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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 (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 Harper — John A. Cameron — John A. Dix — John Adams Fisher — John A. Taintor — John A. Gilmer — John A. Perkins — John Adams Hyman — John A. Damon — John A. Lee — John A. Sanders — John 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)
	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 (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. Brackett — John Q. A. Shelden — J. 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)
	Peter Rawson Taft (1785-1867) — of Vermont. Born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Mass., April 14, 1785. Member of Vermont state legislature, 1820. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 1, 1867 (age 81 years, 262 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Aaron Taft and Rhoda (Rawson) Taft; married, December 5, 1810, to Sylvia Howard; father of Alphonso Taft; grandfather of Charles Phelps Taft, William Howard Taft (who married Helen Louise Herron) and Henry Waters Taft; great-grandfather of Walbridge S. Taft, Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; second great-grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; third great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft III; third cousin once removed of William Warner Hoppin and John Milton Thayer; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Dyer Jr. and William Nelson Taft; third cousin thrice removed of William Greene, Wilson Henry Fairbank and Arthur Laban Bates; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden, Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden.   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
	Robert Rusling (1812-1879) — of Warren County, N.J. Born in Newburgh, Warren County, N.J., January 1, 1812. Member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Warren County, 1859-61. Died in Hackettstown, Warren County, N.J., August 9, 1879 (age 67 years, 220 days). Interment at Union Cemetery, Hackettstown, N.J.   Relatives: Son of James Rusling and Hannah (Frazer) Rusling; married to Mary McCracken; father of James Jacob Rusling; uncle of John A. Rusling; granduncle of Emily Wells Rusling (who married Arthur Laban Bates).   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Milton Thayer (1820-1906) — also known as John M. Thayer — of Omaha, Douglas County, Neb. Born in Bellingham, Norfolk County, Mass., January 24, 1820. Republican. Member Nebraska territorial council, 1860; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1867-71; Governor of Wyoming Territory, 1875-78; Governor of Nebraska, 1887-91, 1891-92. Died in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Neb., March 19, 1906 (age 86 years, 54 days). Interment at Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln, Neb.   Relatives: Son of Elias Nelson Thayer and Ruth (Staples) Thayer; married, December 17, 1842, to Mary Laura Albee; granduncle of Arthur Laban Bates; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Adams, John Adams and Almur Stiles Whiting; third cousin once removed of Joseph Allen, John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) and Peter Rawson Taft; third cousin twice removed of Daniel Chapin (1761-1821) and Wilson Henry Fairbank; fourth cousin of Willard J. Chapin, George Washington Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Alphonso Taft and Eli Thayer; fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, Elijah Boardman, John Allen, William Bostwick, Elijah Hunt Mills, Daniel Warner Bostwick, Daniel Chapin (1791-1878), Chester William Chapin, Graham Hurd Chapin, Alexander Wheelock Thayer, William Aldrich, William Vincent Wells, Staley N. Wood, Edward M. Chapin, John Quincy Adams (1833-1894), Charles Phelps Taft, William Nelson Taft, Brooks Adams, John Alden Thayer, William Howard Taft and Henry Waters Taft.   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).   Thayer County, Neb. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
	James Jacob Rusling (1844-1899) — also known as James J. Rusling — of Hackettstown, Warren County, N.J. Born in New Jersey, 1844. Postmaster at Hackettstown, N.J., 1898-99. Died April 2, 1899 (age about 54 years). Interment at Union Cemetery, Hackettstown, N.J.   Relatives: Son of Robert Rusling and Mary (McCracken) Rusling; married to Harriet S. McQuestin; first cousin of John A. Rusling; first cousin once removed of Emily Wells Rusling (who married Arthur Laban Bates).   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Ex Sumner Mansfield (1847-1923) — also known as E. Sumner Mansfield — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La.; Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass.; North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., October 25, 1847. Lawyer; Consul for Belgium in Boston, Mass., 1895-1919. Episcopalian. Died in North Scituate, Scituate, Plymouth County, Mass., February 1, 1923 (age 75 years, 99 days). Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Asahel S. Mansfield and Comfort Maria (Bates) Mansfield; married, November 20, 1871, to Maria Edgeworth Trowbridge (sister of John Trowbridge); father of Philip Mansfield; fourth cousin once removed of Arthur Laban Bates.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	John A. Rusling (1848-1921) — of Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in 1848. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1896. Died in 1921 (age about 73 years). Interment at Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Margaret Howell (Benedict) Rusling and John Rusling; married to Mary S. Lane and Julia Bishop Shelton; nephew of Robert Rusling; first cousin of James Jacob Rusling; first cousin once removed of Emily Wells Rusling (who married Arthur Laban Bates).   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Adams-Rusling family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Arthur Laban Bates (1859-1934) — also known as Arthur L. Bates — of Meadville, Crawford County, Pa. Born in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., June 6, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1888 (alternate), 1924; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1901-13 (26th District 1901-03, 25th District 1903-13). Baptist. Member, Sons of the American Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons; Kiwanis; Phi Kappa Psi. Died in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., August 26, 1934 (age 75 years, 81 days). Interment at Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Penniman Bates and Sarah Josephine (Bates) Bates; married 1909 to Emily Wells Rusling (grandniece of Robert Rusling; first cousin once removed of James Jacob Rusling and John A. Rusling); grandnephew of John Milton Thayer; second cousin four times removed of Samuel Adams and John Adams; third cousin of Almur Stiles Whiting; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Allen, John Quincy Adams and Peter Rawson Taft; fourth cousin once removed of Ex Sumner Mansfield.   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 — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Philip Mansfield (1874-1929) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass.; Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., November 8, 1874. Lawyer; Vice-Consul for Belgium in Boston, Mass., 1901-03. Episcopalian. Died in Winchester, Middlesex County, Mass., November 2, 1929 (age 54 years, 359 days). Interment at Cohasset Central Cemetery, Cohasset, Mass.   Relatives: Son of Ex Sumner Mansfield and Maria Edgeworth (Trowbridge) Mansfield; married, December 20, 1897, to Margaret Hughes.   Political family: Adams-Rusling family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Almur Stiles Whiting (1889-1959) — also known as Almur S. Whiting — of Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.; Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. Born in Wausau, Marathon County, Wis., March 2, 1889. Republican. Shipyard paymaster; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Alabama, 1944, 1952 (alternate). Died in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala., February 5, 1959 (age 69 years, 340 days). Interment at Pine Crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.   Relatives: Son of Welcome Wilmarth Whiting and Medora Nancy (Stiles) Whiting; married to Erna Louise Rakowsky; second cousin twice removed of Isaac Backus and John Milton Thayer; second cousin four times removed of Samuel Adams and John Adams; third cousin of Arthur Laban Bates; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Allen and John Quincy Adams; fourth cousin of Emor L. Calkins; fourth cousin once removed of Adin Ballou Capron.   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).   Epitaph: "He still lives in our hearts."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial