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Kazen-Woodbridge family of Laredo, Texas

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.

  William Leete (1613-1683) — of Guilford, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Dodington, Huntingdonshire, England, 1613. Colonial Governor of Connecticut, 1676-83. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., 1683 (age about 70 years). Interment at Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of John Leete and Ann (Shute) Leete; married to Anna Payne; second great-grandfather of Enoch Woodbridge and Joseph Silliman (1756-1829); third great-grandfather of Benjamin Tallmadge, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Frederick Wolcott, William Woodbridge and Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850); fourth great-grandfather of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, Julianna Trumbull Woodbridge (who married Henry Titus Backus), Frederick Enoch Woodbridge and Joseph Fitch Silliman; fifth great-grandfather of Joseph Lyman Huntington, Bradford Woodbridge (who married Cora M. Utter), Roger Calvin Leete, George Douglas Perkins and Roger Wolcott; sixth great-grandfather of Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, George Landon Ingraham and Charles Dunsmore Millard; seventh great-grandfather of Charles H. Chittenden and Daniel Phoenix Ingraham; eighth great-grandfather of George Philip Kazen.
William Woodbridge William Woodbridge (1780-1861) — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., August 20, 1780. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1807; member of Ohio state senate, 1813-15; secretary of Michigan Territory, 1815-28; Delegate to U.S. Congress from Michigan Territory, 1819-20; resigned 1820; justice of Michigan territorial supreme court, 1828-32; delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention 1st District, 1835; candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan at-large, 1835; member of Michigan state senate 1st District, 1838-40; Governor of Michigan, 1840-41; U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1841-47. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., October 20, 1861 (age 81 years, 61 days). Interment at Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
  Relatives: Son of Dudley Woodbridge (1747-1823) and Lucy (Backus) Woodbridge; married, June 29, 1806, to Julianna Trumbull; father of Julianna Trumbull Woodbridge (who married Henry Titus Backus (1809-1877)); third great-grandson of William Leete; first cousin of Henry Titus Backus (1809-1877); first cousin twice removed of George Douglas Perkins; first cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Huntington; first cousin five times removed of George Philip Kazen; second cousin of Isaac Backus; second cousin once removed of Enoch Woodbridge and Zina Hyde Jr.; second cousin twice removed of Samuel Huntington, Henry Huntington and Gurdon Huntington; third cousin of Thomas Worcester Hyde; third cousin once removed of Ebenezer Huntington, Joseph Silliman (1756-1829), Samuel H. Huntington, Timothy Pitkin, Abel Huntington, Phineas Lyman Tracy, Albert Haller Tracy, Benjamin Nicoll Huntington, Frederick Enoch Woodbridge, Matthew Griswold, Charles Edward Hyde, John Sedgwick Hyde and Edward Warden Hyde; third cousin twice removed of John Davenport, Joshua Coit and James Davenport; third cousin thrice removed of John Foster Dulles, Allen Welsh Dulles and Selden Chapin; fourth cousin of Benjamin Tallmadge, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Frederick Wolcott, Dudley Woodbridge (1782-1844), Henry Meigs, Joseph Silliman (c.1786-1850), Bela Edgerton, Jabez Williams Huntington, Heman Ticknor, Nathaniel Huntington, James Huntington, Martin Olds, Joseph Lyman Huntington, Charles Phelps Huntington, Elisha Mills Huntington and Alonzo Mark Leffingwell; fourth cousin once removed of Augustus Seymour Porter, Samuel Lathrop, Peter Buell Porter, Theodore Davenport, Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, Henry Meigs Jr., John Forsyth Jr., Alfred Peck Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum Edgerton, Edward Green Bradford, Collins Dwight Huntington, George Milo Huntington, Joseph Fitch Silliman, William Clark Huntington, Henry Stark Culver, Hiram Bingham, John Leffingwell Randolph and George Leffingwell Reed.
  Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The township of Woodbridge, Michigan, is named for him.  — Woodbridge Street, in downtown Detroit, Michigan, is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography
  Image source: Portrait & Biographical Album of Washtenaw County (1891)
George D. Perkins George Douglas Perkins (1840-1914) — also known as George D. Perkins — of Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa. Born in Holley, Orleans County, N.Y., February 29, 1840. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Iowa state senate, 1873; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1876, 1880, 1888, 1908, 1912; U.S. Representative from Iowa 11th District, 1891-99. Died in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, February 3, 1914 (age 74 years, 0 days). Interment at Floyd Cemetery, Sioux City, Iowa.
  Relatives: Son of John Dyer Perkins and Lucy (Forsyth) Perkins; married 1870 to Louise Eckerson Julien; great-grandfather of George Philip Kazen; fifth great-grandson of William Leete; first cousin twice removed of William Woodbridge; second cousin thrice removed of Enoch Woodbridge; second cousin four times removed of Samuel Huntington; third cousin once removed of Joshua Perkins; third cousin twice removed of Ebenezer Huntington; third cousin thrice removed of Waightstill Avery, John Davenport, Joseph Silliman, Joshua Coit, James Davenport, Samuel H. Huntington, Henry Huntington, Timothy Pitkin and Gurdon Huntington; fourth cousin of Albert Lemando Bingham; fourth cousin once removed of Jabez Williams Huntington, John Appleton, Jane Pierce and Frederick Enoch Woodbridge.
  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
  Image source: History of Iowa (1903)
  E. James Kazen (1912-2003) — of Laredo, Webb County, Tex. Born in Laredo, Webb County, Tex., December 27, 1912. Democrat. Lawyer; District Attorney 49th District, 1942; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1944, 1948, 1952. Catholic. Lebanese ancestry. Died in Laredo, Webb County, Tex., February 25, 2003 (age 90 years, 60 days). Interment at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Kazen and Anita 'Annie' (Rostum) Kazen; brother of Abraham Kazen Jr.; married to Drusilla Marie Perkins; father of George Philip Kazen.
  Political family: Kazen-Woodbridge family of Laredo, Texas (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Abraham Kazen Jr. (1919-1987) — also known as Chick Kazen — of Laredo, Webb County, Tex. Born in Laredo, Webb County, Tex., January 17, 1919. Democrat. Member of Texas state house of representatives, 1947; member of Texas state senate, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1964; U.S. Representative from Texas 23rd District, 1967-85. Catholic. Lebanese ancestry. Died in Austin, Travis County, Tex., November 29, 1987 (age 68 years, 316 days). Interment at Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Laredo, Tex.
  Relatives: Son of Abraham Kazen and Anita 'Annie' (Rostum) Kazen; brother of E. James Kazen; uncle of George Philip Kazen.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Kazen-Woodbridge family of Laredo, Texas (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  George Philip Kazen (b. 1940) — also known as George P. Kazen — Born in Laredo, Webb County, Tex., February 29, 1940. Lawyer; U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, 1979-2009; took senior status 2009. Lebanese and English ancestry. Still living as of 2018.
  Relatives: Son of E. James Kazen and Drusilla Marie (Perkins) Kazen; nephew of Abraham Kazen Jr.; great-grandson of George Douglas Perkins; first cousin five times removed of William Woodbridge; eighth great-grandson of William Leete.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Tallmadge-Floyd family of New York; DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kazen-Woodbridge family of Laredo, Texas (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Cross-reference: Diana Saldana
  See also Wikipedia article — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
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