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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Robert Franklin Kidd (1853-1930) —
also known as Robert F. Kidd —
of Buckhannon, Upshur
County, W.Va.; Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va.
Born in Upshur
County, Va. (now W.Va.), February
11, 1853.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Gilmer County, 1887-88,
1929-30; died in office 1930; member of West
Virginia state senate, 1899-1914, 1923-28 (4th District
1899-1902, 10th District 1903-14, 1923-28); chair of
Gilmer County Democratic Party, 1917; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1920.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Gilmer
County, W.Va., June 8,
1930 (age 77 years, 117
days).
Interment at Old Glenville Cemetery, Glenville, W.Va.
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John Wesley Kidd (1857-1923) —
also known as John W. Kidd —
of Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Upshur
County, W.Va., 1857.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1895.
Died in Braxton
County, W.Va., February
2, 1923 (age about 65
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Frank H. Kidd (b. 1876) —
of Salt Lick, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in West Virginia, 1876.
Member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1911.
Burial location unknown.
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Robert Henry Kidd (1888-1982) —
also known as Robert H. Kidd —
of Grafton, Taylor
County, W.Va.; Burnsville, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Burnsville, Braxton
County, W.Va., April
30, 1888.
Democrat. Newspaper
work; candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 3rd District, 1924; member of
West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1941-42.
Baptist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in Braxton
County, W.Va., 1982
(age about
94 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Paul H. Kidd (1907-1965) —
of Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va.
Born in Glenville, Gilmer
County, W.Va., March
12, 1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of West Virginia
Democratic State Executive Committee, 1936-40; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates, 1936, 1939-40, 1947-52,
1955-60, 1963-65 (Gilmer County 1936, 1939-40, 1947-52, 1955-60,
1963-64, 7th District 1965); appointed 1936; died in office 1965.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Theta
Chi; Rotary;
Odd
Fellows.
Died October
22, 1965 (age 58 years, 224
days).
Interment at Sutton
Cemetery, Sutton, W.Va.
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William Matthew Kidd (1918-1998) —
also known as William M. Kidd —
of Sutton, Braxton
County, W.Va.
Born in Burnsville, Braxton
County, W.Va., June 15,
1918.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Braxton County, 1951;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 1st District, 1966; chair of
Braxton County Democratic Party, 1968-69; circuit judge in West
Virginia for the 14th Judicial Circuit, 1974-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia,
1979-90.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Rotary.
Died, of heart and
other problems, at Ruby Memorial Hospital,
Morgantown, Monongalia
County, W.Va., December
20, 1998 (age 80 years, 188
days).
Interment at Sutton
Cemetery, Sutton, W.Va.
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