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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Anton Josef Cermak (1873-1933) —
also known as Anton J. Cermak; "Pushcart
Tony" —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kladno, Bohemia (now Czechia),
May
9, 1873.
Democrat. Member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1910; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Illinois, 1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1928; mayor
of Chicago, Ill., 1931-33; died in office 1933.
Bohemian
ancestry.
On February 15, 1933, while he was standing on the running board of
an open
car from which president-elect Franklin
D. Roosevelt had just given a speech, was shot and
badly
wounded by Italian-American bricklayer Guiseppe Zangara, who had
aimed for Roosevelt; over the next month, the wound became infected,
and he died, in Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., March 6,
1933 (age 59 years, 301
days).
Entombed at Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Otto Kerner (1884-1952) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; River Forest, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
22, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1920;
circuit judge in Illinois, 1927-31; Illinois
state attorney general, 1933-38; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1939.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died December
13, 1952 (age 68 years, 295
days).
Interment at Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Richey V. Graham (1886-1972) —
of Cicero, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Galt (now part of Cambridge), Ontario,
November
22, 1886.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1929-30; member of Illinois
state senate 19th District, 1931-38; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1936;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 6th District, 1938.
Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; Phi
Alpha Delta; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Oak Forest, Cook
County, Ill., July 3,
1972 (age 85 years, 224
days).
Interment at Bohemian
National Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Otto Kerner Jr. (1908-1976) —
of Glenview, Cook
County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
15, 1908.
Democrat. Lawyer;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, 1947-54; county
judge in Illinois, 1954-60; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Illinois, 1960,
1964;
Governor
of Illinois, 1961-68; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1968-74; resigned
1974.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Moose;
Odd
Fellows; Royal
Arcanum; Military
Order of the World Wars; Alpha
Delta Phi; Phi
Delta Phi.
While serving as Governor, he and another official made a gain of
over $300,000 in a stock deal which prosecutors later characterized
as bribery.
Convicted
in 1973 on 17 counts of bribery,
conspiracy, perjury,
and related charges; sentenced
to three years in federal prison
and fined
$50,000.
Died of cancer,
May
9, 1976 (age 67 years, 268
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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