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Chanler-Astor-Ward family of New York City, New York

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  John Jacob Astor III (1822-1890) — Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., June 10, 1822. Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; Republican Presidential Elector for New York, 1880 (voted for James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur). Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 22, 1890 (age 67 years, 257 days). Interment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of William Backhouse Astor and Margaret Alida Rebecca (Armstrong) Astor; married to Charlotte Augusta Gibbes; father of William Waldorf Astor; grandson of John Armstrong Jr. and John Jacob Astor; grandnephew of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Armstrong and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); granduncle of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and Helen Roosevelt Robinson; great-grandson of John Armstrong and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); second great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1688-1775); second great-grandnephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; third great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Robert Livingston the Younger; third great-grandnephew of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); first cousin thrice removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer and James Livingston; first cousin four times removed of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler, Maturin Livingston, Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills and Robert Reginald Livingston; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter Samuel Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Matthew Clarkson (1733-1800); third cousin once removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William Jay, Gerrit Smith, Charles Ludlow Livingston (1800-1873), Hamilton Fish and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas Bayard and James Parker; third cousin thrice removed of Matthew Clarkson (1758-1825); fourth cousin of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. (1849-1936) and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth cousin once removed of George Washington Schuyler, John Cortlandt Parker, Philip N. Schuyler, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, Robert Ray Hamilton, John Kean, Hamilton Fish Kean, Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, Charles Ludlow Livingston (born 1870) and Hamilton Fish Jr. (1888-1991).
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York City, New York; Chanler-Astor-Ward family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Winthrop Chanler (1826-1877) — also known as John W. Chanler — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., September 14, 1826. Democrat. Lawyer; member of New York state assembly from New York County 10th District, 1858-59; U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1863-69. On May 14, 1866, he offered a resolution defending President Andrew Johnson's veto of Reconstruction enactments, which he called "the wicked and revolutionary acts of a few malignant and mischievous men." On motion of Rep. Robert C. Schenck, he was censured for insulting the House of Representatives. Died in Barrytown, Dutchess County, N.Y., October 19, 1877 (age 51 years, 35 days). Interment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John White Chanler and Elizabeth Sheriffe (Winthrop) Chanler; married, January 22, 1862, to Margaret Astor Ward (first cousin of William Waldorf Astor); father of William Astor Chanler and Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Chanler-Astor-Ward family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919) — also known as "Viscount Astor" — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., March 31, 1848. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1878; member of New York state senate 10th District, 1880-81; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York, 1880 (7th District), 1881 (11th District); U.S. Minister to Italy, 1882-85; renounced his American citizenship and became a British subject in 1899; became a Baron in 1916 and a Viscount in 1917; member of the British House of Lords. Heir to Astor family fortune of about $100 million; moved to England in 1890 and became a British subject. Died, of heart disease, in Brighton, England, October 18, 1919 (age 71 years, 201 days). Cremated.
  Relatives: Son of John Jacob Astor III and Charlotte Augusta (Gibbes) Astor; married, June 6, 1878, to Mary Dahlgren Paul; great-grandson of John Armstrong Jr. and John Jacob Astor; great-grandnephew of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Armstrong and Edward Livingston (1764-1836); second great-grandson of John Armstrong and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); third great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1688-1775); third great-grandnephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Robert Livingston the Younger; fourth great-grandnephew of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); first cousin of Margaret Astor Ward (who married John Winthrop Chanler); first cousin once removed of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Helen Roosevelt Robinson and William Vincent Astor (who married Helen Dinsmore Huntington); first cousin four times removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer and James Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin Livingston; second cousin four times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter Samuel Schuyler; second cousin five times removed of Matthew Clarkson; third cousin once removed of Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills and Robert Reginald Livingston; third cousin twice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William Jay, Gerrit Smith, Charles Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton Fish and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; third cousin thrice removed of Nicholas Bayard and James Parker; fourth cousin once removed of Gilbert Livingston Thompson, Edward Livingston (1796-1840), William Duer, Henry Bell Van Rensselaer, Denning Duer, Henry Brockholst Ledyard, John Jay II, Nicholas Fish, Hamilton Fish Jr. and Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Roosevelt family of New York City, New York; Chanler-Astor-Ward family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier
  William Astor Chanler (1867-1934) — of New York, New York County, N.Y.; Barrytown, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Paris, France. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., June 11, 1867. Democrat. Explorer; author; member of New York state assembly from New York County 5th District, 1898; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Representative from New York 14th District, 1899-1901. Member, Tammany Hall. Injured in an automobile accident in France, 1915, and lost a lower leg. Died in Mentone (Menton), France, March 4, 1934 (age 66 years, 266 days). Interment at Trinity Cemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor (Ward) Chanler; brother of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler; married 1903 to Minnie 'Beatrice' Ashley; grandnephew of John Jacob Astor III; second great-grandson of John Armstrong Jr.; second great-grandnephew of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Armstrong and Edward Livingston; third great-grandson of John Armstrong and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandnephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Robert Livingston the Younger; fifth great-grandnephew of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); first cousin once removed of William Waldorf Astor; first cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer and James Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Helen Roosevelt Robinson; second cousin four times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin Livingston; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter Samuel Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William Jay, Gerrit Smith, Charles Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton Fish and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; fourth cousin of Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills and Robert Reginald Livingston.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Chanler-Astor-Ward family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
Lewis S. Chanler Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler (1869-1942) — also known as Lewis S. Chanler — of Barrytown, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., September 24, 1869. Democrat. Lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1907-08; candidate for Governor of New York, 1908; member of New York state assembly from Dutchess County 2nd District, 1910-12. Died, from heart disease, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 28, 1942 (age 72 years, 157 days). Interment at St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glen Cove, Long Island, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of John Winthrop Chanler and Margaret Astor (Ward) Chanler; brother of William Astor Chanler; married, September 24, 1890, to Alice Chamberlain; married, May 23, 1921, to Julia Lynch (Olin) Benkard; grandnephew of John Jacob Astor III; second great-grandson of John Armstrong Jr.; second great-grandnephew of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813), James Armstrong and Edward Livingston; third great-grandson of John Armstrong and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandnephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Robert Livingston the Younger; fifth great-grandnephew of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-grandson of Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); first cousin once removed of William Waldorf Astor; first cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston, Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer and James Livingston; first cousin six times removed of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746) and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Helen Roosevelt Robinson; second cousin four times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr., Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip Jeremiah Schuyler and Maturin Livingston; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Stephen John Schuyler, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter Samuel Schuyler; third cousin thrice removed of Stephen Van Rensselaer, Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Henry Walter Livingston, Peter Augustus Jay, Rensselaer Westerlo, Edward Philip Livingston, William Alexander Duer, John Duer, Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859), William Jay, Gerrit Smith, Charles Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton Fish and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; fourth cousin of Peter Goelet Gerry, Ogden Livingston Mills and Robert Reginald Livingston.
  Political families: Livingston-Schuyler family of New York; Chanler-Astor-Ward family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: New York Red Book 1907
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