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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Andrew Gregg (1755-1835) —
of Penn Valley, Bucks
County, Pa.
Born in Carlisle, Cumberland
County, Pa., June 10,
1755.
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1791-1807 (at-large 1791-93,
2nd District 1793-95, 4th District 1795-1803, 2nd District 1803-07);
U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1807-13; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1820-23.
Died May 20,
1835 (age 79 years, 344
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.
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James Xavier McLanahan (1809-1861) —
also known as James X. McLanahan —
of Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa.
Born near Greencastle, Franklin
County, Pa., 1809.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1842-44 (14th District 1842-43, 18th District
1844); U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 16th District, 1849-53.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., December
16, 1861 (age about 52
years).
Interment at First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chambersburg, Pa.
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Andrew Gregg Curtin (1817-1894) —
also known as Andrew G. Curtin; "War Governor of
Pennsylvania" —
of Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa.
Born in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., April
22, 1817.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; secretary
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1855-58; Governor of
Pennsylvania, 1861-67; candidate for Republican nomination for
Vice President, 1868;
U.S. Minister to Russia, 1869-72; delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1872-73; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 20th District, 1881-87.
Scotch-Irish
ancestry.
Died in Bellefonte, Centre
County, Pa., October
7, 1894 (age 77 years, 168
days).
Interment at Union
Cemetery, Bellefonte, Pa.; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.; statue at Centre
County Courthouse Square, Bellefonte, Pa.
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David McMurtrie Gregg (1833-1916) —
also known as David M. Gregg —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Huntingdon, Huntingdon
County, Pa., April
10, 1833.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Consul in Prague, 1874; Pennsylvania
state auditor general, 1892-95.
Member, Loyal
Legion.
Died in Reading, Berks
County, Pa., August
7, 1916 (age 83 years, 119
days).
Interment at Charles
Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pa.; statue at Gettysburg
National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pa.
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Willard Sevier Curtin (1905-1996) —
also known as Willard S. Curtin —
of Morrisville, Bucks
County, Pa.; Fort Myers, Lee
County, Fla.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., November
28, 1905.
Republican. Lawyer; Bucks
County District Attorney, 1949-53; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 8th District, 1957-67.
Episcopalian.
Member, Elks; Rotary.
Died February
4, 1996 (age 90 years, 68
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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