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.

	Peter Rawson Taft (1785-1867) — of Vermont. Born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Mass., April 14, 1785. Member of Vermont state legislature, 1820. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, January 1, 1867 (age 81 years, 262 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Aaron Taft and Rhoda (Rawson) Taft; married, December 5, 1810, to Sylvia Howard; father of Alphonso Taft; grandfather of Charles Phelps Taft, William Howard Taft (who married Helen Louise Herron) and Henry Waters Taft; great-grandfather of Walbridge S. Taft, Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; second great-grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; third great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft III; third cousin once removed of William Warner Hoppin and John Milton Thayer; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Dyer Jr. and William Nelson Taft; third cousin thrice removed of William Greene, Wilson Henry Fairbank and Arthur Laban Bates; fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Clement Fessenden, Benjamin Fessenden, John Milton Fessenden and Charles Backus Hyde Fessenden.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Ela Collins (1786-1848) — of Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y. Born in Meriden, New Haven County, Conn., February 14, 1786. Democrat. Member of New York state assembly from Lewis County, 1814-15; U.S. Representative from New York 20th District, 1823-25. Died in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., November 23, 1848 (age 62 years, 283 days). Interment at Jackson Street Cemetery, Lowville, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Lois (Cowles) Collins and Oliver Collins; married to Maria Clinton; father of William Collins; grandfather of Helen Louise Herron (who married William Howard Taft); great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft, Charles Phelps Taft II and Frederick Lippitt; second great-grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; third great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin once removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin twice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin once removed of Moses Seymour and William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); third cousin twice removed of Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles, Gad Ely Upson, Addison Beecher Colvin and William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); third cousin thrice removed of Franklin Woodruff, Caleb Seymour Pitkin and Charles Holden Cowles; fourth cousin of Timothy Pitkin, Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) and Henry Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of Origen Storrs Seymour, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), George Seymour, McNeil Seymour and Henry William Seymour.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Alphonso Taft (1810-1891) — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Townshend, Windham County, Vt., November 5, 1810. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856, 1860 (alternate); candidate for U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1856; superior court judge in Ohio, 1865-72; candidate for nomination for Governor of Ohio, 1875; U.S. Secretary of War, 1876; U.S. Attorney General, 1876-77; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1882-84; Russia, 1884-85. Died in San Diego, San Diego County, Calif., May 21, 1891 (age 80 years, 197 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Sylvia (Hayward) Taft and Peter Rawson Taft; married, August 29, 1841, to Fannie Phelps; married, December 26, 1853, to Louisa Maria Torrey; father of Charles Phelps Taft, William Howard Taft (who married Helen Louise Herron) and Henry Waters Taft; grandfather of Walbridge S. Taft, Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; great-grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; second great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin once removed of Willard J. Chapin; third cousin twice removed of George Franklin Chapin; third cousin thrice removed of Samuel Adams, Samuel Huntington and Daniel Chapin; fourth cousin of William Warner Hoppin, John Milton Thayer and Edward M. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of Calvin Fillmore, Bela Edgerton, Heman Ticknor, Elisha Dyer Jr., William Nelson Taft and Arthur Chapin.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Andrew Clark Lippitt (1812-1884) — also known as Andrew C. Lippitt — of New London, New London County, Conn. Born May 21, 1812. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from New London, 1854, 1878; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1860. Died in New London, New London County, Conn., August 8, 1884 (age 72 years, 79 days). Interment at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Christopher Lippitt and Marcy Gooding (Wilbur) Lippitt; married 1842 to Lois Emeline Cobb; first cousin four times removed of William Greene; second cousin of Henry Lippitt; second cousin once removed of Costello Lippitt, Charles Warren Lippitt and Henry Frederick Lippitt; second cousin twice removed of Frederick Lippitt; second cousin thrice removed of William Greene Jr. and John Lester Hubbard Chafee; second cousin four times removed of Lincoln Davenport Chafee; third cousin twice removed of Ray Greene; fourth cousin of Dennison Franklin Holden; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Earl Bowen and Ossian Ray.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	William Collins (1818-1878) — of New York. Born in Lowville, Lewis County, N.Y., February 22, 1818. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1847-49. Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, June 18, 1878 (age 60 years, 116 days). Interment at Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Ela Collins; uncle of Helen Louise Herron (who married William Howard Taft); granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft, Charles Phelps Taft II and Frederick Lippitt; great-granduncle of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; second great-granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin thrice removed of William Pitkin; third cousin twice removed of Moses Seymour; fourth cousin of William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); fourth cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Horatio Seymour, Henry Seymour, Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles, Gad Ely Upson, Addison Beecher Colvin and William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986).   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Henry Lippitt (1818-1891) — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 9, 1818. Republican. Republican Presidential Elector for Rhode Island, 1872 (voted for Ulysses S. Grant and Henry Wilson); Governor of Rhode Island, 1875-77. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., June 5, 1891 (age 72 years, 239 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Warren Lippitt and Eliza (Seamans) Lippitt; married 1845 to Mary Ann Balch; father of Charles Warren Lippitt and Henry Frederick Lippitt; grandfather of Frederick Lippitt; great-grandfather of John Lester Hubbard Chafee; second great-grandfather of Lincoln Davenport Chafee; first cousin four times removed of William Greene; second cousin of Andrew Clark Lippitt; second cousin once removed of Costello Lippitt; second cousin thrice removed of William Greene Jr.; third cousin twice removed of Ray Greene; fourth cousin of Dennison Franklin Holden; fourth cousin once removed of Benjamin Earl Bowen and Ossian Ray.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Stephen Wright Kellogg (1822-1904) — also known as Stephen W. Kellogg — of Naugatuck, New Haven County, Conn.; Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Shelburne, Franklin County, Mass., April 5, 1822. Republican. Lawyer; member of Connecticut state senate 5th District, 1853; probate judge in Connecticut, 1854-60; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1856; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1860, 1868, 1876; U.S. Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1869-75; defeated, 1876, 1892. Member, Skull and Bones. Died in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., January 27, 1904 (age 81 years, 297 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Poole Kellogg and Lucy (Wright) Kellogg; married, September 10, 1851, to Lucia Hosmer Andrews; father of Elizabeth Hosmer Kellogg (who married Irving Hall Chase); great-grandfather of Seth Chase Taft; second cousin once removed of Clement Phineas Kellogg; second cousin twice removed of George Smith Catlin; second cousin thrice removed of Aaron Kellogg; third cousin once removed of Daniel Kellogg (1791-1875), Abijah Catlin and Theron Ephron Catlin; third cousin twice removed of Jason Kellogg, Charles Kellogg (1773-1842), Orsamus Cook Merrill, Timothy Merrill and Daniel Fiske Kellogg; fourth cousin of George Bradley Kellogg and Daniel Kellogg (1835-1918); fourth cousin once removed of Luther Walter Badger, Silas Dewey Kellogg, Greene Carrier Bronson, Chester Ashley, Alvan Kellogg, Alvah Nash, John Russell Kellogg, Day Otis Kellogg, Dwight Kellogg, Albert Gallatin Kellogg, Francis William Kellogg, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, Farrand Fassett Merrill, Charles Kellogg (1839-1903) and Orlo Erland Wadhams.   Political families: Taft family; Kellogg #1 family of New York; Kellogg #2 family of New York; Kellogg #3 family of New York; Kellogg #4 family of Vermont and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Thomas Wilson (1827-1910) — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Ireland, May 16, 1827. Democrat. Delegate to Minnesota state constitutional convention, 1857; state court judge in Minnesota, 1857-64; justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1864-65; chief justice of Minnesota state supreme court, 1865-69; member of Minnesota state house of representatives District 8, 1881-82; member of Minnesota state senate 15th District, 1883-86; U.S. Representative from Minnesota 1st District, 1887-89; candidate for Governor of Minnesota, 1890; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1892. Died in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., April 3, 1910 (age 82 years, 322 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, Minn.   Relatives: Father of Louise Benton Wilson (who married Lloyd Wheaton Bowers); grandfather of Martha Wheaton Bowers (who married Robert Alphonso Taft).   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	John Williamson Herron (1827-1912) — also known as John W. Herron — of Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pa., May 10, 1827. Lawyer; delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention from Hamilton County, 1873; U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1889-94. Died in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 5, 1912 (age 85 years, 87 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Francis Herron and Jane (Willis) Herron; married, March 7, 1854, to Harriet Anne Collins; father of Helen Louise Herron (who married William Howard Taft); grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft, Charles Phelps Taft II and Frederick Lippitt; great-grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; second great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft III.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Herron Gymnasium (built 1896; later named Van Voorhis Hall; demolished 1986) at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, was named for him.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896) — also known as Augustus S. Chase — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Pomfret, Windham County, Conn., April 15, 1828. Manufacturer; banker; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Waterbury, 1865. Died in Paris, France, June 7, 1896 (age 68 years, 53 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Seth Chase and Eliza Hempstead (Dodge) Chase; married, September 9, 1854, to Martha Clark Starkweather; father of Irving Hall Chase; grandfather of Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970); great-grandfather of Seth Chase Taft; second cousin of Marden Sabin and Joseph Spalding; second cousin twice removed of Alvah Sabin; third cousin once removed of Henry Dodge and Nelson Appleton Miles; third cousin twice removed of Elijah Abel and Chauncey Fitch Cleveland; third cousin thrice removed of Jedediah Sabin; fourth cousin of Augustus Caesar Dodge and Chauncey Brewer Sabin; fourth cousin once removed of William Dean Kellogg.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Costello Lippitt (1842-1924) — of Norwich, New London County, Conn. Born in East Killingly, Killingly, Windham County, Conn., December 12, 1842. Republican. Banker; mayor of Norwich, Conn., 1908-10; Connecticut state treasurer, 1911-13. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Society of Colonial Wars. Died August 21, 1924 (age 81 years, 253 days). Interment at Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Rev. Norris G. Lippitt and Eliza M. (Leffingwell) Lippitt; married 1864 to Emily Hyde Standish; married, June 4, 1890, to Gertrude Hopkins Lamphere; first cousin five times removed of William Greene; second cousin once removed of Andrew Clark Lippitt and Henry Lippitt; second cousin four times removed of William Greene Jr.; third cousin of Charles Warren Lippitt and Henry Frederick Lippitt; third cousin once removed of Frederick Lippitt; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Earl Bowen and John Lester Hubbard Chafee; third cousin thrice removed of Ray Greene and Lincoln Davenport Chafee; fourth cousin once removed of Dennison Franklin Holden.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Charles Phelps Taft (1843-1929) — also known as Charles P. Taft; Charlie Taft — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 21, 1843. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor and publisher; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1871-73; U.S. Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1895-97; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1900, 1908, 1912; Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio, 1905. Philanthropist; owner, Chicago Cubs baseball team. Died, of pneumonia, in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 31, 1929 (age 86 years, 10 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Alphonso Taft and Fannie (Phelps) Taft; half-brother of William Howard Taft (who married Helen Louise Herron) and Henry Waters Taft; married, December 4, 1873, to Annie Sinton; uncle of Walbridge S. Taft, Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; granduncle of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William Warner Hoppin, John Milton Thayer, Edward M. Chapin and George Franklin Chapin.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Library of Congress
	Charles Warren Lippitt (1846-1924) — also known as Charles W. Lippitt — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 8, 1846. Republican. Manufacturer; banker; Governor of Rhode Island, 1895-97; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1896. Member, Society of the Cincinnati. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., April 4, 1924 (age 77 years, 179 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Henry Lippitt and Mary Ann (Balch) Lippitt; brother of Henry Frederick Lippitt; married, February 23, 1886, to Margaret Barbara Farnum; uncle of Frederick Lippitt; granduncle of John Lester Hubbard Chafee; great-granduncle of Lincoln Davenport Chafee; first cousin five times removed of William Greene; second cousin once removed of Andrew Clark Lippitt; second cousin four times removed of William Greene Jr.; third cousin of Costello Lippitt; third cousin thrice removed of Ray Greene; fourth cousin once removed of Dennison Franklin Holden.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	William Nelson Taft (1847-1889) — also known as William N. Taft — of Charleston, Charleston County, S.C. Born in Smithfield, Providence County, R.I., 1847. Republican. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; member of South Carolina state senate from Charleston County, 1876-80; postmaster at Charleston, S.C., 1881-85; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1884. Died in 1889 (age about 42 years). Interment at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S.C.   Relatives: Son of Nathan Taft and Harriet Taft; married, August 2, 1881, to Mary Richardson Moses; third cousin twice removed of Peter Rawson Taft and Celora Martin Stoddard; fourth cousin once removed of Alphonso Taft and John Milton Thayer.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Henry Frederick Lippitt (1856-1933) — also known as Henry F. Lippitt — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 12, 1856. Republican. Cotton manufacturer; bank director; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1911-17; defeated, 1916; delegate to Republican National Convention from Rhode Island, 1912, 1916 (speaker). Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., December 28, 1933 (age 77 years, 77 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Henry Lippitt and Mary Ann (Balch) Lippitt; brother of Charles Warren Lippitt; married, December 15, 1881, to Marie Louise Bowen; married 1915 to Lucy Hayes (Herron) Laughlin (sister-in-law of William Howard Taft; sister of Helen Louise Herron); father of Frederick Lippitt; granduncle of John Lester Hubbard Chafee; great-granduncle of Lincoln Davenport Chafee; first cousin five times removed of William Greene; second cousin once removed of Andrew Clark Lippitt; second cousin four times removed of William Greene Jr.; third cousin of Costello Lippitt; third cousin thrice removed of Ray Greene; fourth cousin once removed of Dennison Franklin Holden.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	William Howard Taft (1857-1930) — also known as William H. Taft; "Big Bill" — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio; New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Washington, D.C. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 15, 1857. Republican. Lawyer; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue at Cincinnati, Ohio, 1882-83; superior court judge in Ohio, 1887-90; U.S. Solicitor General, 1890-92; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1892-1900; resigned 1900; law professor; Governor-General of the Philippine Islands, 1901-04; U.S. Secretary of War, 1904-08; President of the United States, 1909-13; defeated, 1912; Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30; resigned 1930. Unitarian. English ancestry. Member, Freemasons; Psi Upsilon; Skull and Bones; Phi Alpha Delta; American Bar Association. Died in Washington, D.C., March 8, 1930 (age 72 years, 174 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles Phelps Taft; brother of Henry Waters Taft; married, June 19, 1886, to Helen Louise Herron (daughter of John Williamson Herron; sister-in-law of Henry Frederick Lippitt; niece of William Collins; aunt of Frederick Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela Collins); father of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; uncle of Walbridge S. Taft; grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; grandfather of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William Warner Hoppin, John Milton Thayer, Edward M. Chapin and George Franklin Chapin.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Cross-reference: Walter P. Johnson — Fred Warner Carpenter — Charles D. Hilles   The former community of Taft, now part of Lincoln City, Oregon, was named for him.  — William Howard Taft High School, in San Antonio, Texas, is named for him.  — William Howard Taft High School, in Bronx, New York (closed 2008), was named for him.  — Taft High School, in Chicago, Illinois, is named for him.  — William Howard Taft High School (opened 1960; became charter school 2013-14), in Los Angees, California, is named for him.   Epitaph: "#S#(1908) Progress and Prosperity."   See also Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges — Arlington National Cemetery unofficial website   Books about William Howard Taft: Paolo Enrico Coletta, The Presidency of William Howard Taft — James Chace, 1912 : Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed the Country — Alpheus Thomas Mason, William Howard Taft — Lewis L. Gould, The William Howard Taft Presidency — Mike Resnick, ed., Alternate Presidents [anthology]   Critical books about William Howard Taft: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents   Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, August 1901
	Irving Hall Chase (1858-1951) — also known as Irving H. Chase — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., May 13, 1858. Republican. Secretary and treasurer, Waterbury Clock Company; vice-president, Waterbury Manufacturing Company; president, A.S. Chase Company; secretary, Chase Rolling Mill Company; diretor, Waterbury Hotel Corporation, American Printing Company, Waterbury Buckle Company, Smith and Griggs Manufacturing Company, and Waterbury National Bank; member of Connecticut state senate 15th District, 1907-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1912, 1916. Died March 14, 1951 (age 92 years, 305 days). Interment at Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896) and Martha Clark (Starkweather) Chase; married, February 28, 1889, to Elizabeth Hosmer Kellogg (daughter of Stephen Wright Kellogg); father of Eleanor Kellogg Chase (who married Charles Phelps Taft II); uncle of Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970); grandfather of Seth Chase Taft; second cousin once removed of Marden Sabin and Joseph Spalding; second cousin twice removed of George Anson Starkweather, Samuel Starkweather and David Austin Starkweather; second cousin thrice removed of Alvah Sabin; third cousin once removed of Henry Howard Starkweather; third cousin twice removed of Henry Dodge, Daniel Chapin, Martin Olds and Nelson Appleton Miles; third cousin thrice removed of John Adams, Elijah Abel, Thomas Cogswell and Chauncey Fitch Cleveland; fourth cousin of Charles Henry Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton; fourth cousin once removed of Augustus Caesar Dodge, Chauncey Brewer Sabin and Edgar Weeks.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Henry Waters Taft (1859-1945) — also known as Henry W. Taft — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, May 27, 1859. Republican. Lawyer; counsel, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; director, Central Savings Bank of New York; trustee, Mutual Life Insurance Company;; candidate for Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1898; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1920, 1924. Member, American Bar Association; Skull and Bones; Psi Upsilon. Tripped and fell on April 27, suffered a hip injury, and subsequently died as a result, in St. Luke's Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 11, 1945 (age 86 years, 76 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Alphonso Taft and Louisa Maria (Torrey) Taft; half-brother of Charles Phelps Taft; brother of William Howard Taft (who married Helen Louise Herron); married, March 28, 1883, to Julia Walbridge Smith; father of Walbridge S. Taft; uncle of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; granduncle of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin twice removed of Willard J. Chapin; fourth cousin once removed of William Warner Hoppin, John Milton Thayer, Edward M. Chapin and George Franklin Chapin.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article
	Lloyd Wheaton Bowers (1859-1910) — also known as Lloyd W. Bowers — of Winona, Winona County, Minn. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass., March 9, 1859. Lawyer; general counsel, Chicago & North Western Railway, 1893-1909; U.S. Solicitor General, 1909-10; died in office 1910. Member, Skull and Bones. Died, from a heart attack, while suffering from bronchitis, in the Touraine Hotel, Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., September 9, 1910 (age 51 years, 184 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Samuel Dwight Bowers and Martha Wheaton (Dowd) Bowers; married, September 7, 1887, to Louisa Bennett Wilson (daughter of Thomas Wilson); married 1906 to Charlotte Josephine (Lewis) Watson; father of Martha Wheaton Bowers (who married Robert Alphonso Taft).   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
	Helen Herron Taft (1861-1943) — also known as Helen Louise Herron; "Nellie" — Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, June 2, 1861. First Lady of the United States, 1909-13. Female. Died in Washington, D.C., May 22, 1943 (age 81 years, 354 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Daughter of John Williamson Herron and Harriet Anne (Collins) Taft; sister of Lucy Hayes Herron (who married Henry Frederick Lippitt); married, June 19, 1886, to William Howard Taft (son of Alphonso Taft; half-brother of Charles Phelps Taft; brother of Henry Waters Taft; uncle of Walbridge S. Taft; grandson of Peter Rawson Taft); mother of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; niece of William Collins; aunt of Frederick Lippitt; granddaughter of Ela Collins; grandmother of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; great-grandmother of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin thrice removed of Moses Seymour; fourth cousin once removed of William Sheffield Cowles.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Walbridge S. Taft (1884-1951) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Pelham Manor, Westchester County, N.Y., November 29, 1884. Republican. Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 16th District, 1916. Died in 1951 (age about 66 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Julia Walbridge (Smith) Taft and Henry Waters Taft; nephew of Charles Phelps Taft and William Howard Taft (who married Helen Louise Herron); grandson of Alphonso Taft; great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft; first cousin of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; first cousin once removed of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; first cousin twice removed of Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin thrice removed of Willard J. Chapin.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953) — also known as Robert A. Taft; "Mr. Republican"; "Mr. Integrity"; "Our Illustrious Dunderhead" — of Indian Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 8, 1889. Republican. Lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1921-26; Speaker of the Ohio State House of Representatives, 1926; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1928 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1932, 1944; member of Ohio state senate, 1931-32; U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1939-53; died in office 1953; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1940, 1944, 1948, 1952. Episcopalian. Member, Psi Upsilon. Co-sponsor of the Taft-Hartley Act. Died, from malignant tumors, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 31, 1953 (age 63 years, 326 days). Interment at Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio; memorial monument at Capitol Grounds, Washington, D.C.   Relatives: Son of William Howard Taft and Helen Herron Taft; brother of Charles Phelps Taft II; married, October 17, 1914, to Martha Wheaton Bowers (daughter of Lloyd Wheaton Bowers; granddaughter of Thomas Wilson); father of William Howard Taft III and Robert Taft Jr.; nephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; uncle of Seth Chase Taft; grandson of Alphonso Taft and John Williamson Herron; grandfather of Robert Alphonso Taft III; grandnephew of William Collins; great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft and Ela Collins; first cousin of Walbridge S. Taft and Frederick Lippitt; second cousin thrice removed of Willard J. Chapin; second cousin four times removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin five times removed of William Pitkin.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Robert A. Taft High School (opened 1955; now Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School), in Cincinnati, Ohio, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Robert A. Taft: James T. Patterson, Mr. Republican : A Biography of Robert A. Taft — John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage   Image source: U.S. postage stamp (1960)
	Charles Phelps Taft II (1897-1983) — also known as Charles P. Taft — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, September 20, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, 1927-28; member, Cincinnati City Council, 1938-42; Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1952, 1958 (primary); mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, 1955-57. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; Beta Theta Pi; Phi Delta Phi; Skull and Bones; Phi Beta Kappa; American Legion. Died June 24, 1983 (age 85 years, 277 days). Interment at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of William Howard Taft and Helen Herron Taft; brother of Robert Alphonso Taft; married, October 6, 1917, to Eleanor Kellogg Chase (daughter of Irving Hall Chase); father of Seth Chase Taft; nephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; uncle of William Howard Taft III and Robert Taft Jr.; grandson of Alphonso Taft and John Williamson Herron; grandnephew of William Collins; granduncle of Robert Alphonso Taft III; great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft and Ela Collins; first cousin of Walbridge S. Taft and Frederick Lippitt; second cousin thrice removed of Willard J. Chapin; second cousin four times removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin five times removed of William Pitkin.