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Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York

Note: This is just one of 1,162 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.

  Henry Collins Flagg (1792-1863) — also known as Henry C. Flagg — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn. Born in South Carolina, January 5, 1792. Whig. Mayor of New Haven, Conn., 1834-39; member of Connecticut state senate 4th District, 1835. Died in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., March 8, 1863 (age 71 years, 62 days). Interment at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Conn.
  Relatives: Son of Henry Collins Flagg (1742-1801) and Rachel (Moore) Flagg (1757-1839); married, March 20, 1811, to Martha Whiting (1792-1875); second great-grandfather of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981).
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Morgenthau-Lehman family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Benjamin Brown French (1800-1870) — also known as Benjamin B. French — of Washington, D.C. Born in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H., September 4, 1800. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from District of Columbia, 1856 (Honorary Secretary; member, Credentials Committee; speaker). Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar. Died in Washington, D.C., August 12, 1870 (age 69 years, 342 days). Interment at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Grandfather of Ellen F. FitzSimons; great-grandfather of William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981).
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Morgenthau-Lehman family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Amos Tuck (1810-1879) — of Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H. Born in Parsonfield, York County, Maine, August 2, 1810. Republican. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives, 1842; U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 1847-53; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Hampshire, 1856 (Convention Vice-President), 1860. Died in Exeter, Rockingham County, N.H., December 11, 1879 (age 69 years, 131 days). Interment at Exeter Cemetery, Exeter, N.H.
  Relatives: Son of John Tuck (1780-1847) and Betsey (Towle) Tuck (1783-1860); married to Sarah Ann Nudd (1810-1847) and Catherine Shepherd (1815-1875); grandfather of Ellen F. FitzSimons; great-grandfather of William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981); third cousin twice removed of Timothy Pickering; fourth cousin once removed of John Wingate Weeks and Daniel Webster.
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Morgenthau-Lehman family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Arthur Clarence Walworth (1844-1920) — of Newton, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 29, 1844. Mechanical engineer; member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1886-87. Congregationalist. Died, from heart disease, in Newton, Middlesex County, Mass., June 23, 1920 (age 76 years, 55 days). Interment at Newton Cemetery, Newton, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of James Jones Walworth (1808-1896) and Elizabeth Chickering (Nason) Walworth (1809-1886); married 1872 to Mary Frances Colby (1849-1936; aunt of Everett Colby (1874-1943)).
  Political family: Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont (1858-1908) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., November 12, 1858. Democrat. Financier; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1900; U.S. Representative from New York 13th District, 1901-03. Member, Freemasons. Died of infections following surgery for appendicitis, in Hempstead, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., June 10, 1908 (age 49 years, 211 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Presumably named for: Oliver Hazard Perry
  Relatives: Son of August Belmont (1816-1890) and Caroline Slidell (Perry) Belmont (1829-1892); brother of Perry Belmont and August Belmont (1853-1924); married 1882 to Sarah Swan 'Sally' Whiting (divorced); married 1896 to Alva Erskine (Smith) Vanderbilt (1853-1933; donor to woman's suffrage campaigns; grandaunt by marriage of William Henry Vanderbilt III); grandnephew of John Slidell and Thomas Slidell; first cousin once removed of Matthew Calbraith Butler.
  Political family: Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Everett Colby (1874-1943) — of West Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wis., December 10, 1874. Lawyer; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Essex County, 1903-05; member of New Jersey state senate from Essex County, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1912; Progressive candidate for Governor of New Jersey, 1913. Died in Montclair, Essex County, N.J., June 19, 1943 (age 68 years, 191 days). Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Lewis Colby (1839-1896) and Anna Murray Sims (Knowlton) Colby (1845-1898); married 1903 to Edith Letitia Hyde; father of Anne Gordon Colby (1909-1974; who married William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981)); nephew of Mary Frances Colby (1849-1936; who married Arthur Clarence Walworth).
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Morgenthau-Lehman family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edith Hyde Colby (1876-1962) — also known as Edith H. Colby; Edith Letitia Hyde — of West Orange, Essex County, N.J. Born in Plainfield, Union County, N.J., June 21, 1876. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1924. Female. Died in West Orange, Essex County, N.J., March 23, 1962 (age 85 years, 275 days). Entombed at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Charles Hyde (1822-1901) and Elizabeth (Kepler) Hyde (1838-1916); married 1903 to Everett Colby; mother of Anne Gordon Hyde (1909-1974; who married William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981)).
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Morgenthau-Lehman family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Ellen F. FitzSimons (1879-1948) — also known as Elsie FitzSimons; Ellen Tuck French; Ellen French Vanderbilt; Mrs. Paul FitzSimons — of Newport, Newport County, R.I. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 15, 1879. Republican. Member of Republican National Committee from Rhode Island, 1940; member, Arrangements Committee, Republican National Convention, 1940. Female. Died in Newport, Newport County, R.I., February 26, 1948 (age 68 years, 256 days). Interment at St. Mary's Episcopal Cemetery, Portsmouth, R.I.
