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.

	Ezra Cornell (1807-1874) — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y. Born in Westchester Landing, Westchester County (now part of Bronx, Bronx County), N.Y., January 11, 1807. Member of New York state assembly from Tompkins County, 1862-63; member of New York state senate 24th District, 1864-67; founder of Cornell University, in Ithaca, N.Y., 1865. Died in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., December 9, 1874 (age 67 years, 332 days). Entombed at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; statue at Arts Quad, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Elijah Cornell and Eunice (Barnard) Cornell; married, March 19, 1831, to Mary Ann Wood; father of Alonzo Barton Cornell; granduncle of Carlos Wood Riddick and Florence Riddick Boys; first cousin twice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; third cousin twice removed of Gerothman W. Cornell, Francis Russell Edward Cornell and Stillman Stephen Light; third cousin thrice removed of John Cecil Purcell and Thurber Cornell; fourth cousin of Daniel Burrows and Jared Lewis Rathbone; fourth cousin once removed of Simeon Baldwin, Lorenzo Burrows, Henry Reed Rathbone and Jared Lawrence Rathbone.   Political family: Riddick-Cornell-Boys-Wood family of Ithaca and Cornell University, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also NNDB dossier
	Alonzo Barton Cornell (1832-1904) — also known as Alonzo B. Cornell — of Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y.; New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., January 22, 1832. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1868, 1880; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1868; New York Republican state chair, 1870-74, 1875-77, 1878-79; member of New York state assembly from New York County 11th District, 1873; Speaker of the New York State Assembly, 1873; Governor of New York, 1880-83. Died in Ithaca, Tompkins County, N.Y., October 15, 1904 (age 72 years, 267 days). Entombed at Sage Chapel, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Ezra Cornell and Mary Ann (Wood) Cornell; father of Charles Ezra Cornell (son-in-law of Charles C. Bouck); first cousin once removed of Carlos Wood Riddick and Florence Riddick Boys; first cousin thrice removed of Ezekiel Cornell; fourth cousin once removed of Daniel Burrows, Jared Lewis Rathbone, Gerothman W. Cornell, Francis Russell Edward Cornell and Stillman Stephen Light.   Political family: Riddick-Cornell-Boys-Wood family of Ithaca and Cornell University, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also National Governors Association biography   Image source: New York Red Book 1896
	Samuel Evan Boys (1871-1966) — also known as Samuel E. Boys — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind.; Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind. Born in Lacon, Marshall County, Ill., June 20, 1871. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1936 (alternate), 1940; Republican Presidential Elector for Indiana, 1944. Died in Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind., April 14, 1966 (age 94 years, 298 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind.   Relatives: Son of Leonard Andre Boys and Anna Watson (Montgomery) Boys; married, November 24, 1898, to Florence Alice Riddick (sister of Carlos Wood Riddick).   Political family: Riddick-Cornell-Boys-Wood family of Ithaca and Cornell University, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Carlos Wood Riddick (1872-1960) — also known as Carl W. Riddick — of Winamac, Pulaski County, Ind.; Lewistown, Fergus County, Mont. Born in Wells, Faribault County, Minn., February 25, 1872. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Fergus County Assessor, 1915-18; U.S. Representative from Montana 2nd District, 1919-23; candidate for U.S. Senator from Montana, 1922. Methodist. Died in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla., July 9, 1960 (age 88 years, 135 days). Interment at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, Annapolis, Md.   Relatives: Son of Isaac Hancock Riddick and Alice Esther (Wood) Riddick; brother of Florence Alice Riddick (who married Samuel Evan Boys); married, June 28, 1893, to Grace Adele Keith; father of Merrill K. Riddick; grandnephew of Ezra Cornell; first cousin once removed of Alonzo Barton Cornell; first cousin four times removed of Ezekiel Cornell.   Political family: Riddick-Cornell-Boys-Wood family of Ithaca and Cornell University, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Florence Riddick Boys (1873-1963) — also known as Florence R. Boys; Florence Alice Riddick; Mrs. S. E. Boys — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind.; Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind. Born in Faribault County, Minn., December 3, 1873. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1924, 1932 (alternate). Female. Died, from lympho-sarcoma (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma), in Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind., May 10, 1963 (age 89 years, 158 days). Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind.   Relatives: Daughter of Rev. Isaac Hancock Riddick and Alice Esther (Wood) Riddick; sister of Carlos Wood Riddick; married, November 24, 1898, to Samuel Evan Boys; aunt of Merrill K. Riddick; grandniece of Ezra Cornell; first cousin once removed of Alonzo Barton Cornell; first cousin four times removed of Ezekiel Cornell.   Political family: Riddick-Cornell-Boys-Wood family of Ithaca and Cornell University, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Merrill K. Riddick (1895-1988) — of Philipsburg, Granite County, Mont. Born in Madison, Dane County, Wis., March 7, 1895. Aviator; candidate in Democratic primary for Governor of Montana, 1960, 1968; candidate in Republican primary for U.S. Senator from Montana, 1972. Died, of cancer, in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Md., March 9, 1988 (age 93 years, 2 days). Interment at Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.   Relatives: Son of Carlos Wood Riddick; married to Helen May Williams; nephew of Florence Riddick Boys.   Political family: Riddick-Cornell-Boys-Wood family of Ithaca and Cornell University, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail