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Reid-Mills family of New York City, New York

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.

  Ralph Chandler Harrison (1831-1918) — also known as Ralph C. Harrison — of Cornwall, Litchfield County, Conn. Born in Cornwall Bridge, Cornwall, Litchfield County, Conn., October 22, 1831. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives from Cornwall, 1857; justice of California state supreme court, 1891-1903; Judge, California Court of Appeal, 1905-08. Died in San Francisco, Calif., July 18, 1918 (age 86 years, 269 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Myron Harrison and Charlotte Elizabeth (Calhoun) Harrison; married 1865 to Juliet Lathrop Waite; married, September 27, 1892, to Ella Spencer Reid (niece of Whitelaw Reid).
  Political family: Reid-Mills family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  The Harrison Memorial Library, in Carmel, California, is named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article
Whitelaw Reid Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912) — also known as James Whitelaw Reid; "Agate" — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio, October 27, 1837. Republican. Newspaper editor; librarian; cotton planter; U.S. Minister to France, 1889-92; candidate for Vice President of the United States, 1892; U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1905-12, died in office 1912. Died in London, England, December 15, 1912 (age 75 years, 49 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Charlton Reid and Marion Whitelaw (Ronald) Reid; married, April 26, 1881, to Elizabeth Mills (aunt of Ogden Livingston Mills); father of Ogden Mills Reid; uncle of Ella Spencer Reid (who married Ralph Chandler Harrison); grandfather of Ogden Rogers Reid.
  Political family: Reid-Mills family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Reid Hall (built 1948, demolished 2006), a dormitory at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, was named for him.
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Cornell University Library
  Ogden Mills Reid (1882-1947) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 16, 1882. Republican. Newspaper publisher; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1912. Died, in Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 3, 1947 (age 64 years, 232 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Whitelaw Reid and Elizabeth (Mills) Reid; married 1911 to Helen Miles Rogers; father of Ogden Rogers Reid; first cousin of Ogden Livingston Mills.
  Political family: Reid-Mills family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
Ogden L. Mills Ogden Livingston Mills (1884-1937) — also known as Ogden L. Mills — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Newport, Newport County, R.I., August 23, 1884. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1912, 1916, 1920 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936; member of New York state senate 17th District, 1915-17; resigned 1917; major in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Representative from New York 17th District, 1921-27; defeated, 1912; candidate for Governor of New York, 1926; U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1932-33. Member, Civitan. Died, from a heart attack, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 11, 1937 (age 53 years, 49 days). Interment at St. James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Ruth (Livingston) Mills and Ogden Mills; married 1911 to Margaret S. Rutherfurd; married 1924 to Dorothy (Randolph) Fell; nephew of Elizabeth Mills (who married Whitelaw Reid); great-grandson of Maturin Livingston; great-grandnephew of Peter Robert Livingston (1766-1847); second great-grandson of Morgan Lewis; second great-grandnephew of Robert R. Livingston (1746-1813) and Edward Livingston; third great-grandson of Francis Lewis and Robert R. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Younger and Robert Livingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandnephew of John Livingston and Gilbert Livingston; fifth great-grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder and Pieter Schuyler (1657-1724); fifth great-grandnephew of Johannes Schuyler (1668-1747); first cousin of Ogden Mills Reid; first cousin once removed of Ogden Rogers Reid; first cousin four times removed of Jeremiah Van Rensselaer, Robert Van Rensselaer and James Livingston; first cousin five times removed of Robert Livingston (1708-1790), Peter Van Brugh Livingston, Robert Gilbert Livingston, Henry Gilbert Livingston, Philip Livingston, William Livingston and Philip P. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed of Johannes Schuyler (1697-1746); first cousin seven times removed of David Davidse Schuyler and Myndert Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin of Peter Goelet Gerry; second cousin twice removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1789-1859) and John Jacob Astor III; second cousin thrice removed of Benjamin Tallmadge, Jacob Rutsen Van Rensselaer and Philip Jeremiah Schuyler; second cousin four times removed of Peter Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter Livingston, Philip Peter Livingston, Pieter Schuyler (1746-1792), Philip Van Cortlandt, Henry Brockholst Livingston, Peter Samuel Schuyler and Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr.; second cousin five times removed of Stephanus Bayard, Pierre Van Cortlandt, Philip John Schuyler, Matthew Clarkson and Stephen John Schuyler; third cousin once removed of William Waldorf Astor; third cousin twice removed of Philip Schuyler, James Alexander Hamilton, Frederick Augustus Tallmadge, Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; 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, William Jay, Charles Ludlow Livingston and Hamilton Fish; fourth cousin of William Astor Chanler, Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Helen Roosevelt Robinson and Robert Reginald Livingston; fourth cousin once removed of Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer.
  Political family: Reid-Mills family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — Federal Reserve History
  Image source: Federal Reserve History
  Ogden Rogers Reid (1925-2019) — also known as Ogden R. Reid — of New York. Born in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., June 24, 1925. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Ambassador to Israel, 1959-61; U.S. Representative from New York, 1963-75 (26th District 1963-73, 24th District 1973-75). Presbyterian. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died in Waccabuc, Westchester County, N.Y., March 2, 2019 (age 93 years, 251 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
  Relatives: Son of Helen Miles (Rogers) Reid and Ogden Mills Reid; married 1949 to Mary Louise Stewart; grandson of Whitelaw Reid; first cousin once removed of Ogden Livingston Mills.
  Political family: Reid-Mills family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

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