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.

	Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr. (1874-1949) — also known as Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr. — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 13, 1874. Republican. Business executive; philanthropist; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1916 (alternate), 1924, 1928 (speaker); Treasurer of Republican National Committee, 1916. Member, Union League. Died, in Roosevelt Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 5, 1949 (age 74 years, 357 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Cornelius Newton Bliss (1833-1911) and Elizabeth Mary (Plummer) Bliss; married 1906 to Zaidee C. Cobb; father of Cornelius Newton Bliss (1910-1996; son-in-law of Gwendolyn Burden Dows and David Dows).   Political family: Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
	Gwendolyn Burden Dows (1884-1935) — also known as Mary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden; Mrs. David Dows — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born September 18, 1884. Republican. Member of New York Republican State Committee, 1934. Female. Scottish ancestry. Died, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 30, 1935 (age 50 years, 315 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.   Relatives: Daughter of Isaiah Townsend Burden and Evelyn Byrd (Moale) Burden; married, December 12, 1911, to David Dows; mother of Evelyn Byrd Dows (daughter-in-law of Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr.); aunt of William Armistead Moale Burden; grandaunt of Shirley Carter Burden Jr..   Political family: Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	David Dows (1885-1966) — also known as "Big Dave" — of Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood County, S.C. Born in Irvington, Westchester County, N.Y., August 12, 1885. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; worked in iron and steel mills; supervised construction of steel mills overseas; studied foreign industries as representative of a steamship line; horse breeder; bank director; Nassau County Sheriff, 1932-34; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1944; member, New York State Racing Commission, 1944-49; delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956 (delegation chair); South Carolina Republican state chair, 1956-58; Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for South Carolina, 1956. Convicted of assault in 1913, over his treatment of a New York Times reporter who was attempting to interview him. Died in Hot Springs, Bath County, Va., August 13, 1966 (age 81 years, 1 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of David Dows (1857-1899) and Jane (Strahan) Dows; married, December 12, 1911, to Mary Gwendolyn Townsend Burden; married, May 19, 1937, to Emily Schweizer; father of Evelyn Byrd Dows (daughter-in-law of Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr.).   Political family: Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	Emily Dows (1895-1971) — also known as Emily Jeannette Weller; Emily Schweizer; Mrs. David Dows — of Noroton, Darien, Fairfield County, Conn.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Brookville, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Locust Valley, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y.; Bradley, Greenwood County, S.C. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 18, 1895. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1956. Female. Died in Aiken, Aiken County, S.C., November 27, 1971 (age 76 years, 223 days). Interment at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.   Relatives: Daughter of William Jennings Weller and Mary Ellen (Comfort) Weller; married, May 19, 1937, to David Dows; married 1914 to Raymond Joseph Schweizer.   Political family: Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also Find-A-Grave memorial
	William Armistead Moale Burden (1906-1984) — also known as William A. M. Burden — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 8, 1906. Analyst of aviation industry; founder of Wall Street investment firm; chairman of Union Texas Natural Gas Corporation; director, Allied Chemical Co., Columbia Broadcasting System, and Lockheed Aircraft; president, Museum of Modern Art in New York, 1953-59, 1962-65; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1959-61. Member, Council on Foreign Relations. Died, of heart disease, in New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 10, 1984 (age 78 years, 185 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Armistead Burden and Florence Vanderbilt (Twombly) Burden; married, February 16, 1931, to Margaret Livingston Partridge; nephew of Gwendolyn Burden Dows; uncle of Shirley Carter Burden Jr.; second great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt; second cousin of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and William Henry Vanderbilt III; second cousin twice removed of John LeBoutillier.   Political family: Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   See also U.S. State Dept career summary
	Shirley Carter Burden Jr. (1941-1996) — also known as Carter Burden — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 25, 1941. Democrat. Lawyer; principal owner of The Village Voice newspaper; member of the New York City Council, 1970-77; candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 18th District, 1978; founder of Commodore Media, owner of radio stations; philanthropist. Died in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., January 23, 1996 (age 54 years, 151 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Flobelle (Fairbanks) Burden and Shirley Carter Burden; married, June 13, 1964, to Amanda Jay Mortimer; married 1977 to Susan Lombaer; nephew of William Armistead Moale Burden; grandnephew of Gwendolyn Burden Dows; second cousin once removed of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and William Henry Vanderbilt III; third cousin once removed of John LeBoutillier.   Political family: Dows-Burden family of New York City, New York (subset of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Personal motto: "You can never be too thin, too rich, or have too many books."   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail