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.

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.

	Peter Cooper (1791-1883) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., February 12, 1791. Manufacturer, inventor, philanthropist, creator of first U.S. steam locomotive; founder of Cooper Union; Greenback candidate for President of the United States, 1876. Unitarian. Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. Died in New York, New York County, N.Y., April 4, 1883 (age 92 years, 51 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Married, December 18, 1813, to Sarah Raynor Bedell; father of Sarah Amelia Cooper (who married Abram Stevens Hewitt) and Edward Cooper; uncle of Martha Clowes (who married Daniel Fawcett Tiemann).   Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.   See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Daniel Fawcett Tiemann (1805-1899) — also known as Daniel F. Tiemann — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born January 9, 1805. Paint manufacturer; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1858-59; member of New York state senate 8th District, 1872-73. Died June 29, 1899 (age 94 years, 171 days). Interment at Greenfield Cemetery, Uniondale, Long Island, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of I. Anthony Tiemann; married 1826 to Martha Clowes (niece of Peter Cooper).   Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.   See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Abram Stevens Hewitt (1822-1903) — also known as Abram S. Hewitt — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Haverstraw, Rockland County, N.Y., July 31, 1822. Democrat. School teacher; lawyer; early manufacturer of wrought iron; U.S. Representative from New York 10th District, 1875-79, 1881-87; Chairman of Democratic National Committee, 1876-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876; member of Democratic National Committee from New York, 1880; Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1880; mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1887-88; defeated (County Democratic), 1888. English and French Huguenot ancestry. Died in Ringwood, Passaic County, N.J., January 18, 1903 (age 80 years, 171 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of John Hewitt and Ann (Gurnee) Hewitt; married 1855 to Sarah Amelia Cooper (daughter of Peter Cooper; sister of Edward Cooper); father of Edward Ringwood Hewitt (son-in-law of James Mitchell Ashley).   Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.   The World War II Liberty ship SS Abram S. Hewitt (built 1943-44 at Richmond, California; sold 1947 and renamed, ultimately as the Golfo di Trieste; sank 1964 in the South China Sea) was named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	James Mitchell Ashley (1824-1896) — of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio. Born near Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pa., November 14, 1824. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1856 (speaker); U.S. Representative from Ohio, 1859-69 (5th District 1859-63, 10th District 1863-69); defeated, 1868, 1890, 1892; Governor of Montana Territory, 1869. Unitarian. Scottish ancestry. Died of a heart attack in Alma, Gratiot County, Mich., September 16, 1896 (age 71 years, 307 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of Rev. John Clinton Ashley and Mary Ann (Kirkpatrick) Ashley; married 1851 to Emma Jane Smith; father of Mary Emma Ashley (daughter-in-law of Abram Stevens Hewitt); great-grandfather of Thomas William Ludlow Ashley.   Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.   Epitaph: "A builder."   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about James M. Ashley: Robert E. Horowitz, Great Impeacher: A Political Biography of James M. Ashley
	Edward Cooper (1824-1905) — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., October 26, 1824. Democrat. Early manufacturer of wrought iron; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1860, 1876, 1880, 1888 (member, Resolutions Committee); mayor of New York City, N.Y., 1879-80. Died, of an apoplectic stroke, in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., February 25, 1905 (age 80 years, 122 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Peter Cooper and Sarah Raynor (Bedell) Cooper; brother of Sarah Amelia Cooper (who married Abram Stevens Hewitt); married 1863 to Cornelia Redmond; father of Edith Cooper (who married Lloyd Stephens Bryce).   Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	Lloyd Stephens Bryce (1851-1917) — also known as Lloyd Bryce — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Born in Flushing, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., September 20, 1851. Democrat. U.S. Representative from New York 7th District, 1887-89; defeated (County Democratic), 1888; editor, North American Review magazine, 1889-96; U.S. Minister to Netherlands, 1911-13; Luxembourg, 1911-13. Died in Mineola, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., April 2, 1917 (age 65 years, 194 days). Interment at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.   Relatives: Son of Maj. Joseph Smith Bryce; married 1879 to Edith Cooper (daughter of Edward Cooper); father of Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce (who married Gifford Pinchot).   Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946) — of Milford, Pike County, Pa. Born in Simsbury, Hartford County, Conn., August 11, 1865. Chief Forester of the U.S.; close confidant of President Theodore Roosevelt; candidate for U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1914 (Roosevelt Progressive), 1926 (Republican primary); Governor of Pennsylvania, 1923-27, 1931-35; defeated in Republican primary, 1938. French ancestry. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Forestry Association; American Academy of Political and Social Science. Died, from leukemia, at the Harkness Pavilion, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., October 4, 1946 (age 81 years, 54 days). Interment at Milford Cemetery, Milford, Pa.   Relatives: Son of James W. Pinchot and Mary (Eno) Pinchot; married 1914 to Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce (daughter of Lloyd Stephens Bryce).   Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.   The Gifford Pinchot National Forest (established 1908 as the Columbia National Forest; renamed 1949), in Skamania, Lewis, Yakima, Cowlitz, and Klickitat counties, Washington, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Books about Gifford Pinchot: Char Miller, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism
	Thomas William Ludlow Ashley (1923-2010) — also known as Thomas L. Ashley — of Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio; Leland, Leelanau County, Mich. Born in Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, January 11, 1923. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; U.S. Representative from Ohio 9th District, 1955-81; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1960, 1964. Member, American Legion; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Elks; Eagles; Knights of Pythias. Died in Leland, Leelanau County, Mich., June 15, 2010 (age 87 years, 155 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio.   Relatives: Son of William Meredith Ashley and Mary Alida (Ludlow) Ashley; great-grandson of James Mitchell Ashley.   Political family: Cooper-Ashley family of New York City, New York.   Cross-reference: John Brademas   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial