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	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 (1686-1748); brother of Oliver Wolcott Sr.; married to Jerusha (Wolcott) Wolcott (1719-1789) 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 (1858-1937); 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; Wolcott-Wadsworth family of Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford family; Livingston-Schuyler family of New York (subsets of the Three 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 (1686-1748); brother of Erastus Wolcott and Ursula Wolcott (who married Matthew Griswold (1714-1799)); married, January 21, 1755, to Laura Collins (1732-1794); father of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Mary Ann Wolcott (1765-1805; 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 (1829-1907), 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 Three 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
	Amaziah Brainard (1780-1841) — of Colchester, New London County, Conn. Born in East Hampton, Middlesex County, Conn., June 12, 1780. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Colchester, 1829-30. Died in Colchester, New London County, Conn., April 1, 1841 (age 60 years, 293 days). Interment at Waterhole Cemetery, East Hampton, Conn.   Relatives: Son of William Brainard (1746-1820) and Lucy (Day) Brainard (1752-1823); married 1824 to Huldah Foote (1791-1881); father of Leveret Brainard; second cousin once removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; second cousin four times removed of Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes and Henry May Dawes; third cousin of Orville Hungerford; third cousin once removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, John Allen, Chester Ackley, John Adams Taintor, Henry Ward Beecher and Henry G. Taintor; third cousin twice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Chapin (1761-1821), Oliver Morgan Hungerford, George Buckingham Beecher and Clarence Hungerford Mackay; third cousin thrice removed of William C. Hungerford, Charlotte H. McMorran and Frances Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Samuel Clesson Allen, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer and John William Allen; fourth cousin once removed of Jason Kellogg, John Taintor, Elijah Boardman, William Bostwick, Roger Taintor, Solomon Taintor, Orsamus Cook Merrill, Joseph Churchill Strong, Ebenezer Strong, Timothy Merrill (1781-1836), Daniel Warner Bostwick, Chester Ashley, Daniel Chapin (1791-1878), Chester William Chapin, Graham Hurd Chapin, Elisha Hunt Allen, Anson Levi Holcomb, Albert Asahel Bliss, Philemon Bliss, George Bradley Kellogg, Joseph H. Elmer, Henry Purdy Day, Edmund Day, Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918), George Frederick Stone and Allen Jacob Holcomb.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Hoar-Sherman family of Massachusetts; Murphy-Merrill family of Harbor Beach, Michigan (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Henry B. Payne (1810-1896) — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Hamilton, Madison County, N.Y., November 30, 1810. Democrat. Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1848; member of Ohio state senate, 1849-50; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1857; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1860; U.S. Representative from Ohio 20th District, 1875-77; defeated, 1876; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1880; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1885-91. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 9, 1896 (age 85 years, 284 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.   Relatives: Married to Mary P. Perry (1818-1895); father of Flora Payne (1842-1893; who married William Collins Whitney); grandfather of Frances Payne Bolton; great-grandfather of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, John Hay Whitney and Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972).   Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family of Cleveland, Ohio; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.; Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y. Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Conn., June 24, 1813. Republican. Minister; orator; abolitionist; candidate for delegate to New York state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1867; in 1872, he was accused of an adulterous affair with Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton, the wife of a friend of his; Beecher's church conducted an investigation and declared him innocent; in 1874, Elizabeth Tilton's husband Theodore sued Beecher; a highly-publicized months-long trial took place in 1875; the jury was unable to reach a verdit. Presbyterian; later Congregationalist. Died in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., March 8, 1887 (age 73 years, 257 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.; memorial monument at Cadman Plaza Park, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Lyman Beecher (1775-1863) and Roxana Ward (Foote) Beecher (1775-1816); brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896; author of Uncle Tom's Cabin); married, August 3, 1837, to Eunice White Bullard (1812-1897); uncle of George Buckingham Beecher; second cousin twice removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer and Eli Elmer; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Leveret Brainard; third cousin once removed of Amaziah Brainard and Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin twice removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, John Allen, Frederick Wolcott, Walter Keene Linscott, Sidney Smythe Linscott and Frances Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Chapin and Oliver Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Ambrose Tuttle, Joseph H. Elmer and George Frederick Stone; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Gideon Hotchkiss, Asahel Augustus Hotchkiss, John William Allen, Julius Hotchkiss, Giles Waldo Hotchkiss, Charles Francis Chidsey, Ernest Harvey Woodford and Samuel Russell Chidsey.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS Henry Ward Beecher (built 1942 at Terminal Island, California; scrapped 1969) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Leveret Brainard (1828-1902) — of Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Colchester, New London County, Conn., December 13, 1828. Republican. Mayor of Hartford, Conn., 1894-96. Died in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., July 2, 1902 (age 73 years, 201 days). Interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Amaziah Brainard and Huldah (Foote) Brainard (1791-1881); married, November 29, 1865, to Mary Jerusha Bulkeley (1843-1921; daughter of Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley; sister of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley and William Henry Bulkeley); second cousin twice removed of Henry Champion and Epaphroditus Champion; second cousin thrice removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin of Henry Ward Beecher; third cousin once removed of Orville Hungerford and George Buckingham Beecher; third cousin twice removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer, Eli Elmer, Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, John Allen, Frederick Wolcott and Frances Payne Bolton; third cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg, Daniel Chapin, Charles Gates Dawes, Rufus Cutler Dawes, Beman Gates Dawes, Henry May Dawes and Oliver Payne Bolton; fourth cousin of Chester Ackley, John Adams Taintor and Henry G. Taintor; fourth cousin once removed of Gaylord Griswold, Samuel Clesson Allen, Luther Walter Badger, Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, John William Allen, Oliver Morgan Hungerford and Clarence Hungerford Mackay.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Eastman family; Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	George Buckingham Beecher (1841-1925) — also known as George B. Beecher — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. Born in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, September 7, 1841. Republican. Minister; offered prayer, Republican National Convention, 1876. Presbyterian. Died in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, April 1, 1925 (age 83 years, 206 days). Interment at Hillsboro Cemetery, Hillsboro, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of George Beecher (1809-1843) and Sarah Sturges (Buckingham) Beecher (1817-1901); married, November 20, 1873, to Ann Price 'Nannie' O'Hara (1850-1929); nephew of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896; author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin) and Henry Ward Beecher; second cousin thrice removed of Jonathan Elmer, Ebenezer Elmer and Eli Elmer; second cousin four times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr. (1726-1797); third cousin once removed of Leveret Brainard; third cousin twice removed of Amaziah Brainard and Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer; third cousin thrice removed of Oliver Wolcott Jr., Roger Griswold, John Allen and Frederick Wolcott; fourth cousin once removed of Ambrose Tuttle, Joseph H. Elmer, George Frederick Stone, Walter Keene Linscott, Sidney Smythe Linscott and Frances Payne Bolton.   Political families: Wolcott-Wadsworth family of Connecticut; Conger-Hungerford family; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family of Cleveland, Ohio; Wolcott-Griswold-Packwood-Brandegee family of Connecticut (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (1863-1946) — also known as Benjamin L. Fairchild — of Pelham, Westchester County, N.Y.; Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y. Born in Sweden, Monroe County, N.Y., January 5, 1863. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from New York, 1895-97, 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27 (16th District 1895-97, 24th District 1917-19, 1921-23, 1923-27); defeated, 1896 (Independent, 16th District), 1914 (Independence League, 24th District), 1918 (24th District), 1922 (24th District), 1926 (24th District), 1928 (24th District), 1930 (24th District), 1932 (24th District). Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died in Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y., October 25, 1946 (age 83 years, 293 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Fairchild (1829-1897) and Calista (Schaeffer) Fairchild (1836-1921); married, February 28, 1893, to Anna E. Crumbie (died 1902); married, April 21, 1922, to Elinor Gardiner Parsons; second cousin twice removed of Henry Meigs; second cousin thrice removed of Timothy Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Henry Meigs Jr. and John Forsyth Jr.; third cousin twice removed of William Whiting Boardman (1794-1871); fourth cousin of Frances Payne Bolton; fourth cousin once removed of Oliver Payne Bolton.   Political family: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Chester Castle Bolton (1882-1939) — also known as Chester C. Bolton — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, September 5, 1882. Republican. Member of Ohio state senate, 1923-28; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928; U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1929-37, 1939; died in office 1939. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion; Sons of the Revolution; Society of Colonial Wars; Rotary. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, October 29, 1939 (age 57 years, 54 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Charles C. Bolton and Julia (Castle) Bolton; married, September 14, 1907, to Frances Payne Bingham; father of Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972).   Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family of Cleveland, Ohio; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) — also known as Frances P. Bolton; Frances Payne Bingham — of Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 29, 1885. Republican. Member of Ohio Republican State Central Committee, 1938-40; U.S. Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948 (speaker), 1952 (Honorary Vice-President), 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968. Female. Presbyterian. Member, League of Women Voters; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Daughters of the American Revolution. First woman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955. Died in Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, March 9, 1977 (age 91 years, 345 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.   Relatives: Daughter of Charles William Bingham (1846-1929) and Mary Perry (Payne) Bingham (1854-1898); married, September 14, 1907, to Chester Castle Bolton; mother of Oliver Payne Bolton; granddaughter of Henry B. Payne; first cousin once removed of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and John Hay Whitney (1904-1982); second cousin five times removed of Erastus Wolcott and Oliver Wolcott Sr.; third cousin twice removed of Henry Ward Beecher and Leveret Brainard; third cousin thrice removed of Amaziah Brainard; fourth cousin of Benjamin Lewis Fairchild; fourth cousin once removed of George Buckingham Beecher.   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Wolcott-Wadsworth family of Connecticut; Morton family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family of Cleveland, Ohio; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1899-1992) — also known as Cornelius V. Whitney; "Sonny" — of Westbury, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y. Born in Roslyn, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., February 20, 1899. Democrat. Co-founder and chairman of Pam American Airways; chairman, Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company; horse breeder; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 1st District, 1932; along with David O. Selznick, he helped to finance and produce Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. Died in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., December 13, 1992 (age 93 years, 297 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Harry Payne Whitney (1872-1930) and Gertrude (Vanderbilt) Whitney (1875-1942); married, March 5, 1923, to Marie Norton (1903-1970; divorced 1929; who later married William Averell Harriman); married, September 29, 1931, to Gladys Crosby Hopkins; married, June 18, 1941, to Eleanor Searle (1908-2002; divorced 1958); married, January 24, 1958, to Mary Lou (Schroeder) Hosford (actress); grandson of William Collins Whitney; grandnephew of Henry Melville Whitney; great-grandson of Henry B. Payne and James Scollay Whitney; second great-grandson of Henry Collins Flagg; first cousin of William Henry Vanderbilt III and John Hay Whitney (1904-1982); first cousin once removed of Frances Payne Bolton; second cousin of William Armistead Moale Burden and Oliver Payne Bolton; second cousin once removed of Shirley Carter Burden Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mackie Burgess.   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Wolcott-Wadsworth family of Connecticut; Morton family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family of Cleveland, Ohio; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
	John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) — also known as Jock Whitney — of Manhasset, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y. Born in Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine, August 17, 1904. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; financier; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1956; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New York Herald Tribune newspaper, 1961-66. Member, Delta Kappa Epsilon. Died in Manhasset, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., February 8, 1982 (age 77 years, 175 days). Interment at Christ Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Helen (Hay) Whitney (1875-1944) and William Payne Whitney (1876-1927); married, September 25, 1930, to Mary Elizabeth 'Liz' Altemus (1906-1988; divorced 1940); married, March 1, 1942, to Betsey (Cushing) Roosevelt (1908-1998; ex-wife of James Roosevelt); nephew of Adelbert Stone Hay; grandson of John Milton Hay (1838-1905) and William Collins Whitney; grandnephew of Henry Melville Whitney; great-grandson of Henry B. Payne and James Scollay Whitney; first cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and James Jermiah Wadsworth; first cousin once removed of Frances Payne Bolton and James Wadsworth Symington; second cousin of Oliver Payne Bolton; second cousin five times removed of James Hodges; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mackie Burgess.   Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Wolcott-Wadsworth family of Connecticut; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Morton family (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Oliver Payne Bolton (1917-1972) — also known as Oliver P. Bolton — of Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 22, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Representative from Ohio 11th District, 1953-57, 1963-65. Protestant. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks; Phi Delta Phi. Died in Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Fla., December 13, 1972 (age 55 years, 295 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Chester Castle Bolton and Frances Payne Bolton; married, October 4, 1940, to Adelaide Brownlee; great-grandson of Henry B. Payne; second cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and John Hay Whitney (1904-1982); third cousin thrice removed of Henry Ward Beecher and Leveret Brainard; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Lewis Fairchild.   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York; Wolcott-Wadsworth family of Connecticut; Morton family; Bolton-Whitney-Brainard-Wolcott family of Cleveland, Ohio; Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page