Note: This is just one of
1,162
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 Wylie Galt (1854-1945) —
also known as William W. Galt —
of Myrtle, Freeborn
County, Minn.
Born in Rock
County, Wis., May 8,
1854.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 9, 1899-1902.
Scottish
ancestry.
Died in Cascade
County, Mont., February
22, 1945 (age 90 years, 290
days).
Interment at Greenwood Cemetery, Glenville, Minn.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (1880-1973) —
also known as Jeannette Rankin —
of Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.; Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif.
Born near Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., June 11,
1880.
Social
worker; U.S.
Representative from Montana, 1917-19, 1941-43 (2nd District
1917-19, 1st District 1941-43); National candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1918.
Female.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
Voted against U.S. participation in World Wars I and II; inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died in Carmel, Monterey
County, Calif., May 18,
1973 (age 92 years, 341
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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Wellington Duncan Rankin (1884-1966) —
also known as Wellington D. Rankin —
of Helena, Lewis and
Clark County, Mont.
Born in Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont., September
16, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; Montana
state attorney general, 1921-24; U.S.
Attorney for Montana, 1926-34; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1928; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Montana, 1942.
Died June 4,
1966 (age 81 years, 261
days).
Interment at Missoula
Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.
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Errol Fay Galt (1889-1975) —
also known as E. F. Galt —
of Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont.
Born in Freeborn
County, Minn., October
2, 1889.
Republican. Banker;
member of Montana
state senate, 1930-34; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Montana, 1944
(alternate), 1948.
Protestant.
Scottish
and English
ancestry.
Died in Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., November
23, 1975 (age 86 years, 52
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Great Falls, Mont.
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Jack E. Galt (1923-2007) —
also known as Jack Galt —
of Martinsdale, Meagher
County, Mont.
Born in Geyser, Judith
Basin County, Mont., April
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; ranch
manager; cattle
buyer; member of Montana
state house of representatives, 1973-74; member of Montana
state senate, 1975-89; Presidential Elector for Montana, 1996,
2000.
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Died in a hospital
at Great Falls, Cascade
County, Mont., September
8, 2007 (age 84 years, 143
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Meagher County, Mont.
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Louise R. Galt (1923-2013) —
also known as Opal Louise Replogle; Louise Replogle
Rankin —
of Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont.; Martinsdale, Meagher
County, Mont.
Born in Lewistown, Fergus
County, Mont., September
7, 1923.
Republican. Lawyer; Fergus
County Attorney; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Montana, 1948.
Female.
Member, Tau
Kappa Alpha; Alpha
Phi.
Died in Martinsdale, Meagher
County, Mont., November
21, 2013 (age 90 years, 75
days).
Interment a private or family graveyard, Meagher County, Mont.
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Errol Thomas Galt (b. 1955) —
also known as Errol Galt —
of Martinsdale, Meagher
County, Mont.
Born July 26,
1955.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Montana,
1988
(alternate), 2008,
2012,
2016;
member of Republican
National Committee from Montana, 2008-16; Presidential Elector
for Montana, 2012.
Still living as of 2016.
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Sharrie Kay Galt —
also known as Sharrie Kay Rogan —
of Martinsdale, Meagher
County, Mont.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Montana, 2012.
Female.
Still living as of 2018.
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Errol Wylie Galt —
also known as Wylie Galt —
of Martinsdale, Meagher
County, Mont.
Member of Montana
state house of representatives, 2013-14, 2017- (83rd District
2013-14, 30th District 2017-18).
Still living as of 2018.
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