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White-Moffat family

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.

  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.
  Relatives: Father of John Campbell White.
  Political family: White-Moffat family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry White (built 1944 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1967) was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
Seth Low 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.
  Relatives: Son of Abiel Abbot Low and Ellen Almira (Dow) Low; married, December 9, 1880, to Anne Wroe Scollay Curtis (daughter of Benjamin Robbins Curtis); uncle of Seth Low Pierrepont and Abbot Augustus Low; great-granduncle of Jay Pierrepont Moffat and Abbot Low Moffat; second cousin twice removed of George Choate (1796-1880); second cousin thrice removed of George Choate (1761-1826); third cousin once removed of William Gardner Choate and Joseph Hodges Choate; third cousin twice removed of Rufus Choate; fourth cousin of Joseph Hodges Choate Jr..
  Political families: White-Moffat family; Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: James B. Reynolds
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, November 1901
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Edward Sturgis Grew and Annie Crawford (Clark) Grew; married, October 7, 1905, to Alice de Vermandois Perry (niece by marriage of August Belmont; granddaughter of Matthew C. Perry); father of Elizabeth Sturgis Grew (who married Cecil Burton Lyon) and Lilla Cabot Grew (who married Jay Pierrepont Moffat).
  Political families: White-Moffat family; Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts; Grew-Lyon-Belmont family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four 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
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Henry White and Margaret Sturtevant (Rutherfurd) White; married, April 9, 1921, to Elizabeth Barclay Moffat (sister of Jay Pierrepont Moffat and Abbot Low Moffat); father of Margaret Rutherfurd White (who married William Tapley Bennett Jr.).
  Political family: White-Moffat family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Evelyn Pierrepont and Ellen Almira (Low) Pierrepont; married, June 2, 1909, to Nathalie Elisabeth Chauncey; nephew of Seth Low; uncle of Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943) and Abbot Low Moffat; granduncle of Jay Pierrepont Moffat (born 1932).
  Political families: White-Moffat family; Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  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.
  Relatives: Son of R. Burnham Moffat and Ellen Low (Pierrepont) Moffat; brother of Elizabeth Moffat (who married John Campbell White) and Abbot Low Moffat; married, July 27, 1927, to Lilla C. Grew (daughter of Joseph Clark Grew); father of Jay Pierrepont Moffat (born 1932); nephew of Seth Low Pierrepont; uncle of Margaret Rutherfurd White (who married William Tapley Bennett Jr.); great-grandnephew of Seth Low.
  Political families: White-Moffat family; Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
Abbot Low Moffat 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.
  Relatives: Son of R. Burnham Moffat and Ellen Low (Pierrepont) Moffat; brother of Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943) and Elizabeth Moffat (who married John Campbell White); married, July 2, 1926, to Marion Adams; nephew of Seth Low Pierrepont; uncle of Margaret Rutherfurd White (who married William Tapley Bennett Jr.) and Jay Pierrepont Moffat (born 1932); great-grandnephew of Seth Low.
  Political family: White-Moffat family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail
  Image source: New York Red Book 1936
  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.
  Relatives: Son of William Tapley Bennett and Annie Mem (Little) Bennett; married, June 23, 1945, to Margaret Rutherfurd White (daughter of John Campbell White; niece of Jay Pierrepont Moffat and Abbot Low Moffat).
  Political families: White-Moffat family; Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  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.
  Relatives: Son of Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896-1943); married, December 28, 1953, to Pamela Mary Dawson; nephew of Abbot Low Moffat; grandnephew of Seth Low Pierrepont.
  Political families: White-Moffat family; Choate family of Salem, Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
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