Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
This specific family group is a subset of the
much larger Four Thousand
Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed
with more than one subset.
These groupings — even the names 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.
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John Wentworth (1719-1781) —
of Somersworth, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., March
30, 1719.
Member of New
Hampshire colonial Assembly, 1768-75; justice of
New Hampshire state supreme court, 1776-81.
Died in Somersworth, Strafford
County, N.H., May 17,
1781 (age 62 years, 48
days).
Interment at Old Town Cemetery, Rollinsford, N.H.
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John Wentworth Jr. (1745-1787) —
of Dover, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Salmon Falls, Rollinsford, Strafford
County, N.H., July 17,
1745.
Lawyer;
Strafford
County Register of Probate, 1773-87; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1776; member of New
Hampshire Governor's Council, 1776-84; Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Hampshire, 1778; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1778; member of New
Hampshire state senate from Strafford County, 1784-86.
Died in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., January
10, 1787 (age 41 years, 177
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Dover, N.H.
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Benjamin Pierce (1757-1839) —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Chelmsford, Middlesex
County, Mass., December
25, 1757.
Governor
of New Hampshire, 1827-28, 1829-30.
Died in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., April 1,
1839 (age 81 years, 97
days).
Interment at Pine
Hill Cemetery, Hillsborough, N.H.
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Daniel Davis (1768-1847) —
of Connecticut.
Born in West Stafford, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., October
26, 1768.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1811-12.
Congregationalist.
Died in West Stafford, Stafford, Tolland
County, Conn., October
27, 1847 (age 79 years, 1
days).
Interment at Meeting
House Hill Cemetery, West Stafford, Stafford, Conn.
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John McNeil Jr. (1784-1850) —
also known as John McNiel Jr. —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., March
25, 1784.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; U.S. Surveyor of
Customs, 1830-41.
Died, from lung
congestion, in the Irving Hotel, Washington,
D.C., February
23, 1850 (age 65 years, 335
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Joseph Pitman (1788-1875) —
of Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H., July 25,
1788.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1851-52.
Died in Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H., October
23, 1875 (age 87 years, 90
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Chester Wentworth (1790-1885) —
of Barkhamsted, Litchfield
County, Conn.; Winchester, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sandisfield, Berkshire
County, Mass., January
8, 1790.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Barkhamsted, 1835.
Died in Winsted, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
4, 1885 (age 95 years, 27
days).
Interment at Forest View Cemetery, Winsted, Conn.
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Tappan Wentworth (1802-1875) —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Dover, Strafford
County, N.H., February
24, 1802.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1848-49, 1865-66; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851, 1859-60, 1863-64; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 8th District, 1853-55; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Massachusetts, 1864.
Died in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 12,
1875 (age 73 years, 108
days).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) —
also known as "Young Hickory"; "Young
Hickory of the Granite Hills"; "The Fainting
General" —
of Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Hillsborough, Hillsborough
County, N.H., November
23, 1804.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1829-33; Speaker of
the New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 1832-33; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire at-large, 1833-37; U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1837-42; U.S.
Attorney for New Hampshire, 1845-47; general in the U.S. Army
during the Mexican War; delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention, 1850; President
of the United States, 1853-57; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1856.
Episcopalian.
Died in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., October
8, 1869 (age 64 years, 319
days).
Interment at Old
North Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin
Pierce and Anna (Kendrick) Pierce; half-brother of Elizabeth
Andrews Pierce (who married John
McNeil Jr.); married, November
19, 1834, to Jane
Means Appleton; uncle of Anne McNeil (who married Tappan
Wentworth); cousin by marriage of David
Meriwether; fourth cousin once removed of Jedediah
Sabin. |
| | Political families: Wentworth-Pitman
family of New Hampshire; Merriam
family of Massachusetts; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Pierce counties in Ga., Neb., Wash. and Wis. are
named for him. |
| | Franklin Pierce University,
Rindge,
New Hampshire, is named for
him. — Mount
Pierce (formerly called Bald Mountain; later, Mount Clinton; received
current name 1913), in the White Mountains, Coos
County, New Hampshire, is named for
him. |
| | Other politicians named for him: Franklin
P. Saunders
— Frank
P. Woodbury
— Frank
P. Holland
— Frank
P. Dunwell
— Frank
Tyler
— F.
P. Combest
— F.
Pierce Mortimer
— Franklin
P. Owen
— Franklin
P. Stoy
— Frank
P. Alspaugh
— Franklin
P. Monfort
— Franklin
Pierce Lambert
— Franklin
Pierce McGowan
— Franklin
Pierce Huddle, Jr.
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| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| | Books about Franklin Pierce: Roy
Nichols, Franklin
Pierce : Young Hickory of the Granite Hills — Larry
Gara, The
Presidency of Franklin Pierce |
| | Critical books about Franklin Pierce:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) —
of Amesbury, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Haverhill, Essex
County, Mass., December
17, 1807.
Poet;
newspaper
editor; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1835; Liberty candidate for U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts, 1842.
Quaker.
Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1905.
Died in Hampton Falls, Rockingham
County, N.H., September
7, 1892 (age 84 years, 265
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Amesbury, Mass.
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Albert Gallatin Dole (1808-1891) —
also known as Albert G. Dole —
of Augusta, Kennebec
County, Maine; Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Alna, Lincoln
County, Maine, September
8, 1808.
Democrat. Mayor
of Augusta, Maine, 1856.
Died in Manchester, Hillsborough
County, N.H., June 1,
1891 (age 82 years, 266
days).
Interment at Mt.
Pleasant Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.
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John Wentworth (1815-1888) —
also known as "Long John" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., March 5,
1815.
Lawyer;
newspaper
editor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1843-51, 1853-55, 1865-67 (4th
District 1843-51, 2nd District 1853-55, 1st District 1865-67); mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1857-58, 1860-61; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention from Cook County,
1862.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
16, 1888 (age 73 years, 225
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Henry Barnum (1818-1889) —
also known as William H. Barnum; "Seven Mule
Barnum" —
of Lime Rock, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Boston Corner, Berkshire County, Mass. (now Columbia
County, N.Y.), September
17, 1818.
Democrat. Pig
iron manufacturer; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1851; postmaster at Lime
Rock, Conn., 1851-67; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 4th District, 1867-76; member of
Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1876-88; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1877-89; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Connecticut, 1876,
1880
(speaker),
1884,
1888
(speaker);
U.S.
Senator from Connecticut, 1876-79.
Died in Lime Rock, Salisbury, Litchfield
County, Conn., April
30, 1889 (age 70 years, 225
days).
Interment at Lime
Rock Cemetery, Lime Rock, Salisbury, Conn.
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George Winthrop Maston Pitman (1819-1898) —
also known as George W. M. Pitman —
of Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H., May 8,
1819.
Civil
engineer; postmaster;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 12th District, 1870-72.
Died in New Hampshire, December
3, 1898 (age 79 years, 209
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Joseph Pitman (1823-1908) —
of Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H., October
24, 1823.
Democrat. Candidate for delegate
to New Hampshire state constitutional convention from Bartlett,
1902.
Died in Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H., October
4, 1908 (age 84 years, 346
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edward Henry Rollins (1824-1889) —
also known as Edward H. Rollins —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Somersworth (part now in Rollinsford), Strafford
County, N.H., October
3, 1824.
Republican. Merchant;
banker;
member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1855-57; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1860,
1884;
U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1861-67;
secretary-treasurer, Union Pacific Railroad;
president, Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad;
U.S.
Senator from New Hampshire, 1877-83.
Died in Isle of Shoals, Rockingham
County, N.H., July 31,
1889 (age 64 years, 301
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Eli Wentworth (1830-1894) —
of Milton, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Milton, Strafford
County, N.H., April 8,
1830.
Member of New
Hampshire state senate 6th District, 1860-62.
Died, from pneumonia,
in Milton, Strafford
County, N.H., October
31, 1894 (age 64 years, 206
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Chapman Williston (1830-1909) —
also known as W. C. Williston —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Cheraw, Chesterfield
County, S.C., June 22,
1830.
Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 16, 1873-74; member of
Minnesota
state senate 16th District, 1876-77; district judge in Minnesota
1st District, 1891.
Died in Goodhue
County, Minn., June 22,
1909 (age 79 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William King Williston and Annis (Chapman) Williston; married, April
12, 1854, to Mary E. Canfield; first cousin thrice removed of Moses
Seymour; second cousin once removed of George
Williston Nash; second cousin twice removed of Horatio
Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry
Seymour; second cousin four times removed of William
Pitkin and John
Wentworth; third cousin once removed of Origen
Storrs Seymour, Horatio
Seymour (1810-1886), George
Seymour, McNeil
Seymour and Henry
William Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Theodore
Dwight, Elijah
Hunt Mills, Greene
Carrier Bronson and Chester
Wentworth; third cousin thrice removed of Josiah
Cowles, John
Strong, Aaron
Kellogg, John
Wentworth Jr. and Daniel
Pitkin; fourth cousin of Edward
Woodruff Seymour, Joseph
Battell, Morris
Woodruff Seymour, Horatio
Seymour Jr. and Norman
Alexander Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Morris
Woodruff, Martin
Keeler, Luther
Walter Badger, Daniel
Kellogg, Silas
Wright Jr. and James
Samuel Wadsworth. |
| | Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin
family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
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Caleb Cummings Libby (1847-1903) —
also known as Caleb C. Libby —
of Pittston, Kennebec
County, Maine.
Born in Pittston, Kennebec
County, Maine, March
25, 1847.
Republican. Physician;
member of Maine
state house of representatives, 1893-94; member of Maine
state senate, 1901-03; died in office 1903.
Died October
20, 1903 (age 56 years, 209
days).
Interment at Whitefield Cemetery, Whitefield, Maine.
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Lycurgus Pitman (1848-1908) —
of Conway, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H., April 9,
1848.
Republican. Member of New
Hampshire state senate 2nd District, 1887-88; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1904.
Died in Carroll
County, N.H., November
11, 1908 (age 60 years, 216
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Moses Jones Wentworth (1848-1922) —
also known as Moses J. Wentworth —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Sandwich, Carroll
County, N.H., May 9,
1848.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives 1st District, 1875-80; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1896.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
12, 1922 (age 73 years, 307
days).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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William Pitman (1855-1940) —
of Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H.
Born in Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H., 1855.
Democrat. Postmaster;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
Hampshire, 1916.
Died in Bartlett, Carroll
County, N.H., August
5, 1940 (age about 85
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank West Rollins (1860-1915) —
also known as Frank W. Rollins —
of Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born in Concord, Merrimack
County, N.H., February
24, 1860.
Republican. Lawyer; banker;
member of New
Hampshire state senate 10th District, 1895-96; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1899-1901.
Died, in the Hotel
Somerset, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
27, 1915 (age 55 years, 245
days).
Interment at Blossom
Hill Cemetery, Concord, N.H.
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Robert Foss Fernald (b. 1890) —
also known as Robert F. Fernald —
of Ellsworth, Hancock
County, Maine.
Born in Winn, Penobscot
County, Maine, October
4, 1890.
School
teacher; U.S. Vice Consul in Catania, 1916-20; Stockholm, 1921-22; U.S. Consul in Stockholm, 1922-24; Gothenberg, 1924; Salonika, 1924-27; Lagos, 1927-29; Danzig, 1930; Tegucigalpa, 1930-31; Puerto Cabezas, 1931-32; La Paz, 1932-33; Madrid, 1939-41; Las Palmas, 1941-43; U.S. Consul General in Tananarive, as of 1948-49.
Burial location unknown.
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