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.

	David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Philadelphia County, Pa., April 8, 1732. Astronomer; mathematician; financier; clockmaker; surveyor; Pennsylvania state treasurer, 1777-89; first director of the U.S. Mint, 1792-95. Member, American Philosophical Society. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 26, 1796 (age 64 years, 79 days). Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Matthias Rittenhouse and Elizabeth (Williams) Rittenhouse; married to Eleanor Coulston and Hannah Jacobs; father of Elizabeth Rittenhouse (who married Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant); granduncle of Richard Walker Barton; second great-granduncle of Barton Myers; third great-granduncle of Robert Baldwin Myers.   Political families: Wise-Sergeant family of Richmond, Virginia; Myers family of Norfolk, Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Rittenhouse Square (originally Southwest Square; renamed 1825) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is named for him.  — Rittenhouse, a crater on the Moon, about 26 km (16 miles) in diameter, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (1746-1793) — Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., 1746. Delegate to Continental Congress from New Jersey, 1776-77; Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1777-80. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., October 8, 1793 (age about 47 years). Original interment at Presbyterian Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa.; reinterment in 1878 at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Abigail (Dickinson) Sergeant and Jonathan Sergeant; married to Margaret Spencer and Elizabeth Rittenhouse (daughter of David Rittenhouse); father of John Sergeant; second great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel; fourth great-grandfather of Margaretta Large Fitler; third cousin thrice removed of Edwin W. Kellogg, Samuel Herbert Kellogg and Charles E. Wooster.   Political family: Wise-Sergeant family of Richmond, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Sergeant (1779-1852) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., December 5, 1779. Republican. Member of Pennsylvania state legislature, 1810; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1815-23, 1827-29, 1837-41 (1st District 1815-23, 2nd District 1827-29, 1837-41); National Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1832. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., November 23, 1852 (age 72 years, 354 days). Interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.   Relatives: Son of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant and Margaret (Spencer) Sergeant; married to Margaretta Watmough; father of Margaretta Sergeant (who married of Gen. George Gordon Meade); grandfather of Richard Alsop Wise and John Sergeant Wise; great-grandfather of John Crain Kunkel; third great-grandfather of Margaretta Large Fitler (who married Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller).   Political family: Wise-Sergeant family of Richmond, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   The World War II Liberty ship SS John Sergeant (built 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland; scrapped 1972) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) — also known as Henry A. Wise — of Accomac, Accomack County, Va.; Princess Anne County, Va. (now Virginia Beach, Va.). Born in Virginia, December 3, 1806. Lawyer; U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1833-44 (8th District 1833-35, 21st District 1835-41, 8th District 1841-43, 7th District 1843-44); U.S. Minister to Brazil, 1844-47; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1850; Governor of Virginia, 1856-59; delegate to Virginia secession convention from Princess Anne County, 1861; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Slaveowner. Died September 12, 1876 (age 69 years, 284 days). Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Father of Richard Alsop Wise and John Sergeant Wise; uncle of George Douglas Wise.   Political family: Wise-Sergeant family of Richmond, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Wise counties in Tex. and Va. are named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: The South in the Building of the Nation (1909)
	George Douglas Wise (1831-1908) — also known as George D. Wise — of Richmond, Va. Born in Deep Creek, Accomack County, Va., June 4, 1831. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Virginia 3rd District, 1881-95; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention from Richmond city, 1901-02. Slaveowner. Died in Richmond, Va., February 4, 1908 (age 76 years, 245 days). Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Nephew of Henry Alexander Wise; cousin *** of Richard Alsop Wise and John Sergeant Wise.   Political family: Wise-Sergeant family of Richmond, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Richard Alsop Wise (1843-1900) — of Williamsburg, Va. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 2, 1843. Republican. College professor; member of Virginia state legislature, 1880; U.S. Representative from Virginia 2nd District, 1898-99, 1900; died in office 1900. Died in Williamsburg, Va., December 21, 1900 (age 57 years, 110 days). Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Son of Henry Alexander Wise; brother of John Sergeant Wise; grandson of John Sergeant; cousin *** of George Douglas Wise.   Political family: Wise-Sergeant family of Richmond, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	John Sergeant Wise (1846-1913) — also known as John S. Wise — of Virginia. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 27, 1846. Republican. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1882-83; U.S. Representative from Virginia at-large, 1883-85; candidate for Governor of Virginia, 1885. Died near Princess Anne, Somerset County, Md., May 12, 1913 (age 66 years, 136 days). Interment at Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va.   Relatives: Son of Henry Alexander Wise; brother of Richard Alsop Wise; grandson of John Sergeant; cousin *** of George Douglas Wise.   Political family: Wise-Sergeant family of Richmond, Virginia (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial