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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William Allen (1803-1879) —
also known as "Earthquake Allen"; "Petticoat
Allen"; "The Fog Horn"; "The Ohio
Gong"; "Rise Up William Allen" —
of Ohio.
Born in Edenton, Chowan
County, N.C., December
27, 1803.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 7th District, 1833-35; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1837-49; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Ohio, 1864;
Governor
of Ohio, 1874-76.
Died near Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, July 11,
1879 (age 75 years, 196
days).
Interment at Grandview
Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Allen Granberry Thurman (1813-1895) —
also known as Allen G. Thurman; "The Old
Roman" —
of Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Lynchburg,
Va., November
13, 1813.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 8th District, 1845-47; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1852-56; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Ohio, 1864;
candidate for Governor of
Ohio, 1867; U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1869-81; candidate for Democratic nomination
for President, 1884;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1888.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
12, 1895 (age 82 years, 29
days).
Interment at Green
Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.
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Richard Cunningham McCormick (1832-1901) —
also known as Richard C. McCormick —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 23,
1832.
Republican. Secretary
of Arizona Territory, 1863-66; Governor
of Arizona Territory, 1866-69; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1869-75; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1880;
U.S.
Representative from New York 1st District, 1895-97; defeated,
1886.
Died in Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., June 2,
1901 (age 69 years, 10
days).
Interment at Grace
Church Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens, N.Y.
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Edwin Dun (1848-1931) —
of Yokohama, Japan;
Tokyo, Japan.
Born in Chillicothe, Ross
County, Ohio, July 19,
1848.
U.S. Minister to Japan, 1893-97; director and branch manager, International Oil Co.,
Ltd.
Died in Tokyo, Japan,
May
15, 1931 (age 82 years, 300
days).
Interment at Aoyama
Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan.
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