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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Elizabeth Lehman Belen (1886-1975) —
also known as Elizabeth L. Belen —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Westphalia Township, Clinton
County, Mich., December
22, 1886.
Democrat. Registered
nurse; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1937-38; defeated, 1934, 1938, 1958; vice-chair of
Michigan Democratic Party, 1939; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1940,
1944;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 6th District, 1944; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Michigan; candidate for Michigan
state senate 14th District, 1950.
Female.
Died in Meridian Township, Ingham
County, Mich., July 24,
1975 (age 88 years, 214
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Lucile Elizabeth Belen (1912-2010) —
also known as Lucile E. Belen —
of Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Laingsburg, Shiawassee
County, Mich., December
28, 1912.
Democrat. Florist;
candidate for Michigan
state house of representatives from Ingham County 1st District,
1942; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1952;
member, Lansing City Council, 1955-92; candidate for delegate
to Michigan state constitutional convention from Ingham County
1st District, 1961.
Female.
Member, Zonta; Rotary.
Inducted into Michigan Women's Hall of
Fame, 2001.
Died in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., June 2,
2010 (age 97 years, 156
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Lansing, Mich.
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Frederick Christopher Belen (1913-1999) —
also known as Frederick C. Belen —
of Arlington, Arlington
County, Va.
Born in Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich., December
25, 1913.
Lawyer;
aide to U.S. Reps. Andrew
J. Transue and George
D. O'Brien; served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Disabled
American Veterans; Federal
Bar Association.
U.S. deputy postmaster general; chaired the committee which created
the ZIP code.
Died, of complications from Parkinson's
disease, in Arlington Hospital,
Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., October
13, 1999 (age 85 years, 292
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Park, Near Falls Church, Fairfax County, Va.
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