Note: This is just one of
1,130
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.
|
Alberto T. Roraback (1849-1923) —
of Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., August
23, 1849.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Connecticut, 1888;
justice
of Connecticut state supreme court, 1900.
Died in Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn., February
1, 1923 (age 73 years, 162
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
|
Willard Andrew Roraback (1860-1928) —
of Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., March
12, 1860.
Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Torrington; elected 1894.
Died in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., January
26, 1928 (age 67 years, 320
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
 |
John Henry Roraback (1870-1937) —
also known as J. Henry Roraback —
of North Canaan, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Sheffield, Berkshire
County, Mass., April 5,
1870.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
Republican State Central Committee, 1901; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Connecticut, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924
(speaker),
1928,
1932,
1936
(member, Arrangements
Committee); Connecticut
Republican state chair, 1912-37; member of Republican
National Committee from Connecticut, 1924-32; president,
Connecticut Light and
Power Co., 1925-37; Vice-Chair
of Republican National Committee, 1932-36.
With his health compromised and activities limited by a severe streptococcus
infection, he killed
himself by gunshot,
while sitting in his
car near his hunting lodge, in Harwinton, Litchfield
County, Conn., May 19,
1937 (age 67 years, 44
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, North Canaan, Conn.
|
|
Emory Rasmussen Roraback (1900-1988) —
also known as Emory R. Roraback —
of Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, December
17, 1900.
Republican. Candidate for mayor
of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., 1953.
Died in Dobbs Ferry, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
7, 1988 (age 87 years, 295
days).
Burial
location unknown.
|
|
Andrew W. Roraback (b. 1960) —
of Goshen, Litchfield
County, Conn.
Born in Torrington, Litchfield
County, Conn., March
29, 1960.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Connecticut
state house of representatives 64th District, 1995-2000; member
of Connecticut
state senate 30th District, 2001-12; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 5th District, 2012; superior
court judge in Connecticut, 2013-.
Still living as of 2014.
|
|
|