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.

	Josiah Cowles (1716-1793) — Born in Farmington, Hartford County, Conn., November 20, 1716. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives, 1780-81. Congregationalist; later Episcopalian. Died in Southington, Hartford County, Conn., June 6, 1793 (age 76 years, 198 days). Interment at Quinnipiac Cemetery, Southington, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Cowles and Martha (Judd) Cowles; married, November 11, 1739, to Jemima Dickinson; married, November 23, 1748, to Mary Scott; great-grandfather of Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles and Gad Ely Upson; second great-grandfather of Charles Holden Cowles; first cousin once removed of Daniel Upson; first cousin thrice removed of Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; first cousin seven times removed of Boyd Kenneth Benedict; second cousin once removed of William Pitkin, Daniel Chapin and Ela Collins; second cousin twice removed of Graham Hurd Chapin, William Collins and William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923); second cousin thrice removed of Addison Beecher Colvin, Helen Herron Taft and William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin four times removed of Franklin Woodruff, Caleb Seymour Pitkin, Robert Alphonso Taft, Charles Phelps Taft II and Frederick Lippitt; second cousin five times removed of Frank Fiske Bostwick, Roy Dikeman Chapin, Ephraim Henry Cowles, William Howard Taft III, Robert Taft Jr. and Seth Chase Taft; third cousin of Moses Seymour and Simeon Baldwin; third cousin once removed of Timothy Pitkin, Orsamus Cook Merrill, James Doolittle Wooster, Horatio Seymour (1778-1857), Henry Seymour, Timothy Merrill and Roger Sherman Baldwin; third cousin twice removed of Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., John Charles Birdsall, John Arnold Rockwell, Origen Storrs Seymour, Francis William Kellogg, Horatio Seymour (1810-1886), Ausburn Birdsall, Farrand Fassett Merrill, George Seymour, Russell Sage, McNeil Seymour, Henry William Seymour and Simeon Eben Baldwin; third cousin thrice removed of Walter Booth, Jesse Hoyt, Truman Hotchkiss, Asa H. Otis, Norman A. Phelps, George Isaac Sherwood, Joseph Pomeroy Root, William Chapman Williston, Edward Woodruff Seymour, David B. Sherwood, Frederick Walker Pitkin, Joseph Battell, Charles Page, Austin George Nettleton, Thomas Dudley Bradstreet, Morris Woodruff Seymour, Rowland Case Kellogg, Dwight May Sabin, Horatio Seymour Jr., Albert Porter Bradstreet, George Parker Bradstreet, Erwin J. Baldwin, Luther S. Pitkin, Norman Alexander Seymour, Russell Cowles Ostrander, Ernest Harvey Woodford, Francis Everett Baldwin, Benjamin Pixley Birdsall, La Monte Cowles and Henry de Forest Baldwin; also third cousin thrice removed of Gardner Cowles.   Political families: Roosevelt family of New York City, New York; Upson family; Cowles family of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Daniel Upson (1786-1863) — Born in Southington, Hartford County, Conn., March 18, 1786. Physician; farmer; mining business; member of Ohio state senate, 1836-38. Died in Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio, June 21, 1863 (age 77 years, 95 days). Interment at Tallmadge Cemetery, Tallmadge, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of John Upson and Lois (Atwater) Upson; married, May 19, 1814, to Polly Wright; father of William Hanford Upson; great-grandfather of William Hazlett Upson; first cousin once removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin once removed of John Strong; second cousin twice removed of Charles Upson, Calvin Josiah Cowles, Harvey Washington Upson, Gad Ely Upson, Christopher Columbus Upson, Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; second cousin thrice removed of James Wesley Upson and Charles Holden Cowles; third cousin of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin and Samuel Strong; third cousin once removed of Simeon Baldwin, Graham Hurd Chapin and George Seymour; third cousin twice removed of Frederick Enoch Woodbridge and Charles Hale; third cousin thrice removed of Franklin Woodruff, Asbury Wright Lee and Warren Edward Anderson; fourth cousin of Orsamus Cook Merrill, James Doolittle Wooster, Timothy Merrill and Roger Sherman Baldwin; fourth cousin once removed of Elisha Hotchkiss Jr., John Charles Birdsall, John Arnold Rockwell, Norman A. Phelps, Francis William Kellogg, Ausburn Birdsall, Farrand Fassett Merrill, Russell Sage and Simeon Eben Baldwin.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Charles Upson (1821-1885) — of Constantine, St. Joseph County, Mich.; Coldwater, Branch County, Mich. Born in Marion, Southington, Hartford County, Conn., March 19, 1821. Lawyer; St. Joseph County Clerk, 1849-50; St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1853-54; member of Michigan state senate, 1855-56, 1881-82 (17th District 1855-56, 10th District 1881-82); village president of Coldwater, Michigan, 1859-60; Michigan state attorney general, 1861-62; U.S. Representative from Michigan 2nd District, 1863-69; bank director; circuit judge in Michigan 15th Circuit, 1869-73; resigned 1873; member of Michigan state constitutional commission 3rd District, 1873; mayor of Coldwater, Mich., 1877-78. Died in Coldwater, Branch County, Mich., September 5, 1885 (age 64 years, 170 days). Interment at Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Mich.   Relatives: Son of Lydia (Webster) Upson and Asahel Upson; brother of Gad Ely Upson; married, August 4, 1852, to Sophia Montgomery Upham; great-grandson of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles and Christopher Columbus Upson; second cousin once removed of Charles Holden Cowles; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin once removed of William Hanford Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin, Samuel Strong and Ela Collins; third cousin thrice removed of Moses Seymour and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Harvey Washington Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour, William Collins, William Sheffield Cowles, James Wesley Upson and William Hazlett Upson.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: History and Biographical Record of Branch County (1906)
	William Hanford Upson (1823-1910) — also known as William H. Upson — of Akron, Summit County, Ohio. Born in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, January 11, 1823. Republican. Lawyer; law partner of Sidney Edgerton; member of Ohio state senate, 1854-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1864, 1876; U.S. Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1869-73; justice of Ohio state supreme court, 1883; circuit judge in Ohio, 1885-93 (6th Circuit 1885-88, 8th Circuit 1888-93). Congregationalist. Died in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, April 13, 1910 (age 87 years, 92 days). Interment at Glendale Cemetery, Akron, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Polly (Wright) Upson and Daniel Upson; married, May 20, 1856, to Julia Ann Ford; grandfather of William Hazlett Upson; third cousin once removed of Charles Upson, Harvey Washington Upson, Gad Ely Upson and Andrew Seth Upson; third cousin twice removed of James Wesley Upson.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
	Harvey Washington Upson (1823-1896) — of Indiana. Born near Masonville, Delaware County, N.Y., March 14, 1823. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1865. Methodist. Died in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Ind., July 15, 1896 (age 73 years, 123 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Andrew Bronson Upson and Betsey (Barnes) Smith Upson; married, April 14, 1844, to Jane Boyd; married to Lucretia Rauch; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; third cousin once removed of William Hanford Upson and James Wesley Upson; fourth cousin of Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson and Andrew Seth Upson; fourth cousin once removed of William Hazlett Upson.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Gad Ely Upson (1823-1866) — also known as Gad E. Upson — of Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Mont. Born in Marion, Southington, Hartford County, Conn., June 3, 1823. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Indian agent; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1865. Died, from tuberculosis, in San Francisco, Calif., March 28, 1866 (age 42 years, 298 days). Interment at Sacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Lydia (Webster) Upson and Asahel Upson; brother of Charles Upson; married, November 23, 1852, to Lucy Ann Langdon; great-grandson of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles and Christopher Columbus Upson; second cousin once removed of Charles Holden Cowles; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; second cousin four times removed of William Pitkin; third cousin of Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin once removed of William Hanford Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin, Samuel Strong and Ela Collins; third cousin thrice removed of Moses Seymour and Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Harvey Washington Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour, William Collins, William Sheffield Cowles, James Wesley Upson and William Hazlett Upson.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Christopher Columbus Upson (1829-1902) — also known as Columbus Upson — of San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex. Born near Syracuse, Onondaga County, N.Y., October 17, 1829. Democrat. Colonel in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; Presidential Elector for Texas, 1876; U.S. Representative from Texas 6th District, 1879-83. Died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., February 8, 1902 (age 72 years, 114 days). Interment at City Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Tex.   Presumably named for: Christopher Columbus   Relatives: Son of Oren Upson and Betsy Snow (Wilson) Upson; married, December 27, 1865, to Martha Vance; first cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Charles Upson and Gad Ely Upson; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; third cousin of Andrew Seth Upson and Evelyn M. Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin and Samuel Strong; third cousin thrice removed of Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles; fourth cousin once removed of Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour and Charles Holden Cowles.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Andrew Seth Upson (1835-1905) — also known as Andrew S. Upson — of Unionville, Farmington, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Burlington, Hartford County, Conn., June 16, 1835. Republican. Manufacturer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1880; member of Connecticut state senate, 1880-82 (3rd District 1880-81, 4th District 1882). Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, February 22, 1905 (age 69 years, 251 days). Interment at Hillside Cemetery, Unionville, Farmington, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Seth Upson and Martha (Brooks) Upson; married, October 2, 1859, to Chloe Moses; first cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Evelyn M. Upson; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; third cousin of Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson and Christopher Columbus Upson; third cousin once removed of William Hanford Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin and Samuel Strong; third cousin thrice removed of Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles and Harvey Washington Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Jeduthun Wilcox, Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour, James Wesley Upson, Charles Holden Cowles and William Hazlett Upson.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	James Wesley Upson (1848-1915) — also known as James W. Upson — of Baldwinsville, Onondaga County, N.Y. Born in Lysander, Onondaga County, N.Y., December 17, 1848. Republican. Member of New York state assembly from Onondaga County 1st District, 1889; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1900. Died April 17, 1915 (age 66 years, 121 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Benajah Conant Upson and Amanda (Paul) Upson; married, August 23, 1876, to Elizabeth Bowman; married, September 27, 1889, to Lillian Barnes; second cousin thrice removed of Daniel Upson; third cousin once removed of Harvey Washington Upson; third cousin twice removed of William Hanford Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson and Andrew Seth Upson.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Evelyn M. Upson (1852-1918) — of Wolcott, New Haven County, Conn. Born in Wolcott, New Haven County, Conn., May 7, 1852. Republican. Farmer; member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Wolcott, 1887-88, 1891-94, 1901-02, 1907-08. Died in Wolcott, New Haven County, Conn., June 19, 1918 (age 66 years, 43 days). Interment at Edgewood Cemetery, Wolcott, Conn.   Relatives: Son of Miles S. Upson and Mary Asenath (Hough) Upson; married to Elsie Selina Lane; first cousin thrice removed of Josiah Cowles; second cousin of Andrew Seth Upson; second cousin twice removed of Daniel Upson; second cousin thrice removed of John Strong; third cousin of Charles Upson, Gad Ely Upson and Christopher Columbus Upson; third cousin twice removed of Henry Champion, Epaphroditus Champion, Daniel Chapin and Samuel Strong; third cousin thrice removed of Simeon Baldwin; fourth cousin of Calvin Josiah Cowles; fourth cousin once removed of Jeduthun Wilcox, Graham Hurd Chapin, George Seymour and Charles Holden Cowles.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	William Hazlett Upson (1891-1975) — of Middlebury, Addison County, Vt. Born in Glen Ridge, Essex County, N.J., September 26, 1891. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; writer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Vermont, 1956 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business). Died in Middlebury, Addison County, Vt., February 5, 1975 (age 83 years, 132 days). Interment at Middlebury Cemetery, Middlebury, Vt.   Relatives: Son of William Ford Upson and Grace (Hazlett) Upson; married, August 18, 1923, to Marjory Alexander Wright; grandson of William Hanford Upson; great-grandson of Daniel Upson; fourth cousin once removed of Charles Upson, Harvey Washington Upson, Gad Ely Upson and Andrew Seth Upson.   Political family: Upson family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial