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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George de Benneville Keim (1778-1852) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., December
6, 1778.
Iron
manufacturer; banker; chief
burgess of Reading, Pennsylvania, 1833-34.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August
20, 1852 (age 73 years, 258
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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Benneville de Benneville Keim (1790-1872) —
also known as Benneville Keim —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., November
30, 1790.
Banker;
hardware
business; mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1858-61; defeated (Republican), 1861.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., October
30, 1872 (age 81 years, 335
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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George May Keim (1805-1861) —
also known as George M. Keim —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., March
23, 1805.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837-38; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 9th District, 1838-43; mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1853; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Pennsylvania.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., June 10,
1861 (age 56 years, 79
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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William High Keim (1813-1862) —
also known as William H. Keim —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born near Reading, Berks
County, Pa., June 13,
1813.
Mayor
of Reading, Pa., 1848-49; defeated (Whig), 1847; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1858-59; general
in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Died in
the military service at Harrisburg, Dauphin
County, Pa., May 18,
1862 (age 48 years, 339
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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George de Benneville Keim (1831-1893) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., January
18, 1831.
Democrat. Harness and
saddle business; candidate for mayor
of Philadelphia, Pa., 1887.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., March
10, 1893 (age 62 years, 51
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.
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George de Benneville Keim (b. 1884) —
also known as George de B. Keim —
of Edgewater Park, Burlington
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., October
27, 1884.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1928,
1932,
1940;
member, Arrangements Committee, 1936;
speaker, 1936;
Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1936.
Burial location unknown.
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