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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Claus Spreckels (1828-1908) —
also known as "The Sugar King of Hawaii";
"His Royal Saccharinity" —
Born in Lamstedt, Germany,
July
9, 1828.
Republican. Sugar
magnate; candidate for Presidential Elector for California.
German
ancestry.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., December
26, 1908 (age 80 years, 170
days).
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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John Diedrich Spreckels (1853-1926) —
also known as John D. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Charleston, Charleston District (now Charleston
County), S.C., August
16, 1853.
Republican. Founder and president, Oceanic Steamship
Company; president, Western Sugar
Company; owned the Hotel de
Coronado, the San Diego Electric
Railway, newspapers
in San Francisco and San Diego; built the San Diego and Arizona Railway,
from San Diego to Calexico; delegate to Republican National
Convention from California, 1896,
1924;
member of Republican
National Committee from California, 1896.
German
ancestry.
Died in Coronado, San Diego
County, Calif., June 7,
1926 (age 72 years, 295
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of Adolph
Bernard Spreckels; married 1877 to Lillie
C. Siebein. |
|  | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
|  | The Spreckels Theatre,
in San
Diego, California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Elementary
School, in San Diego,
California, is named for
him. — Spreckels Park,
in Coronado,
California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
|  | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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Adolph Bernard Spreckels (1857-1924) —
also known as Adolph B. Spreckels —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
5, 1857.
Republican. President, Spreckels Sugar
Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from California,
1884;
angered by an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, on
November 19, 1884, he shot
and badly wounded the paper's publisher, M.
H. de Young; arrested
and charged
with attempted
murder; pleaded temporary insanity; tried in
1885 and found not guilty; president, San Francisco and San Mateo Electric
Railway; vice-president, Western Sugar
Company; vice-president, Oceanic Steamship
Company.
German
ancestry.
Died, from pneumonia
and syphilis,
in San
Francisco, Calif., June 28,
1924 (age 67 years, 175
days).
Entombed at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Relatives: Son
of Claus
Spreckels and Anna Christina (Mangels) Spreckels; brother of John
Diedrich Spreckels; married to Alma de
Bretteville. |
|  | Political family: Spreckels
family of San Francisco, California. |
|  | Spreckels Lake,
in Golden Gate Park, San
Francisco, California, is named for
him. — The Spreckels Organ Pavilion, an outdoor performance
venue, in Balboa Park, San Diego,
California, is named for
him and his brother. |
|  | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
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