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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Garret Dorset Wall (1783-1850) —
also known as Garret D. Wall —
of Hunterdon
County, N.J.; Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Middletown, Monmouth
County, N.J., March
10, 1783.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Hunterdon County, 1822, 1827;
U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1829-34; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1835-41; state court judge in New
Jersey, 1848-50; died in office 1850.
Died in Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J., November
22, 1850 (age 67 years, 257
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
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Peter Dumont Vroom Jr. (1791-1873) —
also known as Peter D. Vroom —
of Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Hillsborough, Somerset
County, N.J., December
12, 1791.
Democrat. Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1826-27,
1829; Governor of
New Jersey, 1829-32, 1833-36; chancellor
of New Jersey court of chancery, 1829-32, 1833-36; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey at-large, 1839-41; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention, 1844; U.S.
Minister to Prussia, 1853-57.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
18, 1873 (age 81 years, 341
days).
Interment at First
Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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James Walter Wall (1820-1872) —
also known as James W. Wall —
of Burlington, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., May 26,
1820.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Burlington, N.J., 1850; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New Jersey, 1854; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New Jersey, 1860;
U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1863.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., June 9,
1872 (age 52 years, 14
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Churchyard, Burlington, N.J.
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Garrett Dorset Wall Vroom (b. 1843) —
also known as Garrett D. W. Vroom —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
17, 1843.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1876,
1888
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization); mayor
of Trenton, N.J., 1881-84.
Dutch
and French
Huguenot ancestry. Member, Sons of
the Revolution.
Burial location unknown.
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