Note: This is just one of 1,130 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.

	Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797) — of Williston, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Conn., January 6, 1730. Governor of Vermont, 1778-89, 1790-97; died in office 1797. Died in Williston, Chittenden County, Vt., August 25, 1797 (age 67 years, 231 days). Interment at Old Cemetery, Williston, Vt.; statue at State House Grounds, Montpelier, Vt.; statue at Town Green, Williston, Vt.   Relatives: Father of Mary Chittenden (who married Jonas Galusha (1753-1834)), Beulah Chittenden (who married Matthew Lyon) and Martin Chittenden; grandfather of Chittenden Lyon.   Political family: Chittenden-Lyon family.   Chittenden County, Vt. is named for him.   Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)
	Matthew Lyon (1749-1822) — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in County Wicklow, Ireland, July 14, 1749. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of Vermont state house of representatives, 1779-83; U.S. Representative from Vermont 1st District, 1797-1801; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1802; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1803-11; defeated, 1810. Convicted and jailed in 1789 under the Sedition Act. Died in Spadra Bluff, Johnson County, Ark., August 1, 1822 (age 73 years, 18 days). Original interment at Spadra Bluff Cemetery, Spadra Bluff, Ark.; reinterment in 1833 at River View Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.   Relatives: Married to Mary Hosford (1744-1784) and Beulah Chittenden (1764-1824; daughter of Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797); sister of Martin Chittenden); father of Chittenden Lyon; great-grandfather of William Peters Hepburn.   Political family: Chittenden-Lyon family.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Matthew Lyon: Aleine Austin, Matthew Lyon, 'New Man' of the Democratic Revolution, 1749-1822
	Jonas Galusha (1753-1834) — of Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vt. Born in Norwich, New London County, Conn., February 11, 1753. Farmer; innkeeper; Bennington County Sheriff, 1781-87; member of Vermont Governor's Council, 1793-98, 1801-05; justice of Vermont state supreme court, 1807-08; Presidential Elector for Vermont, 1808, 1820, 1824, 1828; Governor of Vermont, 1809-13, 1815-20. Died in Shaftsbury, Bennington County, Vt., September 24, 1834 (age 81 years, 225 days). Interment at Center Shaftsbury Cemetery, Shaftsbury, Vt.   Relatives: Married to Mary Chittenden (1758-1794; daughter of Thomas Chittenden (1730-1797); brother of Martin Chittenden), Martha Sammons (1764-1797), Abigail Ward (1770-1809) and Abigail Atwater (1764-1831).   Political family: Chittenden-Lyon family.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)
	Martin Chittenden (1763-1840) — of Williston, Chittenden County, Vt.; Jericho, Chittenden County, Vt. Born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Conn., March 12, 1763. Member of Vermont state legislature, 1800; U.S. Representative from Vermont 4th District, 1803-13; Governor of Vermont, 1813-15. Died in Williston, Chittenden County, Vt., September 5, 1840 (age 77 years, 177 days). Interment at Old Cemetery, Williston, Vt.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Chittenden; brother of Mary Chittenden (who married Jonas Galusha (1753-1834)) and Beulah Chittenden (who married Matthew Lyon); uncle of Chittenden Lyon.   Political family: Chittenden-Lyon family.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Men of Vermont (1894)
	Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842) — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in Fair Haven, Rutland County, Vt., February 22, 1787. Democrat. Member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1822; member of Kentucky state senate, 1827; U.S. Representative from Kentucky, 1827-35 (12th District 1827-33, 1st District 1833-35). Died in Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky., November 23, 1842 (age 55 years, 274 days). Interment at River View Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Matthew Lyon and Beulah (Chittenden) Lyon (1764-1824); married to Nancy Vaughn (1796-1828) and Fances Baker (1803-1866); father of Margaret Aurelia Lyon (1819-1852; who married Willis Benson Machen (1810-1893)); nephew of Martin Chittenden; grandson of Thomas Chittenden.   Political family: Chittenden-Lyon family.   Lyon County, Ky. is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Willis Benson Machen (1810-1893) — also known as Willis B. Machen — of Eddyville, Lyon County, Ky. Born in Caldwell County (part now in Lyon County), Ky., April 10, 1810. Democrat. Delegate to Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849; member of Kentucky state senate, 1854; member of Kentucky state house of representatives, 1856, 1860; delegate to Kentucky secession convention, 1861; Representative from Kentucky in the Confederate Congress, 1862-65; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1872-73; received one electoral vote for Vice-President, 1872; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1876. Died in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., September 29, 1893 (age 83 years, 172 days). Interment at River View Cemetery, Eddyville, Ky.   Relatives: Married to Margaret Aurelia Lyon (1819-1852; daughter of Chittenden Lyon (1787-1842)) and Victoria Theresa Mims (1838-1895); father of Minerva Buckner Machen (1860-1958; who married Anthony Dickson Sayre); grandfather of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (1900-1948; artist, writer, married to novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald).   Political family: Chittenden-Lyon family.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
	William Peters Hepburn (1833-1916) — also known as William P. Hepburn — of Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa; Clarinda, Page County, Iowa. Born in Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio, November 4, 1833. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, 1860, 1888, 1896 (speaker); colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Iowa 8th District, 1881-87, 1893-1909. Died February 7, 1916 (age 82 years, 95 days). Interment at Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, Iowa.   Relatives: Great-grandson of Matthew Lyon (1749-1822).   Political family: Chittenden-Lyon family.   The city of Hepburn, Iowa, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
	Anthony Dickson Sayre (1858-1931) — also known as Anthony D. Sayre — Born in Tuskegee, Macon County, Ala., April 20, 1858. Associate justice of Alabama state supreme court, 1909, 1931; appointed 1909; died in office 1931. Died in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., November 17, 1931 (age 73 years, 211 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of Daniel Sayre (1808-1888) and Musidora (Morgan) Sayre (1817-1907); married to Minerva Buckner 'Minnie' Machen (1860-1958; daughter of Willis Benson Machen (1810-1893)); father of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (1900-1948; artist, writer, married to novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald).   Political family: Chittenden-Lyon family.