  Relatives: Daughter of Francis Ormand French (1837-1893) and Ellen M. (Tuck) French; married, January 11, 1901, to Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877-1915; divorced 1908; died in sinking of the Lusitania, ocean liner torpedoed by a German submarine in 1915); married, April 3, 1919, to Paul FitzSimons, Jr. (1891-1946); mother of William Henry Vanderbilt III; granddaughter of Benjamin Brown French (1800-1870) and Amos Tuck.
  Political family: Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subset of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gwendolyn Burden Dows (1884-1935) — also known as Mary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden; Mrs. David Dows — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born September 18, 1884. Republican. Member of New York Republican State Committee, 1934. Female. Scottish ancestry. Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 30, 1935 (age 50 years, 315 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Relatives: Daughter of Isaiah Townsend Burden (1838-1913) and Evelyn Byrd (Moale) Burden (1848-1916); married, December 12, 1911, to David Dows; mother of Evelyn Byrd Dows (1912-1997; daughter-in-law of Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr. (1874-1949)); aunt of William Armistead Moale Burden; grandaunt of Shirley Carter Burden Jr..
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also 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).
  William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981) — also known as William H. Vanderbilt — of Portsmouth, Newport County, R.I.; South Williamstown, Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass. Born in Staten Island, Richmond County, N.Y., November 24, 1901. Republican. Member of Rhode Island state senate, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1928 (Convention Vice-President), 1936 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee); Governor of Rhode Island, 1939-41; defeated, 1940. Episcopalian. Died in South Williamstown, Williamstown, Berkshire County, Mass., April 14, 1981 (age 79 years, 141 days). Interment at Southlawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt (1877-1915; horse breeder; died in the wreck of the Lusitania, ocean liner torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in 1915) and Ellen French Vanderbilt; married, November 1, 1923, to Emily Davies (1903-1935; divorced 1927); married, November 27, 1929, to Anne Gordon Colby (1909-1974; daughter of Everett Colby and Edith Hyde Colby); uncle of Wendy Vanderbilt (who married Orin Lehman); grandnephew by marriage of Alva (Smith) Vanderbilt (1853-1933; who married Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont); great-grandson of Benjamin Brown French and Amos Tuck; second great-grandson of Henry Collins Flagg and Cornelius 'Commodore' Vanderbilt (1794-1877; steamboat and railroad baron); first cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney; second cousin of William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984); second cousin once removed of Shirley Carter Burden Jr..
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) — also known as William A. M. Burden — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 8, 1906. Analyst of aviation industry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of Union Texas Natural Gas Corporation; director, Allied Chemical Co., Columbia Broadcasting System, and Lockheed Aircraft; president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1959-61. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of heart disease, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 10, 1984 (age 78 years, 185 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of William Armistead Burden (1877-1909) and Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden (1881-1969); married, February 16, 1931, to Margaret Livingston Partridge; nephew of Gwendolyn Burden Dows (1884-1935); uncle of Shirley Carter Burden Jr.; second great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877; railroad baron); second cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and William Henry Vanderbilt III.
  Political families: Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Orin Lehman (1920-2008) — also known as "Father Nature" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born January 14, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; injured during the Battle of the Bulge and lost a leg; newspaper publisher; chairman, Colgreen Broadcasting Group, owner of radio stations; founder, Just One Break, Inc., not-for-profit employment service for people with disabilities; campaign manager, John J. Burns for Lieutenant Governor, 1962; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1966; producer of several popular off-Broadway plays; New York State Commissioner of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, 1975-93. Jewish. Member, American Jewish Committee; Council on Foreign Relations; Urban League; NAACP. Died, of pneumonia, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 22, 2008 (age 88 years, 39 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Allan Sigmund Lehman (1885-1952) and Evelyn 'Eve' (Schiffer) Lehman (c.1892-1970); married, July 23, 1962, to Jane (Bagley) Long; married, October 24, 1970, to Wendy Vanderbilt (niece of William Henry Vanderbilt III (1901-1981)); grandnephew of Herbert Henry Lehman.
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Vanderbilt-Tuck-Pickering-Webster family; Butler-Perry-Belmont-Slidell family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Morgenthau-Lehman family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Shirley Carter Burden Jr. (1941-1996) — also known as Carter Burden — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 25, 1941. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1978; founder of Commodore Media, owner of radio stations. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 23, 1996 (age 54 years, 151 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Flobelle (Fairbanks) Burden (1907-1969) and Shirley Carter Burden (1908-1989); married, June 13, 1964, to Amanda Jay Mortimer (divorced 1972); married 1977 to Susan Lombaer; nephew of William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984); grandnephew of Gwendolyn Burden Dows; second cousin once removed of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and William Henry Vanderbilt III.
  Political families: Whitney-Nye-Lincoln-Hay family; Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York; Vanderbilt-Colby-Burden-French family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Three Thousand Related Politicians).
  Personal motto: "You can never be too thin, too rich, or have too many books."
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