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970) — also known as Augustus S. Chase — of Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Waterbury, New Haven County, Conn., March 16, 1897. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Berlin, 1928-29; Breslau, 1929-30; U.S. Consul in Tsingtao, as of 1932; Canton, as of 1938. Died in Washington, D.C., November 14, 1970 (age 73 years, 243 days). Interment at Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Frederick Starkweather Chase and Elsie (Rowland) Chase; married, February 22, 1930, to Helga Stephanie Eva von Erdberg-Krezenciewsky; nephew of Irving Hall Chase; grandson of Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896); first cousin once removed of Seth Chase Taft; second cousin twice removed of Marden Sabin and Joseph Spalding; second cousin thrice removed of George Anson Starkweather, Samuel Starkweather and David Austin Starkweather; second cousin four times removed of Alvah Sabin; third cousin twice removed of Henry Howard Starkweather; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Dodge, Daniel Chapin, Martin Olds and Nelson Appleton Miles; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Henry Pendleton and Eckford Gustavus Pendleton.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	William Howard Taft III (1915-1991) — of Ohio; Connecticut; Washington, D.C. Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, August 7, 1915. Republican. U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 1953-57; U.S. Consul General in Lourenco Marques, 1960-62. Died in 1991 (age about 75 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Robert Alphonso Taft and Martha Wheaton (Bowers) Taft; brother of Robert Taft Jr.; married, June 27, 1942, to Barbara Hoult Bradfield; nephew of Charles Phelps Taft II; uncle of Robert Alphonso Taft III; grandson of William Howard Taft and Helen Herron Taft; grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso Taft and John Williamson Herron; great-grandnephew of William Collins; second great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft and Ela Collins; first cousin of Seth Chase Taft; first cousin once removed of Walbridge S. Taft and Frederick Lippitt; second cousin four times removed of Willard J. Chapin; second cousin five times removed of Josiah Cowles.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also U.S. State Dept career summary
	Frederick Lippitt (1916-2005) — of Providence, Providence County, R.I. Born in Washington, D.C., December 29, 1916. Lawyer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1961-83; candidate for mayor of Providence, R.I., 1984, 1990. Died in Providence, Providence County, R.I., May 11, 2005 (age 88 years, 133 days). Interment at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, R.I.   Relatives: Son of Henry Frederick Lippitt and Lucy Hayes (Herron) Lippitt; nephew of Charles Warren Lippitt and Helen Herron Taft (who married William Howard Taft); grandson of Henry Lippitt and John Williamson Herron; grandnephew of William Collins; great-grandson of Ela Collins; first cousin of Robert Alphonso Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; first cousin once removed of William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr., John Lester Hubbard Chafee and Seth Chase Taft; first cousin twice removed of Robert Alphonso Taft III and Lincoln Davenport Chafee; first cousin six times removed of William Greene; second cousin twice removed of Andrew Clark Lippitt; second cousin four times removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin five times removed of William Pitkin and William Greene Jr.; third cousin once removed of Costello Lippitt.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Robert Taft Jr. (1917-1993) — of Indian Hill, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 26, 1917. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1955-62; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972; U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1963-65, 1967-71 (at-large 1963-65, 1st District 1967-71); U.S. Senator from Ohio, 1971-76; defeated, 1964, 1976. Member, American Bar Association. Died December 7, 1993 (age 76 years, 284 days). Interment at Indian Hill Episcopal Church Cemetery, Indian Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Robert Alphonso Taft and Martha (Bowers) Taft; brother of William Howard Taft III; married 1939 to Blanca Noel; married 1969 to Katharine W. Perry; father of Robert Alphonso Taft III; nephew of Charles Phelps Taft II; grandson of William Howard Taft and Helen Herron Taft; grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso Taft and John Williamson Herron; great-grandnephew of William Collins; second great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft and Ela Collins; first cousin of Seth Chase Taft; first cousin once removed of Walbridge S. Taft and Frederick Lippitt; second cousin four times removed of Willard J. Chapin; second cousin five times removed of Josiah Cowles.