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Note: This is just one of
1,164
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.
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Jonah Howe (1749-1826) —
of Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., January
2, 1749.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1790.
Died July 2,
1826 (age 77 years, 181
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gardner Howe (1759-1854) —
of Dover, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., November
20, 1759.
Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; farmer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1816, 1823.
Died July 4,
1854 (age 94 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Howe (1762-1851) —
of Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Shrewsbury, Worcester
County, Mass., October
12, 1762.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1810.
Died January
6, 1851 (age 88 years, 86
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Amos Sawyer (1769-1842) —
of Berlin, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Berlin, Worcester
County, Mass., March
17, 1769.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1810.
Died October
3, 1842 (age 73 years, 200
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Howe (1774-1828) —
of Derby, Orleans
County, Vt.
Born in Belchertown, Hampshire
County, Mass., February
4, 1774.
Lawyer;
probate judge in Vermont, 1810; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1810.
Died November
19, 1828 (age 54 years, 289
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Gates (1780-1865) —
of Derby, New Haven
County, Conn.
Born December
16, 1780.
Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; postmaster;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Derby, 1832.
Died February
27, 1865 (age 84 years, 73
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Laban Marcy (1780-1860) —
of Greenwich (now part of Quabbin Reservoir), Hampshire
County, Mass.
Born March 7,
1780.
Lawyer;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1810; delegate
to Massachusetts state constitutional convention, 1820, 1853.
Died October
11, 1860 (age 80 years, 218
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jonas Howe (1786-1865) —
Born in Petersham, Worcester
County, Mass., July 15,
1786.
School
teacher; farmer; merchant;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1845.
Died January
8, 1865 (age 78 years, 177
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Jacob Rice (1787-1879) —
of Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H.
Born January
23, 1787.
Member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1828-29.
Died in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., April
14, 1879 (age 92 years, 81
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Elijah Rice and Margaret (Patterson) Rice; married to Lovisa Howe
(third cousin of Jonas
Howe). |
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family of Massachusetts. |
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Joseph Hall (1793-1859) —
of Camden, Knox
County, Maine; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Methuen, Essex
County, Mass., June 26,
1793.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; merchant;
postmaster at Camden,
Maine, 1830-33; U.S.
Representative from Maine, 1833-37 (6th District 1833-35, 4th
District 1835-37); candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1849.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
31, 1859 (age 66 years, 188
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Camden, Maine.
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John B. Guthrie (1807-1885) —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Kittanning, Armstrong
County, Pa., July 28,
1807.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1851-53.
Died in Cresson, Cambria
County, Pa., August
17, 1885 (age 78 years, 20
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Thomas Marshall Howe (1808-1877) —
of Allegheny (now part of Pittsburgh), Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Williamstown, Orange
County, Vt., April
20, 1808.
Republican. Banker; manufacturer;
mining
business; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1851-55 (21st District 1851-53,
22nd District 1853-55); candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania.
Died in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 20,
1877 (age 69 years, 91
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Jonas Elijah Howe (1814-1892) —
of Clinton, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Rutland, Worcester
County, Mass., October
23, 1814.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1850.
Died April 3,
1892 (age 77 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Nathaniel Bradley Baker (1818-1876) —
also known as Nathaniel B. Baker —
of New Hampshire; Iowa.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack
County, N.H., September
29, 1818.
Lawyer;
newspaper
publisher; member of New
Hampshire state house of representatives, 1850; Governor of
New Hampshire, 1854-55; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1859; Adjutant
General of Iowa, 1861-76.
Died in Des Moines, Polk
County, Iowa, September
11, 1876 (age 57 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodland
Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Charles Augustus Eldredge (1820-1896) —
also known as Charles A. Eldredge —
of Fond du Lac, Fond du
Lac County, Wis.
Born in Bridport, Addison
County, Vt., February
27, 1820.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1854-56; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin, 1863-75 (4th District 1863-73, 5th
District 1873-75); defeated, 1874.
Died in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., October
26, 1896 (age 76 years, 242
days).
Interment at Rienzi
Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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Jonas Holland Howe (1821-1898) —
also known as Jonas H. Howe —
of Plymouth, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Petersham, Worcester
County, Mass., April
28, 1821.
Abolitionist; served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member
of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 5, 1866.
Died October
1, 1898 (age 77 years, 156
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Brinton McClellan (1826-1885) —
also known as George B. McClellan; "Little
Mac" —
of New Jersey.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
3, 1826.
Democrat. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; candidate
for President
of the United States, 1864; Governor of
New Jersey, 1878-81.
Member, Freemasons;
Loyal
Legion.
Died October
29, 1885 (age 58 years, 330
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Trenton, N.J.; statue erected 1907 at Connecticut
Avenue, Washington, D.C.
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James Henry Howe (1827-1893) —
also known as James H. Howe —
of Green Bay, Brown
County, Wis.
Born in Turner, Androscoggin
County, Maine, December
5, 1827.
Republican. Lawyer; Wisconsin
state attorney general, 1860-62; colonel in the Union Army during
the Civil War; General Solicitor and General Manager, North Western
Railroad;
U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1873.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
4, 1893 (age 65 years, 30
days).
Interment somewhere
in Kenosha, Wis.
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Joseph P. Howe (b. 1827) —
of Granger, Fillmore
County, Minn.
Born in Barre, Monroe
County, N.Y., July 15,
1827.
Lawyer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 14, 1861.
Burial location unknown.
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Marshall Otis Howe (b. 1832) —
of Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Wardsboro, Windham
County, Vt., October
4, 1832.
Farmer;
superintendent
of schools; justice of the peace; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1882.
Burial location unknown.
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James W. Brown (1844-1909) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., July 14,
1844.
Republican. U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 32nd District, 1903-05.
Died in Point Mouille, Monroe
County, Mich., October
23, 1909 (age 65 years, 101
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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George Wilkins Guthrie (1848-1917) —
also known as George W. Guthrie —
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
5, 1848.
Democrat. Lawyer; law
partner of Malcolm
Hay; vice-president, Dollar Savings Bank;
member, board of managers, St. Margaret's Memorial Hospital;
candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1902; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1904
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee), 1912;
mayor
of Pittsburgh, Pa., 1906-09; defeated, 1896; U.S. Ambassador to
Japan, 1913-17, died in office 1917.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died, from a stroke of
apoplexy, in Tokyo, Japan,
March
8, 1917 (age 68 years, 184
days).
Interment at Allegheny
Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Hamilton Tyler Howe (b. 1849) —
also known as Hamilton T. Howe —
of Hanover, Grafton
County, N.H.
Born in Thetford, Orange
County, Vt., April
19, 1849.
Carpenter;
door, sash, and blind manufacturer;
livery
business; member of New
Hampshire state senate 3rd District, 1907-08.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Howe and Sarah (Bastoon) Howe; married 1880 to Nettie
E. Moody; third cousin twice removed of Jonas
Howe; fourth cousin once removed of Jonas
Holland Howe. |
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family of Massachusetts. |
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George Brinton McClellan (1865-1940) —
also known as George B. McClellan —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Dresden, Saxony (now Germany)
of American parents, November
23, 1865.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1895-1903; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896,
1900;
mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1904-09; university
professor; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, Sons of
the Revolution; Loyal
Legion; Military
Order of the World Wars; American
Legion; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died November
30, 1940 (age 75 years, 7
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frank Edmund Howe (1870-1956) —
also known as Frank E. Howe;
"Ginger" —
of Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt.
Born in Heath, Franklin
County, Mass., October
2, 1870.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Vermont
state house of representatives from Bennington, 1908, 1910;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Vermont; Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1912-15; postmaster at Bennington,
Vt., 1923-33.
Episcopalian.
Died in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vt., July 20,
1956 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at Park Lawn Cemetery, Bennington, Vt.
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Arthur Otis Howe (b. 1871) —
also known as Arthur O. Howe —
of Newfane, Windham
County, Vt.
Born in Newfane, Windham
County, Vt., March 7,
1871.
Republican. Electrical
engineer;
member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1931-33, 1937, 1945; member of Vermont
state senate from Windham County, 1947.
Burial location unknown.
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