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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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874) —
also known as Benjamin R. Curtis —
of Massachusetts.
Born in Watertown, Middlesex
County, Mass., November
4, 1809.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1849; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1851-57.
Episcopalian.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., September
15, 1874 (age 64 years, 315
days).
Interment at Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Curtis and Lois (Robbins) Curtis (1780-1866); married, May 8,
1833, to Eliza M. Woodward (1816-1844); married, January
5, 1846, to Anna Wroe Scollay (1816-1860); married, August
29, 1861, to Maria Malleville Allen (1831-1902); father of Anne
Wroe Scollay Curtis (1847-1929; who married Seth
Low (1850-1916)). |
| | Political family: White-Moffat-Low
family of New York City, New York (subset of the Three
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also federal
judicial profile — Wikipedia
article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Henry White (1850-1927) —
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March
29, 1850.
U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1905-07; France, 1906-09.
Episcopalian.
Died in Lenox, Berkshire
County, Mass., July 15,
1927 (age 77 years, 108
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Washington
National Cathedral, Washington, D.C.
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Seth Low (1850-1916) —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., January
18, 1850.
Republican. Mayor
of Brooklyn, N.Y., 1882-85; president,
Columbia University, 1890-1900; mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1902-03; defeated, 1897, 1903; delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1908;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1915.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died in Bedford Hills, Westchester
County, N.Y., September
17, 1916 (age 66 years, 243
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) —
also known as Joseph C. Grew —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Manchester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1880.
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1904-06; secretary to American delegation, Armistace
conference of Supreme War Council, Versailles, 1918; secretary
general with rank of Minister, American Commission to Negotiate
Peace, Paris, 1918-19; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1920-21; Switzerland, 1921-24; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1927-32; Japan, 1932-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Navy
League.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed an open letter in 1954
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.
Died May 25,
1965 (age 84 years, 363
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Edward Sturgis Grew and Annie Crawford (Clark) Grew; married, October
7, 1905, to Alice de Vermandois Perry (died 1959; niece by
marriage of August
Belmont; granddaughter of Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858; Commdore,
U.S. Navy)); father of Elizabeth Sturgis Grew (who married Cecil
Burton Lyon) and Lilla Cabot Grew (who married Jay
Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943)). |
| | Political families: White-Moffat-Low
family of New York City, New York; Grew-Lyon-Belmont
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | See also Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier |
| | Books about Joseph C. Grew: Masanori
Nakamura, The
Japanese Monarchy, 1931-1991 : Ambassador Joseph Grew and the Making
of the Symbol Emperor System — Waldo H. Heinrichs,
Jr., American
Ambassador : Joseph C. Grew and the Development of the United States
Diplomatic Tradition |
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John Campbell White (1884-1967) —
of Chester, Queen
Anne's County, Md.; Baltimore,
Md.; New York.
Born in London, England
of American parents, March
17, 1884.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Calcutta, as of 1938-40; Kabul, as of 1938-40; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1940-43; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti, 1943-44; Peru, 1944-45.
Died June 11,
1967 (age 83 years, 86
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Seth Low Pierrepont (1884-1956) —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., December
12, 1884.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1921-27; delegate
to Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 24th District,
1933.
Episcopalian.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
31, 1956 (age 71 years, 110
days).
Interment at Green-Wood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Abbot Augustus Low (1889-1963) —
also known as A. Augustus Low; Gus Low —
of Utica, Oneida
County, N.Y.; Sabattis, Hamilton
County, N.Y.
Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
County, N.Y., August
1, 1889.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; president,
Old Forge Electric
Company, 1928-37; president, Utica Gas and
Electric Company, 1934-36; executive vice-president, Brooklyn
Edison, and vice-president of its successor, Consolidated Edison
Company of New York, electric
utilities; chair of
Hamilton County Republican Party, 1930-42, 1955; delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1936,
1948,
1952;
delegate
to New York state constitutional convention 35th District, 1938;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1956.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the Revolution; Friendly
Sons of St. Patrick; Alpha
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1963 (age 74 years, 115
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in a
private or family graveyard, Hamilton County, N.Y.
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Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943) —
also known as "Pierrepontifex Maximus" —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.
Born in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., July 18,
1896.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul General in Sydney, 1935-37; U.S. Minister to Canada, 1940-43, died in office 1943; Luxembourg, 1941-43, died in office 1943.
Died, following surgery for phlebitis,
in Ottawa, Ontario,
January
24, 1943 (age 46 years, 190
days).
Cremated.
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Abbot Low Moffat (1901-1996) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Hightstown, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 12,
1901.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County 15th District, 1929-43; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1938.
Died, of cancer,
at a retirement
home in Hightstown, Mercer
County, N.J., April
17, 1996 (age 94 years, 341
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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William Tapley Bennett Jr. (1917-1994) —
also known as W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.; Tap
Bennett —
of Georgia.
Born in Griffin, Spalding
County, Ga., April 1,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1964-66; Portugal, 1966-69.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Council on
Foreign Relations; Sphinx;
Phi
Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died in 1994
(age about
77 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jay Pierrepont Moffat (b. 1932) —
also known as Jay P. Moffat —
of New Hampshire.
Born in 1932.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Chad, 1983-85.
Still living as of 1997.
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