)
  Franklin Fairbanks (1828-1895) — of St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vt. Born in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vt., June 18, 1828. Republican. Superintendent and later president of E. & T. Fairbanks & Co., platform scale manufacturers; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1871-73; Speaker of the Vermont State House of Representatives, 1872-73. Member, Freemasons. Died in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia County, Vt., April 24, 1895 (age 66 years, 310 days). Interment at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, St. Johnsbury, Vt.
  Relatives: Son of Lois (Crossman) Fairbanks and Erastus Fairbanks; brother of Horace Fairbanks; married, December 8, 1852, to Frances A. Clapp; uncle of Frederick Charles Fairbanks; third cousin once removed of Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams, John Adams and Arthur Taggard Appleton.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886) — also known as Chester A. Arthur; Chester Abell Arthur; "The Gentleman Boss"; "His Accidency"; "Elegant Arthur"; "Our Chet"; "Dude President" — of New York. Born in Fairfield, Franklin County, Vt., October 5, 1829. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Customs, 1870-78; New York Republican state chair, 1879-81; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1880; Vice President of the United States, 1881; President of the United States, 1881-85; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1884. Episcopalian. Member, Loyal Legion; Psi Upsilon; Union League. Died, of Bright's disease and a cerebral hemorrhage, in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 18, 1886 (age 57 years, 44 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.; statue at Madison Square Park, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. William Arthur and Malvina (Stone) Arthur; married, October 25, 1859, to Ellen Lewis "Nell" Herndon; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Franklin Flanders and Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell.
  Political families: Eastman family; Flanders family of Vermont; Sargent-Davis-Pike-Flanders family of New Hampshire; Fairbanks-Adams family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Arthur County, Neb. is named for him.
  The village of Arthur, Nebraska, is named for him.  — The village of Chester, Nebraska, is named for him.  — Lake Arthur, in Polk County, Minnesota, is named for him.
  Other politicians named for him: Chester A. HeitmanChester Arthur PikeChester A. Johnson
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Books about Chester A. Arthur: Thomas C. Reeves, Gentleman Boss : The Life of Chester Alan Arthur — Justus D. Doenecke, The Presidencies of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur — George Frederick Howe, Chester A. Arthur, A Quarter-Century of Machine Politics — Zachary Karabell, Chester Alan Arthur — Paul Joseph, Chester Arthur (for young readers)
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
  George Mortimer Beakes (1831-1900) — also known as George M. Beakes — of Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, N.Y. Born in Middletown, Orange County, N.Y., January 2, 1831. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of New York state assembly from Sullivan County, 1891-92. Died in Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, N.Y., June 18, 1900 (age 69 years, 167 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Beakes and Anna (Witter) Beakes; married, February 10, 1858, to Elizabeth Bull; father of Samuel Willard Beakes; first cousin twice removed of Ambrose Augustine Weeks Jr.; third cousin of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks and Llewellyn James Barden; third cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery, Irving Anthony Jennings and Renz L. Jennings; fourth cousin of Chauncey C. Pendleton and Daniel Parrish Witter; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Babbitt and Joshua Perkins.
  Political families: Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family of New York and Arizona; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Chauncey M. Depew Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928) — also known as Chauncey M. Depew — of Peekskill, Westchester County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Peekskill, Westchester County, N.Y., April 23, 1834. Republican. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from Westchester County 3rd District, 1862-63; secretary of state of New York, 1864-65; Westchester County Clerk, 1867; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868, 1892, 1896 (speaker), 1900, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1916, 1920 (speaker), 1924; Liberal Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1872; president, later chairman, New York Central Railroad; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1888; U.S. Senator from New York, 1899-1911. French Huguenot, Dutch, and English ancestry. Member, Union League; Society of the Cincinnati; Skull and Bones. Died, of bronchial pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 5, 1928 (age 93 years, 348 days). Entombed at Hillside Cemetery, Cortlandt town, Westchester County, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Depew and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; married, November 9, 1871, to Elise Hegeman; married, December 28, 1901, to May Palmer; second great-grandnephew of Roger Sherman; second cousin twice removed of Roger Sherman Baldwin, Sherman Day, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, William Maxwell Evarts and George Frisbie Hoar; second cousin four times removed of Aaron Burr; third cousin once removed of Simeon Eben Baldwin, Rockwood Hoar, Sherman Hoar, Maxwell Evarts and Arthur Outram Sherman; third cousin twice removed of Charles Robert Sherman and Merton William Fairbank; third cousin thrice removed of Reuben Bostwick Heacock; fourth cousin of John Frederick Addis, Henry de Forest Baldwin and Roger Sherman Hoar; fourth cousin once removed of John Adams Dix, Charles Taylor Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman, Lampson Parker Sherman, John Sherman, Charles Warren Fairbanks, Newton Hamilton Fairbanks, John Stanley Addis and Archibald Cox.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sewall-Adams-Quincy family of Maine (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The village of Depew, New York, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: The Parties and The Men (1896)
  Edward Livingston Davis (1834-1912) — also known as Edward L. Davis — of Worcester, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., April 22, 1834. Lawyer; manufacturer of ironwork, including railroad wheels; director of banks and railroads; mayor of Worcester, Mass., 1874; defeated (Citizens), 1874; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1876. Episcopalian. Died in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., March 2, 1912 (age 77 years, 315 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Presumably named for: Edward Livingston
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Davis and Mary Holman (Estabrook) Davis; married 1859 to Hannah Gardner Adams; married, December 2, 1869, to Maria Louisa Robbins; father of Livingston Davis; grandnephew of John Davis (1787-1854); first cousin once removed of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; second cousin of John Davis (1851-1902); second cousin twice removed of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; second cousin thrice removed of George Cabot Lodge; third cousin of John Barnard Fairbank; third cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank; fourth cousin of Wilson Henry Fairbank, Alexander Warren Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks.
  Political families: Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Davis family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Wilson Henry Fairbank (b. 1836) — also known as Wilson H. Fairbank — of Warren, Worcester County, Mass. Born in Warren, Worcester County, Mass., April 3, 1836. Republican. Contractor; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1904. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Asahel Fairbank and Mary Abigail (Chapin) Fairbank; married, September 27, 1865, to Mary Elizabeth Sibley; third cousin of Alexander Warren Fairbank; third cousin once removed of Isaac Davis and Merton William Fairbank; third cousin twice removed of John Milton Thayer; third cousin thrice removed of Peter Rawson Taft; fourth cousin of Edward Livingston Davis, John Barnard Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; fourth cousin once removed of Livingston Davis and Vinton Chapin.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Davis family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  John Barnard Fairbank (1839-1908) — also known as John B. Fairbank — of Central City, Lawrence County, S.Dak. Born in Oakham, Worcester County, Mass., August 8, 1839. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; gold miner; member of South Dakota state senate 38th District, 1897-98. Died in Deadwood, Lawrence County, S.Dak., April 28, 1908 (age 68 years, 264 days). Interment at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, S.Dak.
  Relatives: Son of James Chandler Fairbank and Lurana (Robinson) Fairbank; married, August 31, 1863, to Ruth Adelaide Boyce; second cousin once removed of Isaac Davis and Kellogg Fairbank (who married Janet Ayer); third cousin of Edward Livingston Davis; third cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank and Livingston Davis; fourth cousin of Wilson Henry Fairbank, Alexander Warren Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks.
  Epitaph: "True to every trust - Faithful unto death."
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Chauncey C. Pendleton (1846-1929) — of Preston, New London County, Conn. Born in Preston, New London County, Conn., May 14, 1846. Democrat. Candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Preston, 1902. Died in Preston, New London County, Conn., July 20, 1929 (age 83 years, 67 days). Interment at Preston City Cemetery, Preston, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Ansel Pendleton and Ann Witter (Button) Pendleton; married to Cynthia E. Main; great-grandnephew of Nathan Pendleton (1754-1841); first cousin of Charles Henry Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton; first cousin once removed of Charles Marsh Pendleton, Henry Howard Starkweather and Cyrus Henry Pendleton; first cousin twice removed of Nathan Pendleton (1779-1827); second cousin of Edward Wheeler Pendleton; second cousin once removed of James Monroe Pendleton and Claudius Victor Pendleton; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Burrows; third cousin of Calvin Crane Pendleton, Joseph Palmer Dyer, Harris Pendleton, Nathan William Pendleton and James Pendleton; third cousin once removed of Calvin Fillmore, Lorenzo Burrows and Cornelius Welles Pendleton; third cousin twice removed of Elijah Babbitt; third cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; fourth cousin of Millard Fillmore, Enoch C. Chapman, George Mortimer Beakes, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks, Daniel Parrish Witter and Llewellyn James Barden; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Putnam Tyler, Nathan Belcher, Joshua Perkins and Samuel Willard Beakes.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Merton William Fairbank (1847-1918) — also known as Merton W. Fairbank — of Mt. Morris, Genesee County, Mich. Born in Sweden town, Monroe County, N.Y., September 10, 1847. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Genesee County 2nd District, 1905-08. Congregationalist. Died in 1918 (age about 70 years). Interment at Oakwood Cemetery, Genesee Township, Genesee County, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Fairbank and Sophronia (Coolidge) Fairbank; married, February 21, 1868, to Julia Rogers; married 1890 to Lucy A. Todd; first cousin once removed of Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; second cousin thrice removed of Leone Fairbanks Burrell and Douglas Stanley Fairbanks; third cousin of Isaac Davis; third cousin once removed of Edward Livingston Davis, Wilson Henry Fairbank, John Barnard Fairbank and Alexander Warren Fairbank; third cousin twice removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and Livingston Davis; fourth cousin once removed of John Prescott Bigelow.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family; Davis family of Massachusetts; Upham family; Lawrence-Andrew-Rodney-Parrish family of Adel, Georgia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Arthur Newton Holden (1850-1932) — also known as Arthur N. Holden — of North Clarendon, Clarendon, Rutland County, Vt. Born in Shrewsbury, Rutland County, Vt., April 23, 1850. Republican. Farmer; member of Vermont state house of representatives from Clarendon, 1910. Universalist. Died, of pneumonia, in Clarendon, Rutland County, Vt., January 31, 1932 (age 81 years, 283 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Eli Latinus Holden and Eliza Arvilla (Crampton) Holden; married 1876 to Hannah Maria Steward; sixth great-grandnephew of John Winthrop (1606-1676); seventh great-grandson of John Winthrop (1588-1649); first cousin seven times removed of Fitz-John Winthrop; third cousin of Austin Wells Holden; third cousin once removed of Israel Coe; third cousin twice removed of Alvah Nash and Edward Henry Holden; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams and John Adams; fourth cousin of Lyman Wetmore Coe and Robert Cleveland Usher; fourth cousin once removed of Eli Coe Birdsey, Edwin Prosper Augur, Fox Holden, Charles Pierson Augur, Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell, Alfred Henry Augur and Charles Parmelee Augur.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts; Adams-Waite-Forshee-Cowan family of Dexter, Michigan; Pike family of Lubec, Maine; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Charles W. Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks (1852-1918) — also known as Charles W. Fairbanks — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in a log cabin near Unionville Center, Union County, Ohio, May 11, 1852. Republican. Lawyer; general solicitor for Ohio Southern Railroad, and for the Dayton and Ironton Railroad; president, Terre Haute and Peoria Railroad; director and general solicitor, Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Railroad; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1896 (Temporary Chair; speaker; chair, Committee to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1900, 1904, 1912; U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1897-1905; resigned 1905; Vice President of the United States, 1905-09; defeated, 1916; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1908, 1916. Died, from renal failure, in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., June 4, 1918 (age 66 years, 24 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks and Mary Adelaide DeForest (Smith) Fairbanks; brother of Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; married, October 6, 1874, to Cornelia Cole Fairbanks (daughter of Philander Blakeslee Cole); first cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Gott; third cousin once removed of Isaac Davis; third cousin twice removed of Leone Fairbanks Burrell and Douglas Stanley Fairbanks; fourth cousin of Edward Livingston Davis, Wilson Henry Fairbank, John Barnard Fairbank and Alexander Warren Fairbank; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and Livingston Davis; relative *** of Earl Fairbanks.
  Political family: Fairbanks-Adams family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The city of Fairbanks, Alaska is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: Moore's Hoosier Cyclopedia (1905)
  Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell (1852-1904) — also known as Cassius M. C. Twitchell — of Milan, Coos County, N.H. Born in Milan, Coos County, N.H., October 12, 1852. Lumberman; bank director; director, Brompton Pulp and Paper Mills; part owner, Cascade Light and Power Company; member of New Hampshire state senate 1st District, 1901-02. Died in Milan, Coos County, N.H., June 9, 1904 (age 51 years, 241 days). Burial location unknown.
  Presumably named for: Cassius Marcellus Clay
  Relatives: Son of Adams Twitchell and Lusylvia (Bartlett) Twitchell; married, October 5, 1880, to Leonora Ellen Wentworth; second cousin twice removed of Erastus Fairbanks; third cousin once removed of Horace Fairbanks and Franklin Fairbanks; fourth cousin of Frederick Charles Fairbanks; fourth cousin once removed of Austin Wells Holden, Chester Alan Arthur and Arthur Newton Holden.
  Political families: Flanders family of Vermont; Fairbanks-Adams family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Daniel P. Witter Daniel Parrish Witter (1852-1930) — also known as Daniel P. Witter — of Berkshire, Tioga County, N.Y. Born in Richford, Tioga County, N.Y., July 2, 1852. Republican. Farmer; member of New York state assembly from Tioga County, 1896-1900, 1916-29. Died in Berkshire, Tioga County, N.Y., January 9, 1930 (age 77 years, 191 days). Interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Berkshire, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Asa Witter and Delia (Torrey) Witter; married, March 1, 1876, to Sarah M. Belden; first cousin six times removed of William Greene; second cousin once removed of Samuel Austin Gager; second cousin twice removed of Abel Madison Scranton; second cousin four times removed of John Brown; second cousin five times removed of William Greene Jr. and Andrew Adams; third cousin of Howkin Bulkley Beardslee; third cousin twice removed of John Appleton and Jane Pierce; third cousin thrice removed of John Strong, Waightstill Avery, Ebenezer Huntington, Elijah Hunt Mills and Gideon Hard; fourth cousin of George Mortimer Beakes, Chauncey C. Pendleton, Cornelia Cole Fairbanks and Llewellyn James Barden; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Babbitt, Albert Bliss, Joshua Perkins, Bradford Kirk Durfee, Samuel Willard Beakes and Charles W. Durfee.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sprague family of Providence, Rhode Island; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1924
  Alexander Warren Fairbank (1852-1922) — also known as Alexander W. Fairbank — of Chazy, Clinton County, N.Y. Born in Rouses Point, Clinton County, N.Y., December 19, 1852. Republican. Physician; member of New York state assembly from Clinton County, 1914-15. Member, American Medical Association; Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Clinton County, N.Y., 1922 (age about 69 years). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, Chazy, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Warren Calvin Fairbank and Sarah Ann (Stearns) Fairbank; married, June 19, 1877, to Evelyn Little; third cousin of Wilson Henry Fairbank; third cousin once removed of Isaac Davis and Merton William Fairbank; fourth cousin of Edward Livingston Davis, John Barnard Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; fourth cousin once removed of Livingston Davis.
  Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Davis family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Cornelia Cole Fairbanks (1852-1913) — also known as Nellie Fairbanks; Cornelia A. Cole — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Marysville, Union County, Ohio, January 14, 1852. Second Lady of the United States, 1905-09. Female. Member, Daughters of the American Revolution. Died in Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., October 24, 1913 (age 61 years, 283 days). Interment at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.
  Relatives: Daughter of Philander Blakeslee Cole and Dorothy Barden (Witter) Cole; married, October 6, 1874, to Charles Warren Fairbanks (brother of Newton Hamilton Fairbanks); second cousin of Llewellyn James Barden; second cousin thrice removed of Luther Hotchkiss; third cousin of George Mortimer Beakes; third cousin once removed of Samuel Willard Beakes; third cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; fourth cousin of Chauncey C. Pendleton and Daniel Parrish Witter; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Babbitt, Joshua Perkins, Ida Martha Libby and Almer Fisk Gallup.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Llewellyn James Barden (1853-1938) — also known as Llewellyn J. Barden — of Gage, Yates County, N.Y.; Maricopa County, Ariz. Born in Benton, Yates County, N.Y., April 15, 1853. Member of New York state assembly from Yates County, 1909-10. Died in Arizona, July 12, 1938 (age 85 years, 88 days). Interment at Benton Rural Cemetery, Benton Center, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Margaret E. (Bryce) Barden and Martin William Barden; married, November 19, 1874, to Jane Eliza 'Jennie' Barden; second cousin of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks; third cousin of George Mortimer Beakes; third cousin once removed of Samuel Willard Beakes; third cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery; fourth cousin of Chauncey C. Pendleton and Daniel Parrish Witter; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Babbitt and Joshua Perkins.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family; Lenoir family of North Carolina; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Frank L. Stiles (1854-1922) — of North Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in North Haven, New Haven County, Conn., July 12, 1854. Republican. Brick manufacturer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from North Haven; elected 1902. Died in North Haven, New Haven County, Conn., 1922 (age about 67 years). Interment at New Center Cemetery, North Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Lorenzo Stiles and Sophronia M. (Blakeslee) Stiles; married 1887 to Mary A. Dickerman; first cousin thrice removed of Luther Hotchkiss; second cousin of Isaac Edwin Mansfield; second cousin once removed of Waldo Stiles Blakeslee; second cousin thrice removed of Philip Frisbee; second cousin five times removed of Abraham Davenport; third cousin of John Henry Blakeslee and George Newbury Blakeslee; third cousin thrice removed of James Doolittle Wooster; fourth cousin of Orlando Scoville Hotchkiss, Cyrus Arthur Hotchkiss and Ernest Ransom Brockett; fourth cousin once removed of Philander Blakeslee Cole.
  Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ida Martha Libby (1855-1930) — also known as Ida M. Libby — of Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine; Fort Fairfield, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Bradford, Penobscot County, Maine, December 24, 1855. Democrat. Postmaster at Limestone, Maine, 1896-97. Female. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., May 5, 1930 (age 74 years, 132 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Daniel Libby and Frances Amelia (Smiley) Libby; married, January 12, 1898, to John Lundy; second cousin of Llewellyn Libby; second cousin once removed of Albanah Harvey Libby; second cousin twice removed of Arthur Leroy Nason; fourth cousin of Philander Blakeslee Cole; fourth cousin once removed of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks.
  Political families: Libby-Felt family of Maine; Saltonstall-Weeks family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Newton Hamilton Fairbanks (1859-1937) — also known as Newton H. Fairbanks — of Springfield, Clark County, Ohio. Born in Unionville Center, Union County, Ohio, December 10, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Ohio. Died in Clark County, Ohio, March 22, 1937 (age 77 years, 102 days). Interment at Ferncliff Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
  Relatives: Son of Loriston Monroe Fairbanks and Mary Adelaide DeForest (Smith) Fairbanks; brother of Charles Warren Fairbanks (who married Cornelia Cole Fairbanks); married, November 17, 1887, to Lucy Joy Cruikshank; first cousin once removed of Merton William Fairbank; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Gott; third cousin once removed of Isaac Davis; third cousin twice removed of Leone Fairbanks Burrell and Douglas Stanley Fairbanks; fourth cousin of Edward Livingston Davis, Wilson Henry Fairbank, John Barnard Fairbank and Alexander Warren Fairbank; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey Mitchell Depew and Livingston Davis.
  Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Davis family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Earl Fairbanks (b. 1860) — of Luther, Lake County, Mich. Born in Fillmore Center, Allegan County, Mich., July 19, 1860. Republican. Physician; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1896 (alternate), 1900; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1903-06; member of Michigan state senate 26th District, 1907-10. English ancestry. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Relative *** of Charles Warren Fairbanks.
  Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Davis family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
Samuel W. Beakes Samuel Willard Beakes (1861-1927) — also known as Samuel W. Beakes — of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Burlingham, Sullivan County, N.Y., January 11, 1861. Democrat. Lawyer; private secretary to Judge Thomas M. Cooley; newspaper editor and publisher; mayor of Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888-90; postmaster at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1894-98; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1913-17, 1917-19; defeated, 1916, 1918; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1916. Episcopalian. Died in Washington, D.C., February 9, 1927 (age 66 years, 29 days). Interment at Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of George Mortimer Beakes and Elizabeth (Bull) Beakes; married, July 6, 1886, to Annie Spelman Beakes (daughter of Hiram J. Beakes); second cousin once removed of Ambrose Augustine Weeks Jr.; third cousin of Stephen Galloway; third cousin once removed of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks and Llewellyn James Barden; fourth cousin once removed of Chauncey C. Pendleton and Daniel Parrish Witter.
  Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Mapes-Jennings-Denby-Harrison family of New York and Arizona; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Past and Present of Washtenaw County (1906)
Frederick C. Fairbanks Frederick Charles Fairbanks (1868-1945) — also known as Frederick C. Fairbanks — of Dresden, Germany; Dieppe, France. Born, of American parents, in Paris, France, July 2, 1868. Composer; professor of piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Dresden, Germany, 1897-99; U.S. Consular Agent in Dieppe, 1916-33. Died, from cardiac disease, in a hospital at Paris, France, February 7, 1945 (age 76 years, 220 days). Interment at Cimetière Parisien de Bagneux, Bagneux, France.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Fairbanks and Laura R. (Woodworth) Fairbanks; nephew of Horace Fairbanks and Franklin Fairbanks; grandson of Erastus Fairbanks; fourth cousin of Cassius Montgomery Clay Twitchell.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Fairbanks-Adams family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1917)
Livingston Davis Livingston Davis (1882-1932) — also known as Livy Davis — of Milton, Norfolk County, Mass.; Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Mass., August 13, 1882. Banker; director of railroads; Consul for Belgium in Boston, Mass., 1930-32. Member, American Antiquarian Society. In ill health for some time, he died from a self-inflicted gunshot, in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., January 11, 1932 (age 49 years, 151 days). Interment at Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Livingston Davis and Maria Louisa (Robbins) Davis; married, April 23, 1908, to Alice Gardiner; married, August 31, 1927, to Georgia Appleton; grandson of Isaac Davis; great-grandnephew of John Davis (1787-1854); first cousin twice removed of John Chandler Bancroft Davis and Horace Davis; second cousin once removed of John Davis (1851-1902); third cousin once removed of John Barnard Fairbank, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and John Davis Lodge; third cousin twice removed of Merton William Fairbank and George Cabot Lodge; fourth cousin once removed of Wilson Henry Fairbank, Alexander Warren Fairbank, Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks.
  Political families: Holden-Davis-Lawrence-Garcelon family of Massachusetts; Fairbanks-Adams family; Davis family of Massachusetts; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Weeks-Bigelow-Andrew-Upham family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Boston Globe, January 12, 1932
  Arthur Taggard Appleton (1884-1961) — also known as Arthur T. Appleton — of Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H. Born in Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H., May 8, 1884. Republican. Electrical contractor; member of New Hampshire Governor's Council 4th District; elected 1938. Died in Dublin, Cheshire County, N.H., August 16, 1961 (age 77 years, 100 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Francis Appleton and Lillian Gertrude (Jones) Appleton; married, September 26, 1908, to Alice Ethel Fox; first cousin twice removed of John Appleton (1804-1891) and Jane Pierce; first cousin thrice removed of Nathan Appleton, James Appleton, William Appleton and Nathan Dane Appleton; second cousin twice removed of John Appleton (1815-1864); second cousin four times removed of John Brown and Erastus Fairbanks; third cousin thrice removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Horace Fairbanks, Franklin Fairbanks and John Mason Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Leverett Saltonstall, Richard Saltonstall and Randolph Appleton Kidder.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Sprague family of Providence, Rhode Island; Biddle-Randolph family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts; Beakes-Greene-Witter family; Shippen-Middleton family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Almer Fisk Gallup (b. 1884) — also known as Almer F. Gallup — of Scituate, Providence County, R.I.; Danielson, Killingly, Windham County, Conn. Born in Montgomery, Franklin County, Vt., December 25, 1884. Republican. Pastor; Independent Republican candidate for Connecticut state house of representatives from Killingly, 1932. Nazarene. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Zephariah Gallup and Lucy Mariah (Horner) Gallup; married to Mildred Luella Barstow; third cousin twice removed of Philander Blakeslee Cole, John Patterson Gallup and Henry Augustus Gallup; fourth cousin once removed of Cornelia Cole Fairbanks.
  Political families: Libby-Felt family of Maine; Fairbanks-Adams family; Gallup family of Marysville, Ohio; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Beakes-Greene-Witter family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Leone Fairbanks Burrell (1900-1959) — also known as Leone Burrell — of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich. Born in Adrian, Lenawee County, Mich., February 18, 1900. Republican. School teacher; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1940. Female. Died, from cervical cancer, in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Mich., June 15, 1959 (age 59 years, 117 days). Interment at Denton Cemetery, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Mich.
  Relatives: Daughter of Mr. Pearl Fairbanks and Eugenia (Powell) Fairbanks; sister of Douglas Stanley Fairbanks; married to Leon Y. Burrell; second cousin thrice removed of Merton William Fairbank; third cousin twice removed of Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; third cousin thrice removed of Isaac Davis.
  Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Davis family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Douglas Stanley Fairbanks (1910-1981) — also known as Douglas S. Fairbanks — of Cadillac, Wexford County, Mich. Born November 21, 1910. Democrat. Tavern proprietor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1960; candidate for Michigan state house of representatives from Wexford District, 1960; candidate for mayor of Cadillac, Mich., 1961. Died March 27, 1981 (age 70 years, 126 days). Interment at Maple Hill Cemetery, Cadillac, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Mr. Pearl Fairbanks and Eugenia (Powell) Fairbanks; brother of Leone Fairbanks Burrell; married to Ruth Simmons; second cousin thrice removed of Merton William Fairbank; third cousin twice removed of Charles Warren Fairbanks and Newton Hamilton Fairbanks; third cousin thrice removed of Isaac Davis.
  Political families: Fairbanks-Adams family; Davis family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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