Note: This is just one of
1,325
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.
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John Slidell (1793-1871) —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1793.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1829-33; member
of Louisiana state legislature, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 1st District, 1843-45; resigned
1845; U.S.
Senator from Louisiana, 1853-61; Confederate
States Envoy to France, 1861.
Scottish
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England,
July
29, 1871 (age about 78
years).
Interment in private or family graveyard.
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Thomas Slidell (d. 1864) —
U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1837-38; chief
justice of Louisiana state supreme court, 1840.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., April
20, 1864.
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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August Belmont (1816-1890) —
also known as August Schönberg —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Alzei, Germany,
December
2, 1816.
Democrat. U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Netherlands, 1853-54; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1854-57; Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 1860-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1860,
1864,
1876;
speaker, 1864,
1868.
Jewish.
Fought a duel
with Edward Hayward, in Elkton, Md., 1840; both men were injured.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
24, 1890 (age 73 years, 357
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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Matthew Calbraith Butler (1836-1909) —
also known as Matthew C. Butler —
of Edgefield, Edgefield
County, S.C.
Born near Greenville, Greenville District (now Greenville
County), S.C., March 8,
1836.
Democrat. Member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1860, 1866; general in
the Confederate Army during the Civil War; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of South Carolina, 1870; U.S.
Senator from South Carolina, 1877-95; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from South Carolina, 1880
(Convention
Vice-President).
Died in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April
14, 1909 (age 73 years, 37
days).
Interment at Willow
Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, S.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William
Butler Jr. and Jane (Perry) Butler; married, February
25, 1858, to Maria Simkins Pickens (daughter of Francis
Wilkinson Pickens); nephew of Oliver Hazard Perry, Matthew
Calbraith Perry, Andrew
Pickens Butler and Pierce
Mason Butler; grandson of William
Butler; first cousin of James
DeWolf Perry and Caroline Slidell Perry (who married August
Belmont (1816-1890)); first cousin once removed of Perry
Belmont, August
Belmont (1853-1924) and Oliver
Hazard Perry Belmont. |
|  | Political families: Calhoun-Pickens
family of South Carolina; Butler-Belmont
family of Edgefield, South Carolina; Belmont-Perry-Slidell
family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
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|  | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article |
|  | Books about Matthew Calbraith Butler:
Samuel J. Martin, Southern
Hero : Matthew Calbraith Butler, Confederate General, Hampton
Redshirt, and U.S. Senator |
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William Colville Emmet (1836-1901) —
also known as William C. Emmet —
of Morristown, Morris
County, N.J.
Born in Staatsburg, Dutchess
County, N.Y., June 13,
1836.
Lawyer;
U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Turkey, 1885; U.S. Consul in Smyrna, 1886-93; Aix-la-Chapelle, 1893-97.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., April
18, 1901 (age 64 years, 309
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Morristown, N.J.
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Perry Belmont (1851-1947) —
of Babylon, Suffolk
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
28, 1851.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1881-88; resigned
1888; defeated, 1902 (7th District); U.S. Minister to Spain, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
New York, 1892,
1896,
1900,
1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1912;
major in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; Democratic
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1908.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Society
of the Cincinnati; American
Legion.
Died in Newport, Newport
County, R.I., May 25,
1947 (age 95 years, 148
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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August Belmont (1853-1924) —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
18, 1853.
Democrat. Banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1912.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
10, 1924 (age 71 years, 296
days).
Interment at Island
Cemetery, Newport, R.I.
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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.
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Joseph Clark Grew (1880-1965) —
also known as Joseph C. Grew —
of Hancock, Hillsborough
County, N.H.; Manchester, Essex
County, Mass.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., May 27,
1880.
U.S. Deputy Consul General in Cairo, 1904-06; secretary to American delegation, Armistace
conference of Supreme War Council, Versailles, 1918; secretary
general with rank of Minister, American Commission to Negotiate
Peace, Paris, 1918-19; U.S. Minister to Denmark, 1920-21; Switzerland, 1921-24; U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 1927-32; Japan, 1932-38.
Episcopalian.
Member, Alpha
Delta Phi; Navy
League.
One of five retired diplomats who co-signed an open letter in 1954
protesting U.S. Sen. Joe
McCarthy's attacks on the Foreign Service.
Died May 25,
1965 (age 84 years, 363
days).
Burial location unknown.
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