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  Cuthbert Bullitt (1740-1791) — Born in Fauquier County, Va., 1740. Lawyer; planter; shot and killed John Baylis in a duel on September 24, 1765; later tried for the killing and acquitted; delegate to Virginia state constitutional convention, 1776. Anglican; later Episcopalian. Died in Prince William County, Va., August 27, 1791 (age about 51 years). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Benjamin Bullitt and Sarah Elizabeth (Harrison) Bullitt; married, August 27, 1761, to Helen Scott; father of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816); second great-grandfather of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914), William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932); second great-granduncle of Hugh Kennedy Bullitt; third great-grandfather of William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967).
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Bullitt family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) — of Kentucky. Born near Dumfries, Prince William County, Va., 1761. Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1792, 1799; member of Kentucky state senate, 1792-99; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, 1800-04. Died in Jefferson County, Ky., April 13, 1816 (age about 54 years). Interment at Oxmoor-Bullitt Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Helen (Scott) Bullitt and Cuthbert Bullitt; married 1786 to Priscilla Christian (niece of Patrick Henry); great-grandfather of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914), William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932); second great-grandfather of William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); first cousin thrice removed of Hugh Kennedy Bullitt.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Bullitt family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Bullitt County, Ky. is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Iasigi (1800-1877) — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Smyrna, Turkey (now Izmir, Türkiye), August 20, 1800. Merchant; shipowner; Consul for Turkey in Boston, Mass., 1864-77. Armenian ancestry. Died in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 22, 1877 (age 76 years, 275 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Married, January 3, 1846, to Eulalie Loir; father of Oscar Anthony Iasigi and Joseph Andrew Iasigi; grandfather of Nora Iasigi (who married William Marshall Bullitt).
  Political family: Bullitt family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  James Speed (1812-1887) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Jefferson County, Ky., March 11, 1812. Republican. Member of Kentucky state legislature, 1847; candidate for delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky state senate, 1861-63; U.S. Attorney General, 1864-66; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1868; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 5th District, 1870; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1872. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., June 25, 1887 (age 75 years, 106 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of John Speed and Lucy Gilmer (Fry) Speed; married to Jane L. Cochran; great-grandson of John Fry; second great-grandson of Joshua Fry; first cousin of John Speed Smith and Speed Smith Fry; first cousin once removed of Green Clay Smith, Letitia Stevenson, William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914), William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt; first cousin twice removed of Lewis Green Stevenson and William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); first cousin thrice removed of Adlai Ewing Stevenson II; first cousin four times removed of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III; second cousin once removed of Robert Pryor Henry, John Flournoy Henry, Gustavus Adolphus Henry, Thomas Stanhope Flournoy and Robert Goodloe Harper Speed; second cousin twice removed of Robert Loring Speed; third cousin twice removed of Richard Aylett Buckner; fourth cousin once removed of Aylette Buckner.
  Political families: Clay family of Kentucky; Bullitt family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article
  Speed Smith Fry (1817-1892) — also known as Speed S. Fry — of Danville, Boyle County, Ky. Born in Mercer County (part now in Boyle County), Ky., September 9, 1817. Republican. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Union Army during the Civil War; widely credited as having killed Confederate Gen. Felix Zolicoffer, during the battle at Mill Springs, Kentucky; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1866; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1884. Presbyterian. Died, in the Kentucky Soldiers' Home, of which he was superintendent, Harrods Creek, Jefferson County, Ky., August 1, 1892 (age 74 years, 327 days). Interment at Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Walker Fry and Elizabeth Julia (Smith) Fry; married to Cynthia A. Hope; nephew of John Speed Smith; uncle of Letitia Barbour Green (who married Adlai Ewing Stevenson); granduncle of Lewis Green Stevenson; great-grandson of John Fry; great-granduncle of Adlai Ewing Stevenson II; second great-grandson of Joshua Fry; second great-granduncle of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III; first cousin of James Speed and Green Clay Smith; first cousin once removed of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914), William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt; first cousin twice removed of William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); second cousin twice removed of Robert Pryor Henry, John Flournoy Henry, Gustavus Adolphus Henry and Thomas Stanhope Flournoy; third cousin of Robert Goodloe Harper Speed; third cousin once removed of Robert Loring Speed; third cousin thrice removed of Richard Aylett Buckner.
  Political families: Clay family of Kentucky; Bullitt family; Fry family of Virginia (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Oscar Anthony Iasigi (1846-1884) — also known as Oscar Iasigi — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Mass., October 18, 1846. Importer and exporter; treasurer, Vassalboro woolen mills; Vice-Consul for Turkey in Boston, Mass., 1871-77; Consul-General for Turkey in Boston, Mass., 1877-84. Armenian and French ancestry. Perished in the wreck of the steamship SS City of Columbus, which hit a reef and sank, in Vineyard Sound, January 18, 1884 (age 37 years, 92 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Iasigi and Eulalie (Loir) Iasigi; brother of Joseph Andrew Iasigi; father of Nora Iasigi (who married William Marshall Bullitt).
  Political family: Bullitt family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
Joseph A. Iasigi Joseph Andrew Iasigi (1848-1917) — also known as Joseph A. Iasigi — of Boston, Suffolk County, Mass. Born in Massachusetts, January 15, 1848. Consular Agent for France in Boston, Mass., 1873-77; Consul-General for Turkey in Boston, Mass., 1889-97; he failed to account for a trust fund, refused to answer questions, and fled to New York City; arrested there in February 1897 and extradited to Boston; charged with embezzlement of about $220,000; pleaded not guilty; tried and convicted in November 1897; sentenced to 14-18 years in prison; pardoned in 1909. Armenian and French ancestry. Died in Brookline, Norfolk County, Mass., January 24, 1917 (age 69 years, 9 days). Interment at Mt. Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Iasigi and Eulalie (Loir) Iasigi; brother of Oscar Anthony Iasigi; married 1881 to Marie P. Homer; uncle of Nora Iasigi (who married William Marshall Bullitt).
  Political family: Bullitt family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Image source: Boston Globe, February 14, 1897
  William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914) — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., June 18, 1856. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Pennsylvania state house of representatives; elected 1882. Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., March 22, 1914 (age 57 years, 277 days). Interment at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of John Christian Bullitt and Theresa (Langhorne) Bullitt; married to Louisa Gross Horwitz; father of William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); great-grandson of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816); second great-grandson of John Fry and Cuthbert Bullitt; third great-grandson of Joshua Fry; first cousin of William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932); first cousin once removed of James Speed and Speed Smith Fry; second cousin of Letitia Stevenson; second cousin once removed of Lewis Green Stevenson; second cousin twice removed of Adlai Ewing Stevenson II; second cousin thrice removed of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III; fourth cousin of Hugh Kennedy Bullitt.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Clay family of Kentucky; Bullitt family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Marshall Bullitt (1873-1957) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., March 4, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1908, 1916; U.S. Solicitor General, 1912-13; candidate for U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1914; director of banks and insurance companies. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Died, from a heart attack, in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., October 3, 1957 (age 84 years, 213 days). Interment at Oxmoor-Bullitt Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Walker Bullitt and Annie Priscilla (Logan) Bullitt; brother of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932); married, May 31, 1913, to Nora Iasigi (daughter of Oscar Anthony Iasigi; niece of Joseph Andrew Iasigi; granddaughter of Joseph Iasigi); great-grandson of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) and William Logan; great-grandnephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall; second great-grandson of John Fry and Cuthbert Bullitt; second great-grandnephew of William Christian; third great-grandson of Joshua Fry; fourth great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; first cousin of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914); first cousin once removed of James Speed, Speed Smith Fry and William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); first cousin twice removed of Thomas Marshall and James Keith Marshall; first cousin five times removed of Richard Bland and Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Letitia Stevenson; second cousin once removed of John Augustine Marshall and Lewis Green Stevenson; second cousin twice removed of Adlai Ewing Stevenson II; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Adlai Ewing Stevenson III; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph and John Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Hugh Kennedy Bullitt; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Clay family of Kentucky; Bullitt family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932) — also known as A. Scott Bullitt — of Seattle, King County, Wash. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., January 23, 1877. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Washington, 1924 (alternate), 1928; candidate for U.S. Senator from Washington, 1926; candidate for Governor of Washington, 1928. Died of cancer, in Seattle, King County, Wash., April 10, 1932 (age 55 years, 78 days). Interment at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
  Relatives: Son of Thomas Walker Bullitt and Annie Priscilla (Logan) Bullitt; brother of William Marshall Bullitt (who married Nora Iasigi); married, May 16, 1918, to Dorothy Frances Stimson; great-grandson of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816) and William Logan; great-grandnephew of John Marshall, James Markham Marshall and Alexander Keith Marshall; second great-grandson of John Fry and Cuthbert Bullitt; second great-grandnephew of William Christian; third great-grandson of Joshua Fry; fourth great-grandnephew of Richard Randolph; first cousin of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914); first cousin once removed of James Speed, Speed Smith Fry and William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967); first cousin twice removed of Thomas Marshall and James Keith Marshall; first cousin five times removed of Richard Bland and Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); second cousin of Letitia Stevenson; second cousin once removed of John Augustine Marshall and Lewis Green Stevenson; second cousin twice removed of Adlai Ewing Stevenson II; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. and Adlai Ewing Stevenson III; second cousin four times removed of Theodorick Bland, Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph and John Randolph of Roanoke; third cousin twice removed of Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; third cousin thrice removed of Henry Lee, Charles Lee, Richard Bland Lee, Edmund Jennings Lee, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Dabney Carr, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry St. George Tucker; fourth cousin of Hugh Kennedy Bullitt; fourth cousin once removed of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Clay family of Kentucky; Bullitt family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Nora Bullitt (1881-1976) — also known as Nora Iasigi; Mrs. Marshall Bullitt — of Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Mass.; Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Swampscott, Essex County, Mass., August, 1881. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, 1944. Female. Armenian ancestry. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., July 26, 1976 (age 94 years, 0 days). Interment at Oxmoor-Bullitt Family Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
  Relatives: Daughter of Oscar Anthony Iasigi and Amelia 'Amy' (Gore) Iasigi; married, May 31, 1913, to William Marshall Bullitt (brother of Alexander Scott Bullitt); niece of Joseph Andrew Iasigi; granddaughter of Joseph Iasigi.
  Political family: Bullitt family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967) — also known as William C. Bullitt — of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., January 25, 1891. Democrat. Newspaper correspondent; U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, 1933-36; France, 1936-40; candidate for mayor of Philadelphia, Pa., 1943. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Co-author, with Sigmund Freud, of a psychological study of Woodrow Wilson. Died, of leukemia, in Neuilly, France, February 15, 1967 (age 76 years, 21 days). Interment at Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa.
  Relatives: Son of Louise Gross (Horwitz) Bullitt and William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914); married 1915 to Ernesta Bowen; married 1923 to Louise (Bryant) Reed; father of Anne Moen Bullitt (who married Daniel Baugh Brewster); second great-grandson of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816); third great-grandson of John Fry and Cuthbert Bullitt; fourth great-grandson of Joshua Fry; first cousin once removed of William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932); first cousin twice removed of James Speed and Speed Smith Fry; second cousin once removed of Letitia Stevenson; third cousin of Lewis Green Stevenson; third cousin once removed of Adlai Ewing Stevenson II; third cousin twice removed of Adlai Ewing Stevenson III; fourth cousin once removed of Hugh Kennedy Bullitt.
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Bullitt family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about William C. Bullitt: Michael Cassella-Blackburn, The Donkey, the Carrot, and the Club : William C. Bullitt and Soviet-American Relations, 1917-1948
  Hugh Kennedy Bullitt (1898-1940) — also known as Hugh K. Bullitt — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., December 17, 1898. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Kentucky state house of representatives 55th District, 1934-35. Died in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., September 1, 1940 (age 41 years, 259 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Heloise (Kennedy) Bullitt and Cuthbert Malcolm Bullitt; married 1925 to Laura Dwight Sherrard; second great-grandnephew of Cuthbert Bullitt; first cousin thrice removed of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1761-1816); fourth cousin of William Christian Bullitt (1856-1914), William Marshall Bullitt and Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932); fourth cousin once removed of William Christian Bullitt (1891-1967).
  Political families: Breckinridge-Preston-Harrison-Richardson family of Virginia; Bullitt family (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  Daniel Baugh Brewster (1923-2007) — also known as Daniel B. Brewster — of Glyndon, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Baltimore County, Md., November 23, 1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; member of Maryland state house of delegates, 1951-58; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1959-63; U.S. Senator from Maryland, 1963-69; defeated, 1968; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1964; speaker, 1968. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association. Indicted in 1969 on charges of accepting an illegal gratuity; after trial, conviction, and reversal, pleaded no contest, 1975. Died, of liver cancer, in Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Md., August 19, 2007 (age 83 years, 269 days). Interment at St. Thomas Episcopal Church Cemetery, Owings Mills, Md.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel Baugh Brewster, Sr. and Ottolie Young (Wickes) Brewster; married 1967 to Anne Moen Bullitt (daughter of William Christian Bullitt); married 1976 to Judy Lynn Aarsand; nephew of Anna Willis Baugh Brewster (who married Francis White); great-grandson of Benjamin Harris Brewster; second great-grandson of Robert John Walker; third great-grandson of Jonathan Hoge Walker and Richard Bache Jr.; third great-grandnephew of George Mifflin Dallas (1792-1864); fourth great-grandson of Richard Bache and Alexander James Dallas; fifth great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin; first cousin thrice removed of Robert Walker Irwin; first cousin four times removed of George Mifflin Dallas (1839-1917); fourth cousin once removed of Claiborne de Borda Pell.
  Political family: Bullitt family (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial

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