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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Russell Alexander Alger (1836-1907) —
also known as Russell A. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in a log
cabin, Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, February
27, 1836.
Republican. Lawyer;
general in the Union Army during the Civil War; lumber
business; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Michigan, 1884,
1896
(member, Committee
to Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee); Governor of
Michigan, 1885-86; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1888;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1897-99; U.S.
Senator from Michigan, 1902-07; appointed 1902; died in office
1907.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic; Sons of
the American Revolution; Loyal
Legion.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
24, 1907 (age 70 years, 331
days).
Entombed at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Charles Moulton Alger (1845-1924) —
also known as Charles M. Alger —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.
Born in Lafayette Township, Medina
County, Ohio, April, 1845.
Republican. Postmaster at Hannibal,
Mo., 1898-1907; sawmill
owner; lumber
business.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
14, 1924 (age 78 years, 0
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Frederick Moulton Alger (1876-1933) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger; Fred M.
Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., June 27,
1876.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan; treasurer of
Michigan Republican Party, 1911-13; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1915, 1917; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Packard Motor
Company, automobile
manufacturer; director, People's Wayne County Bank.
Member, American
Legion.
Accidentally
injured his left leg while attending the American Legion
convention in Chicago; his condition worsened, presumably due to infection,
and the leg was amputated, but he died soon after, in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., December
30, 1933 (age 57 years, 186
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Mary Eldridge Alger (1876-1956) —
also known as Mary E. Alger; Mary Eldridge Swift;
Mrs. Frederick M. Alger —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Norfolk, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 21,
1876.
Republican. Delegate
to Michigan convention to ratify 21st amendment from Wayne County
1st District, 1933; member, Michigan Liquor Control Commission, 1933,
1935.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died in Plymouth, Wayne
County, Mich., November
9, 1956 (age 80 years, 172
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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Chauncey Dewey (1877-1959) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, May 19,
1877.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1908,
1912;
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910.
Died in Olmsted
County, Minn., November
4, 1959 (age 82 years, 169
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Schuveldt Dewey (1880-1980) —
also known as Charles S. Dewey —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cadiz, Harrison
County, Ohio, November
10, 1880.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; banker; Honorary
Consul for Ecuador in Chicago,
Ill., 1935; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 9th District, 1941-45; defeated,
1938, 1944.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Delta
Psi.
As Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s, he was
responsible for the redesign and downsizing of U.S. paper currency.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
27, 1980 (age 100 years,
47 days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Frederick Moulton Alger Jr. (1907-1967) —
also known as Frederick M. Alger, Jr.; Fred M.
Alger —
of Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., August
3, 1907.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 14th District, 1936; served in the
U.S. Navy during World War II; secretary
of state of Michigan, 1947-52; Republican candidate for Governor of
Michigan, 1950 (primary), 1952; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1953-57.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Legion; Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Military
Order of the World Wars; Freemasons.
Died in Grosse Pointe, Wayne
County, Mich., January
5, 1967 (age 59 years, 155
days).
Interment at Elmwood
Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.
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