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.

	Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) — of Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., 1679. Colonial Governor of Connecticut, 1750-54. Died in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., May 17, 1767 (age about 87 years). Interment at Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Simon Wolcott and Martha (Pitkin) Wolcott; married to Sarah Drake; father of Erastus Wolcott, Ursula Wolcott (who married Matthew Griswold (1714-1799)) and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; grandfather of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, Mary Ann Wolcott (who married Chauncey Goodrich) and Frederick Wolcott; granduncle of Abigail Wolcott (who married Oliver Ellsworth); great-granduncle of Samuel Clesson Allen, William Wolcott Ellsworth and Henry Leavitt Ellsworth; second great-grandfather of John William Allen, James Samuel Wadsworth, Henry Titus Backus, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); second great-granduncle of Elisha Hunt Allen and George Washington Wolcott; third great-grandfather of Charles Frederick Wadsworth, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott and Alfred Wolcott; third great-granduncle of Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Fessenden Allen and Frederick Hobbes Allen; fourth great-grandfather of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden Chapin; fourth great-granduncle of Judson H. Warner and Henry Augustus Wolcott; fifth great-grandfather of James Jermiah Wadsworth and Frederic Lincoln Chapin; sixth great-grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington; first cousin once removed of William Pitkin; first cousin twice removed of Daniel Pitkin; first cousin thrice removed of James Hillhouse and Timothy Pitkin; first cousin four times removed of Phineas Lyman Tracy, Albert Haller Tracy and John Robert Graham Pitkin; first cousin five times removed of Edmund Holcomb, Joseph Pomeroy Root, George Griswold Sill, Frederick Walker Pitkin and Luther S. Pitkin; first cousin six times removed of Augustus Brandegee, George Frederick Stone, Clarence Horatio Pitkin, Carroll Peabody Pitkin, Caleb Seymour Pitkin, Harry Kear Wolcott, Eldred C. Pitkin and Henry Merrill Wolcott; first cousin seven times removed of Thomas Theodore Prentis, Frank Bosworth Brandegee and Ephraim Henry Cowles.   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
	Matthew Griswold (1714-1799) — of Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., March 25, 1714. Lawyer; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1759-69; Deputy Governor of Connecticut, 1769-84; Governor of Connecticut, 1784-86; delegate to Connecticut convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788. Died in Lyme, New London County, Conn., April 28, 1799 (age 85 years, 34 days). Interment at Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, Conn.   Relatives: Son of John Griswold and Hannah (Lee) Griswold; married, November 10, 1743, to Ursula Wolcott (daughter of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); sister of Oliver Wolcott Sr.; aunt of Oliver Wolcott Jr.); father of Roger Griswold; uncle of Samuel Holden Parsons and James Hillhouse; great-grandfather of John William Allen, Henry Titus Backus and Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); second great-granduncle of George Frederick Stone; third great-grandfather of Selden Chapin; fourth great-grandfather of Frederic Lincoln Chapin; first cousin twice removed of Phineas Lyman Tracy and Albert Haller Tracy; first cousin thrice removed of George Griswold Sill; first cousin four times removed of Erastus Clark Scranton, Sereno Hamilton Scranton and Samuel Lord (1831-1880); first cousin five times removed of Joseph Augustine Scranton, Samuel Lord (1859-1925) and Joseph Buell Ely; first cousin six times removed of Harry Andrews Gager; second cousin once removed of Erastus Wolcott and Zina Hyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Thomas Hale Sill, Frederick William Lord, Theodore Sill and Thomas Worcester Hyde; second cousin thrice removed of Joseph Lyman Huntington, Alexander Hamilton Waterman, Augustus Frank, Charles Edward Hyde, Herman Arod Gager, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde; second cousin four times removed of Augustus Brandegee, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Arthur Evarts Lord and George Leffingwell Reed; second cousin five times removed of Thomas Theodore Prentis, Frank Bosworth Brandegee, Henry Arthur Huntington and Allan Percy Sill; third cousin of Frederick Wolcott; third cousin once removed of Nathaniel Merriam, Peter B. Garnsey, Samuel Clesson Allen, James Doolittle Wooster, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; third cousin twice removed of Elijah Abel, Calvin Fillmore, Daniel Greene Garnsey, Bela Edgerton, Samuel George Andrews, Roscius R. Kennedy, Elisha Hunt Allen, James Samuel Wadsworth, George Washington Wolcott, Christopher Parsons Wolcott and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); third cousin thrice removed of Gideon Hotchkiss, Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss, Millard Fillmore, Harrison Blodget, Edmund Holcomb, John Arnold Rockwell, John Leslie Russell, Ira Chandler Backus, Julius Hotchkiss, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, Alfred Peck Edgerton, Giles Waldo Hotchkiss, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Gilbert Ezra Read, William Judson Clark, William Fessenden Allen, Charles Hull Clark, Charles Frederick Wadsworth, Rush Green Leaming, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott, Charles M. Hotchkiss, Alfred Wolcott, Frederick Hobbes Allen and Hiram Bingham.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Erastus Wolcott (1722-1793) — of South Windsor, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., September 21, 1722. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1786-89; superior court judge in Connecticut, 1789-92. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in South Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., September 14, 1793 (age 70 years, 358 days). Interment at Edwards Cemetery, South Windsor, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott; brother of Oliver Wolcott Sr.; married to Jerusha (Wolcott) Wolcott and Mary Conyers; uncle of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold and Frederick Wolcott; great-grandfather of James Samuel Wadsworth; great-granduncle of John William Allen, Henry Titus Backus, Christopher Parsons Wolcott, Matthew Griswold (1833-1919) and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); second great-grandfather of Charles Frederick Wadsworth, James Wolcott Wadsworth and Edward Oliver Wolcott; second great-granduncle of Alfred Wolcott; third great-grandfather of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; third great-granduncle of Selden Chapin; fourth great-grandfather of James Jermiah Wadsworth; fourth great-granduncle of Frederic Lincoln Chapin; fifth great-grandfather of James Wadsworth Symington; first cousin twice removed of Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; first cousin thrice removed of Elisha Hunt Allen and George Washington Wolcott; first cousin four times removed of Edmund Holcomb, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Fessenden Allen and Frederick Hobbes Allen; first cousin five times removed of Judson H. Warner, Nelson Platt Wheeler, William Egbert Wheeler and Henry Augustus Wolcott; first cousin six times removed of Alexander Royal Wheeler; second cousin of William Pitkin; second cousin once removed of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799) and Daniel Pitkin; second cousin twice removed of James Hillhouse and Timothy Pitkin; second cousin thrice removed of Phineas Lyman Tracy, Albert Haller Tracy, Henry Ward Beecher, Leveret Brainard, Edwin Carpenter Pinney and John Robert Graham Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root, George Griswold Sill, Frederick Walker Pitkin, George Buckingham Beecher, Luther S. Pitkin and Claude Carpenter Pinney; second cousin five times removed of Augustus Brandegee, George Frederick Stone, Clarence Horatio Pitkin, Carroll Peabody Pitkin, Caleb Seymour Pitkin, Harry Kear Wolcott, Eldred C. Pitkin, Henry Merrill Wolcott, Frances Payne Bolton and Harold B. Pinney; third cousin thrice removed of John Arnold Rockwell and Oliver Morgan Hungerford.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Morris-Ingersoll family of New York and Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Oliver Wolcott Sr. (1726-1797) — of Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Windsor, Hartford County, Conn., December 1, 1726. Delegate to Continental Congress from Connecticut, 1775-78, 1780-84; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1776-85; signer, Declaration of Independence, 1776; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1786-96; Governor of Connecticut, 1796-97; died in office 1797. Congregationalist. Died in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., December 1, 1797 (age 71 years, 0 days). Interment at East Cemetery, Litchfield, Conn.; memorial monument at Constitution Gardens, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott; brother of Erastus Wolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who married Matthew Griswold (1714-1799)); married, January 21, 1755, to Laura Collins; father of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Mary Ann Wolcott (who married Chauncey Goodrich) and Frederick Wolcott; uncle of Roger Griswold; great-grandfather of Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); great-granduncle of John William Allen, James Samuel Wadsworth, Henry Titus Backus, Christopher Parsons Wolcott and Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); second great-granduncle of Charles Frederick Wadsworth, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott and Alfred Wolcott; third great-granduncle of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. and Selden Chapin; fourth great-granduncle of James Jermiah Wadsworth and Frederic Lincoln Chapin; fifth great-granduncle of James Wadsworth Symington; first cousin twice removed of Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, William Wolcott Ellsworth and Henry Leavitt Ellsworth; first cousin thrice removed of Elisha Hunt Allen and George Washington Wolcott; first cousin four times removed of Edmund Holcomb, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Fessenden Allen and Frederick Hobbes Allen; first cousin five times removed of Judson H. Warner, Nelson Platt Wheeler, William Egbert Wheeler and Henry Augustus Wolcott; first cousin six times removed of Alexander Royal Wheeler; second cousin of William Pitkin; second cousin once removed of Daniel Pitkin; second cousin twice removed of James Hillhouse and Timothy Pitkin; second cousin thrice removed of Phineas Lyman Tracy, Albert Haller Tracy, Henry Ward Beecher, Leveret Brainard, Edwin Carpenter Pinney and John Robert Graham Pitkin; second cousin four times removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root, George Griswold Sill, Frederick Walker Pitkin, George Buckingham Beecher, Luther S. Pitkin and Claude Carpenter Pinney; second cousin five times removed of Augustus Brandegee, George Frederick Stone, Clarence Horatio Pitkin, Carroll Peabody Pitkin, Caleb Seymour Pitkin, Harry Kear Wolcott, Eldred C. Pitkin, Henry Merrill Wolcott, Frances Payne Bolton and Harold B. Pinney; third cousin thrice removed of John Arnold Rockwell and Oliver Morgan Hungerford.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The town of Wolcott, Vermont, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	James Hillhouse (1754-1832) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Montville, New London County, Conn., October 20, 1754. Lawyer; served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1780-85; member of Connecticut council of assistants, 1789-90; U.S. Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1791-96; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1796-1810. Slaveowner. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., December 29, 1832 (age 78 years, 70 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.   Relatives: Son of William Hillhouse and Sarah (Griswold) Hillhouse; nephew of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799); first cousin of Roger Griswold; first cousin once removed of Henry Titus Backus; first cousin twice removed of John William Allen and Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); first cousin thrice removed of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) and George Frederick Stone; first cousin four times removed of Selden Chapin; first cousin five times removed of Frederic Lincoln Chapin; second cousin once removed of Phineas Lyman Tracy and Albert Haller Tracy; second cousin twice removed of Erastus Wolcott, Oliver Wolcott Sr. and George Griswold Sill; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus Clark Scranton, Sereno Hamilton Scranton and Samuel Lord (1831-1880); second cousin four times removed of Joseph Augustine Scranton, Samuel Lord (1859-1925) and Joseph Buell Ely; second cousin five times removed of Harry Andrews Gager; third cousin of Zina Hyde Jr.; third cousin once removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Frederick Wolcott, Thomas Hale Sill, Frederick William Lord, Theodore Sill and Thomas Worcester Hyde; third cousin twice removed of Joseph Lyman Huntington, Alexander Hamilton Waterman, Augustus Frank, Charles Edward Hyde, Herman Arod Gager, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus Brandegee, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Arthur Evarts Lord and George Leffingwell Reed; fourth cousin of Nathaniel Merriam, Peter B. Garnsey, Samuel Clesson Allen, James Doolittle Wooster, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and William Wolcott Ellsworth; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Abel, Calvin Fillmore, Daniel Greene Garnsey, Bela Edgerton, Samuel George Andrews, Roscius R. Kennedy, Elisha Hunt Allen, James Samuel Wadsworth, George Washington Wolcott, Christopher Parsons Wolcott and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900).   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Roger Griswold (1762-1812) — of Lyme, New London County, Conn. Born in Lyme, New London County, Conn., May 21, 1762. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Connecticut, 1795-1805 (at-large 1795-1805, 4th District 1805); superior court judge in Connecticut, 1807-09; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1809-11; Governor of Connecticut, 1811-12; died in office 1812. Died in Norwich, New London County, Conn., October 25, 1812 (age 50 years, 157 days). Interment at Griswold Cemetery at Black Hall, Old Lyme, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Matthew Griswold (1714-1799) and Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold; married to Fanny Rogers; nephew of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; grandson of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767); grandfather of Matthew Griswold (1833-1919); granduncle of John William Allen and Henry Titus Backus; second great-grandfather of Selden Chapin; third great-grandfather of Frederic Lincoln Chapin; first cousin of James Hillhouse, Oliver Wolcott Jr. and Frederick Wolcott; first cousin twice removed of James Samuel Wadsworth, Christopher Parsons Wolcott and Roger Wolcott (1847-1900); first cousin thrice removed of Charles Frederick Wadsworth, George Frederick Stone, James Wolcott Wadsworth, Edward Oliver Wolcott and Alfred Wolcott; first cousin four times removed of James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr.; first cousin five times removed of James Jermiah Wadsworth; first cousin six times removed of James Wadsworth Symington; second cousin once removed of William Pitkin, Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Phineas Lyman Tracy, William Wolcott Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt Ellsworth and Albert Haller Tracy; second cousin twice removed of Elisha Hunt Allen, George Washington Wolcott and George Griswold Sill; second cousin thrice removed of Edmund Holcomb, Erastus Clark Scranton, Sereno Hamilton Scranton, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, William Fessenden Allen, Samuel Lord (1831-1880) and Frederick Hobbes Allen; second cousin four times removed of Judson H. Warner, Joseph Augustine Scranton, Nelson Platt Wheeler, William Egbert Wheeler, Samuel Lord (1859-1925), Henry Augustus Wolcott and Joseph Buell Ely; second cousin five times removed of Harry Andrews Gager and Alexander Royal Wheeler; third cousin of Daniel Pitkin and Zina Hyde Jr.; third cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Thomas Hale Sill, Frederick William Lord, Theodore Sill and Thomas Worcester Hyde; third cousin twice removed of Joseph Lyman Huntington, Henry Ward Beecher, Alexander Hamilton Waterman, Augustus Frank, Leveret Brainard, Edwin Carpenter Pinney, John Robert Graham Pitkin, Charles Edward Hyde, Herman Arod Gager, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde; third cousin thrice removed of Joseph Pomeroy Root, Augustus Brandegee, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Frederick Walker Pitkin, George Buckingham Beecher, Luther S. Pitkin, Claude Carpenter Pinney, Arthur Evarts Lord and George Leffingwell Reed; fourth cousin of Nathaniel Merriam, Peter B. Garnsey and James Doolittle Wooster; fourth cousin once removed of Elijah Abel, Calvin Fillmore, Daniel Greene Garnsey, Bela Edgerton, Samuel George Andrews and Roscius R. Kennedy.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The town of Griswold, Connecticut, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
	Augustus Brandegee (1828-1904) — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., July 15, 1828. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1854, 1858-61; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1861; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1856, 1864, 1880, 1884; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1863-67. Died in New London, New London County, Conn., November 10, 1904 (age 76 years, 118 days). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.   Relatives: Son of John Brandegee and Mary Ann (Deshon) Brandegee; married, September 5, 1854, to Nancy Christine Bosworth; father of Frank Bosworth Brandegee; first cousin six times removed of Roger Wolcott; second cousin four times removed of Matthew Griswold; second cousin five times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of William Henderson Packwood; third cousin twice removed of Otis Larry Packwood; third cousin thrice removed of James Hillhouse, Roger Griswold and Robert William Packwood; fourth cousin of Alonzo Mark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed of John Leffingwell Randolph.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Conger-Hungerford family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family of Ohio and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	William Henderson Packwood (1832-1917) — also known as William H. Packwood — of Curry County, Ore.; Baker County, Ore. Born in Illinois, 1832. Democrat. Miner; delegate to Oregon state constitutional convention from Curry County, 1857. Died in 1917 (age about 85 years). Interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Ore.   Relatives: Son of Larkin Canada Packwood and Elizabeth Cathcart (Stormont) Packwood; married to Josephine O'Brien; great-grandfather of Robert William Packwood; second cousin twice removed of Otis Larry Packwood; third cousin of Augustus Brandegee; third cousin once removed of Frank Bosworth Brandegee.   Political family: Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Alonzo Mark Leffingwell (1842-1928) — also known as Alonzo M. Leffingwell — of Henderson, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y. Born in Jefferson County, N.Y., September 26, 1842. Lawyer; Prohibition candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1891 (22nd District), 1892 (24th District); candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court 5th District, 1905, 1906, 1920. Died in Watertown, Jefferson County, N.Y., June 28, 1928 (age 85 years, 276 days). Interment at North Watertown Cemetery, Watertown, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Reuben Wood Leffingwell and Sarah (Carpenter) Leffingwell; married, August 31, 1870, to Harriet A. Cook; married, October 5, 1923, to Charlotte Fuller Rice; uncle of John Leffingwell Randolph; second cousin twice removed of Calvin Fillmore; second cousin thrice removed of Samuel Huntington and Luther Walter Badger; third cousin once removed of Zina Hyde Jr., Millard Fillmore and John Leslie Russell; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Daniel Webster, Bela Edgerton, Heman Ticknor, John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles; fourth cousin of William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus, Henry Titus Backus, Augustus Brandegee, Leslie Wead Russell, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Charles Hazen Russell and John Clarence Keeler; fourth cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Theodore Davenport, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Elisha Mills Huntington, Alfred Peck Edgerton, David Edgerton, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Matthew Griswold, Charles Edward Hyde, Frank Bosworth Brandegee, John Sedgwick Hyde, Edward Warden Hyde and George Leffingwell Reed.