Note: This is just one of
1,162
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 Three 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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David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia
County, Pa., April 8,
1732.
Astronomer;
mathematician;
financier;
clockmaker;
surveyor;
Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1777-89; first
director of the U.S. Mint.
Member, American
Philosophical Society.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 26,
1796 (age 64 years, 79
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793) —
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., 1746.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-77; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1777-80.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
8, 1793 (age about 47
years).
Original interment at Presbyterian
Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1878 at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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John Sergeant (1779-1852) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
5, 1779.
Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-23, 1827-29, 1837-41 (1st
District 1815-23, 2nd District 1827-29, 1837-41); National Republican
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1832.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., November
23, 1852 (age 72 years, 354
days).
Interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) —
of Accomac, Accomack
County, Va.
Born in Virginia, December
3, 1806.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Representative from Virginia, 1833-44 (8th District 1833-35, 21st
District 1835-41, 8th District 1841-43, 7th District 1843-44); U.S.
Minister to Brazil, 1844-47; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; Governor of
Virginia, 1856-59; delegate
to Virginia secession convention, 1861; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Slaveowner.
Died September
12, 1876 (age 69 years, 284
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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George Douglas Wise (1831-1908) —
also known as George D. Wise —
of Richmond,
Va.
Born in Deep Creek, Accomack
County, Va., June 4,
1831.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1881-95; delegate
to Virginia state constitutional convention from Richmond city,
1901-02.
Slaveowner.
Died in Richmond,
Va., February
4, 1908 (age 76 years, 245
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Richard Alsop Wise (1843-1900) —
of Williamsburg,
Va.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., September
2, 1843.
Republican. College
professor; member of Virginia state legislature, 1880; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1898-99, 1900; died in
office 1900.
Died in Williamsburg,
Va., December
21, 1900 (age 57 years, 110
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913) —
also known as John S. Wise —
of Virginia.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
December
27, 1846.
Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1882-83; U.S.
Representative from Virginia at-large, 1883-85; candidate for Governor of
Virginia, 1885.
Died near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., May 12,
1913 (age 66 years, 136
days).
Interment at Hollywood
Cemetery, Richmond, Va.
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Edwin W. Kellogg (1856-1927) —
of Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Derby, New Haven
County, Conn., November
10, 1856.
Democrat. Farmer;
candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Windsor, 1902.
Died in Windsor, Hartford
County, Conn., August
30, 1927 (age 70 years, 293
days).
Interment at Elm Grove Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.
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Samuel Herbert Kellogg (1861-1933) —
also known as Samuel H. Kellogg —
of Colchester, New London
County, Conn.
Born in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., April
30, 1861.
Republican. Postmaster at Colchester,
Conn., 1892-95; first
selectman of Colchester, Connecticut, 1907-09, 1915-17.
Died in Colchester, New London
County, Conn., July 4,
1933 (age 72 years, 65
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Colchester, Conn.
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Charles E. Wooster (b. 1870) —
of Westerlo town, Albany
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, February, 1870.
Democrat. Farmer;
candidate for New York
state assembly from Albany County 1st District, 1909.
Burial
location unknown.
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John Crain Kunkel (1898-1970) —
also known as John C. Kunkel —
of Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa.
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., July 21,
1898.
Republican. Banker; farmer;
alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1939-51, 1961-67 (19th District
1939-45, 18th District 1945-51, 16th District 1961-67); candidate
for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1950.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Lions; Elks; Moose; Odd
Fellows.
Died July 27,
1970 (age 72 years, 6
days).
Interment at Harrisburg
Cemetery, Harrisburg, Pa.
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) —
also known as Nelson A. Rockefeller;
"Rocky" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, July 8,
1908.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); Governor of
New York, 1959-73; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1964,
1968;
Vice
President of the United States, 1974-77.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias.
Participated in the founding of the United Nations; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1977.
Died, of a massive heart
attack, in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1979 (age 70 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rockefeller
Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) and Abby (Aldrich)
Rockefeller (1874-1948); brother of Winthrop
Rockefeller; married, June 23,
1930, to Mary Todhunter Clark (divorced); married, May 4,
1963, to Margaretta 'Happy' (Fitler) Murphy (1926-2015;
great-granddaughter of Edwin
Henry Fitler; third great-granddaughter of John
Sergeant); married 1963 to Happy
Murphy; nephew of Richard
Steere Aldrich and Winthrop
Williams Aldrich; uncle of John
Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop
Paul Rockefeller (1948-2006); grandson of Nelson
Wilmarth Aldrich; first cousin four times removed of Simon
S. Rockefeller; first cousin five times removed of Henry
Rockefeller; second cousin of David Hunter McAlpin (who married
Nina
Underwood); second cousin thrice removed of John
Phillips Rockefeller; fourth cousin once removed of Lewis
Kirby Rockefeller. |
| | Political family: Rockefeller
family of New York City, New York (subset of the Three
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | Cross-reference: Stewart
G. Anderson — John
H. Terry |
| | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | Books about Nelson A. Rockefeller: Cary
Reich, The
Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller : Worlds to Conquer,
1908-1958 — Joseph H. Boyd, Oreos
and Dubonnet: Remembering Governor Nelson A.
Rockefeller |
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Happy Rockefeller (1926-2015) —
also known as Margaretta Large Fitler; Happy
Murphy —
Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery
County, Pa., June 9,
1926.
First Lady of New York, 1963-73; Second Lady
of the United States, 1974-77.
Female.
Died in Pocantico Hills, Westchester
County, N.Y., May 19,
2015 (age 88 years, 344
days).
Interment at Rockefeller
Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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