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Lester Hubbard Chafee (1922-1999) — also known as John H. Chafee — of Warwick, Kent County, R.I. Born in Providence, Providence County, R.I., October 22, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; lawyer; member of Rhode Island state house of representatives, 1957-63; Governor of Rhode Island, 1963-69; U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99; defeated, 1972; died in office 1999. Episcopalian. Member, American Legion. Died, of heart failure, at the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Montgomery County, Md., October 24, 1999 (age 77 years, 2 days). Interment a private or family graveyard, Kent County, R.I.; statue at Colt State Park, Bristol, R.I.   Relatives: Son of John Sharpe Chafee and Janet Malise 'Jay' (Hunter) Chafee; married to Virginia Coates; father of Lincoln Davenport Chafee; grandnephew of Charles Warren Lippitt and Henry Frederick Lippitt; great-grandson of Henry Lippitt; first cousin once removed of Frederick Lippitt; first cousin seven times removed of William Greene; second cousin thrice removed of Andrew Clark Lippitt; third cousin twice removed of Costello Lippitt.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Seth Chase Taft (b. 1922) — also known as Seth C. Taft — of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, December 31, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; candidate for Ohio state senate, 1962; candidate for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, 1967; Cuyahoga County Commissioner, 1971; candidate for Governor of Ohio, 1982. Episcopalian. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Jaycees. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Eleanor (Chase) Taft and Charles Phelps Taft II; married, June 19, 1943, to Frances Prindle; nephew of Robert Alphonso Taft; grandson of William Howard Taft, Irving Hall Chase and Helen Herron Taft; grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; great-grandson of Alphonso Taft, Stephen Wright Kellogg, John Williamson Herron and Augustus Sabin Chase (1828-1896); great-grandnephew of William Collins; second great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft and Ela Collins; first cousin of William Howard Taft III and Robert Taft Jr.; first cousin once removed of Walbridge S. Taft, Augustus Sabin Chase (1897-1970), Frederick Lippitt and Robert Alphonso Taft III; second cousin thrice removed of Marden Sabin and Joseph Spalding; second cousin four times removed of Willard J. Chapin, George Anson Starkweather, Samuel Starkweather and David Austin Starkweather; second cousin five times removed of Josiah Cowles, Alvah Sabin and George Smith Catlin; third cousin twice removed of Clement Phineas Kellogg; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Howard Starkweather.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Robert Alphonso Taft III (b. 1942) — also known as Bob Taft — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 8, 1942. Republican. Served in the Peace Corps; member of Ohio state house of representatives, 1977-81; Hamilton County Commissioner, 1981-90; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, 1986; secretary of state of Ohio, 1991-99; Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 2004; in 2005, he pleaded no contest to four misdemeanors involving failure to disclose gifts, and was fined $4,000; subsequently reprimanded by the Ohio Supreme Court. Methodist. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Son of Robert Taft Jr.; married to Hope Rothert; nephew of William Howard Taft III; grandson of Robert Alphonso Taft; grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft II; great-grandson of William Howard Taft and Helen Herron Taft; great-grandnephew of Charles Phelps Taft and Henry Waters Taft; second great-grandson of Alphonso Taft and John Williamson Herron; second great-grandnephew of William Collins; third great-grandson of Peter Rawson Taft and Ela Collins; first cousin once removed of Seth Chase Taft; first cousin twice removed of Walbridge S. Taft and Frederick Lippitt; second cousin five times removed of Willard J. Chapin.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
	Hope Taft (born c.1944) — also known as Hope Rothert — of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. Born in Camden, Ouachita County, Ark., about 1944. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 2004. Female. Member, Habitat for Humanity. Still living as of 2004.   Relatives: Married to Robert Alphonso Taft III.   Political family: Taft family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).