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Frank Bosworth Brandegee (1864-1924) — also known as Frank B. Brandegee — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born in New London, New London County, Conn., July 8, 1864. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New London, 1889, 1899-1900; Speaker of the Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1899-1900; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1900; member of Connecticut Republican State Central Committee, 1901; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 3rd District, 1902-05; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1905-24; died in office 1924. Member, Union League. Killed himself by inhaling from a gaslight, in Washington, D.C., October 14, 1924 (age 60 years, 98 days). Five years later, U.S. Sen. Cole Blease of South Carolina received a letter from a woman alleging that Brandegee had been murdered; the letter was turned over to a Senate committee to investigate the mystery, but nothing came of it. Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Augustus Brandegee and Nancy Christine (Bosworth) Brandegee; first cousin seven times removed of Roger Wolcott; second cousin five times removed of Matthew Griswold; third cousin once removed of William Henderson Packwood; fourth cousin once removed of Alonzo Mark Leffingwell and Otis Larry Packwood.   Political family: Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Leffingwell Randolph (1878-1954) — also known as John Randolph — of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, N.Y. Born in Warsaw, Wyoming County, N.Y., June 5, 1878. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1917; U.S. Consul in Tiflis, as of 1919-21; Baghdad, as of 1924-29; Quebec City, as of 1932-38; U.S. Consul General in Belfast, 1939-41; Edmonton, as of 1943. Died in St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Fla., 1954 (age about 76 years). Interment at Newark Cemetery, Newark, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Burnett Howe Randolph and Catherine Melissa 'Kittie' (Leffingwell) Randolph; married, August 17, 1929, to Persis S. Schramm; nephew of Alonzo Mark Leffingwell; second cousin thrice removed of Calvin Fillmore; second cousin four times removed of Samuel Huntington and Luther Walter Badger; third cousin twice removed of Zina Hyde Jr., Millard Fillmore and John Leslie Russell; third cousin thrice removed of John Davenport, James Davenport, Joshua Coit, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington, Gurdon Huntington, Daniel Webster, Bela Edgerton and Heman Ticknor; fourth cousin once removed of William Woodbridge, Isaac Backus, Henry Titus Backus, Augustus Brandegee, Leslie Wead Russell, Thomas Worcester Hyde, Charles Hazen Russell, John Clarence Keeler, John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Upham family; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: U.S. passport application (1921)
	Otis Larry Packwood (1927-2008) — also known as Otis L. Packwood — of Montana. Born March 31, 1927. U.S. Attorney for Montana, 1969-75. Died in Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont., October 15, 2008 (age 81 years, 198 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Burley Packwood and Eveline (Palmer) Packwood; second cousin twice removed of William Henderson Packwood; third cousin twice removed of Augustus Brandegee; fourth cousin once removed of Frank Bosworth Brandegee and Robert William Packwood.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Robert William Packwood (b. 1932) — also known as Bob Packwood — of Portland, Multnomah County, Ore.; Lake Oswego, Clackamas County, Ore. Born in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., September 11, 1932. Republican. Lawyer; chair of Multnomah County Republican Party, 1960-62; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1963-68; U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1969-95; resigned 1995; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oregon, 1972. Unitarian. Member, American Bar Association; Jaycees; Beta Theta Pi. Resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1995, after the Select Committee on Ethics recommended his expulson for sexual misconduct, attempting to obstruct the committee's investigation, and using his position to solicit employment for his wife. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Son of Frederick William Packwood and Gladys (Taft) Packwood; married, November 25, 1964, to Georgie Ann Oberteuffer; great-grandson of William Henderson Packwood; third cousin thrice removed of Augustus Brandegee; fourth cousin once removed of Otis Larry Packwood.   Political family: Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier