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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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James Endicott (1738-1799) —
of Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., August
17, 1738.
Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1780, 1784-86, 1790; justice of
the peace; common pleas court judge in Massachusetts, 1793.
Died in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., April 4,
1799 (age 60 years, 230
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Samuel Tweedy (1776-1868) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Nine Partners, Dutchess
County, N.Y., March 8,
1776.
Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury, 1820, 1824, 1856;
member of Connecticut
state senate at-large, 1826-28; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1833-35.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., July 1,
1868 (age 92 years, 115
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Smith Tweedy (1784-1862) —
of Bridgeport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., September
22, 1784.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Bridgeport, 1827, 1829, 1833,
1836; postmaster at Bridgeport,
Conn., 1837-41.
Died September
21, 1862 (age 77 years, 364
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Edgar S. Tweedy (1808-1893) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., May 23,
1808.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury, 1845; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1860,
1880;
Honorary Secretary, 1856.
Died in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., March
10, 1893 (age 84 years, 291
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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John Hubbard Tweedy (1814-1891) —
also known as John H. Tweedy —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn., November
9, 1814.
Whig. Member
Wisconsin territorial council, 1842; delegate
to Wisconsin state constitutional convention, 1846; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Wisconsin Territory, 1847-48; candidate for
Governor
of Wisconsin, 1848; postmaster at Milwaukee,
Wis., 1850-51; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1853.
Died in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., November
12, 1891 (age 77 years, 3
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Charles Endicott (1822-1889) —
of Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Canton, Norfolk
County, Mass., October
28, 1822.
Deputy
sheriff; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1851, 1857-58; lawyer;
director, Norfolk Mutual Fire
Insurance Company and Neponset National Bank;
trustee and president, Canton Institution
for Savings; member of Massachusetts
state senate, 1866-67; member of Massachusetts
Governor's Council, 1868-69; Massachusetts
state auditor, 1870-76; Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1876-81.
Died August
19, 1889 (age 66 years, 295
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Tweedy (1843-1912) —
of Danbury, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in Connecticut, August
25, 1843.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1872;
postmaster at Danbury,
Conn., 1876-86, 1891-95; candidate for Connecticut
state house of representatives from Danbury, 1906.
Died August
4, 1912 (age 68 years, 345
days).
Interment at Wooster
Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
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Eugene Frances Endicott (1848-1914) —
also known as Eugene F. Endicott —
of Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
14, 1848.
Republican. Member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-Eighth Suffolk District,
1905.
Died in Chelsea, Suffolk
County, Mass., December
10, 1914 (age 66 years, 57
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Alfred Tweedy (1880-1967) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Noroton, Darien, Fairfield
County, Conn.; Clearwater, Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis., February
24, 1880.
Republican. Lawyer;
probate judge in Connecticut, 1930; member of Connecticut
state senate 26th District, 1945-46.
Died in November, 1967
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Breckinridge Ardery (1887-1967) —
also known as William B. Ardery —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born near Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., August
11, 1887.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; member of Kentucky
state house of representatives 73rd District, 1930-31; candidate
for nomination for Governor of
Kentucky, 1931; circuit judge in Kentucky 14th District, 1936-67.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Society
of the Cincinnati; Sons of
the American Revolution; American
Judicature Society; Society
of Colonial Wars.
Died of a heart
attack, in Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky., July 25,
1967 (age 79 years, 348
days).
Interment at Paris
Cemetery, Paris, Ky.
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Julia Hoge Spencer Ardery (1889-1977) —
also known as Julia Hoge Spencer; Mrs. W. B.
Ardery —
of Paris, Bourbon
County, Ky.
Born in Richmond,
Va., September
16, 1889.
Democrat. Kentucky historian;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936
(alternate), 1956;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; member of Democratic
National Committee from Kentucky, 1956-60.
Female.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Delta
Delta Delta; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Colonial
Dames; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died in March, 1977
(age 87
years, 0 days).
Interment somewhere
in Paris, Ky.
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Henry Endicott Stebbins (1905-1973) —
also known as Henry E. Stebbins —
of Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass.
Born in Milton, Norfolk
County, Mass., June 16,
1905.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, 1959-66; Uganda, 1966-69.
Apparently fell from
the deck of the ocean liner Leonardo da Vinci, and drowned,
in the North
Atlantic Ocean, March
28, 1973 (age 67 years, 285
days). His body was apparently never
found.
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Philip Pendleton Ardery (1914-2012) —
of Frankfort, Franklin
County, Ky.; Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., March 6,
1914.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kentucky, 1946; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 1956.
Disciples
of Christ; later Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., July 26,
2012 (age 98 years, 142
days).
Interment at Cave
Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.
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