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 Burdick Empie (1830-1908) —
also known as William B. Empie —
of Newport, Jackson
County, Ark.
Born in 1830.
Republican. Postmaster at Newport,
Ark., 1897-1906.
Died November
1, 1908 (age about 78
years).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Augustus Caleb Remmel (1847-1883) —
also known as Augustus C. Remmel —
of Newport, Jackson
County, Ark.
Born May 31,
1847.
Republican. Postmaster at Newport,
Ark., 1882-83.
Died April
12, 1883 (age 35 years, 316
days).
Interment at Lindenwood
Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Harmon Liveright Remmel (1852-1927) —
also known as H. L. Remmel —
of Newport, Jackson
County, Ark.; Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Stratford, Fulton
County, N.Y., January
15, 1852.
Republican. Lumber
business; postmaster at Newport,
Ark., 1877-79; financier;
insurance
executive; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 1st District, 1884; member of Arkansas
Republican State Central Committee, 1884-1927; member of Arkansas
state house of representatives, 1887; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1892,
1896
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924;
candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1894, 1896, 1900; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue
for Arkansas, 1897-1902, 1921-27; died in office 1927; Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1900-03, 1910-16, 1921-25; member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1912-24; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Arkansas, 1916.
Died, from pneumonia,
while recovering from a stroke,
in Hot Springs, Garland
County, Ark., October
14, 1927 (age 75 years, 272
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Ada E. Remmel (1853-1946) —
also known as Ada E. Benson —
of Newport, Jackson
County, Ark.
Born in 1853.
Republican. Postmaster at Newport,
Ark., 1883-88.
Female.
Died in 1946
(age about
93 years).
Interment at Stratford Cemetery, Salisbury, N.Y.
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Harvey Crowley Couch (1877-1941) —
also known as Harvey C. Couch —
of Pine Bluff, Jefferson
County, Ark.
Born in Calhoun, Columbia
County, Ark., August
21, 1877.
Democrat. Founder of a telephone
company and of electric
utilities; acquired and expanded the Kansas City Southern Railroad;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arkansas, 1924,
1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940.
Died in Columbia
County, Ark., July 30,
1941 (age 63 years, 343
days).
Interment at Magnolia
Cemetery, Magnolia, Ark.
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Augustus Caleb Remmel (1882-1920) —
also known as A. C. Remmel —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Fort Wayne, Allen
County, Ind., June 8,
1882.
Republican. Insurance
executive; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Arkansas 5th District, 1910, 1912; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Arkansas, 1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., December
3, 1920 (age 38 years, 178
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Ellen Cates Remmel (1888-1961) —
also known as Nell Remmel; Ellen Lucy Cates; Mrs. A.
C. Remmel —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., January
14, 1888.
Republican. Member of Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1928-57; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1928
(alternate), 1932,
1936,
1940
(alternate), 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1956;
acting postmaster at Little
Rock, Ark., 1933.
Female.
Methodist.
Died March 7,
1961 (age 73 years, 52
days).
Interment at Oakland
and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Pratt Cates Remmel (1915-1991) —
also known as Pratt C. Remmel —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., October
26, 1915.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; insurance
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Arkansas, 1948
(alternate), 1952
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1956
(member, Committee
on Permanent Organization), 1960
(alternate); mayor
of Little Rock, Ark., 1952-55; candidate for Governor of
Arkansas, 1954.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Amvets;
American
Legion.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., May 14,
1991 (age 75 years, 200
days).
Interment at Roselawn
Memorial Park, Little Rock, Ark.
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Roland Rowe Remmel (1917-2006) —
also known as Rollie Remmel —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in Arkansas, September
26, 1917.
Republican. Chair of
Pulaski County Republican Party, 1953.
Died in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 2,
2006 (age 88 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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