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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John Peter Van Ness (1770-1846) —
also known as John P. Van Ness —
of New York; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Claverly (now Ghent), Columbia
County, N.Y., 1770.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from New York 6th District, 1801-03; mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1830-34.
Dutch
ancestry.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March 7,
1846 (age about 75
years).
Entombed in mausoleum at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Peter Van Ness (1778-1826) —
also known as William P. Van Ness —
Born in Claverack, Columbia
County, N.Y., February
13, 1778.
Lawyer;
U.S.
District Judge for New York, 1812-14; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1814-26;
died in office 1826.
Dutch
ancestry.
Served as second to Aaron
Burr, during his duel
with Alexander
Hamilton, 1804.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
6, 1826 (age 48 years, 205
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Cornelius Peter Van Ness (1782-1852) —
also known as Cornelius P. Van Ness —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.; New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kinderhook, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
26, 1782.
Democrat. Lawyer;
postmaster at Burlington,
Vt., 1809-14; U.S.
Attorney for Vermont, 1810-13; U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1813; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1820-21; chief
justice of Vermont Supreme Court, 1821-23; Governor of
Vermont, 1823-26; U.S. Minister to Spain, 1829-36; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Vermont, 1840;
U.S. Collector of
Customs, 1844-45.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
15, 1852 (age 70 years, 324
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James Peter Van Ness (1808-1872) —
also known as James P. Van Ness —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.; San
Francisco, Calif.; San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif.
Born in Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt., 1808.
Lawyer;
mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1855-56; member of California
state senate, 1871.
Dutch
ancestry.
Died in San Luis Obispo, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., December
28, 1872 (age about 64
years).
Original interment at Laurel
Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.;
reinterment to unknown location.
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Frank McCoppin (1834-1897) —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in County Longford, Ireland,
July
4, 1834.
Democrat. Mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1867-69; postmaster at San
Francisco, Calif., 1894-97.
Died, of stomach
cancer, in San
Francisco, Calif., May 26,
1897 (age 62 years, 326
days).
Burial location unknown.
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