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.
|
Littleton Dennis (1765-1833) —
of Maryland.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., July 21,
1765.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Maryland.
Died in Worcester
County, Md., August
16, 1833 (age 68 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
John Dennis (1771-1806) —
of Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., December
17, 1771.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1793-95; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1797-1805 (8th District 1797-1801,
at-large 1801-05).
Slaveowner.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., August
17, 1806 (age 34 years, 243
days).
Interment at Christ
Church Burial Ground, Philadelphia, Pa.
|
|
Littleton Purnell Dennis (1786-1834) —
of Maryland.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., July 21,
1786.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1810, 1815-16, 1819-21; member of Maryland
state senate, 1826-33; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1833-34; died in
office 1834.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1834 (age 47 years, 267
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
|
|
John Dennis (1807-1859) —
of Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md.
Born near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., December
7, 1807.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1835-36; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1837-41; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died near Princess Anne, Somerset
County, Md., November
1, 1859 (age 51 years, 329
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Edward Southey White (1838-1899) —
also known as Edward White —
of Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., September
5, 1838.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1880, 1886.
Died in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., July 29,
1899 (age 60 years, 327
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
King Valentine Dennis White (1841-1917) —
also known as King V. White —
of Powellville, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., January
5, 1841.
Democrat. Orphan's court judge in Maryland, 1870; member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Wicomico County, 1882.
Died in Powellville, Wicomico
County, Md., April
17, 1917 (age 76 years, 102
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
William Sylvanus Allee (1852-1916) —
also known as William S. Allee —
of High Point, Moniteau
County, Mo.; Olean, Miller
County, Mo.
Born in Moniteau
County, Mo., January
20, 1852.
Democrat. Physician;
banker;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1904;
member of Missouri
state senate 27th District, 1909-16; died in office 1916.
Died, following surgery for intestinal
obstruction, in Wesley Hospital,
Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., October
9, 1916 (age 64 years, 263
days).
Interment at Olean Cemetery, Olean, Mo.
|
|
William Joseph Allee (1860-1937) —
also known as W. Joe Allee —
of California, Moniteau
County, Mo.
Born near California, Moniteau
County, Mo., April 9,
1860.
Republican. Farmer; livestock
raiser; member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Moniteau County, 1917-20.
Died in California, Moniteau
County, Mo., May 11,
1937 (age 77 years, 32
days).
Interment at California Masonic Cemetery, California, Mo.
|
|
John Edward White (b. 1867) —
also known as Ned White —
of Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md.
Born in Maryland, 1867.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1898.
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Merrill Henry Tilghman (1875-1927) —
also known as Merrill H. Tilghman —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Snow Hill, Worcester
County, Md., February
9, 1875.
Democrat. Railway
conductor; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Delaware, 1924; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1926.
Member, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen; Order
of Railway Conductors.
Died in Dover, Kent
County, Del., March 7,
1927 (age 52 years, 26
days).
Interment at Silverbrook Cemetery and Memorial Park, Wilmington, Del.
|
|
Frederick Paul Adkins (1878-1963) —
also known as Frederick P. Adkins —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Wicomico
County, Md., November
9, 1878.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Maryland, 1916.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons.
Died in Maryland, March 9,
1963 (age 84 years, 120
days).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
|
|
Henry Etna Allee (1880-1958) —
of Clarksburg, Moniteau
County, Mo.
Born in Clarksburg, Moniteau
County, Mo., December
3, 1880.
Democrat. Dentist;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri,
1924.
Died in Warrensburg, Johnson
County, Mo., April 4,
1958 (age 77 years, 122
days).
Interment at Hickman Cemetery, Clarksburg, Mo.
|
|
Elijah Dale Adkins (1883-1951) —
also known as E. Dale Adkins —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.; Easton, Talbot
County, Md.
Born in Worcester
County, Md., August
14, 1883.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland,
1912
(alternate), 1948;
member of Maryland
state senate from Wicomico County, 1924.
Died September
25, 1951 (age 68 years, 42
days).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
|
|
Elbert Spencer Miner (1885-1970) —
also known as Elbert S. Miner —
of Ridgeway, Harrison
County, Mo.; Chillicothe, Livingston
County, Mo.; Columbia, Boone
County, Mo.
Born in Ridgeway, Harrison
County, Mo., September
11, 1885.
Republican. Lumber
business; automobile
dealer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri,
1924;
member of Missouri
state house of representatives from Livingston County, 1935-36;
defeated, 1936.
Died in Columbia, Boone
County, Mo., November
4, 1970 (age 85 years, 54
days).
Interment at Columbia
Cemetery, Columbia, Mo.
|
|
Wallace Henry White (1887-1971) —
also known as Wallace H. White; William Henry Wallace
White —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Wicomico
County, Md., January
15, 1887.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Maryland
state senate from Wicomico County, 1947-50; appointed 1947.
Died in Pinellas
County, Fla., January
3, 1971 (age 83 years, 353
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Arthur Percival White (1889-1963) —
also known as Percy White —
of Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Powellville, Wicomico
County, Md., December
27, 1889.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1927-30.
Died in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., May 10,
1963 (age 73 years, 134
days).
Burial location unknown.
|
|
Bertha Sheppard Adkins (1906-1983) —
also known as Bertha S. Adkins —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., August
24, 1906.
Republican. Dean of
Women, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., 1934-42; Dean of
Residence, Bradford Junior College, Bradford, Mass., 1942-46;
member of Republican
National Committee from Maryland, 1948-58; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maryland, 1956
(speaker),
1960
(alternate).
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Pi
Lambda Theta.
Died in Oxford, Talbot
County, Md., January
14, 1983 (age 76 years, 143
days).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
|
|
Edward Homer White Jr. (1911-1998) —
also known as E. Homer White, Jr. —
of Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., April 5,
1911.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; shoe
merchant; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1947-69; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1968; member of Maryland
state senate 36th District, 1975-78.
Methodist.
Member, Rotary.
Died, in a nursing
home, at Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., August
9, 1998 (age 87 years, 126
days).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
|
|
Elijah Dale Adkins Jr. (1915-1982) —
also known as E. Dale Adkins, Jr. —
of Wicomico
County, Md.
Born in Maryland, December
7, 1915.
Republican. Member of Maryland
state senate from Wicomico County, 1951-53; resigned 1953.
Died in Salisbury, Wicomico
County, Md., June 15,
1982 (age 66 years, 190
days).
Interment at Parsons
Cemetery, Salisbury, Md.
|
|
|