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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Nathan Goff Sr. —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1863,
1865, 1870.
Burial location unknown.
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Nathan Goff Jr. (1843-1920) —
of Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
9, 1843.
Republican. Major in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Harrison County, 1867-68;
delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 1872,
1876;
U.S.
Attorney for West Virginia, 1876-82; candidate for Governor of
West Virginia, 1876, 1888; U.S.
Secretary of the Navy, 1881; U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1883-89;
defeated, 1870, 1874; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1892-1913; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1913-19.
Episcopalian.
Suffered a stroke of
paralysis, and died, in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., April
24, 1920 (age 77 years, 75
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Clarksburg, W.Va.
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Guy Despard Goff (1866-1933) —
also known as Guy D. Goff —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va.
Born in Clarksburg, Harrison
County, W.Va., September
13, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1911-15; colonel
in the U.S. Army during World War I; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1920-21; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1925-31; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1928.
Episcopalian.
Died in Thomasville, Thomas
County, Ga., January
7, 1933 (age 66 years, 116
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Brazilla Carroll Reece (1889-1961) —
also known as B. Carroll Reece —
of Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn.; Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in a log
cabin near Butler, Johnson
County, Tenn., December
22, 1889.
Republican. School
teacher; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; banker; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1921-31, 1933-47,
1951-61; died in office 1961; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Tennessee, 1932,
1936,
1944,
1948
(speaker),
1956,
1960;
member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1939-40; Chairman
of Republican National Committee, 1946-48; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Tennessee, 1948; Tennessee
Republican state chair, 1958.
Baptist.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Economic Association; American
Statistical Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Delta
Sigma Pi; Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died, in Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March
19, 1961 (age 71 years, 87
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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Louise Goff Reece (1898-1970) —
also known as Louise G. Reece; Louise Goff; Mrs.
Carroll Reece —
of Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
6, 1898.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Tennessee, 1956
(alternate), 1964;
U.S.
Representative from Tennessee 1st District, 1961-63; member of Republican
National Committee from Tennessee, 1967.
Female.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames.
Died in Johnson City, Washington
County, Tenn., May 14,
1970 (age 71 years, 189
days).
Interment at Monte
Vista Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tenn.
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