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Bohlen-Eustis-Thayer family of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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.

  George Eustis Jr. (1828-1872) — of Louisiana. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., September 28, 1828. U.S. Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1855-59. Died in Cannes, France, March 15, 1872 (age 43 years, 169 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
  Relatives: Brother of James Biddle Eustis.
  Political families: Emmet-Slidell family of New York City, New York; Bohlen-Eustis-Thayer family of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Biddle Eustis (1834-1899) — also known as James B. Eustis — of New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La. Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., August 27, 1834. Democrat. Member of Louisiana state house of representatives, 1870; member of Louisiana state senate, 1874; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1876-79, 1885-91; U.S. Ambassador to France, 1893-97. Died in Newport, Newport County, R.I., September 9, 1899 (age 65 years, 13 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Brother of George Eustis Jr.; grandfather of Charles Eustis Bohlen; granduncle of Anne Livingston Eustis (daughter-in-law of Grenville Temple Emmet).
  Political family: Bohlen-Eustis-Thayer family of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Grenville Temple Emmet (1877-1937) — also known as Grenville T. Emmet — of Katonah, Westchester County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New Rochelle, Westchester County, N.Y., August 2, 1877. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; lawyer; law partner of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1921-23; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1934-37; Austria, 1937, died in office 1937. Died, of pneumonia, in the Hotel Bristol, Vienna, Austria, September 26, 1937 (age 60 years, 55 days). Interment at St. Matthew's Churchyard, Bedford, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Richard Stockton Emmet and Catherine 'Kitty' (Temple) Emmet; brother of William Temple Emmet; married, September 18, 1905, to Pauline A. Ferguson; father of Grenville Temple Emmet, Jr. (grandson-in-law of Levi Parsons Morton and Anna Street Morton; grandnephew by marriage of James Biddle Eustis); grandson of Robert Emmet; great-grandson of Thomas Addis Emmet; first cousin once removed of William Colville Emmet; second cousin twice removed of Robert Charles Winthrop.
  Political families: Emmet-Slidell family of New York City, New York; Saltonstall-Davis-Frelinghuysen-Appleton family of Massachusetts (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Clement Dunn (1890-1979) — of New York. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., December 27, 1890. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; architect; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1946-52; France, 1952-53; Spain, 1953-55; Brazil, 1955-56. Episcopalian. Died in 1979 (age about 88 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Mary Armour; father of Cynthia Dunn (who married Charles Wheeler Thayer).
  Political family: Bohlen-Eustis-Thayer family of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  Charles Eustis Bohlen (1904-1974) — also known as Charles E. Bohlen; Chip Bohlen — of Ipswich, Essex County, Mass.; Washington, D.C. Born in Clayton, Jefferson County, N.Y., August 30, 1904. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Prague, 1929-31; Paris, 1931-34; Moscow, 1934; U.S. Consul in Moscow, 1938-40; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1953-57; Philippines, 1957-59; France, 1962-68. Died of cancer, at Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C., January 1, 1974 (age 69 years, 124 days). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Bohlen and Celestine (Eustis) Bohlen; married 1935 to Avis Howard Thayer (sister of Charles Wheeler Thayer); father of Avis Thayer Bohlen; grandson of James Biddle Eustis.
  Political family: Bohlen-Eustis-Thayer family of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Charles Bohlen: Walter Isaacson, The Wise Men : Six Friends and the World They Made
  Charles Wheeler Thayer (1910-1969) — also known as Charles W. Thayer — of Villanova, Delaware County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Villanova, Delaware County, Pa., February 9, 1910. U.S. Vice Consul in Moscow, 1937, 1940; Berlin, 1937-38; Hamburg, 1939-40; Kabul, as of 1943; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; head of the State Department's international broadcasting division, including the "Voice of America", 1947-49; U.S. Consul General in Munich, 1952-53; in March 1953, when attacks on his loyalty by U.S. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy inspired a State Department investigation into his diplomatic career, he resigned from the Foreign Service; writer. Died, during heart surgery, in Salzburg, Austria, August 27, 1969 (age 59 years, 199 days). Interment at Church of the Redeemer Cemetery, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of George C. Thayer and Gertrude May (Wheeler) Thayer; brother of Avis Howard Thayer (who married Charles Eustis Bohlen); married, March 27, 1950, to Cynthia (Dunn) Cochrane (daughter of James Clement Dunn); uncle of Avis Thayer Bohlen.
  Political family: Bohlen-Eustis-Thayer family of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Avis Thayer Bohlen (b. 1940) — also known as Avis T. Bohlen — Born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa., April 20, 1940. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria, 1996-99. Female. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Daughter of Charles Eustis Bohlen and Avis Howard (Thayer) Bohlen; married to David Calleo; niece of Charles Wheeler Thayer.
  Political family: Bohlen-Eustis-Thayer family of Bryn Mawr and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
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