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Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Jenkins family of New York

Note: This is just one of 1,130 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.

  Elisha Bacon — U.S. Consul in Nassau, 1830. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Granduncle of James Graham Jenkins (1834-1921).
  Political family: Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Jenkins family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) — of New York. Born in Connecticut, 1788. Democrat. State court judge in New York, 1811; U.S. Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23; candidate for Governor of New York, 1848. Died in 1867 (age about 79 years). Interment at Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
  Relatives: Grandfather of James Graham Jenkins (1834-1921).
  Political family: Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Jenkins family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Walworth County, Wis. is named for him.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Andrew Galbraith Miller (1801-1874) — also known as Andrew G. Miller — of Gettysburg, Adams County, Pa. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pa., September 18, 1801. Lawyer; justice of Wisconsin territorial supreme court, 1838-48; U.S. District Judge for Wisconsin, 1848-70; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1870-73; retired 1873. Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., September 30, 1874 (age 73 years, 12 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1827 to Caroline E. Kurtz; father of Benjamin K. Miller (1830-1898; nephew by marriage of Rufus Wheeler Peckham; first cousin by marriage of Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Jr.) and Alice Mary Miller (who married James Graham Jenkins (1834-1921)).
  Political family: Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Jenkins family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
  Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873) — also known as Rufus W. Peckham — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y. Born in Rensselaerville, Albany County, N.Y., December 20, 1809. Democrat. Lawyer; law partner of Lyman Tremain; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1853-55; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1861-69; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1870-73; died in office 1873. Member, Kappa Alpha Society. En route to Europe on the steamer Ville du Havre, he was among 226 passengers and crew who perished when the steamer collided with the Scottish sailing vessel Loch Earn, and sank, in the North Atlantic Ocean, November 22, 1873 (age 63 years, 337 days). His remains were never found. Cenotaph at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Peleg Peckham (1762-1828) and Desire (Watson) Peckham (1767-1852); married to Isabella Adaline Lacey (c.1813-1848) and Mary Elizabeth Foote (c.1830-1873); father of Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Jr. (1838-1909); uncle of Isabella Peckham (1838-1864; daughter-in-law of Andrew Galbraith Miller); first cousin once removed of Nathaniel Hazard; first cousin thrice removed of Stephen E. Peckham; third cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell and Ebenezer Hazard; fourth cousin of Augustus George Hazard; fourth cousin once removed of Erskine Hazard.
  Political families: Cornell family of New York; Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Jenkins family of New York; King family (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  James Graham Jenkins (1834-1921) — also known as James G. Jenkins — of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis. Born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N.Y., July 18, 1834. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Governor of Wisconsin, 1879; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1880; U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1888-93; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1893-1905; retired 1905. Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., August 6, 1921 (age 87 years, 19 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Edgar Jenkins and Mary Elizabeth (Walworth) Jenkins; married, February 6, 1870, to Alice Mary Miller (daughter of Andrew Galbraith Miller); grandson of Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867); grandnephew of Elisha Bacon.
  Political family: Miller-Peckham-Walworth-Jenkins family of New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile
  Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Jr. (1838-1909) — also known as Rufus W. Peckham — of Albany, Albany County, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. Born in Albany, Albany County, N.Y., November 8, 1838. Democrat. Lawyer; Albany County District Attorney, 1869-72; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876 (member, Credentials Committee), 1880 (member, Resolutions Committee); Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1883-86; judge of New York Court of Appeals, 1886-95; Associate Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1895-1909; died in office 1909. Episcopalian. Died in Altamont, Albany County, N.Y., October 24, 1909 (age 70 years, 350 days). Interment at Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Rufus Wheeler Peckham and Isabella (Lacey) Peckham; married, November 14, 1866, to Harriette Arnold; first cousin of Isabella Peckham (1838-1864; daughter-in-law of Andrew Galbraith Miller); first cousin twice removed of Nathaniel Hazard; second cousin twice removed of Stephen E. Peckham; third cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel Cornell (1733-1800) and Ebenezer Hazard; fourth cousin once removed of Augustus George Hazard.
  Political families: Sherman family of Connecticut; Durfee-Wanton family of Newport, Rhode Island; Cornell family of New York; Kellogg-Seymour-Chapin-Adams family of Connecticut and New York; King family; Hatfield-Cornell-Woolsey family of New York; Pendleton family of Connecticut (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier
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